Robert Blake the testator is known. He is the son of Robert and Elizabeth Blake. Robert’s will was probated yesterday:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-robert-blake-gentleman-ash.html
I have written away to see if I can get more information on the Cridland family from the person who runs the Cridland one name study at the Guild. I will wait for that information if any before commenting further on this will. Noticing that this will brings together a lot of property that has been mentioned in earlier wills.
From another researcher who has sent me a copy of the will of Sarah Chappell widow of James Chappell. Sarah Cridland married James Chappell in Milverton by licence 20 Dec 1767 (he was a widower) and Sarah was buried in Milverton 12 Jul 1809 aged 69 years with James having been buried in Milverton in 1794 aged 62 years. Elizabeth/Betty the daughter of Sarah and James Chappell, according to this researcher, married Thomas Tutton Kynfton of Westbury in 1797.
Thank you very much to the researcher for sharing this information with me.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1097/437
Testator: Robert Blake, Esquire
Place: Ash Prior, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 22 Aug 1782, probated 5 Dec 1782
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esq[uie]r
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Robert Blake of Ashpriors in the County of Somerset
3 Esquire which I make and publish for the disposal of all my
4 Worldly Substance Estate and Effects whatsoever in manner and form
5 following (that is to say) First I give and devise unto my dear Wife
6 Frances Blake all my Messuages Lands Tenements and heredit[ament]s
7 situate and lying in the several Parishes of Stawley and Ashbrittle
8 in the said County of Somerset To hold the same with their several
9 and respective Rights Members and Appurtenances unto her my
10 said Wife Frances her heirs and Assigns for ever Also I give and
11 devise unto my said Wife Frances Blake all my Messuages Lands
12 Tenements and hereditaments situate and lying in the Parish of
13 Milverton in the said County of Somerset To hold the same with their
14 Rights
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15 Rights Members and Appurtenances unto my said Wife Frances
16 her heirs and Assigns for ever Subject unto all and every incumbrance
17 or incumbrances affecting the same Also I give devise and bequeath
18 all and every my Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
19 situate lying and being in the several Parishes of Ashpriors
20 aforesaid Halse Huish Langport either Stowey Stogursey and
21 elsewhere in the said County of Somerset not herein before devised
22 unto her my said Wife Frances and her Assigns for and during
23 the term of her natural life or with respect to such parts or
24 so much thereof as are held for any long term or terms of
25 years absolute for and during so many years of such term or
26 terms as shall run out and expire in the natural life time of
27 her my said Wife without impeachment of or for any manner
28 of waste and with full power to commit waste She and they
29 paying thereout unto my Brother John Blake of Halse aforesaid
30 Surgeon and his Assigns one Annuity clear yearly Rent or
31 Sum of thirty pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain
32 clear of all deductions whatsoever during the term of his natural
33 life by half yearly payments the first payment to begin and
34 be made at the end of the first six Calendar Months next after
35 my death to whom I do hereby give devise and bequeath the
36 same with a power of distress in him my said Brother in case
37 of non payment as in cases of rack Rent And from and after
38 the death or decease of her my said Wife I give and devise the
39 same Messuages Lands Tenements hereditaments and Premises
40 unto him my said Brother John Blake and his Assigns for
41 and during the term of his natural life or with respect to such
42 parts thereof as are held for any long term or terms of years
43 absolute for and during so many years of such term or terms as
44 shall run out and expire in the natural life time of him my
45 said Brother he and they committing no wilful waste spoil or
46 destitution to or on the said Premises or any part thereof
47 and taking therefrom proper and sufficient Timber and other
48 materials for the necessary repairs only of the Premises and
49 from and after the death or decease of the Survivor of them
50 the said Frances Blake and John Blake I give devise and
51 bequeath all and every the same Messuages Lands Tenements
52 and hereditaments unto my kinsman John Cridland of
53 Milverton aforesaid Gentleman and James Chappell of the same
54 place Gentleman To hold the same with their several and respective
55 Rights Members and Appurtenances unto the said John Cridland
56 and James Chappell their heirs and Assigns with respect to such
57 parts and so much thereof as are Freehold or Fee Simple and unto
58 the said John Cridland and James Chappell their Executors
59 Administrators and Assigns with respect to such parts and so much
60 thereof as are held for any long term or terms of years absolute
61 for and during all such Estate or Estates term or terms and
62 Interest as shall be therein then to come and unexpired Upon
63 Trust that they the said John Cridland and James Chappell
64 and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors Administrators
65 and Assigns of such Survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently
66 may be after the several deaths or deceases of my said Wife and
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67 Brother either at publick Auction or by private contract and in
68 such manner as they shall think best and most convenient sell and
69 dispose of all and singular the said Premises with their several and
70 respective Appurtenances to the best purchaser or purchasors that
71 can or may be had or gotten for the same and grant release
72 convey and assure the same Premises respectively unto the purchaser
73 or purchasors thereof his her or their heirs Executors Administrators
74 and Assigns accordingly And upon this further Trust and Confidence to
75 pay and divide the Monies arising by such Sale or Sales unto and
76 equally amongst them the said John Cridland my kinswomen Sarah
77 Wife of the said James Chappell Elizabeth Cridland Levinia Cridland
78 and Charlotte Cridland Children of my Uncle Richard Cridland of
79 Milverton aforesaid Gentleman the Children of my kinswoman Frances
80 the late Wife of Robert Pearce of Milverton aforesaid grocer and
81 my kinsman Robert Blake of Cooks Court Carey Street London
82 Gentleman and their respective Executors Administrators and Assigns
83 share and share alike the Children of the said Frances Pearce and
84 their Representatives to be entitled to one seventh part only the same
85 as I intended for their Mother had She been living provided always
86 and it is my express Will that the acquittances and Receipts of my
