This will of John Blake testator precedes that of his wife Elizabeth (1583) blogged a few days ago. John Gerrett and Agnes are to be married in this will and married in her mother's will. John ends his will with the comment on the four pounds which he held in trust for someone who is now deceased and announces that if anyone can claim the amount they may do so when the will is probated.
Again this is a family that has daughtered out in the 1500s as no son is mentioned who will carry the Blake surname down into the next generation. I still wonder if this is John Blake the son of Agnes Blake widow who left her will in 1562 at Martin. Still to be read at Martin is the will of William Blake 1545. There are no other wills at Martin for the Blake family on the website.
Searching in Access to Archives at the National Archives I did not find any information on the Blake family at Martin, Salisbury. Perhaps one day I will be able to link this family with other Blake families in nearby Wiltshire but for the moment they must be just a small grouping at Martin for whom the only descendants of John and Elizabeth Blake do not carry the Blake surname. Since I do not trace past one generation of a daughter marrying then about all I will do with the information at the moment is to see if I can locate marriages for the daughters and to see if there are any grandchildren.
There was a Blake family at Martin on the 1841 census: George Blake (farmer) 35, Sarah Blake, Matilda Blake and Mary Blake. Perhaps he is a descendant of William whose will I have not yet transcribed or a cousin to the earlier family.When Family Search comes up again I will have a look for George Blake married to Sarah to see if I can find any information and will add it to this blog.
Looking at the wills for Martin there is a will by George Blake P1/1817/25 dated 1817 and he was an innholder at Salisbury (comes up with a search for Martin) and another will in 1803 for a James Blake also an innkeeper at Salisbury which might prove interesting to anyone searching these families. They are available for purchase at the Archives. Probably one day I will purchase unless I get to the office first!
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Oct 2012
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/6 Reg/58
Name of testator: John Blake
Place: Martyn, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 15 Jan 1581/82, probated 23 Feb 1581/82 (new style)
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 16th century, middle English, clear copy (few smudges)
[Margin] Blake 58
1 In the name of god Amen the xv th day of Januarij in the xxiiij th yere
2 of her ma[jes]ties reigne I John Blake of Martyn w[i]thin the countie of Wilts[hir]e
3 beinge sicke in body but of good and p[er]fecte memory (thanks be unto god) doe
4 make and ordayne this my last will and testament in mann[er] and forme folowinge (That is
5 to say) First I geve and bequeth my sowle into t[he ]hands of Christ Jesus my only
6 Savio[u[r and redem[er] and my body to be buried w[i]thin the churche yard of martin
7 aforsaid It[e]m I geve and bequethe unto o[u]r Lady churche in Sa[lisbur]y iij d and to the
8 p[ar]ishe churche of Martyn aforsaid a xii d It[e]m I geve and bequethe iiij d apeece
9 to ev[er]y godechilde I have It[e]m I geve unto my daughter Katheryn thirtie sheepe one
10 cowe and the greatest brasse panne to be deliv[er]ed unto her att the age of fouer=
11 tenne yeres It[e]m I geve and bequeth unto my daughter Margarett fifte new
12 sheepe one cowe and one of the littell brasse pannes yf either of them
13 happen to decease before shee come to lawfull age or be married the
14 other to have her legacie and portion It[e]m I geve and bequithe unto my daughter
15 Agnes one platter and one pottenger one barrell one cowle and the cubberd
16 next to the chamber doore It[e]m I geve and bequethe xii d apeice unto bothe
17 my men servants It[e]m I geve and bequethe unto John Kinge iiij d To Will[ia]m
18 Macler iiij d To John Bacheler iiij d And to Mother Bayley iiij d It[e]m
19 I ordayne make and appoynt my wel[l ]beloved in Christ Will[ia]m Hu[r]st and George
20 Weiks to be my overseers of this my last will and testament to whom I
21 geve and bequethe xij d a pice for their paynes All the rest of my goods
22 moveable and unmoveable unbequethed and not geven All my debtts what=
23 soev[er] in ev[er]y respecte fully paid and levied my body buried my fun[er]all
24 expens[e]s discharged And all things conteyned in this my last will and testame[n]t
25 dewly p[er]formed accordinge to the trewe purporte and playne meaninge thereof
26 in all things I geve and bequethe unto Elizabethe my wife whom I make my
27 full and whole executrix Thes beringe witnes Richard Wall clerk W[illia]m
28 Hurst and George Weiks My debts I owe are these Imprimis to John
29 Gerrett my sonne in lawe tenne sheepe to be deliv[er]ed to him att sheare tyme
30 next tyme to him more the tyllinge of his bargayne this barley seade
31 also sufficient meate drinke washinge and other necessaries therto belonginge
32 for him and his wife untill michaelmas next accordinge to my p[ro]mis to him
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33 with the marriage of my daughter Agnes his wife and no otherwise It[e]m
34 I owe to John Androse my ten[a]nte xv li of money It[e]m ther was a claryne
35 legacie of fouer pounds of money left in my hands upon truste by Henry
36 Mowlon to the use and behalfe of John Grigge decessed w[hi]ch said somme my
37 will is shal[l ]be paid p[ri]v[a]tely to suche as of and by any lawfull right shall
38 att any tyme clayme the same hereafter
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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Will of Elizabeth Blake, widow of Martin - SWRO P2/6 Reg/90D, probated 7 Apr 1583
Elizabeth Blake is widowed with three daughters, Agnes married to John Gerrett, Margaret and Katherine. They live at Marten as did Agnes Blake (blog: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-agnes-blake-widow-marten-swro.html) with her son John and daughters Elizabeth and Syblye. This is twenty one years after Agnes Blake wrote her will. It will be interesting reading all these wills to see if I can put the families together in these villages in Wiltshire. The will of Elizabeth's husband John will be transcribed in about a week.
