This administration is for John Blake, farmer, Bagendon fits in with earlier wills from the Blake family at Duntisbourne Abbots.
George Blake died intestate in 1849 and his administration was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/07/will-of-george-blake-of-duntisbourn.html
This John Blake is married to Sarah and has children Elizabeth 15 and Eleanor 10 on the 1841 census and then on the 1851 census Sarah Ann is 24 years of age and Eleanor is 22 years of age. They lived at Parrots Brook Head Inn in Bagendon where he is an Inn Keeper and farmer. This John was born at Shipton.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Aug 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: John Blake
Place: Bagendon, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:19 Aug 1854, administered 19 Aug 1854
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We Sarah Blake
2 of Badgendon in the County of Gloucester Widow
3 Peter Matthews of Elkstone in the sameCounty gent[leman]
4 and William Matthews of Duntisbourne Abbotts in the said
5 County
6 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry by divine
7 permission Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
8 in the sum of Six hundred pounds
9 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
10 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorneys Executors Admins-
11 trators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
12 and each of us by herself in and for the whole our and
13 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
14 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the nineteenth day of
15 August in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
16 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
17 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith Etc And
18 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty four
19 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
20 Sarah Blake Administrator of all and singular the Goods
21 Chattles and Credits of John Blake deceased do
22 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
23 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands
24 Possession or Knowledge of her the said Sarah Blake
25 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
26 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
27 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
28 last day of February next ensuing and the same Goods
29 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
30 at the time of his death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession
31 of the said Thomas Blake or into the hands
32 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for her do well and truly administer
33 according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
34 of his said Administration at or before the last day of August 1855
35 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be
36 found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompts the same being first
37 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
38 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
39 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
40 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
41 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
42 entituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates which limit and appoint
43 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
44 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into
45 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
46 said Sarah Blake
47 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
48 Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
49 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
50 Signed Sealed and delivered
51 in the presence of
52 Tho[ma]s Woodward, Registry Gloucester
53 Sarah Blake
54 Peter Mathews
55 William Mathews
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56 19th August 1854
57 Appeared personally Sarah Blake of Parratts
58 Brook in the parish of Badgendon in the County
60 of Gloucester Widow and alleged that
61 John Blake late of the same place Farmer and
62 Victualler deceased died on the 26th day of
63 May 1854 Intestate That she was the lawful
64 relict of the said deceased That she would well
65 and faithfully administer the Goods Chattels
66 and Credits of the said deceased and pay his debts and render
67 an Inventory and Account when required
68 That the Goods Chattels and Credits of the
69 deceased were under the value of Three
70 hundred pounds And that he had no
71 Leasehold Estate
72 Wherefore she prayed that Letters
73 of Admon of all and singular the
74 goods chattels and credits of the
75 said deceased might be granted and
76 committed to her upon giving good
77 and sufficient Security and so forth
78 Let Admon pass as prayed
79 W L Coghland
80 Surrogate
81 Sworn Under
82 £300
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Will of George Blake of Duntisbourn Abbots, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, administered 31 Mar 1849
This will for George Blake is the likely son of George Blake whose will was dated 1832. George was living at Duntisbourn Abbots at the time of his death. John Blake, his brother, and also mentioned in the will of George Blake was living at Bagendon. George was a bachelor.
George Blake is listed on the 1841 census at Duntisbourn Abbots living on his own and is a Farmer. On the schedule is one page away from William Blake and Elisa. John Blake is on the 1841 census at Badgington as an Inn Keeper, 50 years of age, with wife Sarah also 50 years of age, Elizabeth 15 years and Eleanor 10 years. He is on the 1851 census still at Bagendon (Badgington is an archaic name for Bagendon) at Parrots Brook Head Inn and he is an Inn Keeper and has 15 acres of land. He is 64 years of age and born at Shipton in Gloucestershire. His wife Sarah is 60 years of age and born at Duntisbourne Abbot. Their children Sarah Ann is 24 years and unmarried born at Horcott near Kempsford. Their daughter Eleanor is 22 years of age, unmarried and born at Horcott near Kempsford. John would have been born circa 1787.
The addition of the second page in this case does provide a rather interesting name in Francis Day. The name Howell does appear on the likely father George’s will.