87 said Trustees and the Survivor of them and the heirs Executors
88 Administrators and Assigns of such Survivor for the Monies arising by
89 such Sale or Sales aforesaid of my several Estates Lands and Premises
90 aforesaid to the several persons who shall become the purchasors
91 thereof respectively by virtue of or under this my Will shall be good
92 and sufficient discharges in the Law for the same to the said several
93 purchasors their respective heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
94 and that such purchasors shall not be liable to look to the
95 application of their purchase Money or be any ways answerable
96 or account[t]able for any loss of misapplication thereof provided
97 and it is my Will and meaning and I do hereby order and
98 direct that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said Trustees
99 their respective heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns in the
100 first place to direct retain reimburse and satisfy themselves
101 respectively out of the said Trust Estate and Premises or any part
102 thereof not only for all Jouries and attendances but also all
103 such Costs Charges and Expences as they or any or either of them
104 shall or may bear pay sustain or be put into for or by reason
105 or means or on account of the several Trusts hereby in them
106 reposed or in the execution thereof and that they my said Trustees
107 their respective heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall
108 not be chargeable with or answerable for any more Monies than
109 they shall actually receive or shall come to their respective hands
110 by virtue of this my Will neither they shall be accountable for or
111 chargeable with the Acts of each other but each of them for and
112 with his own respective Acts only Also I give unto my Father in Law
113 Thomas Cridland my Uncle the said Richard Cridland my
114 Brother in Law Thomas Cridland the younger my Aunt Susanna
115 Spurway and my Aunts Sarah and Betty Cridland one Mourning
116 Ring each to be delivered to them as soon as may be after my death
117 by my Executrix hereinafter named Also I give unto all my Servants
118 that shall be living with me at the time of my death one years
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119 Wages to be paid them within one year next after my Interment
120 by my said Executrix And lastly all the rest and residue of my
121 Goods Chattels Rights Credits personal and Testamentary Estate Substance
122 and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever after payment of my just
123 Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences I give will and bequeath unto
124 her my said Wife Frances Blake whom I make and constitute sole
125 Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all
126 former Wills by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof
127 I the said Robert Blake the Testator have to this my last Will
128 and Testament comprised in or written on three Sheets of paper set
129 my hand to the first two Sheets and my hand and Seal to this
130 third and last Sheet thereof the twenty second day of August in the
131 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two
132 Rob[er]t Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the
133 said Robert Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament
134 in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and also
135 in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses
136 thereto John Southey Joseph Hill Edward Bryant
137 This Will was proved at London the fifty day of
138 December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
139 and eighty two before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert Doctor
140 of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
141 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Frances Blake
142 Widow the Relict of the deceased and sole Executrix named in the
143 said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular
144 the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased She having
145 been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Will of Robert Blake, Gentleman, Ash Prior, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/804/495, probated 29 Nov 1753
The testator is the Robert Blake baptized 24 May 1710 at Ash Prior the son of John and Sarah Blake. He is also the brother of Joseph Blake whose will was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-joseph-blake-ash-prior-somerset.html
Their sister Betty married Richard Cridland and the Cridland family is mentioned in the will below. Also Susannah his sister who is 17 years younger than he is and in 1752 when the will is written is only 25 years of age and the need to provide her with the money from his father’s will has resulted in his taking out a mortgage. Robert is then 42 years of age so was 37 when his first son was born. Baptism of Robert Blake son of Robert and Elizabeth Blake 21 Jan 1747 at Ash Prior, Somerset. Baptism of John Blake son of Robert and Elizabeth Blake 12 Nov 1752 at Ash Prior, Somerset.
The parents of Robert the testator and Joseph his brother along with the other children baptized to this couple Mary 17 Jan 1706; buried 15 Nov 1722, Betty 22 Feb 1714, Anne 12 Jul 1717, Sarah 2 May 1720 and Susannah 11 Feb 1727 were John Blake and Sarah Uppam (of Ash Prior) and they were married 15 Jan 1705 at Bicknoller (5 miles west of Overstowey). Unfortunately nothing is known of this John. Was he related to the family at Overstowey (Bicknoller is just 5 miles from Overstowey).
There is a webpage with the poor law rate for 1659, 1688, 1693, 1705, 1717, 1718, 1771, 1787 and 1819:
http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/parishes/bickcw.txt
Blake entries include:
1771 Mr John Blake late Dobels
1771 Thos Blake Williamses
1787 Mr Blake for Woolson
1787 Mr Blake for Dobles
1819 Joan Blake at Woolston (for herself)
1819 George Blake (Wm Sully owner) Bottom at ?
Perhaps that answers my question somewhat as there are no entries for Blake at Bicknoller before 1771. Why did John Blake and Sarah Uppam marry at Bicknoller? A mystery.
Another interesting comment that John Blake of Lower Weacombe (near Bicknoller) by will dated 1716 left £100 to provide clothing for the poor. This is a will that would have been most interesting but is not the will of John Blake married to Sarah Uppam. I wonder if this will still exists in some form since it is mentioned in British history online:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117147
Bicknoller is part of the larger parish of Stogumber. We know that Richard Blake married to Grace Napcot had property at Stogumber and they had two sons John and Richard. Richard left his will which was probated in 1666 and he was married to Ann Jessop; blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-richard-blake-gentleman.html
This John died in 1716 and the last child of John and Sarah Blake was born/baptized in 1727 (Susannah) so not the correct John for this family.
