Decision on the publication of the Blake Family of Andover book

Writing up the Blake Newsletter yesterday I came to a decision on the publication of the Blake Family of Andover book.  I decided to give a fairly long explanation to my decision which I wrote up in the Newsletter this time. Published on the website for the Blake yDNA study at FT DNA. 

I have also been debating with myself just how widely this book would circulate and I have pretty much made the decision that the original complete book will be in the library of the Guild of One-Name Studies (I am member #4600 studying BLAKE and PINCOMBE) and they have their rules for access. I will publish a less inclusive book with a Creative Commons License and that will be available for download from my website (as with the other books it will be freely circulated). I will also send copies to other repositories that are used by many genealogists. The logic in not publishing the entire book is mainly because I do not feel that there is a huge benefit other than from a historical point of view which is best dealt with in an academic environment and at this point in my life (80 years of age) I do not see myself going back to school for any reason as I have too much that I want to do and most of it is writing and I have always been like that. Hence I would not feel that I had academically challenged the book sufficiently to publish it in its full form but will place it as I said with the Guild and they have their own rules for use and distribution which I feel are very academically sound. The preface itself will state that I have not had sufficient access to documents to really justify publishing this particular version of the book so one must take it as my considered thoughts and opinions at that time in my life when I finally do put it into the library at the Guild of one-name Studies. 

Yesterday was a good working day and I completed the second siblings matches in common and will work on the third one today. I also want to really get into the re-phasing of my grandparents which entails getting the crossover points completed using the Living DNA data. There are a few matches that I have labeled suspicious because I can  not see the DNA results I can not see where the small match is and hence have not included it in the final database although I have  noted it. The DNA results certainly point to the path back from myself to my father to his father to Edward Blake (his father) and then to John Blake (his father) and further back to Thomas Blake born at Upper Clatford and the son of Joseph Blake. All of this is in the Parish Registers as well. Joseph is mentioned as being of Andover in the same Upper Clatford Parish Registers. Having transcribed the Andover Parish Registers from their beginnings to the mid 1700s I have also located a Joseph Blake son of Thomas Blake baptized in 1730 by a Thomas Blake (his father) and a baptism is in the Parish Records at St Marys for a Thomas Blake baptized in 1709 son of John Blake. This is an incredibly small family although John Blake (last mentioned) had a large family Thomas has only one son recorded in the Parish Registers and another line very often attached to this Thomas is incorrect I believe. The second Thomas has two sons but one died as an infant leaving Joseph the sole descendant of Thomas/Thomas in that line. 

An email from a fellow researcher in England brought the will of John Blake, malster, Abbotts Ann into thought once again :

Recorded: 12th February 2008
Source: Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, # 1797A/008
Testator: John Blake, malster
Place: Abbotts Ann, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 27 Apr 1792, probated 18 Jan 1797

In the name of God Amen, I John Blake of Abbotts Ann
in the County of Southampton formerly Malster calling to mind the Mortality of my
Body and that it is appointed for all Men once to die do make and ordaine this my last
Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say principally
and first of all I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of God that gave it hoping
for the pardon of all my Sins for the alone Merritts sake of my blessed Redeemer Christ
Jesus and for my Body I commend it to the Earth to be Burried in a decent manner
at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named nothing doubting but I shall receive the as
same again by the mighty power of God at the General Resurrection of the Dead and as
touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life
I give desire and bequeath of the same in the following Manner Imprimis I give
and bequeath unto my Kindsman William Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good
and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item
I give and bequeath unto my Kindswoman Mary Gilbert the sum of Ten pounds of
good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor hereafter named
Item I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Russel the sum of five pounds of
good and Lawful money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named I
also give unto my Sister Elizabeth Russel the sum of five pounds yearly during her Life
to be paid unto her half yearly if Demanded and to be paid by my Executor here after
named Item I give and bequeath unto Joseph Russel the Elder the sum of Ten pounds
of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item
I give and bequeath unto Joseph Russel the younger the sum of Ten pounds of good and
Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give
and bequeath unto Thomas Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be paid by my Executor hereafter named Item I give and bequeath unto
Luke Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid
by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Sarah Russel Daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Mary
Russel Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful
Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath
unto Elizabeth Russel Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Russel the sum of Ten pounds
of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named
Item I give and bequeath unto my Kindsman George Marshman all my household
Goods and Furniture except the Bed and Furniture in the parlor Chamber Item I give and
bequeath unto Elizabeth Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good
and Lawful money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Marshman
the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath
unto Ann Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item
I give and bequeath unto George Marshman the younger the sum of Ten pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath unto Charles Blake the Elder the sum of Ten
pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named
Item I give and bequeath unto James Blake the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money
of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto
Robert Blake the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid [by] my
Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Charles Blake the younger the
sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here
after named Item I give and bequeath unto Chivrel [Sacheverall] Blake the sum of five pounds of good
and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item
I give and bequeath unto John Blake the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto William Blake
of Andover the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my
Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Blake of Up[per] Clatford
the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor
here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Ann Blake the sum of five pounds of good and
Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named I also give unto Ann Blake
the Bed and Furniture belonging to the same in the Chamber over the Parlour and a Sute of Mourning
Item I give and bequeath unto Ann Blake the sum of five pounds yearly to be paid unto her
during the Lease of Lives that has in the Living that I Bought and no Longer to be paid unto her half
yearly if demanded to be paid unto her so long as she keeps herself unmarried  Item I give
and bequeath unto Thomas Holmes the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain
to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto the poor Inhabitants
of the parish of Abbotts Ann the sum of Ten pounds to be given amongst them the first old
Christmass Day after my Decease to be paid unto them by my Executor here after named Item I give
and bequeath unto the poor Inhabitants of the parish of Up[per] Clatford the sum of five pounds
to be given amongst them the first old Christmass Day after my Decease to be paid unto them
by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto F__ Beavers the sum of three
guineas to be Divided between them Share and Share alike Item I give and bequeath unto
Charles Blake and his Three Elder Sons all my Wearing Apparel both Woollen and Linnen
to be equally Divided between them Share and Share alike my Will this that my Legacies has
to be paid unto my Legatees in Six Months after my Decease to all them that has arrived
to Eighteen years of age, my Legatees that has  not arrived to Eighteen years of age yearly
Interest has to be paid unto them at the rate of five p[e]r Cent And I do hereby constitute make
and ordaine my Kindsman George Marshman my only and Sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke and disanull every forme Will
before this time by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will
and Testament In Witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and Seal
this Twenty Seventh Day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety – two