This blog replaces the earlier blog of the will of George Blake:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-george-blake-of-duntisbourne_30.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake (died 1 Mar 1849)
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:31 Mar 1849, administered 31 Mar 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 31st March 1849
2 Appeared personally John Blake of
3 Bagendon in the County of Gloucester
4 Yeoman and alleged upon oath that
5 George Blake late of Duntisbourn Abbotts
6 in the County of Gloucester Farmer deceased
7 died on the first day of March 1849 a Bachelor
8 without leaving any Father or brother him surviving
9 leaving Goods Chattels and Credits wholly
10 within the Jurisdiction of the Consistory
11 Court of Gloucester under the value of
12 one thousand pounds That he is the
13 natural and lawful Brother and one
14 of the next of kin of the said deceased
15 That he will well and faithfully
16 Administer the Goods Chattels and
17 Credits of the said deceased and under
18 an Inventory and account etc
19 Wherefore he prayed that Letters of
20 Admon of all and singular
21 the Goods Chattels and Credits
22 of the said deceased may be granted
23 and committed to him upon
24 giving good and sufficient
25 security and do forth
26 Let Admon pass as prayed
27 Sworn Under £1000
28 Andrew James Surrogate
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29 Know all Men by these Presents that Mr John Blake
30 of Bagendon in the County of Gloucester Yeoman
31 Harry Howell of Ashton Keynes in the County of
32 Wilts Yeoman and Francis Day of Avening in
33 the same County Yeoman
34 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry Lord
35 Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
36 in the sum of two thousand pounds
37 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
38 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorney Executors Adminis
39 trators Assigns To which Payment will and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
40 and each of us by himself in and for the whole amount
41 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
42 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the thirty first day of
43 March in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
44 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
45 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith etc And
46 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine
47 The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden
48 John Blake Administrator of all and singular the Grants
49 Chattles and Credits of George Blake deceased do
50 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
51 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands
52 Possession of Knowledge of him the said John Blake
53 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
54 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
55 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
56 last day of August next ensuing and the same Goods
57 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
58 at the time of his death which at any time after shall come to the hands or Possession
60 of the said John Blake or into the hands
61 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for [him] do well and truly administer
62 according to law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
63 of his said administration at or before the last day of March 1850
64 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall
65 be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the same being first
66 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
67 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
68 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
69 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
70 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
71 intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates shall limit and appoint
72 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
73 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named to exhibit the same into
74 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
75 said John Blake
76 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
77 Administration. Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
78 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue
79 Sealed and delivered
80 in the Presence of
81 Tho: Woodward
82 John Blake
83 Harry Howell
84 Francis Day
George Blake is listed on the 1841 census at Duntisbourn Abbots living on his own and is a Farmer. On the schedule is one page away from William Blake and Elisa. John Blake is on the 1841 census at Badgington as an Inn Keeper, 50 years of age, with wife Sarah also 50 years of age, Elizabeth 15 years and Eleanor 10 years. He is on the 1851 census still at Bagendon (Badgington is an archaic name for Bagendon) at Parrots Brook Head Inn and he is an Inn Keeper and has 15 acres of land. He is 64 years of age and born at Shipton in Gloucestershire. His wife Sarah is 60 years of age and born at Duntisbourne Abbot. Their children Sarah Ann is 24 years and unmarried born at Horcott near Kempsford. Their daughter Eleanor is 22 years of age, unmarried and born at Horcott near Kempsford. John would have been born circa 1787.
The addition of the second page in this case does provide a rather interesting name in Francis Day. The name Howell does appear on the likely father George’s will.
This blog replaces the earlier blog of the will of George Blake:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-george-blake-of-duntisbourne_30.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake (died 1 Mar 1849)
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:31 Mar 1849, administered 31 Mar 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 31st March 1849
2 Appeared personally John Blake of
3 Bagendon in the County of Gloucester
4 Yeoman and alleged upon oath that
5 George Blake late of Duntisbourn Abbotts
6 in the County of Gloucester Farmer deceased
7 died on the first day of March 1849 a Bachelor
8 without leaving any Father or brother him surviving
9 leaving Goods Chattels and Credits wholly
10 within the Jurisdiction of the Consistory
11 Court of Gloucester under the value of
12 one thousand pounds That he is the
13 natural and lawful Brother and one
14 of the next of kin of the said deceased
15 That he will well and faithfully
16 Administer the Goods Chattels and
17 Credits of the said deceased and under
18 an Inventory and account etc
19 Wherefore he prayed that Letters of
20 Admon of all and singular
21 the Goods Chattels and Credits
22 of the said deceased may be granted
23 and committed to him upon
24 giving good and sufficient
25 security and do forth
26 Let Admon pass as prayed
27 Sworn Under £1000
28 Andrew James Surrogate
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29 Know all Men by these Presents that Mr John Blake
30 of Bagendon in the County of Gloucester Yeoman
31 Harry Howell of Ashton Keynes in the County of
32 Wilts Yeoman and Francis Day of Avening in
33 the same County Yeoman
34 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry Lord
35 Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
36 in the sum of two thousand pounds
37 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
38 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorney Executors Adminis
39 trators Assigns To which Payment will and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
40 and each of us by himself in and for the whole amount
41 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
42 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the thirty first day of
43 March in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
44 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
45 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith etc And
46 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine
47 The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden
48 John Blake Administrator of all and singular the Grants
49 Chattles and Credits of George Blake deceased do
50 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
51 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands
52 Possession of Knowledge of him the said John Blake
53 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
54 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
55 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
56 last day of August next ensuing and the same Goods
57 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
58 at the time of his death which at any time after shall come to the hands or Possession
60 of the said John Blake or into the hands
61 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for [him] do well and truly administer
62 according to law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
63 of his said administration at or before the last day of March 1850
64 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall
65 be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the same being first
66 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
67 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
68 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
69 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
70 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
71 intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates shall limit and appoint
72 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
73 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named to exhibit the same into
74 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
75 said John Blake
76 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
77 Administration. Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
78 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue
79 Sealed and delivered
80 in the Presence of
81 Tho: Woodward
82 John Blake
83 Harry Howell
84 Francis Day
Will of George Blake of Jackbarrows, Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire -
This will for George Blake of Jackbarrows in the parish of Duntisbourne Abbots helps tie together the last will with this one. Elizabeth Blake was listed as the mother of William Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots. There is a William Blake at Jackbarrow Farm, Duntisborne Abbots, farmer, born circa 1784 on the 1851 census and at Shipton Moyne. I had to correct my previous post as I appear to have pulled up a different census then I recorded. George Blake mentions his children the eldest possibly William who is also his executor, his son George, his son John and his daughter Eleanor Howell wife of Harry Howell.