Working through now and going back to the will of Robert Blake yeoman of Halse as this family in the will below also has property at Halse:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-robert-blake-yeoman-of-halse.html
is the John son of Robert in this will the father of this Robert? Once I get all these wills done then I will start to enter all the material into Legacy and see if I can find any linkages back to the Humphrey Blake family at Overstowey.
I am beginning to wonder if my information gathering is getting too huge for me to keep it all straight in my mind. I think I am reaching that point but would like to finish Somerset before I start to bring these wills together in a more rigorous fashion.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/804/495
Testator: Robert Blake, Gentleman
Place: Ash Prior, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Feb 1752, probated 29 Nov 1753
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Robert Blake of Ash Pryors in the County of Sommerset
3 Gent do this fourth day of February One Thousand Seven
4 hundred fifty and two make this my last Will and Testament
5 as followeth Imprimis I Give devise and bequeath unto my
6 Good Friends John Fraunces of Coombflorey in the County aforesaid
7 Esquire and Tho: Cridland of the same place and county Gentleman
8 and to the survivor of them and to the heirs and Executors
9 of Such Survivor all my Lands Tenements and hereditaments
10 Both real and personal situate lying and being in the parishes
11 of Ash Pryors Halse Storgursey and Stowey and also all that
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12 Estate which I lately purchased of the Bishop of Bath and Wells lying
13 and being in the parish of Huish all which lands and Tenements are in
14 the County aforesaid and all Such as are in any other place whatsoever
15 and all my estate and interest therein Subject however to the Sum of
16 Nine hundred and thirty pounds and to Mr Cridland of Coombflorey Sen[io]r
17 on a Mortgage to him of all my Estates Real and personal in the parish
18 of Halse in the County aforesaid which Sum of Nine hundred and thirty
19 pounds I borrowed of him the said Mr Cridland as well to pay my said
20 Sister Susanna Blake her portion as also to purchase two lives of the
21 Bishop of Bath and Wells on my Estate at Huish and my Will is
22 that my Sister Susannah be paid her portion of Five hundred
23 pounds at the end of Six Months from the date of the notice I Gave
24 her of the payment of it which will be on the 25th of July next there
25 being in the hands of Mr Cridland five hundred pounds part of
26 the Mortgage Moneys for that purpose as will appear by a
27 declaration of his in my custody and also Subject to the payment
28 of all other my just debts and Legacies and I do hereby charge
29 all my Lands Tenements personal Estate and hereditaments with
30 the payment of the same Upon Trust nevertheless that the said
31 John Fraunceis and Tho: Cridland and the Survivor of them do
32 receive the rents and profits thereof and pay out of the same
33 unto my Wife Elizabeth the Sum of Forty pounds per annum
34 by quarterly payments during her natural Life On Condition
35 however that my said Wife doth relinquish her right and title
36 to all dower of Such Lands as She is dowable of which right if
37 she refuses to relinquish then and in such case my Will is that
38 the above charge of Forty pounds per annum payable to my Wife
39 and all other Sums hereinafter mentioned to be payable to her
40 shall be absolutely void nor Shall She have any benefit thereof
41 and also allow my Son Robert Blake for his education and
42 maintenance as much as they my Trustees shall think fit
43 until he arrives to the age of twenty One and when he attains
44 that age then my Trustees to be seized of all my before
45 mentioned Lands Tenements personal Estate and hereditaments
46 to the use of my said Son Robert and the heirs Male of
47 his Body lawfully begotten and for want of heirs Males of
48 his Body so begotten then to the issue Female of his Body
49 lawfully begotten and for want of such issue then to my
50 Trustees and to the Survivor of them and to the heirs and
51 Executors of Such Survivor Upon Trust that they permit my
52 Brother Joseph Blake to receive the rents and profits of all
53 my above mentioned Estates for and during the Term of Ninety and
54 nine years or for Such part of the Term as Shall run out in
55 his life time and from and after the Term aforesaid or Such
56 number of years as Shall expire in his life time then to my
57 Trustees aforesaid the Survivor of them the heirs and Executors
58 of Such Survivor to be Seized to the use of the heirs Males of the
59 Body of my said Brother lawfully begotten and for want of
60 heirs Males to the issue Female of my Said Brother lawfully
61 begotten and if he dies leaving no issue behind him then my Said
62 Trustees and the Survivor of them to be Seized to the use of the said John
63 Cridland and Richard Cridland Sons of Richard Cridland of Milverton
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64 Gent their heirs Executors and Assigns forever not as joint Tenants but
65 as Tenants in Common but my intention and Will is that if my Wife
66 happens to be with Child at the time of my death that Such Child shall if my
67 Son Robert dyes without issue inherit all my before mentioned Lands
68 Tenements personal Estate and hereditaments in the same manner and
69 with the same Limitations as my son Robert Blake is to inherit by this
70 Will and I do hereby give Such Child with which my Wife shall be
71 ensient at the time of my death Five hundred pounds to be paid
72 when Such Child Shall attain the age of Twenty One as also twenty
73 pounds per annum to be paid Quarterly for its maintenance and
74 education which Sum of Five hundred pounds and also Twenty pounds
75 per annum my Said Trustees and the Survivor of them are to raise out
76 of my Estates before mentioned by Sale Mortgage Lease or otherwise
77 but if my Wife is not with Child at the time of my death then my
78 Will is that Ten pounds per annum more to be added to the Forty pounds