Signed Sealed published and Declared by the above
Named John Blake for and as his last Will                                                    John Blake [signed]
And Testament and in the presence of us
The Witnesses Tho[mas] Overton [signed] – John Prince [signed]

[Page 3]

A Codicil or Schedule to a Will, made after a Will is Sealed

Be it known unto all Men by these presents. That I John
Blake of Abbotts Ann, in the County of Southampton formerly
Malster have made and declared that my last Will and Testament
in writing bearing date, the Twenty Seventh day of April, in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-two,
I the said John Blake, do by these presents, contained in this
Codicil, confirm and ratify my said last Will and I do give and
bequeath unto Ann Blake, the Chamber over the Parlor to sleep
in, and part of the House wherein I now dwell to live in, during the
time shee keeps herself unmarried, and during the Life of
Jno Matons Wife, of Abbotts Ann, her Life being in the Living
and in the said Dwelling House, and my Will and Meaning is that this
Codicil, or Schedule be colcomed and adjudged to be part and parcel
of my Will and Testament and that all things herein contained
and mentioned, be faithfully performed in as full and ample
Manner, in every Respect, as if the same were declared and
set down in my said Will, In Witness whereof I the said
John Blake, have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty
Sixth day of July, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety-two
Signed, Sealed published, and Declared                    John Blake [signed]
By the above named John Blake aforesaid as
His Codicil or Schedule and in the
Presence of us
Witnesses        John Maton [signed]
                        John Prince [signed] 

The reference in this will to William Blake of Andover and Thomas Blake of Upper Clatford (brothers) and Ann Blake (their sister) is interesting as the surname would tend to make one think they are closely related to the John Blake writing the will and indeed the relationship is more likely on the side of the wives/mothers of these individuals.  At the time it was an interesting distraction as I worked my way backwards. I think they do share a common ancestor in Robert Blake of Enham who left his will in 1521. But more on that later but the relationship is distant cousinship and he does not mention them as his kinsmen. 

Today a working day and an exercise day and I rather think I will do rowing and running this morning and weight lifting this afternoon since no hard frost yet. Yesterday was run/jog and yoga along with of course my waking up exercises!

Solitaire puzzles next as my tea is cooling. Good to have the Blake Newsletter completed. The next one is technically H11 1st of November and then Pincombe 1st of December. That completes the year although these newsletters (unless they include parish register transcriptions) will be short. The books have priority at the moment. 

 

 

 

Will of Richard King, Yeoman, Kingsclere, Hampshire - The National Archives PROB 11/222, no probate

Richard King, the testator, is married to Elizabeth and the father of Christopher and Ann all mentioned in the will. Christopher is married and has three children. Ann is married to Richard Gilbert and has three children including her sons Richard Gilbert and John Gilbert whom he names executors. Richard lives at Kingsclere (16.5 miles north east of Upper Clatford; 14.4 miles north west of Upton Gray).