Is George the husband of Elizabeth Blake whose will was administered by William Blake? It would appear so but will leave it at that for the moment. There are more wills to come for this family.
Jackbarrow Farmhouse still exists as a Grade II listed building:
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/gloucestershire/duntisbourne+abbots
I did find a Harry and Elenor Howell on the 1851 census at Ashton Keynes. She was 60 years of age so born circa 1791. Living with them an unmarried daughter Ellen 21 years and two granddaughters Elizabeth Howell 6 (born at Cirencester) and Elenor Day 8 years (born at Avening). This Elinor though is born in Wiltshire at Shipton Main. The same family on the 1841 census at Coates with son Henry 12 and daughter Helen 10. Interestingly Duntisbourne Abbots is only 10 miles from Ashton Keynes. Shipton Moyne only 11 miles from Ashton Keynes. Duntisbourne Abbots is 13 miles from Shipton Moyne.
A little sleuthing brought up the marriage of Eleanor Blake and Harry Howell at Duntisbourne Abbots Ml from Boyd’s Marriage Index in 1813. I will check the Society of Genealogists site as I am a member to see if there is any more information for this marriage. No further details but the information from the census does point to this being the correct family. Plus William was also born at Shipton Moyne.
On the 1851 Census William is listed as a farmer with 550 acres. His wife was Ann 65 years of age. Their niece Hannah Hale is with them (16 years of age born same place as Ann, Berkley) and a cousin William Moss (widower, 28 years of age) born at Shipton. It is the 1841 census that has William Blake living at Duntisbourne Abbots 55 years of age and an Eliza Blake 35 years of age. His marriage to Ann was perhaps after the census was taken in 1841. There was an Elizabeth Blake who died in Cirencester RD sep quarter 1841. There was a marriage at Cirencester mar quarter 1843 of a William Blake and Ann Perkins is one of the names listed.
Looking at family search I did find a baptism for a George Blake 7 Jan 1788 at Shipton Moyne son of George and Sarah Blake. Was Elizabeth his second wife? There was a marriage of George Blake to Sarah Hillier in 1781 at Shipton Moyne from the Society of Genealogists website.
Pages 2, 3, and 4 were downloaded from Ancestry and two of them have been transcribed below. They do not add to the description of this will except that William Blake, son of George, was infirm. I did not transcribe the 4th page because it is just a form for establishing the rector of the parish of Duntisborne Abbots as Commissioner and permitted to swear in William Blake to fulfil the will as written.
This replaces the blog of the earlier will:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-george-blake-of-duntisbourne.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake
Place: Jackbarrows, Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:23 Apr 1832, probated: 17 Jan 1834
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me
2 George Blake of Jackbarrows in the Parish of
3 Dunsborne Abbotts in the County of Gloucester Yeoman
4 I give and bequeath to my Son George Blake the
5 sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Son John Blake the
6 sum of Two hundred Pounds and to my daughter Eleanor
7 Howell Wife of Harry Howell the sum of One hundred
8 Pounds. All the Residue and Remainder of my Property
9 Estate and Effects of what nature and kind soever I
10 give and bequeath unto my Son William Blake for
11 his own absolute Use and Benefit And I appoint the
12 said William Blake sole Executor of this my Will and
13 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Witness
14 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
15 Twenty third day of April One thousand eight hundred
16 and thirty two
17 Signed Sealed Published and Declared
18 by the said Testator George Blake as
19 and for his last Will and Testament
20 in the presence of us who in his
21 presence at his request and in the
22 presence of each other have hereunto
23 set our Names as Witnesses
24 James Sturns (?)
25 Will[ia]m Viner
26 Tho[ma]s White
27 George Blake
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28 Know all Men by these Presents that I William
29 Blake of Jackbarrows in the Parish of Dunsborne
30 Abbotts in the County and Ciocese of Gloucester Yeoman do
31 hereby nominate Constitute and Appoint John Burrup of the
32 City of Gloucester Gentleman one of the Proctors exercent in
33 the Consistory Court of the Dioceses of Gloucester, my Proctor
34 for me and in my name to appear before Edward Thomas
35 March Phillipps, Clerk, Master of Arts Vicar General in
36 Spirituals of the Right Reverend Father in God James Henry
37 by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester
38 and of his Episcopal Consistory Official principal lawfully
39 constituted, his Surrogate or other Competent Judge in that
40 behalf to pray that a Commission may issue under the Seal
41 of the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Gloucester to sweare me
42 as Executor of George Blake late of Jackbarrows in the
43 Parish of Dunsborne Abbotts in the County and Diocese of
44 Gloucester Yeoman who departed this life on or about the
45 Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand
46 eight hundred and thirty three, the, Estate and Effects of the said
47 deceased being under the value of Two thousand Pounds.