79 before directed to be paid to my Wife making in the whole Fifty pounds
80 which sum my Trustees are to pay her Quarterly as long as she lives
81 and if my Said Son Robert Blake shall happen to dye without issue
82 and living his Mother than then and from that period of time my
83 Will is that Ten pounds per annum more be added to the Fifty pounds
84 above mentioned making in all Sixty pounds which Sum my
85 Trustees and the Survivor of them are to pay in manner and form
86 aforesaid and in case the Sum of Sixty pounds or any part thereof
87 Shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of two Months is Shall
88 be lawful for my said Wife Elizabeth to enter on such part of
89 my Lands and Tenements as I can charge with the payment
90 of the said Sixty pounds and take them into her own possession
91 until the said Sum of Sixty pounds or any part thereof be
92 satisfied and paid and I do will that my Wife shall have the
93 Great Parlour hall and Little parlour of my house with Chamber
94 over and also the best Garden and Green Courts until my
95 Son Robert comes to the age of Twenty One and I do hereby
96 devise the Guardianship of my Son to my Trustees and the
97 Survivor of them and I do hereby charge all my Real
98 and Personal Estate for the indemnification of my Trustees
99 from all charges they or either of them may be put to in the
100 execution of the Trust hereby reposed in them and I do also will
101 that my Quick and dead Stock be Sold by my Trustees aforesaid
102 whom I make Executors of this my last Will Rob[er]t Blake
103 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Robert Blake
104 the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence
105 of us who Subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of
106 the said Robert Blake and at his request Edward Bryant
107 Upton Manning Rob[er]t Coles
108 Whereas my Son John was not born at the time of
109 making my above Will and thereby no provision was made for
110 him now my Will further is and I do hereby order my Trustees
111 above named to raise the Sum of Six hundred pounds out of any
112 or all the Estates above mentioned by Sale Mortgage or Lease
113 and also the farther Sum of Twenty pounds per Annum the
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114 Sum of Six hundred pounds to be paid him when he shall attain
115 the age of Twenty One and the said Sum of twenty pounds to be paid
116 him Yearly for his Maintenance and Education until he shall attain
117 that age and then the Sum of Twenty pounds per Annum to cease and
118 in case my Son Robert dies without issue of his Body lawfully
119 Begotten that then my Son John shall inherit all my Real and
120 personal Estates in the Same manner as his Brother was to inherit
121 Rob[er]t Blake Signed Sealed published and declared to be a Codicil
122 to the above Will in the presence of us who subscribed our Names
123 in the Testators presence and at his request Geo: Farewell Edw[ar]d
124 Bryant Upton Manning
125 This Will was proved at London with a Codicil annexed
126 the Twenty Ninth day of November in the year of Our lord One
127 Thousand Seven hundred and fifty three before the Right honourable
128 Sir George Lee Knight doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
129 of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
130 Oath of John Fraunceis Esquire and Thomas Cridland the Executors
131 named in the said Will To whom Administration was granted of all and
132 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first
133 Sworn by Commission duly to administer the same.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-joseph-blake-ash-prior-somerset.html
Their sister Betty married Richard Cridland and the Cridland family is mentioned in the will below. Also Susannah his sister who is 17 years younger than he is and in 1752 when the will is written is only 25 years of age and the need to provide her with the money from his father’s will has resulted in his taking out a mortgage. Robert is then 42 years of age so was 37 when his first son was born. Baptism of Robert Blake son of Robert and Elizabeth Blake 21 Jan 1747 at Ash Prior, Somerset. Baptism of John Blake son of Robert and Elizabeth Blake 12 Nov 1752 at Ash Prior, Somerset.
The parents of Robert the testator and Joseph his brother along with the other children baptized to this couple Mary 17 Jan 1706; buried 15 Nov 1722, Betty 22 Feb 1714, Anne 12 Jul 1717, Sarah 2 May 1720 and Susannah 11 Feb 1727 were John Blake and Sarah Uppam (of Ash Prior) and they were married 15 Jan 1705 at Bicknoller (5 miles west of Overstowey). Unfortunately nothing is known of this John. Was he related to the family at Overstowey (Bicknoller is just 5 miles from Overstowey).
There is a webpage with the poor law rate for 1659, 1688, 1693, 1705, 1717, 1718, 1771, 1787 and 1819:
http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/parishes/bickcw.txt
Blake entries include:
1771 Mr John Blake late Dobels
1771 Thos Blake Williamses
1787 Mr Blake for Woolson
1787 Mr Blake for Dobles
1819 Joan Blake at Woolston (for herself)
1819 George Blake (Wm Sully owner) Bottom at ?
Perhaps that answers my question somewhat as there are no entries for Blake at Bicknoller before 1771. Why did John Blake and Sarah Uppam marry at Bicknoller? A mystery.
Another interesting comment that John Blake of Lower Weacombe (near Bicknoller) by will dated 1716 left £100 to provide clothing for the poor. This is a will that would have been most interesting but is not the will of John Blake married to Sarah Uppam. I wonder if this will still exists in some form since it is mentioned in British history online:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117147
Bicknoller is part of the larger parish of Stogumber. We know that Richard Blake married to Grace Napcot had property at Stogumber and they had two sons John and Richard. Richard left his will which was probated in 1666 and he was married to Ann Jessop; blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-richard-blake-gentleman.html
This John died in 1716 and the last child of John and Sarah Blake was born/baptized in 1727 (Susannah) so not the correct John for this family.