I found it interesting that Margaret the youngest daughter is listed as an executor as I always thought it was necessary to be 21 to be an executor but this will is from 1583 and it could be that juris prudence had not moved along quite that far with regard to age of executor. Perhaps it was sort of like lease on lives where you choose very very young people to be the individuals named in a lease to give that lease its longest run.
At Martin there was Allenford Farm and Tidpit a tything in the parish of Martin.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Oct 2012
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/6 Reg/90D
Name of testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Marten, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 30 Mar 1583, probated 7 Apr 1583
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 16th century, middle English, clear copy (few smudges)
[Margin] Blake vid
1 In the name of god Amen, the xxx th day of March in the xxv th yere of
2 the reigne of o[u]r most gracious Sov[er]eigne Lady Quene Elizabeth etc
3 I Elizabeth Blake of Marten w[it]h[i]n the countie of Wiltes[hire] widde[w]
4 beinge sicke in body but of good and p[er]fecte memory, thanks be unto god
5 doe ordayne and make this my last will and testament in mann[er] and forme
6 folowinge viz [a vi]t First I bequeth and comytt my sowle into t[he ]hands
7 of Christ Jesus my only Savior and redem[er] And my body to be
8 buried in the churche yard of Marten aforsaid It[e]m I geve unto o[u]r
9 Lady Churche in Sa[lisbur]y vij d. And to o[u]r owne p[ar]ishe churche xij d
10 And to the poore people of Marten aforsaid three busshells of
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11 barley It[e]m I geve and bequeth to my daughter Agnes Gerrett one brasse pott
12 and a littell barrell Item I geve and bequethe to my daughter Margarett Blake
13 fiftene sheepe one cowe and a bullocke Item unto my sonne in lawe John Garrett
14 upon condition that my execut[o]rs or their assigne or assignes shall or may
15 well quietly and peaceably w[i]thout any lawfull lett deniall disturbance
16 contradiction eviction or evictions of him the said John Gerrett or Agnes
17 his wife or of any other p[er]son or p[er]sons whatsoev[er] by his or their assent
18 consent means knowledge surrender instigation or p[re]curement have
19 holde occupye useup possesse and enioy from the hower of my deathe unto the
20 feast of St Michaell Th[e ]archangell then next and [im]mediatly ensuinge
21 fully to be comple and ended All the corne w[hi]ch is alredy sowen and w[hi]ch hereafter
22 may be sowen unto the hower of my death aforsaid, in or upon the arrable
23 land p[er]tyninge or belonginge unto thes messuags or tent[ement]s nowe in
24 my teanure and holdinge Together w[i]th all and sing[u]ler the p[ro]ffitts
25 comodities and advantags unto the said corne so sowen and to be sowen in
26 mann[er] and forme aforsaid and to ev[er]y p[ar]te and p[ar]cell thereof belonginge
27 or in any wise app[er]teyninge, I geve and bequethe one horse and one
28 payre of horse shwes and the dunge carte as he is and one
29 pillowe and two dishes and the blacke lynded heyse Item I geve
30 and bequeth unto my maide Isbut fower busshells of barley
31 And to Mother Bayly one peticote. Item I make and ordayne
32 my wel[l ]beloved in Christ George Weiks and John Prince to
33 be my ov[er]seers of this my last Will and Testament gevinge the[m]
34 xij s apice for their paynes All the rest of my goods moveable
35 and unmoveable unbequethed and not geven (my debts paid my body
36 buried my fun[er]all expenses discharged) and all things conteyned in
37 this my last will and testament duly p[er]formed levied and executed
38 accordinge to the trewe purporte and playne meaninge there (in
39 all things) I geve and bequeth unto Margarett Blake and
40 Katheryn Blake my daughters whom I make my full and
41 whole executrixs Also I will that George Weits and John
42 Prince shall have the governance of my daughter M[ar]gerett and of her
43 portion. Th[o]se bearinge Witnes Richard Wall Clerk George Weiks
44 and John Prince
I found it interesting that Margaret the youngest daughter is listed as an executor as I always thought it was necessary to be 21 to be an executor but this will is from 1583 and it could be that juris prudence had not moved along quite that far with regard to age of executor. Perhaps it was sort of like lease on lives where you choose very very young people to be the individuals named in a lease to give that lease its longest run.