48 Given under my Hand and Seal this thirteenth day of
49 January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
50 and thirty four
51 William Blake
52 Signed Sealed and Delivered
53 in the presence of
54 Jams Stevens
55 Gel: White
56 17 January 1834
57 Exhibited before me
58 Edw Maddy
60 Principal Surrogate
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61 Friday the 17th day of January in the year
62 of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty four
63 Before Edwin Maddy Master of Arts principal
64 Surrogate and Judge of the Episcopal Consistory Court
65 of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester present
66 the Notary public under written
67 In a Business of granting
68 or refusing Commission to swear
69 William Blake of Jackbarrows in
70 the parish of Dunsborne Abbotts
71 in the County and Diocese of
72 Gloucester Yeoman as Executor
73 of the last Will and Testament
74 of George Blake late of Jackbarrows
75 aforesaid Yeoman deceased
76 On which day Burrup as the
77 lawful proctor of the said William
78 Blake exhibited his proxy and
79 alleged that the said George Blake
80 made and published his last Will
81 and Testament in writing and
82 thereof appointed his Son the
83 said William Blake Executor
84 and departed this life on or
85 about the seventy day of April in the
86 year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred
87 and thirty three without having revoked the same
88 and leaving Goods Chattels, rights and Credits within the
89 Diocese of Gloucester but not elsewhere within the province of
90 Canterbury And the proctor aforesaid further alleged that the said
91 William Blake was too infirm to attend to be sworn to the validity
92 of the said Will and the amount of Effects And therefore the proctor
93 aforesaid prayed that a Commission be decreed to issue directes
94 in the usual way to swear the said William Blake as such
95 Executor as aforesaid
96 Burrup _____
97 ______ _____
98 Edw Maddy
99 Principal Surrogate
Is George the husband of Elizabeth Blake whose will was administered by William Blake? It would appear so but will leave it at that for the moment. There are more wills to come for this family.
Jackbarrow Farmhouse still exists as a Grade II listed building:
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/gloucestershire/duntisbourne+abbots
I did find a Harry and Elenor Howell on the 1851 census at Ashton Keynes. She was 60 years of age so born circa 1791. Living with them an unmarried daughter Ellen 21 years and two granddaughters Elizabeth Howell 6 (born at Cirencester) and Elenor Day 8 years (born at Avening). This Elinor though is born in Wiltshire at Shipton Main. The same family on the 1841 census at Coates with son Henry 12 and daughter Helen 10. Interestingly Duntisbourne Abbots is only 10 miles from Ashton Keynes. Shipton Moyne only 11 miles from Ashton Keynes. Duntisbourne Abbots is 13 miles from Shipton Moyne.
A little sleuthing brought up the marriage of Eleanor Blake and Harry Howell at Duntisbourne Abbots Ml from Boyd’s Marriage Index in 1813. I will check the Society of Genealogists site as I am a member to see if there is any more information for this marriage. No further details but the information from the census does point to this being the correct family. Plus William was also born at Shipton Moyne.
On the 1851 Census William is listed as a farmer with 550 acres. His wife was Ann 65 years of age. Their niece Hannah Hale is with them (16 years of age born same place as Ann, Berkley) and a cousin William Moss (widower, 28 years of age) born at Shipton. It is the 1841 census that has William Blake living at Duntisbourne Abbots 55 years of age and an Eliza Blake 35 years of age. His marriage to Ann was perhaps after the census was taken in 1841. There was an Elizabeth Blake who died in Cirencester RD sep quarter 1841. There was a marriage at Cirencester mar quarter 1843 of a William Blake and Ann Perkins is one of the names listed.
Looking at family search I did find a baptism for a George Blake 7 Jan 1788 at Shipton Moyne son of George and Sarah Blake. Was Elizabeth his second wife? There was a marriage of George Blake to Sarah Hillier in 1781 at Shipton Moyne from the Society of Genealogists website.
Pages 2, 3, and 4 were downloaded from Ancestry and two of them have been transcribed below. They do not add to the description of this will except that William Blake, son of George, was infirm. I did not transcribe the 4th page because it is just a form for establishing the rector of the parish of Duntisborne Abbots as Commissioner and permitted to swear in William Blake to fulfil the will as written.
This replaces the blog of the earlier will:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-george-blake-of-duntisbourne.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake
Place: Jackbarrows, Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:23 Apr 1832, probated: 17 Jan 1834
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me
2 George Blake of Jackbarrows in the Parish of
3 Dunsborne Abbotts in the County of Gloucester Yeoman
4 I give and bequeath to my Son George Blake the
5 sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Son John Blake the
6 sum of Two hundred Pounds and to my daughter Eleanor
7 Howell Wife of Harry Howell the sum of One hundred
8 Pounds. All the Residue and Remainder of my Property
9 Estate and Effects of what nature and kind soever I
10 give and bequeath unto my Son William Blake for
11 his own absolute Use and Benefit And I appoint the
12 said William Blake sole Executor of this my Will and
13 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Witness
14 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
15 Twenty third day of April One thousand eight hundred
16 and thirty two
17 Signed Sealed Published and Declared
18 by the said Testator George Blake as
19 and for his last Will and Testament
20 in the presence of us who in his
21 presence at his request and in the
22 presence of each other have hereunto
23 set our Names as Witnesses
24 James Sturns (?)
25 Will[ia]m Viner
26 Tho[ma]s White
27 George Blake
[Page 2]
28 Know all Men by these Presents that I William
29 Blake of Jackbarrows in the Parish of Dunsborne
30 Abbotts in the County and Ciocese of Gloucester Yeoman do
31 hereby nominate Constitute and Appoint John Burrup of the
32 City of Gloucester Gentleman one of the Proctors exercent in
33 the Consistory Court of the Dioceses of Gloucester, my Proctor
34 for me and in my name to appear before Edward Thomas
35 March Phillipps, Clerk, Master of Arts Vicar General in
36 Spirituals of the Right Reverend Father in God James Henry
37 by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester
38 and of his Episcopal Consistory Official principal lawfully
39 constituted, his Surrogate or other Competent Judge in that
40 behalf to pray that a Commission may issue under the Seal
41 of the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Gloucester to sweare me
42 as Executor of George Blake late of Jackbarrows in the
43 Parish of Dunsborne Abbotts in the County and Diocese of
44 Gloucester Yeoman who departed this life on or about the
45 Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand
46 eight hundred and thirty three, the, Estate and Effects of the said
47 deceased being under the value of Two thousand Pounds.