Working through now and going back to the will of Robert Blake yeoman of Halse as this family in the will below also has property at Halse:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-robert-blake-yeoman-of-halse.html
is the John son of Robert in this will the father of this Robert? Once I get all these wills done then I will start to enter all the material into Legacy and see if I can find any linkages back to the Humphrey Blake family at Overstowey.
I am beginning to wonder if my information gathering is getting too huge for me to keep it all straight in my mind. I think I am reaching that point but would like to finish Somerset before I start to bring these wills together in a more rigorous fashion.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/804/495
Testator: Robert Blake, Gentleman
Place: Ash Prior, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 4 Feb 1752, probated 29 Nov 1753
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Robert
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Robert Blake of Ash Pryors in the County of Sommerset
3 Gent do this fourth day of February One Thousand Seven
4 hundred fifty and two make this my last Will and Testament
5 as followeth Imprimis I Give devise and bequeath unto my
6 Good Friends John Fraunces of Coombflorey in the County aforesaid
7 Esquire and Tho: Cridland of the same place and county Gentleman
8 and to the survivor of them and to the heirs and Executors
9 of Such Survivor all my Lands Tenements and hereditaments
10 Both real and personal situate lying and being in the parishes
11 of Ash Pryors Halse Storgursey and Stowey and also all that
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12 Estate which I lately purchased of the Bishop of Bath and Wells lying
13 and being in the parish of Huish all which lands and Tenements are in
14 the County aforesaid and all Such as are in any other place whatsoever
15 and all my estate and interest therein Subject however to the Sum of
16 Nine hundred and thirty pounds and to Mr Cridland of Coombflorey Sen[io]r
17 on a Mortgage to him of all my Estates Real and personal in the parish
18 of Halse in the County aforesaid which Sum of Nine hundred and thirty
19 pounds I borrowed of him the said Mr Cridland as well to pay my said
20 Sister Susanna Blake her portion as also to purchase two lives of the
21 Bishop of Bath and Wells on my Estate at Huish and my Will is
22 that my Sister Susannah be paid her portion of Five hundred
23 pounds at the end of Six Months from the date of the notice I Gave
24 her of the payment of it which will be on the 25th of July next there
25 being in the hands of Mr Cridland five hundred pounds part of
26 the Mortgage Moneys for that purpose as will appear by a
27 declaration of his in my custody and also Subject to the payment
28 of all other my just debts and Legacies and I do hereby charge
29 all my Lands Tenements personal Estate and hereditaments with
30 the payment of the same Upon Trust nevertheless that the said
31 John Fraunceis and Tho: Cridland and the Survivor of them do
32 receive the rents and profits thereof and pay out of the same
33 unto my Wife Elizabeth the Sum of Forty pounds per annum
34 by quarterly payments during her natural Life On Condition
35 however that my said Wife doth relinquish her right and title
36 to all dower of Such Lands as She is dowable of which right if
37 she refuses to relinquish then and in such case my Will is that
38 the above charge of Forty pounds per annum payable to my Wife
39 and all other Sums hereinafter mentioned to be payable to her
40 shall be absolutely void nor Shall She have any benefit thereof
41 and also allow my Son Robert Blake for his education and
42 maintenance as much as they my Trustees shall think fit
43 until he arrives to the age of twenty One and when he attains
44 that age then my Trustees to be seized of all my before
45 mentioned Lands Tenements personal Estate and hereditaments
46 to the use of my said Son Robert and the heirs Male of
47 his Body lawfully begotten and for want of heirs Males of
48 his Body so begotten then to the issue Female of his Body
49 lawfully begotten and for want of such issue then to my
50 Trustees and to the Survivor of them and to the heirs and
51 Executors of Such Survivor Upon Trust that they permit my
52 Brother Joseph Blake to receive the rents and profits of all
53 my above mentioned Estates for and during the Term of Ninety and
54 nine years or for Such part of the Term as Shall run out in
55 his life time and from and after the Term aforesaid or Such
56 number of years as Shall expire in his life time then to my
57 Trustees aforesaid the Survivor of them the heirs and Executors
58 of Such Survivor to be Seized to the use of the heirs Males of the
59 Body of my said Brother lawfully begotten and for want of
60 heirs Males to the issue Female of my Said Brother lawfully
61 begotten and if he dies leaving no issue behind him then my Said
62 Trustees and the Survivor of them to be Seized to the use of the said John
63 Cridland and Richard Cridland Sons of Richard Cridland of Milverton
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64 Gent their heirs Executors and Assigns forever not as joint Tenants but
65 as Tenants in Common but my intention and Will is that if my Wife
66 happens to be with Child at the time of my death that Such Child shall if my
67 Son Robert dyes without issue inherit all my before mentioned Lands
68 Tenements personal Estate and hereditaments in the same manner and
69 with the same Limitations as my son Robert Blake is to inherit by this
70 Will and I do hereby give Such Child with which my Wife shall be
71 ensient at the time of my death Five hundred pounds to be paid
72 when Such Child Shall attain the age of Twenty One as also twenty
