Will of Isabell Blake, widow, Boldre, Hampshire - Family Search Film 186685, Catalogue A-759, number 200, probated 24 Sep 1539

Isabel Blake, the testatrix, is unknown and does not identify her husband in the will below. The only other Blake mentioned is George Blake and his will is to come having been probated in 1547.

The will of Thomas Blake also of Boldre:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/03/will-of-thomas-blake-boldre-hampshire.html

blogged 22 March 2014 does not appear to fit with this will. There is one other Blake mentioned in the will of Thomas Blake and that was John Blake. Isabell does mentioned similar people namely Christian Draper. I will check the name William Perys to see if I should have had Wyllyam Peres in the earlier will. Indeed it could be Wyllyam Peres and I have made that change. The long r is readily confused with the s especially when there is a line above.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Mar 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186685, Catalogue A-759, number 200
Testator: Isabell Blake, widow
Place: Boldre, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 Jul 1539, probated 24 Sep 1539
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy

[Wrapper]: 1539 Testamentum Isabelle Blake de Boldre 

1    In the name of god Amen the xij th daie of
2    July in the yere of o[u]r lord god mcccccxxxix ti I
3    Isabell blake of the p[ar]ishe of Boldre widow
4    sick in body but hole and p[er]fit of reme[m]brance
5    make my testament and laste will in maner
6    and forme folwyinge First I bequethe my soule
7    to god almyghtie and my Body to christen buryall
8    It[e]m I bequethe to saynet Swithunes churche ij d
9    It[e]m to the highe aultare of my my p[ar]ishe churche
10    iiij d It[e]m I give and bequethe to my p[ar]ishe
11    churche a bulloke of oone yere age It[e]m I give
12    and bequethe to Isabell Purbeck a featherbed a
13    tescer and my best girdell It[e]m to Christyn
14    draper a featherbed a pott and a pan rche of
15    theym holding a gallon It[e]m to euch one of
16    my godchildrene a plater or a potenger It[e]m
17    to Isabell harne the lynyng of a kirtell the
18    makyngs and a kercher for the worke done The
19    Residue of my goods not bequeathed I give and
20    bequethe to William perys whome I make
21    my sole executor he to see my detts paied
22    and my will p[er]formed And I make Sir
23    William Brasberge vicare of Bolder foresaid
24    and George Blake sup[er]visors of this my p[re]sent
25    testament And I give to either of theym for
26    their labors to shepe Theis witnesses
27    byng p[re]sent Sir Willm Brasbrige George
28    Blake Thomas Maket William Rickman
29    and Jordan Canne w[i]tph] other
30    Probatum apud winton xxiiij ti die septe[m]bris 1539
31    cora mro Edmundo Shepard legume doctore
32    ……..

Will of Thomas Blake, Boldre, Hampshire - Family Search Film 186861, Catalogue B-457, number 265, probated 12 Apr 1536

The testator is Thomas Blake of Boldre, Hampshire. He names his wife Elizabeth and his two daughters as Julian Cannings and Johan Roberts. Boldre (also known as Bolder) is a parish in the hundred of Christchurch and New Forest. This is a beautiful area having traveled through it on our way to the Isle of Wight. The village is two miles from Lymington, Hampshire. At this point on the map we are south west of Southampton.

This will has been recopied into a book of wills although that doesn’t particularly make the reading of it any easier! I suspect the copying was done long ago. There are a number of wills for the Blake family at Boldre in the Hampshire Record Office. Later in the 1800s there is mention of the Blake family at Boldre. Since Thomas does not mention sons but does mention other Blake members these would possibly be descendants of those other members namely John Blake and George Blake. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 21 Mar 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186861, Catalogue B-457, number 265
Testator: Thomas Blake
Place: Boldre, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 11 Mar 1535, probated 12 Apr 1536
Condition: 16h century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estament] Thome Blake

1    In the name of God Amen the xj daie
2    of Marche Anno d[omi]ni m ccccc xxxv I Thomas
3    blake of the p[ar]yshe of bolder beinge sycke of body and
4    of good memorye make my testament in this wysse
5    Fyrst I bequeth my soule unto allmightie god and my
6    body to be buryed in the churche yard of saint John
7    In bolder Item I bequethe to the mother churche in
8    wynchester iiij d and to the heigh alter of bolder ij d It[e]m
9    I bequethe to the churche of bolder one hyffer of ij yeres
10    of age It[e]m to the maynten[an]ce of the chapel of South
11    Badysley an heifer It[e]m to Elsabith sreboren my synt
12    one ewe and one lambe It[e]m to Cristin draper one
13    ewe and one lambe j brase pot of a gallon and one brasse panne
14    of one psell It[e]m to wyllyam peres one ewe and
15    one lambe It[e]m to the iiij children of Johan
16    lynys ech one of them j shepe It[e]m to iij children
17    of Thomas chen[er]tons ech one of them j shepe It[e]m
18    suche lands as I have I wyll that Elsabith my
19    wyffe shall have hit during her lyff and after to
20    remayne to Julyan Cannings and Johan Rob[er]ts my twoe
21    daughters It[e]m I wyll that John Maller and
22    peter Cannyngs be my ov[er]seers and they to have for
23    ther labor everie of them one bollock And all the
24    resyewe of my goods moveable and unmoveable
25    not bequeathed I gyve unto the forsaid Elsabith
26    my wuffe And her I make my sole executrix
27    In wyttnes hereof John Maller George blake
28    peter Cannyngs John Blake hughe Colly Wyllym
29    _______ w[i]th other
30    Probatum in ecclia Cath winton xij die Ap[ri]lis Anno
31    d[omi]ni m ccccc xxxvj cora mro Edmundeo Steward
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