Looking at the records for Kingsclere, Hampshire:

Thomas Kinge was buried there 31 Jan 1643 (he was a soldier)
John Kinge was buried there May 1651
Thomas King was buried there 8 Jul 1697 (son of Henricus)

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Mar 2017
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/222
Name of testator: Richard King, Yeoman
Place: Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 28 Jun 1651, probated 1651 (probate missing)

[In margin] The will of Richard King

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    the eight and twentieth day of June in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred
3    fifty and one I Richard King of Kingsclere in the County of South[ampto]n yeoman being
4    at this time sicke in body but of perfect memory (I give god thankes) doe ordanie and
5    make this my will and testament in manner and forme following utterly denying
6    cancelling and making voyd all former wills and testaments whatsoever formerly
q    by me made by this my present will First and above all things I bequeath my soule unto
8    the mercy of Almightie god my Maker Faithfully trusting to attaine salvation by
9    the merits death and passion of Jesus Christ my Redeemer And my body to bee
10    buried in Cristian burial at the discretion of my executor and Overseers hereafter
11    named Item I will and devise declare and appoint that my will is my wife Elizabeth shall
12    have the free use and occupation of all my goods cattells and household stuff which I shall dye
13    possessed of during her life And whereas Christopher King my sonne of South Maston
14    in the parish of Highworth in the Countie of Wilts husbandman one bond or oblige[t]ion
15    bearing date the seven and twentieth of September in the yeare of our Lord one
16    thousand six hundred and fifty is and standeth bounden to me the said Richard King and
17    the said Elizabeth my said wife in the severall summe of four hundred and eight pounds of
18    lawfull money of England with rendition there under subscribed for the true payment of
19    nine pounds of lawfull money of England in manner and forme therein expressed I doe
20    declare by these presents that I doe fully and wholly give and appoint that my said wife
21    Elizabeth shall have the said recited obligation and all the sumes of money hereafter
22    be due by virtue thereof to her own use during her natural life according to the
23    true intent of the said recited obligation and rendition And after the decease of the said
24    Elizabeth my wife my will and true meaning is that the goods Cattels and household
25    stuffe formerly her due and hereby assigned to my said wife shall wholly
26    remaine and bee to my Executors hereafter named Item I give and bequeath to the
27    said Christopher King my sonne twelve pence, to his wife twelve pence And to theire
28    three Children twelve pence apiece Item I give and bequeath to Ann my daughter the
29    wife of Richard Gilbert twelve pence and to her daughter twelve pence. The residue
30    of my goods cattells and chattels not formerly given and bequeathed I give and
31    bequeath to Richard Gilbert and John Gilbert the two sonnes of the said Ann my
32    daughter both which I doe make Executors of this my will and testament joyntly and
33    my will and true meaning is that if either of my said executors do part this life
34    before they shall receive that which shall remaine unto them by the said executorship
35    That then the whole executorship shall remaine to the Survivor of them and all things
36    due hereby And I doe instantly and earnestly request my loving friends Thomas
37    Camber and John Elton the younger both of Kingsclere aforesaid to be overseers of
38    this my will and testament to see it what in them hath performed according to the true
39    meaning hereof And I doe declare this to be my true will and noe other And doe
40    hereunto sette my hand and seale the day and yeare above written In the presents
41    of the marke of Richard King Walter Camber John Apleton the elder James Lening
42    and Lattice Lenning widow John Apeltons marke James Lening his marke Lattice
43    Lenning her marke

Will of Frances Blake, Walton, Lancashire - The National Archives PROB 11/1527, probated 26 Nov 1811

Frances Blake, testatrix, was the daughter of William and Alicia (Hodgson) Blake of Bedford Row, Middlesex who married at St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, England the 11th October 1765.

An online tree at Ancestry (BennettOct15 plus verification with original records) was helpful with putting together a list of the children of William and Alicia Blake. This tree proposes that William Blake (father of Frances) was born at Ravenglass, Cumberland 1 Jan 1733 and baptized 8 Jan 1733 at Muncaster (along with his twin sister Elizabeth). Doing a search of the Cumberland-L Archives revealed a researcher looking for William Blake of Ravenglass, innkeeper, married to Frances N. This couple had a third child Isabelle married to Edward Frears of Ravenglass/Muncaster. This same researcher (Rob Schouten) states: The Family of Blake of Danesbury was a collateral branch of the family of Robert Blake, admiral at sea, of the Blakes of Somerset. However I cannot trace back its roots further then to William Blake, innholder of Ravenglass, Cumberland who died 1748; his widow Frances remarried Ralph Foster.