73 pounds per annum to be paid Quarterly for its maintenance and
74 education which Sum of Five hundred pounds and also Twenty pounds
75 per annum my Said Trustees and the Survivor of them are to raise out
76 of my Estates before mentioned by Sale Mortgage Lease or otherwise
77 but if my Wife is not with Child at the time of my death then my
78 Will is that Ten pounds per annum more to be added to the Forty pounds
79 before directed to be paid to my Wife making in the whole Fifty pounds
80 which sum my Trustees are to pay her Quarterly as long as she lives
81 and if my Said Son Robert Blake shall happen to dye without issue
82 and living his Mother than then and from that period of time my
83 Will is that Ten pounds per annum more be added to the Fifty pounds
84 above mentioned making in all Sixty pounds which Sum my
85 Trustees and the Survivor of them are to pay in manner and form
86 aforesaid and in case the Sum of Sixty pounds or any part thereof
87 Shall be behind and unpaid by the Space of two Months is Shall
88 be lawful for my said Wife Elizabeth to enter on such part of
89 my Lands and Tenements as I can charge with the payment
90 of the said Sixty pounds and take them into her own possession
91 until the said Sum of Sixty pounds or any part thereof be
92 satisfied and paid and I do will that my Wife shall have the
93 Great Parlour hall and Little parlour of my house with Chamber
94 over and also the best Garden and Green Courts until my
95 Son Robert comes to the age of Twenty One and I do hereby
96 devise the Guardianship of my Son to my Trustees and the
97 Survivor of them and I do hereby charge all my Real
98 and Personal Estate for the indemnification of my Trustees
99 from all charges they or either of them may be put to in the
100 execution of the Trust hereby reposed in them and I do also will
101 that my Quick and dead Stock be Sold by my Trustees aforesaid
102 whom I make Executors of this my last Will Rob[er]t Blake
103 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Robert Blake
104 the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence
105 of us who Subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of
106 the said Robert Blake and at his request Edward Bryant
107 Upton Manning Rob[er]t Coles
108 Whereas my Son John was not born at the time of
109 making my above Will and thereby no provision was made for
110 him now my Will further is and I do hereby order my Trustees
111 above named to raise the Sum of Six hundred pounds out of any
112 or all the Estates above mentioned by Sale Mortgage or Lease
113 and also the farther Sum of Twenty pounds per Annum the
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114 Sum of Six hundred pounds to be paid him when he shall attain
115 the age of Twenty One and the said Sum of twenty pounds to be paid
116 him Yearly for his Maintenance and Education until he shall attain
117 that age and then the Sum of Twenty pounds per Annum to cease and
118 in case my Son Robert dies without issue of his Body lawfully
119 Begotten that then my Son John shall inherit all my Real and
120 personal Estates in the Same manner as his Brother was to inherit
121 Rob[er]t Blake Signed Sealed published and declared to be a Codicil
122 to the above Will in the presence of us who subscribed our Names
123 in the Testators presence and at his request Geo: Farewell Edw[ar]d
124 Bryant Upton Manning
125 This Will was proved at London with a Codicil annexed
126 the Twenty Ninth day of November in the year of Our lord One
127 Thousand Seven hundred and fifty three before the Right honourable
128 Sir George Lee Knight doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary
129 of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the
130 Oath of John Fraunceis Esquire and Thomas Cridland the Executors
131 named in the said Will To whom Administration was granted of all and
132 Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased being first
133 Sworn by Commission duly to administer the same.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Will of Joseph Blake, Ash Prior, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/874/421, probated 24 Apr 1762
Joseph Blake of Ash Priors is the testator.
Robert Blake of Ash Prior, Gentleman left a will proven in 1753 (to come) which refers to his sons Robert, John and his brother Joseph. Robert Blake of Ash Prior is mentioned in the will of Edward Phelipps probated 1699 and this is perhaps the same Robert Blake or an ancestor of his. Edith Blake (daughter of John Blake of Langport was her father) and it was his will probated 1676 that mentioned his young daughter Edith and Robert Blake of Ash Prior Gent. Ash Prior is five miles from Wiveliscombe and within a few miles of Halse and Bishops Lydeard.
Syndercombe is a hamlet in Clatworthy parish about 3.5 miles North west of Wiveliscombe. There is a write up in British history online:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117130
Stawley is located about 3.5 miles south west of Wiveliscombe. Frogs farmhouse still exists at Stawley looking at that online. There isn’t a picture of the farm but it is estimated to be worth around 580,000 pound sterling (UK) today.
Free Reg does have a baptism for Robert Blake 24 May 1710 at Ash Priors son of John and Sarah Blake. There is also a baptism for Joseph Blake 17 Oct 1711 at Ash Priors son of Jono. and Sarah Blake. Also baptized to this couple at Ash Priors Mary 17 Jan 1706; buried 15 Nov 1722, Betty 22 Feb 1714, Anne baptized 12 Jul 1717, Sarah 2 May 1720 and Susannah 11 Feb 1727.
Free Reg has the marriage of Betty Blake and Richard Cridland 18 Sep 1738 at Ash Priors.
Also found Robert Blake baptized 21 Jan 1747 and John Blake baptized 12 Nov 1752 and these are likely the nephews of Joseph Blake the testator (sons of Robert and Elizabeth Blake).