48 Given under my Hand and Seal this thirteenth day of
49 January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
50 and thirty four
51 William Blake
52 Signed Sealed and Delivered
53 in the presence of
54 Jams Stevens
55 Gel: White
56 17 January 1834
57 Exhibited before me
58 Edw Maddy
60 Principal Surrogate
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61 Friday the 17th day of January in the year
62 of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty four
63 Before Edwin Maddy Master of Arts principal
64 Surrogate and Judge of the Episcopal Consistory Court
65 of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester present
66 the Notary public under written
67 In a Business of granting
68 or refusing Commission to swear
69 William Blake of Jackbarrows in
70 the parish of Dunsborne Abbotts
71 in the County and Diocese of
72 Gloucester Yeoman as Executor
73 of the last Will and Testament
74 of George Blake late of Jackbarrows
75 aforesaid Yeoman deceased
76 On which day Burrup as the
77 lawful proctor of the said William
78 Blake exhibited his proxy and
79 alleged that the said George Blake
80 made and published his last Will
81 and Testament in writing and
82 thereof appointed his Son the
83 said William Blake Executor
84 and departed this life on or
85 about the seventy day of April in the
86 year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred
87 and thirty three without having revoked the same
88 and leaving Goods Chattels, rights and Credits within the
89 Diocese of Gloucester but not elsewhere within the province of
90 Canterbury And the proctor aforesaid further alleged that the said
91 William Blake was too infirm to attend to be sworn to the validity
92 of the said Will and the amount of Effects And therefore the proctor
93 aforesaid prayed that a Commission be decreed to issue directes
94 in the usual way to swear the said William Blake as such
95 Executor as aforesaid
96 Burrup _____
97 ______ _____
98 Edw Maddy
99 Principal Surrogate
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Administration of Elizabeth Blake, wife of William Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, administered 15 Nov 1851
Another administration and again in the same general area as the two earlier ones. Elizabeth Blake wife of William Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots. There is a William Blake at Duntisborne Abbots, farmer, born circa 1784 on the 1851 census. Living with him is Elisa Blake born circa 1804. No children listed.
A second page was available on Ancestry which can be found below the administration granted. This corrects my earlier blog which had Elizabeth as the mother of William Blake.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 May 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:15 Nov 1851
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We William Blake
2 of Duntisbourne Abbots in the County of Gloucester Farmer
3 Edward Page of Swindon Wilts Ironmonger and
4 William Sutton Page of Coaley in the County of Gloucester
5 Gentleman
6 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry Lord Bishop
7 of Gloucester and Bristol and his successors
8 in the sum of six hundred pounds
9 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
10 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorneys Executors Admins-
11 trators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
12 and each of us by himself in and for the whole our and
13 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
14 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the nineteenth day of
15 November in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
16 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
17 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith Etc And
18 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty one
19 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
20 William Blake Administrator of all and singular the Goods
21 Chattles and Credits of Elizabeth Blake deceased do
22 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
23 Chattles and Credits of the said dewceased which have or shall come to the Hands
24 Possession or Knowledge of him the said William Blake
25 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
26 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
27 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
28 last day of March next ensuing and the same Goods
29 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
30 at the time of her death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession
31 of the said William Blake or into the hands
32 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer
33 according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
34 of his said Administration at or before the last day of Nov[embe]r 1852
35 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be
36 found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompts the same being first
37 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
38 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
39 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
40 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
41 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
42 entituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates which limit and appoint
43 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
44 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into
45 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
46 said William Blake
47 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
48 Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
49 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
50 Signed Sealed and delivered
51 in the presence of
52 Tho[ma]s Hodderard
53 William Blake
54 Edward Page
55 Wm Sutton Page
[Page 2]
56 19 Nov 1851
57 Appeared personally William Blake
58 of Duntisbourne Abbots in the County of
60 Gloucester Farmer and alleged that Elizabeth
61 Blake his late wife deceased formerly Elizabeth Page spinster
62 died on the
63 26th day of August 1840 Intestate possessed
64 of goods in her own right That he would
65 well and faithfully administer the goods
66 chattels and credits of the said deceased
67 and pay her debts and render an Inventory
68 and Account when required that the
69 goods chattels and credits of the said
70 deceased were under the value of
71 three hundred pounds and that she
72 had no leasehold Estate
73 Wherefore he prayed that
74 letters of Admon of all and
75 singular the goods chattels and
76 credits of the said deceased might
77 be granted and committed to him
78 upon giving good and sufficient
79 security and so forth
80 Admon decried as prayed
81 Sworn Under
82 £300
83 Thomas Evans
84 Surrogate
A second page was available on Ancestry which can be found below the administration granted. This corrects my earlier blog which had Elizabeth as the mother of William Blake.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-widow.html
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 May 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:15 Nov 1851
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We William Blake
2 of Duntisbourne Abbots in the County of Gloucester Farmer
3 Edward Page of Swindon Wilts Ironmonger and
4 William Sutton Page of Coaley in the County of Gloucester
5 Gentleman
6 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry Lord Bishop
7 of Gloucester and Bristol and his successors
8 in the sum of six hundred pounds
9 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
10 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorneys Executors Admins-
11 trators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
12 and each of us by himself in and for the whole our and
13 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
14 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the nineteenth day of
15 November in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
16 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
17 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith Etc And
18 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty one