The children of William and Alicia (Hodgson) Blake:

William Hodgson Blake, born 9 Jul 1767 and baptized 6 Aug 1767 at St Bartholomew the Great, London; buried 13 Sep 1767

Alicia Blake was born 17 Jan 1769, baptized 15 Feb 1769 at St Bartholomew the Great, London and married Thomas Strickland 3 Apr 1800 in London

John Rodolph Blake born 29 Oct 1770 and baptized 31 Oct 1770 at St Bartholomew the Great, London; buried 9 Feb 1774

Frances Blake born 25 Jul 1772 at Chiswick, died by 26 Nov 1811 at Liverpool

William Blake, born 31 Jan 1774 and baptized 27 Feb 1774 at St Bartholomew the Great, London and married Mary Nash 25 Jul 1797 at St Mary le Bone, London

John Blake born 17 Oct 1775, Aldersgate Street, London; died in 1799 at Polygars, S India

Caroline Blake born 13 Apr 1777 at Aldersgate Street, London, baptized 24 Aug 1777 at St Botolph without Aldersgate and married there to John Robley 2 Jul 1799.

An interesting file online concerning the brother of the testatrix caught my interest and it provides a lot of interesting information on this Blake family:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44324

William Blake (brother of the testatrix)
Profile & Legacies Summary
1774 - 1852
Claimant or beneficiary
Biography

Brother-in-law and devisee-in-trust of John Robley (q.v.) under his will (dated 1807 but proved with codicils 1824). Caroline Robley (q.v.), John Robley's widow, was the daughter of William and Alicia Blake: this is her brother (born in 1774). A letter in the West Yorkshire Archives Service from James Cunningham in Bristol to William Blake of Portland Place concerning the estate of John Robley confirmed the link. [As does the will of Frances Blake the present testatrix where she mentions William Blake of Portland Place as her brother.]

William Blake the son of William and Alicia Blake was baptised at St Bartholomew 27/02/1774 (born 31/01/1774) while Caroline Blake was baptised at St Botolphs in 1777 and on her marriage to John Robley in 1799 at St Botolph's Aldersgate, at which William Blake was a witness, she was described as 'of this parish'. 

The will of William Blake of Bedford Row whose will was proved 26/11/1810 [will transcribe this will next] specifies legacies to his daughters including Frances [testatrix of this blogged will], Alicia, wife of Thomas Strickland, and Caroline wife of John Robley, and makes his only son William sole executor. A William Blake aged 77 was buried in the North Aisle of St Bartholomew 05/06/1810, as Alicia Blake had been on 08/04/1809. The profession of William Blake of Bedford Row has not been identified: his will refers to property at Chiswick [?] and in Aldersgate, the latter on a long let, but carries no further clues. A William Blake left an insurance partnership in Bristol with John Gresley, James Rogers and others in 1785, but the baptisms of William Blake of Bedford Row's children point to a firm City base in the 1770s. It is conceivable but not demonstrated that William Blake of Bedford Row (d. 1810) was the partner in Sansom, Blake and Postlethwaite, bankers of 65 Lombard Street: if so, William Blake of Bedford Row was partners with the abolitionist Philip Sansom at the same time that his daughter Caroline Blake was marrying into a slave-owning family.

William Blake the son, brother of Caroline Robley, is shown in the 1851 census at 62 Portland Place a widower aged 77 'Landed proprietor, fundholder, barr[ister] not in practice', born St Bartholomew, living with his son William John, also 'barr[ister] not in practice' aged 45, and unmarried daughter Frances aged 47. Will of William Blake of Portland Place proved 22/12/1852.

William Blake the son, brother of Caroline Robley, is the William Blake of Danesbury [Welwyn, Hertfordshire], whose papers are at the Hertfordshire Local Records Office. The papers contain no reference to Caroline Robley but they link William Blake by Portland Place, by the heir William John Blake and the unmarried daughter Frances (Fanny). The introduction to the papers detail William and Mary Blake's inheritance of the Darker estates in England. The sons of William Blake (d. 1852) were: William John Blake, MP for Newport 1837-41 who left £140,000 on his death in 1875; and his brother Henry Wollaston Blake was an eminent engineer. The daughters of William Blake (d. 1852), Ellen, Caroline and Emily married respectively John Alexander Hankey (q.v.), Henry Davidson (q.v.) and Christopher William Puller, suggesting from the first two at least a West Indian mercantile nexus. 

William Blake of Portland Place Middlesex and Danesbury Place [near Welwyn] Hertfordshire (31/01/1774-24//11/1852) 'apparently a landowner in Hertfordshire and was also a barrister, but his father's occupation could not be traced.  His father was apparently in business or in a profession in London, but could not be identified in directories or other sources. In 1883 Arthur Maurice Blake of Danesbury owned 4343 acres worth £7331 p.a., in Hertfordshire, Leicestershire etc.'  In 1823 his address was 'of Hartwell Buckinghamshire' (Alum. Oxon for his son). Father was William Blake of London and Wimbledon. Charterhouse School; Trinity College Cambridge (BA 1793); Fellow of Trinity 1795-7. Barrister Lincoln's Inn (called 1799). Married Mary Nash, daughter of Joseph Nash (at least two sons, including William John Blake (1805-75) the Liberal MP 1837-41).  High Sheriff of Hertfordshire 1836-7.  Art collector (Alum Cantab.)  Left £140,000.