So who is John Blake married to Sarah and living at Ash Priors in the early 1700s? Looking at an earlier blog of mine:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/parish-records-in-overstowey-somerset.html
one can find John Blake and Sarah Uppam (of Ash Prior) married 15 Jan 1705 at Bicknoller which is 5 miles west of Overstowey. Is this a collateral family to Admiral Robert Blake? The will of Robert Blake probated in 1753 is to come and it may answer some questions. The John Blake living at Ash Priors in the early 1700s did not leave a will probated at PCC or in the holdings of the Somerset Record Office.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/874/421
Testator: Joseph Blake
Place: Ash Prior, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 29 Aug 1759, probated 24 Apr 1762
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Joseph
[Margin]: Blake
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of Joseph Blake of Ashpryors in the County of Somerset
3 made this Twenty Ninth day of August in the Year of
4 our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Fifty nine
5 in the first Place I give and bequeath unto my Godsons
6 John Cridland and Joseph Spurway and unto each of
7 them Five Guineas I Give unto my Neice Sarah
8 Cridland my Chest of Drawers which I purchased of
9 rhe late Mr Francies’s Sale I Give and Devise unto
10 my Nephew Robert Blake Son of my late Deceased
11 Brother Robert Blake All that my Messuage and
12 Tenement Situate at Stawley in the said County of
13 Somerset called or commonly known by the Name of Froggs
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14 to hold the same unto my said Nephew his heirs and assigns
15 for ever absolutely freed acquitted and Discharged of all
16 Charges and Incumbrances thereon by me at any time made
17 I Give unto my Servant William Towills all my Common
18 every day Woollen Wearing Cloaths and the Sum of Twenty
19 Shillings over and above what Shall be due from me to him
20 for Wages at my Death Also I Give unto my Servant Joan
21 Hall all my Old Shirts and the like Sum of Twenty Shillings
22 beyond what Shall be due to her for Wages at my decease
23 I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Good Friends John
24 Frannceis of Combflorey in the County of Somerset Esq[uie]r and
25 Thomas Cridland of the same place Gent and to the Survivor
26 of them their and his heirs and assigns for ever All those
27 my undivided parts purpartyes and portions being a
28 third part otherwise three parts the whole in Nine parts
29 to be Divided of all that my Messuage and Tenement
30 commonly called or known by the Name of Roes or Syndercombe
31 situate within the Parish of Clatworthy in the Said County
32 of Somerset now in the possession of John Tout as my Under
33 Tenant To hold the same unto my said Good Friends John
34 Frannceis and Thomas Gridland their heirs and assigns
35 forever Upon Trust Nevertheless that they my said Trustees
36 and the Survivor of them and his heirs do and Shall
37 immediately after my Decease Sell and Dispose of the
38 Fee and Inheritance of my said Parts and Shares in the
39 same Messuage and Tenement called Roes or
40 Syndercombre for the best price he or they can get for the
41 same In the first place to Discharge the Incumbrance
42 thereon and on my said Estate at Stawley hereinbefore
43 Devised to my said Nephew Robert as far as the same
44 will Extend and go and in the next place such other Debts
45 as I shall owe at my Decease and the Legacys by me
46 hereby Given and the residue (if any) In Trust for the
47 person for whom my Executory Estate shall be herein
48 after Given And its my Will and I do hereby Order and
49 Direct that the Receipt of my said Trustees or Trustee
50 shall be a Sufficient Discharge to the Purchaser or
51 Purchasers of my third part of the premises aforesaid
52 All the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels Estates
53 Rights Credits personal and Testamentary Estate whatsoever
54 I Give Devise and bequeath the same unto the said
55 John Frannceis and Thomas Cridland whom I do hereby
56 make Joynt Executors and Trustees of this my Will In
57 Trust Nevertheless for my Nephew John Blake Son of my
58 said late Brother Robert Blake until he Shall arrive
59 to his Age of Twenty one Years unto Whom I then Give
60 the same But in Case of his Death before Twenty one
61 years Then In Trust for my said Nephew Robert Blake
62 his Executors Admors and Assigns unto whom in such case
63 I Give the same and its my Will and I do hereby Order
64 and Direct my said Trustees to Deduct to themselves
65 and himself all such Costs charges and Expences as They or
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66 either of them Shall Expend lay out or be put unto
67 and about the Expiration of the Trust hereby in them
68 reposed In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
69 my hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written
70 Jos[ep]h Blake 1759 Signed Sealed published and Declared
71 by the said Joseph Blake the Testator as for and to be
72 his last Will and Testament who have in his presence
73 and in the presence of each other set our names as
74 Witnesses hereto Phil[ip] Hancock Rich[ar]d Cridland
75 W[ilia]m Day
76 This Will was proved at London the
77 Twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One
78 Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty two before the Right
79 Worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight doctor of
80 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
81 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths
82 of John Franceis Esq[uie]r and Thomas Cridland the
83 Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration
84 was Granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels
85 and Credits of the deceased they having been first
86 sworn by Commission duly to administer.
Robert Blake of Ash Prior, Gentleman left a will proven in 1753 (to come) which refers to his sons Robert, John and his brother Joseph. Robert Blake of Ash Prior is mentioned in the will of Edward Phelipps probated 1699 and this is perhaps the same Robert Blake or an ancestor of his. Edith Blake (daughter of John Blake of Langport was her father) and it was his will probated 1676 that mentioned his young daughter Edith and Robert Blake of Ash Prior Gent. Ash Prior is five miles from Wiveliscombe and within a few miles of Halse and Bishops Lydeard.
Syndercombe is a hamlet in Clatworthy parish about 3.5 miles North west of Wiveliscombe. There is a write up in British history online:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117130
Stawley is located about 3.5 miles south west of Wiveliscombe. Frogs farmhouse still exists at Stawley looking at that online. There isn’t a picture of the farm but it is estimated to be worth around 580,000 pound sterling (UK) today.
Free Reg does have a baptism for Robert Blake 24 May 1710 at Ash Priors son of John and Sarah Blake. There is also a baptism for Joseph Blake 17 Oct 1711 at Ash Priors son of Jono. and Sarah Blake. Also baptized to this couple at Ash Priors Mary 17 Jan 1706; buried 15 Nov 1722, Betty 22 Feb 1714, Anne baptized 12 Jul 1717, Sarah 2 May 1720 and Susannah 11 Feb 1727.