19 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
20 William Blake Administrator of all and singular the Goods
21 Chattles and Credits of Elizabeth Blake deceased do
22 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
23 Chattles and Credits of the said dewceased which have or shall come to the Hands
24 Possession or Knowledge of him the said William Blake
25 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
26 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
27 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
28 last day of March next ensuing and the same Goods
29 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
30 at the time of her death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession
31 of the said William Blake or into the hands
32 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer
33 according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
34 of his said Administration at or before the last day of Nov[embe]r 1852
35 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be
36 found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompts the same being first
37 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
38 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
39 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
40 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
41 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
42 entituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates which limit and appoint
43 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
44 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into
45 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
46 said William Blake
47 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
48 Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
49 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
50 Signed Sealed and delivered
51 in the presence of
52 Tho[ma]s Hodderard
53 William Blake
54 Edward Page
55 Wm Sutton Page
[Page 2]
56 19 Nov 1851
57 Appeared personally William Blake
58 of Duntisbourne Abbots in the County of
60 Gloucester Farmer and alleged that Elizabeth
61 Blake his late wife deceased formerly Elizabeth Page spinster
62 died on the
63 26th day of August 1840 Intestate possessed
64 of goods in her own right That he would
65 well and faithfully administer the goods
66 chattels and credits of the said deceased
67 and pay her debts and render an Inventory
68 and Account when required that the
69 goods chattels and credits of the said
70 deceased were under the value of
71 three hundred pounds and that she
72 had no leasehold Estate
73 Wherefore he prayed that
74 letters of Admon of all and
75 singular the goods chattels and
76 credits of the said deceased might
77 be granted and committed to him
78 upon giving good and sufficient
79 security and so forth
80 Admon decried as prayed
81 Sworn Under
82 £300
83 Thomas Evans
84 Surrogate
Monday, June 30, 2014
Will of George Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, administered 31 Mar 1849
This will for George Blake is the likely son of George Blake whose will was dated 1832. George was living at Duntisbourn Abbots at the time of his death. John Blake, his brother, and also mentioned in the will of George Blake was living at Bagendon. George was a bachelor.
George Blake is listed on the 1841 census at Duntisbourn Abbots living on his own and is a Farmer. On the schedule is one page away from William Blake and Elisa. John Blake is on the 1841 census at Badgington as an Inn Keeper, 50 years of age, with wife Sarah also 50 years of age, Elizabeth 15 years and Eleanor 10 years. He is on the 1851 census still at Bagendon (Badgington is an archaic name for Bagendon) at Parrots Brook Head Inn and he is an Inn Keeper and has 15 acres of land. He is 64 years of age and born at Shipton in Gloucestershire. His wife Sarah is 60 years of age and born at Duntisbourne Abbot. Their children Sarah Ann is 24 years and unmarried born at Horcott near Kempsford. Their daughter Eleanor is 22 years of age, unmarried and born at Horcott near Kempsford. John would have been born circa 1787.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake (died 1 Mar 1849)
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:31 Mar 1849, administered 31 Mar 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 31st March 1849
2 Appeared personally John Blake of
3 Bagendon in the County of Gloucester
4 Yeoman and alleged upon oath that
5 George Blake late of Duntisbourn Abbotts
6 in the County of Gloucester Farmer deceased
7 died on the first day of March 1849 a Bachelor
8 without leaving any Father or brother him surviving
9 leaving Goods Chattels and Credits wholly
10 within the Jurisdiction of the Consistory
11 Court of Gloucester under the value of
12 one thousand pounds That he is the
13 natural and lawful Brother and one
14 of the next of kin of the said deceased
15 That he will well and faithfully
16 Administer the Goods Chattels and
17 Credits of the said deceased and under
18 an Inventory and account etc
19 Wherefore he prayed that Letters of
20 Admon of all and singular
21 the Goods Chattels and Credits
22 of the said deceased may be granted
23 and committed to him upon
24 giving good and sufficient
25 security and do forth
26 Let Admon pass as prayed
27 Sworn Under £1000
28 Andrew James Surrogate
George Blake is listed on the 1841 census at Duntisbourn Abbots living on his own and is a Farmer. On the schedule is one page away from William Blake and Elisa. John Blake is on the 1841 census at Badgington as an Inn Keeper, 50 years of age, with wife Sarah also 50 years of age, Elizabeth 15 years and Eleanor 10 years. He is on the 1851 census still at Bagendon (Badgington is an archaic name for Bagendon) at Parrots Brook Head Inn and he is an Inn Keeper and has 15 acres of land. He is 64 years of age and born at Shipton in Gloucestershire. His wife Sarah is 60 years of age and born at Duntisbourne Abbot. Their children Sarah Ann is 24 years and unmarried born at Horcott near Kempsford. Their daughter Eleanor is 22 years of age, unmarried and born at Horcott near Kempsford. John would have been born circa 1787.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake (died 1 Mar 1849)
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:31 Mar 1849, administered 31 Mar 1849
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 31st March 1849
2 Appeared personally John Blake of
3 Bagendon in the County of Gloucester
4 Yeoman and alleged upon oath that
5 George Blake late of Duntisbourn Abbotts
6 in the County of Gloucester Farmer deceased
7 died on the first day of March 1849 a Bachelor
8 without leaving any Father or brother him surviving
9 leaving Goods Chattels and Credits wholly
10 within the Jurisdiction of the Consistory
11 Court of Gloucester under the value of
12 one thousand pounds That he is the
13 natural and lawful Brother and one
14 of the next of kin of the said deceased
15 That he will well and faithfully
16 Administer the Goods Chattels and
17 Credits of the said deceased and under
18 an Inventory and account etc
19 Wherefore he prayed that Letters of
20 Admon of all and singular
21 the Goods Chattels and Credits
22 of the said deceased may be granted
23 and committed to him upon
24 giving good and sufficient
25 security and do forth
26 Let Admon pass as prayed
27 Sworn Under £1000
28 Andrew James Surrogate
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Will of George Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, no probate shown
This will for George Blake of Jackbarrows in the parish of Duntisbourne Abbots helps tie together the last will with this one. Elizabeth Blake was listed as the mother of William Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots. There is a William Blake at Jackbarrow Farm, Duntisborne Abbots, farmer, born circa 1784 on the 1851 census and at Shipton Moyne. I had to correct my previous post as I appear to have pulled up a different census then I recorded. George Blake mentions his children the eldest possibly William who is also his executor, his son George, his son John and his daughter Eleanor Howell wife of Harry Howell.