Sources
1.    Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online]; West Yorkshire Archives Service WYL250/3/4/2/83 [now no longer accessible].
2.    London Gazette, Issue 12714, 03/01/1786, p. 6.
3.    PROB 11/1516/406; Ancestry.com, London, England, Births, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].
4.    1851 census online; PROB 11/2162.
5.    Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Estate and family papers of the Blake family of Danesbury, Welwyn 1777-1924, DE/X69 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=046-dex69&cid=-1#-1 [accessed 16/05/2011]; National Probate Calendar 1875; Obituary of Henry Wollaston Blake http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/issue/imotp/138/1899 (which gives Henry Wollaston Blake's birthplace as 25 Portland Place: it is possible the street as renumbered between his birth in 1815 and the 1851 census).
6.    William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? A biographical dictionary of British wealth-holders Volume Two 1840-1859 (London, Social Affairs Unit, 2012) reference 1852/25.

Further Information
Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse, Mary Nash
Children, William John, Henry Wollaston, Frederic, Mary, Ellen, Caroline, Emily, Fanny

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Jan 2017
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/1527
Name of testator: Frances Blake
Place: Elm Grove, Walton, Lancashire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 7 Dec 1811, probated 26 Nov 1811
Read: Electronic file images

[In margin] Frances Blake 12

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Frances Blake late of Bedford Row in the County
3    of Middlesex but now resident at Elm Grove in the parish
4    of Walton in the County of Lancaster and Whereas William
5    Blake of Bedford Row my late Father bequeathed unto me
6    the Executrix the Sum of Three thousand pounds and
7    whereas he also gave devised and bequeathed unto his
8    Son William Blake his heirs Executors and Administrators
9    certain Copyholds and Leaseholds Messuages Tenements
10    or premises at Chiswick in the County of Middlesex
11    and in Aldersgate Street London or elsewhere comprised
12    in a lease bearing date on or about the 8th day of
13    August 1804 from the said William Blake my late
14    Father to Messrs Edward Sage and William Rawdon
15    for a long term of years at the yearly Rent of Five
16    hundred and fifty pounds Upon Trust from time to time
17    during the said time devised by the said lease to
18    pay the said Rent as the same should grow due and
19    be received unto me the Testatrix my Executors Admors
20    and Assigns to whom he gave the same for mine and
21    their absolute use and benefit Now my Will respecting
22    the said Money and the said annuity so left unto me
23    by the Will of my said Father I make publish and
24    declare in manner following that is to say I give
25    unto my Brother William Blake the Sum of One
26    hundred pounds I give unto Miss Maria Neale the
27    Sum of One hundred pounds I give unto my Servant
28    Jane Grey for her great attention during my illness
29    one hundred pounds I give unto my Servants Mary
30    Davis and John Hammond Ten pounds to each and I
31    desire that the said Annuity of Five hundred and Fifty
32    pounds be paid unto my Executor for such a time as
33    shall enable him to pay the above mentioned Legacies
34    and discharge my Funeral Expences and such other
35    costs as may be due and owing from me at the time
36    of my decease I give devise and bequeath unto my
37    Cousin Harriet Hodgson of Chigwell in the County of
38    Essex the Sum of One thousand pounds as a mark
39    of my Gratitude and affection I give devise and bequeath
40    unto my Cousin Emma Hodgson of Chigwell in the
41    County of Essex the Sum of One Thousand pounds as a
42    mark of my Gratitude and affection And after the
43    payment of the abovementioned legacies I give devise
44    and bequeath the residue and remainder of the propert
45    ies left unto me by my said Father unto the Trustees
46    for the time being and at the Marriage Settlement of
47    my Sister Alicia the wife of Thomas Strickland upon
48    Trust to lay out and invest the Remainder of the three
49    thousand pounds as left to me by my said Father
50    in the purchase of Government Stocks or Funds or
51    on real Securities at Interest with full power to alter
52    and transpose this or use at their discretion and to pay
53    the dividends or interest thereof together with the rent
54    or annuity of Five hundred and Fifty pounds
55    (or such part of the said Rent or Annuity as has
56    not been disposed of by my Executor for fulfilling the
57    purposes of my Will) unto my Sister Alicia for her
58    life for her separate use and from and after her
59    decease upon trust to assign transfer and pay the
60    principal of the said dividends and also the said
61    Rent or Annuity unto and amongst all and every
62    or such one or more of the Child or Children of her
63    my said Sister Alicia or their Issue as such shall
64    be living at the time of her decease as she my said
65    Sister Alicia when the survivors or sole survivors notwithstanding
66    her Coverture shall by her last Will and Testament
67    in writing or by any writing purporting to be or
68    in the nature of her last Will to be by her
69    executed in the presence of and attested by two credible
70    witnesses shall direct limit or appoint and in default
71    of such appointment unto and amongst all and every
72    the Child or Children of her my said Sister Alicia
73    which shall be living at her decease share and
74    share alike and the Issue of such of them as shall
75    be then dead such Issue taking the life shares as
76    their deceased parents would have taken though and not
77    otherwise share and share alike and in case my
78    said Sister Alicia should be without having any
79    issue at the time of her decease then I give the
80    Residue of the property so bequeathed unto me by
81    my Father unto my Brother William Blake and
82    my Sister Caroline Robley to be equally divided between
83    them share and share alike I give unto my Sister
84    Caroline Robley all my Jewels and Ornaments and
85    my piano Forte I give devise and bequeath all the
86    Residue and Remainder of my real and personal
87    Estate whatsoever and wheresoever unto my
88    Brother William Blake Esquire of Portland Place
89    and appoint him my Sole Executor of this my Will
90    In witness whereof I the said Testatrix have to this
91    my last Will and Testament set my hand and Seal this
92    eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord
93    One Thousand eight hundred and Ten Frances Blake
94    Signed Sealed publishedand declared in the presence
95    of us W Briggs physician Liverpool C E Gilbert
96    Proved at London the twenty Sixth November
97    One Thousand eight hundred and eleven before the
98    Worshipful John Daubery doctor of Laws and
99    Surrogate by the oath of William Blake Esquire
100    the Brother and sole Executor to whom Admon was
101    Granted having been first sworn duly to administer