Free Reg has the marriage of Betty Blake and Richard Cridland 18 Sep 1738 at Ash Priors.
Also found Robert Blake baptized 21 Jan 1747 and John Blake baptized 12 Nov 1752 and these are likely the nephews of Joseph Blake the testator (sons of Robert and Elizabeth Blake).
So who is John Blake married to Sarah and living at Ash Priors in the early 1700s? Looking at an earlier blog of mine:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/04/parish-records-in-overstowey-somerset.html
one can find John Blake and Sarah Uppam (of Ash Prior) married 15 Jan 1705 at Bicknoller which is 5 miles west of Overstowey. Is this a collateral family to Admiral Robert Blake? The will of Robert Blake probated in 1753 is to come and it may answer some questions. The John Blake living at Ash Priors in the early 1700s did not leave a will probated at PCC or in the holdings of the Somerset Record Office.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 Oct 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/874/421
Testator: Joseph Blake
Place: Ash Prior, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 29 Aug 1759, probated 24 Apr 1762
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Joseph
[Margin]: Blake
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of Joseph Blake of Ashpryors in the County of Somerset
3 made this Twenty Ninth day of August in the Year of
4 our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Fifty nine
5 in the first Place I give and bequeath unto my Godsons
6 John Cridland and Joseph Spurway and unto each of
7 them Five Guineas I Give unto my Neice Sarah
8 Cridland my Chest of Drawers which I purchased of
9 rhe late Mr Francies’s Sale I Give and Devise unto
10 my Nephew Robert Blake Son of my late Deceased
11 Brother Robert Blake All that my Messuage and
12 Tenement Situate at Stawley in the said County of
13 Somerset called or commonly known by the Name of Froggs
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14 to hold the same unto my said Nephew his heirs and assigns
15 for ever absolutely freed acquitted and Discharged of all
16 Charges and Incumbrances thereon by me at any time made
17 I Give unto my Servant William Towills all my Common
18 every day Woollen Wearing Cloaths and the Sum of Twenty
19 Shillings over and above what Shall be due from me to him
20 for Wages at my Death Also I Give unto my Servant Joan
21 Hall all my Old Shirts and the like Sum of Twenty Shillings
22 beyond what Shall be due to her for Wages at my decease
23 I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Good Friends John
24 Frannceis of Combflorey in the County of Somerset Esq[uie]r and
25 Thomas Cridland of the same place Gent and to the Survivor
26 of them their and his heirs and assigns for ever All those
27 my undivided parts purpartyes and portions being a
28 third part otherwise three parts the whole in Nine parts
29 to be Divided of all that my Messuage and Tenement
30 commonly called or known by the Name of Roes or Syndercombe
31 situate within the Parish of Clatworthy in the Said County
32 of Somerset now in the possession of John Tout as my Under
33 Tenant To hold the same unto my said Good Friends John
34 Frannceis and Thomas Gridland their heirs and assigns
35 forever Upon Trust Nevertheless that they my said Trustees
36 and the Survivor of them and his heirs do and Shall
37 immediately after my Decease Sell and Dispose of the
38 Fee and Inheritance of my said Parts and Shares in the
39 same Messuage and Tenement called Roes or
40 Syndercombre for the best price he or they can get for the
41 same In the first place to Discharge the Incumbrance
42 thereon and on my said Estate at Stawley hereinbefore
43 Devised to my said Nephew Robert as far as the same
44 will Extend and go and in the next place such other Debts
45 as I shall owe at my Decease and the Legacys by me
46 hereby Given and the residue (if any) In Trust for the
47 person for whom my Executory Estate shall be herein
48 after Given And its my Will and I do hereby Order and
49 Direct that the Receipt of my said Trustees or Trustee
50 shall be a Sufficient Discharge to the Purchaser or
51 Purchasers of my third part of the premises aforesaid
52 All the rest and residue of my Goods Chattels Estates
53 Rights Credits personal and Testamentary Estate whatsoever
54 I Give Devise and bequeath the same unto the said
55 John Frannceis and Thomas Cridland whom I do hereby
56 make Joynt Executors and Trustees of this my Will In
57 Trust Nevertheless for my Nephew John Blake Son of my
58 said late Brother Robert Blake until he Shall arrive
59 to his Age of Twenty one Years unto Whom I then Give
60 the same But in Case of his Death before Twenty one
61 years Then In Trust for my said Nephew Robert Blake
62 his Executors Admors and Assigns unto whom in such case
63 I Give the same and its my Will and I do hereby Order
64 and Direct my said Trustees to Deduct to themselves
65 and himself all such Costs charges and Expences as They or
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66 either of them Shall Expend lay out or be put unto
67 and about the Expiration of the Trust hereby in them
68 reposed In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
69 my hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written
70 Jos[ep]h Blake 1759 Signed Sealed published and Declared
71 by the said Joseph Blake the Testator as for and to be
72 his last Will and Testament who have in his presence
73 and in the presence of each other set our names as
74 Witnesses hereto Phil[ip] Hancock Rich[ar]d Cridland
75 W[ilia]m Day
76 This Will was proved at London the
77 Twenty fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One
78 Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty two before the Right
79 Worshipful Sir Edward Simpson Knight doctor of
80 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
81 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths
82 of John Franceis Esq[uie]r and Thomas Cridland the
83 Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration
84 was Granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels
85 and Credits of the deceased they having been first
86 sworn by Commission duly to administer.
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