At Martin there was Allenford Farm and Tidpit a tything in the parish of Martin.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 17 Oct 2012
Source: Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/6 Reg/90D
Name of testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Marten, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 30 Mar 1583, probated 7 Apr 1583
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 16th century, middle English, clear copy (few smudges)
[Margin] Blake vid
1 In the name of god Amen, the xxx th day of March in the xxv th yere of
2 the reigne of o[u]r most gracious Sov[er]eigne Lady Quene Elizabeth etc
3 I Elizabeth Blake of Marten w[it]h[i]n the countie of Wiltes[hire] widde[w]
4 beinge sicke in body but of good and p[er]fecte memory, thanks be unto god
5 doe ordayne and make this my last will and testament in mann[er] and forme
6 folowinge viz [a vi]t First I bequeth and comytt my sowle into t[he ]hands
7 of Christ Jesus my only Savior and redem[er] And my body to be
8 buried in the churche yard of Marten aforsaid It[e]m I geve unto o[u]r
9 Lady Churche in Sa[lisbur]y vij d. And to o[u]r owne p[ar]ishe churche xij d
10 And to the poore people of Marten aforsaid three busshells of
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11 barley It[e]m I geve and bequeth to my daughter Agnes Gerrett one brasse pott
12 and a littell barrell Item I geve and bequethe to my daughter Margarett Blake
13 fiftene sheepe one cowe and a bullocke Item unto my sonne in lawe John Garrett
14 upon condition that my execut[o]rs or their assigne or assignes shall or may
15 well quietly and peaceably w[i]thout any lawfull lett deniall disturbance
16 contradiction eviction or evictions of him the said John Gerrett or Agnes
17 his wife or of any other p[er]son or p[er]sons whatsoev[er] by his or their assent
18 consent means knowledge surrender instigation or p[re]curement have
19 holde occupye useup possesse and enioy from the hower of my deathe unto the
20 feast of St Michaell Th[e ]archangell then next and [im]mediatly ensuinge
21 fully to be comple and ended All the corne w[hi]ch is alredy sowen and w[hi]ch hereafter
22 may be sowen unto the hower of my death aforsaid, in or upon the arrable
23 land p[er]tyninge or belonginge unto thes messuags or tent[ement]s nowe in
24 my teanure and holdinge Together w[i]th all and sing[u]ler the p[ro]ffitts
25 comodities and advantags unto the said corne so sowen and to be sowen in
26 mann[er] and forme aforsaid and to ev[er]y p[ar]te and p[ar]cell thereof belonginge
27 or in any wise app[er]teyninge, I geve and bequethe one horse and one
28 payre of horse shwes and the dunge carte as he is and one
29 pillowe and two dishes and the blacke lynded heyse Item I geve
30 and bequeth unto my maide Isbut fower busshells of barley
31 And to Mother Bayly one peticote. Item I make and ordayne
32 my wel[l ]beloved in Christ George Weiks and John Prince to
33 be my ov[er]seers of this my last Will and Testament gevinge the[m]
34 xij s apice for their paynes All the rest of my goods moveable
35 and unmoveable unbequethed and not geven (my debts paid my body
36 buried my fun[er]all expenses discharged) and all things conteyned in
37 this my last will and testament duly p[er]formed levied and executed
38 accordinge to the trewe purporte and playne meaninge there (in
39 all things) I geve and bequeth unto Margarett Blake and
40 Katheryn Blake my daughters whom I make my full and
41 whole executrixs Also I will that George Weits and John
42 Prince shall have the governance of my daughter M[ar]gerett and of her
43 portion. Th[o]se bearinge Witnes Richard Wall Clerk George Weiks
44 and John Prince
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