Will of Charles Blake, Upholsterer, Salisbury, Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/375/449, probated 8 Apr 1684

The testator, Charles Blake, would appear to be the grandson of Charles Blake whose will was blogged yesterday. Charles identifies his father as Charles Blake of Chilhampton.

Charles, the testator, identifies his brothers as Richard Blake and Christopher Blake and his sisters as Mary Chalke, Ann Chase and Martha Blake. He has a cousin Charles Gilbert that is rather interesting to me.

Discovering the origins of the Blake family at South Newton could be rather revealing for the Blake families found in the Wiltshire/Hampshire area especially given that the Gilbert family and the Blake family also intermarried at Andover.

His father Charles Blake is still living in l684 and he was known to have been baptized at South Newton 2 Oct 1631. His marriage lines I have not yet found but if he married by 1652 then this son could be as old as 31. He does not have a wife so is probably a fairly young adult perhaps only in  his mid 20s although he is in business as an upholsterer.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/375/449
Testator: Charles Blake, Upholsterer
Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Mar 1683/84, probated 8 Apr 1684
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent] Carolus
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen the
2    fifth day of March in the yeare of our Lord God 1683/4 Charles Blake of the
3    Citty New Sarum in the County of Wilts Upholsterer being sick and weake of body
4    but of perfect minde and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto
5    minde the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men ev[er]ie
6    to die Doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and
7    forme following that is to say First and principally I give my Soule into the hands of
8    God who gave it mee and for my body I commend it to the earth to be buried in
9    Christian and decent manner in the Church of St Thomas nothing doubting but
10    at the general resurrection I shall receive the same againe by the mighty power of
11    God And as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to blesse mee
12    in this life I give devise bequeath and dispose the same in manner and forme
13    following Imp[rimi]s I give and bequeath for the good will I beare unto my brother
14    Richard Blake a hundred and Fifty pound and the Lease of the house I now
15    dwell in Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Mary Chalke Five pounds
16    Item I give and bequeath to my Sister Anne Chase Tenne pounds Item I
17    give and bequeath to my Brother Christopher Tenne pounds Item I give
18    and bequeath to my sister Martha Tenne pounds Item I give my Cousen
19    Charles Gilbert halfe a peece And of this my last Will I make and ordaine my
20    dearly beloved Father Charles Blake of Chilhampton in the parish of
21    Southnewton in the County of Wilts aforesaid and my Brother Richard Blake
22    of New Sarum aforesaid my joint Executors and I doe hereby utterly revoke
23    and Annull all other Testaments Wills Legacies bequests and Executors by
24    mee in any wise before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and
25    confirmeing this and noe other to bee my laste will and Testament In witness
26    whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written
27    Signed Sealed pronounced and declared by the said Charles Blake as his last
28    will and Testament in the presence of us the marke of Katherine Stansmoore
29    the marke of Robert Styles Charles Gilbert Memorand[um] that at the Swearing
30    and examining of the Witnesses the said witnesses did sweare and declare that
31    they heard the Will read and published and the reason of his not signeing
32    nor sealing was because he was both blind and very weake in the small pox
33    soe that he was not able to doe it these words were spoken in the presence of us Sam: Iscotte Hugh Frome No[ta]ry Publicke

King family of Upper Clatford and area and the Will of John Blake, malster at Upper Clatford

We collected a number of King family wills whilst we were at Kew. One set of my 4x great grandparents was Joseph Blake and Joanna King. Joanna's father was Thomas King. Although I do have his will it hasn't let me separate his King line from the other King lines at Upper Clatford and area.