Is George the husband of Elizabeth Blake whose will was administered by William Blake? It would appear so but will leave it at that for the moment. There are more wills to come for this family.
Jackbarrow Farmhouse still exists as a Grade II listed building:
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/gloucestershire/duntisbourne+abbots
I did find a Harry and Elenor Howell on the 1851 census at Ashton Keynes. She was 60 years of age so born circa 1791. Living with them an unmarried daughter Ellen 21 years and two granddaughters Elizabeth Howell 6 (born at Cirencester) and Elenor Day 8 years (born at Avening). This Elinor though is born in Wiltshire at Shipton Main. The same family on the 1841 census at Coates with son Henry 12 and daughter Helen 10. Interestingly Duntisbourne Abbots is only 10 miles from Ashton Keynes. Shipton Moyne only 11 miles from Ashton Keynes. Duntisbourne Abbots is 13 miles from Shipton Moyne.
A little sleuthing brought up the marriage of Eleanor Blake and Harry Howell at Duntisbourne Abbots Ml from Boyd’s Marriage Index in 1813. I will check the Society of Genealogists site as I am a member to see if there is any more information for this marriage. No further details but the information from the census does point to this being the correct family. Plus William was also born at Shipton Moyne.
On the 1851 Census William is listed as a farmer with 550 acres. His wife was Ann 65 years of age. Their niece Hannah Hale is with them (16 years of age born same place as Ann, Berkley) and a cousin William Moss (widower, 28 years of age) born at Shipton. It is the 1841 census that has William Blake living at Duntisbourne Abbots 55 years of age and an Eliza Blake 35 years of age. His marriage to Ann was perhaps after the census was taken in 1841. There was an Elizabeth Blake who died in Cirencester RD sep quarter 1841. There was a marriage at Cirencester mar quarter 1843 of a William Blake and Ann Perkins is one of the names listed.
Looking at family search I did find a baptism for a George Blake 7 Jan 1788 at Shipton Moyne son of George and Sarah Blake. Was Elizabeth his second wife? There was a marriage of George Blake and Sarah Hillier in 1781 at Shipton Moyne from the Society of Genealogists website.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake
Place: Jackbarrows, Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:23 Apr 1832, probated - none shown
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me
2 George Blake of Jackbarrows in the Parish of
3 Dunsborne Abbotts in the County of Gloucester Yeoman
4 I give and bequeath to my Son George Blake the
5 sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Son John Blake the
6 sum of Two hundred Pounds and to my daughter Eleanor
7 Howell Wife of Harry Howell the sum of One hundred
8 Pounds. All the Residue and Remainder of my Property
9 Estate and Effects of what nature and kind soever I
10 give and bequeath unto my Son William Blake for
11 his own absolute Use and Benefit And I appoint the
12 said William Blake sole Executor of this my Will and
13 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Witness
14 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
15 Twenty third day of April One thousand eight hundred
16 and thirty two
17 Signed Sealed Published and Declared
18 by the said Testator George Blake as
19 and for his last Will and Testament
20 in the presence of us who in his
21 presence at his request and in the
22 presence of each other have hereunto
23 set our Names as Witnesses
24 James Sturns (?)
25 Will[ia]m Viner
26 Tho[ma]s White
27 George Blake
Is George the husband of Elizabeth Blake whose will was administered by William Blake? It would appear so but will leave it at that for the moment. There are more wills to come for this family.
Jackbarrow Farmhouse still exists as a Grade II listed building:
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/gloucestershire/duntisbourne+abbots
I did find a Harry and Elenor Howell on the 1851 census at Ashton Keynes. She was 60 years of age so born circa 1791. Living with them an unmarried daughter Ellen 21 years and two granddaughters Elizabeth Howell 6 (born at Cirencester) and Elenor Day 8 years (born at Avening). This Elinor though is born in Wiltshire at Shipton Main. The same family on the 1841 census at Coates with son Henry 12 and daughter Helen 10. Interestingly Duntisbourne Abbots is only 10 miles from Ashton Keynes. Shipton Moyne only 11 miles from Ashton Keynes. Duntisbourne Abbots is 13 miles from Shipton Moyne.
A little sleuthing brought up the marriage of Eleanor Blake and Harry Howell at Duntisbourne Abbots Ml from Boyd’s Marriage Index in 1813. I will check the Society of Genealogists site as I am a member to see if there is any more information for this marriage. No further details but the information from the census does point to this being the correct family. Plus William was also born at Shipton Moyne.