In my study day on the King family I will work on these particular wills. I know that Joanna and Joseph were first cousins with their mothers being Ann Carter and Mary Carter daughters of Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett who were married 4 Aug 1701 at Andover, Hampshire, England. Mary was baptized 27 Feb 1710 at Andover and buried 13 Apr 1744 at Upper Clatford (she was married to Thomas King 10 Jan 1727 at Upper Clatford). Ann was baptized 18 Nov 1713 at Andover and buried 20 Dec 1734 at Penton Mewsey (she was married to Thomas Blake 8 Dec 1728 at Penton Mewsey).

Another Blake family becomes involved with this grouping in that Thomas and Mary King had three daughters Mary King who married John Blake 15 Dec 1753 at Upper Clatford, Elizabeth King who died as an infant and Joanna King who married Joseph Blake 8 Jun 1757 at Upper Clatford (my 4x great grandparents). John Blake left a will at Abbots Ann where he was a maltster and it is published on my webpage and inserted below to bring my mind back again to these family lines that I want to work on with regard to my King family line and the Blake line that John is descended from as that was unknown to me but I have written in the past on my blog that I believe he is the son of Robert Blake and Elizabeth Russell:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/01/charles-blake-at-abbotts-ann.html

My week has flown by too quickly as I had planned on transcribing one of the King wills yesterday on my blog but instead I will summarize my research plan for my next King research day. The will of John Blake, malster at Abbots Ann is below. The will refers to my ancestor Thomas Blake at Upper Clatford. John does not mention that he is his nephew. The Ann Blake who is mentioned is Thomas' sister and has been looking after her uncle. Ann returned to Upper Clatford after the death of Thomas' wife in childbirth in 1815. Thomas Blake's mother had remarried in 1781 (her husband died in 1767) and the farm of her father/husband and that of Thomas Collins her second husband were combined. The older brother of Thomas was in Andover at the time of writing the will and I am still working on this section of my family. I believe that the father of Joseph Blake married a second time but still looking for records to substantiate that. William has perhaps returned to Andover to take over the shop that his grandfather Thomas had not sure about that. Thomas was born posthumously five months after the death of his father Joseph. To the best of my knowledge Thomas and his second wife Hester Stephens (married 9 Feb 1751 at Andover) did not have any children. Thomas (grandfather) was buried 13 Jan 1767.

Recorded: 12th February 2008
Source: Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, # 1797A/008
Testator: John Blake, malster
Place: Abbotts Ann, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 27 Apr 1792, probated 18 Jan 1797
Read: Paper copy
Condition: photocopy, smudges, modern English writing very good, contrast good

In the name of God Amen, I John Blake of Abbotts Ann
in the County of Southampton formerly Malster calling to mind the Mortality of my
Body and that it is appointed for all Men once to die do make and ordaine this my last
Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say principally
and first of all I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of God that gave it hoping
for the pardon of all my Sins for the alone Merritts sake of my blessed Redeemer Christ
Jesus and for my Body I commend it to the Earth to be Burried in a decent manner
at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named nothing doubting but I shall receive the as
same again by the mighty power of God at the General Resurrection of the Dead and as
touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life
I give desire and bequeath of the same in the following Manner Imprimis I give
and bequeath unto my Kindsman William Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good
and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item
I give and bequeath unto my Kindswoman Mary Gilbert the sum of Ten pounds of
good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor hereafter named
Item I give and bequeath unto my Sister Elizabeth Russel the sum of five pounds of
good and Lawful money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named I
also give unto my Sister Elizabeth Russel the sum of five pounds yearly during her Life
to be paid unto her half yearly if Demanded and to be paid by my Executor here after
named Item I give and bequeath unto Joseph Russel the Elder the sum of Ten pounds
of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item
I give and bequeath unto Joseph Russel the younger the sum of Ten pounds of good and
Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give
and bequeath unto Thomas Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be paid by my Executor hereafter named Item I give and bequeath unto
Luke Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid
by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Sarah Russel Daughter
of Joseph and Elizabeth Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Mary
Russel Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Russel the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful
Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath
unto Elizabeth Russel Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Russel the sum of Ten pounds
of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named
Item I give and bequeath unto my Kindsman George Marshman all my household
Goods and Furniture except the Bed and Furniture in the parlor Chamber Item I give and
bequeath unto Elizabeth Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good
and Lawful money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Marshman
the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath
unto
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Ann Marshman the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain Item
I give and bequeath unto George Marshman the younger the sum of Ten pounds of good and lawful Money
of Great Britain Item I give and bequeath unto Charles Blake the Elder the sum of Ten
pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named
Item I give and bequeath unto James Blake the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money
of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto
Robert Blake the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid [by] my
Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Charles Blake the younger the
sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here
after named Item I give and bequeath unto Chivrel [Sacheverall] Blake the sum of five pounds of good
and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item
I give and bequeath unto John Blake the sum of Ten pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great
Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto William Blake
of Andover the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my
Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Blake of Up[per] Clatford
the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor
here after named Item I give and bequeath unto Ann Blake the sum of five pounds of good and
Lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor here after named I also give unto Ann Blake
the Bed and Furniture belonging to the same in the Chamber over the Parlour and a Sute of Mourning
Item I give and bequeath unto Ann Blake the sum of five pounds yearly to be paid unto her
during the Lease of Lives that has in the Living that I Bought and no Longer to be paid unto her half
yearly if demanded to be paid unto her so long as she keeps herself unmarried  Item I give
and bequeath unto Thomas Holmes the sum of five pounds of good and Lawful Money of Great Britain
to be paid by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto the poor Inhabitants
of the parish of Abbotts Ann the sum of Ten pounds to be given amongst them the first old
Christmass Day after my Decease to be paid unto them by my Executor here after named Item I give
and bequeath unto the poor Inhabitants of the parish of Up[per] Clatford the sum of five pounds
to be given amongst them the first old Christmass Day after my Decease to be paid unto them
by my Executor here after named Item I give and bequeath unto F__ Beavers the sum of three
guineas to be Divided between them Share and Share alike Item I give and bequeath unto
Charles Blake and his Three Elder Sons all my Wearing Apparel both Woollen and Linnen
to be equally Divided between them Share and Share alike my Will this that my Legacies has
to be paid unto my Legatees in Six Months after my Decease to all them that has arrived
to Eighteen years of age, my Legatees that has  not arrived to Eighteen years of age yearly
Interest has to be paid unto them at the rate of five p[e]r Cent And I do hereby constitute make
and ordaine my Kindsman George Marshman my only and Sole Executor of this
my last Will and Testament And I do hereby revoke and disanull every forme Will
before this time by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will
and Testament In Witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and Seal
this Twenty Seventh Day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety – two