On the 1851 Census William is listed as a farmer with 550 acres. His wife was Ann 65 years of age. Their niece Hannah Hale is with them (16 years of age born same place as Ann, Berkley) and a cousin William Moss (widower, 28 years of age) born at Shipton. It is the 1841 census that has William Blake living at Duntisbourne Abbots 55 years of age and an Eliza Blake 35 years of age. His marriage to Ann was perhaps after the census was taken in 1841. There was an Elizabeth Blake who died in Cirencester RD sep quarter 1841. There was a marriage at Cirencester mar quarter 1843 of a William Blake and Ann Perkins is one of the names listed.
Looking at family search I did find a baptism for a George Blake 7 Jan 1788 at Shipton Moyne son of George and Sarah Blake. Was Elizabeth his second wife? There was a marriage of George Blake and Sarah Hillier in 1781 at Shipton Moyne from the Society of Genealogists website.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Jun 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: George Blake
Place: Jackbarrows, Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:23 Apr 1832, probated - none shown
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me
2 George Blake of Jackbarrows in the Parish of
3 Dunsborne Abbotts in the County of Gloucester Yeoman
4 I give and bequeath to my Son George Blake the
5 sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Son John Blake the
6 sum of Two hundred Pounds and to my daughter Eleanor
7 Howell Wife of Harry Howell the sum of One hundred
8 Pounds. All the Residue and Remainder of my Property
9 Estate and Effects of what nature and kind soever I
10 give and bequeath unto my Son William Blake for
11 his own absolute Use and Benefit And I appoint the
12 said William Blake sole Executor of this my Will and
13 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made In Witness
14 whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
15 Twenty third day of April One thousand eight hundred
16 and thirty two
17 Signed Sealed Published and Declared
18 by the said Testator George Blake as
19 and for his last Will and Testament
20 in the presence of us who in his
21 presence at his request and in the
22 presence of each other have hereunto
23 set our Names as Witnesses
24 James Sturns (?)
25 Will[ia]m Viner
26 Tho[ma]s White
27 George Blake
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Will of Elizabeth Blake, widow, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, probated 15 Nov 1851
Another administration and again in the same general area as the two earlier ones. Elizabeth Blake mother of William Blake of Duntisbourne Abbots. There is a William Blake at Duntisborne Abbots, farmer, born circa 1784 on the 1851 census.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 May 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:15 Nov 1851, probated 15 Nov 1851
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We William Blake
2 of Duntisbourne Abbots in the County of Gloucester Farmer
3 Edward Page of Swindon Wilts Ironmonger and
4 William Sutton Page of Coaley in the County of Gloucester
5 Gentleman
6 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry Lord Bishop
7 of Gloucester and Bristol and his successors
8 in the sum of six hundred pounds
9 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
10 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorneys Executors Admins-
11 trators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
12 and each of us by himself in and for the whole our and
13 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
14 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the nineteenth day of
15 November in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
16 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
17 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith Etc And
18 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty one
19 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
20 William Blake Administrator of all and singular the Goods
21 Chattles and Credits of Elizabeth Blake deceased do
22 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
23 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands
24 Possession or Knowledge of him the said William Blake
25 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
26 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
27 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
28 last day of March next ensuing and the same Goods
29 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
30 at the time of her death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession
31 of the said William Blake or into the hands
32 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer
33 according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
34 of his said Administration at or before the last day of Nov[embe]r 1852
35 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be
36 found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompts the same being first
37 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
38 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
39 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
40 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
41 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
42 entituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates which limit and appoint
43 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
44 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into
45 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
46 said William Blake
47 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
48 Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
49 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
50 Signed Sealed and delivered
51 in the presence of
52 Tho[ma]s Woodward
53 William Blake
54 Edward Page
55 Wm Sutton Page
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 May 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document:15 Nov 1851, probated 15 Nov 1851
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 Know all Men by these Presents that We William Blake
2 of Duntisbourne Abbots in the County of Gloucester Farmer
3 Edward Page of Swindon Wilts Ironmonger and
4 William Sutton Page of Coaley in the County of Gloucester
5 Gentleman
6 are held and firmly bound unto James Henry Lord Bishop
7 of Gloucester and Bristol and his successors
8 in the sum of six hundred pounds
9 of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord
10 Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorneys Executors Admins-
11 trators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
12 and each of us by himself in and for the whole our and
13 each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
14 these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the nineteenth day of
15 November in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
16 Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United
17 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith Etc And
18 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty one
19 The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
20 William Blake Administrator of all and singular the Goods
21 Chattles and Credits of Elizabeth Blake deceased do
22 make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods
23 Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands
24 Possession or Knowledge of him the said William Blake
25 or into the Hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for
26 him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
27 of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the
28 last day of March next ensuing and the same Goods
29 Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased
30 at the time of her death which at anytime after shall come to the hands or Possession
31 of the said William Blake or into the hands
32 and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer
33 according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt
34 of his said Administration at or before the last day of Nov[embe]r 1852
35 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be
36 found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompts the same being first
37 examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said
38 Court shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons respectively as the said
39 Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and
40 Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and
41 twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second
42 entituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates which limit and appoint
43 And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the
44 said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into
45 the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the
46 said William Blake
47 above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
48 Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the
49 said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.
50 Signed Sealed and delivered
51 in the presence of
52 Tho[ma]s Woodward
53 William Blake
54 Edward Page
55 Wm Sutton Page
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