Signed Sealed published and Declared by the above
Named John Blake for and as his last Will                                                    John Blake [signed]
And Testament and in the presence of us
The Witnesses Tho[mas] Overton [signed] – John Prince [signed]

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A Codicil or Schedule to a Will, made after a Will is Sealed

Be it known unto all Men by these presents. That I John
Blake of Abbotts Ann, in the County of Southampton formerly
Malster have made and declared that my last Will and Testament
in writing bearing date, the Twenty Seventh day of April, in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-two,
I the said John Blake, do by these presents, contained in this
Codicil, confirm and ratify my said last Will and I do give and
bequeath unto Ann Blake, the Chamber over the Parlor to sleep
in, and part of the House wherein I now dwell to live in, during the
time shee keeps herself unmarried, and during the Life of
Jno Matons Wife, of Abbotts Ann, her Life being in the Living
and in the said Dwelling House, and my Will and Meaning is that this
Codicil, or Schedule be colcomed and adjudged to be part and parcel
of my Will and Testament and that all things herein contained
and mentioned, be faithfully performed in as full and ample
Manner, in every Respect, as if the same were declared and
set down in my said Will, In Witness whereof I the said
John Blake, have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty
Sixth day of July, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety-two
Signed, Sealed published, and Declared                    John Blake [signed]
By the above named John Blake aforesaid as
His Codicil or Schedule and in the
Presence of us
Witnesses        John Maton [signed]
                        John Prince [signed]

12 lines after Will and before
meaning and interlined

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On the 18th Day of January 1797 George Marshman
The Executor within named in the Will hereunto appoint was duly Sworn well
and faithfully to administer and at the same
Time made Oath that the Goods Chattels personal
Estate and Effects of the Deceased did not amount
To one Thousand Pounds at the Time of his Decease
As he verily believes

Before me

John Woodburn, Clerk

[On the side]
A Codicil or Schedule
To Mr John Blake’s Will

Will of Sir Edward Buller, Baronet, Vice Admiral, Trenant Park - The National Archives PROB 11/1688/17, probated 23 Jul 1824

This next set of wills is a hunt for information on my Buller family of St Olave Southwark. They lived there in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They may have lived there in the earlier part of the 1700s and that is what I am trying to determine. I have almost seventy different wills so this will be a lengthy process to transcribe all of them. Some are very short but some are rather long and I am quite sure not my line but listening to advice from other researchers at the Guild I shouldn't bypass them especially if they had a lot of sons. This will likely take me a couple of months to work through but once done it will be my biggest and probably last effort to look at the Buller family and I shall move back to concentrating on my one name studies Blake and Pincombe. Perhaps one day someone will take up a one name study of the Buller family :) . I am always hopeful of that.

I still have wills for a number of my other family lines but not nearly these numbers fortunately as my interest is starting to wane in these other lines leaving others to pick up the torch for them. I have taken them back as far as I can in a reasonable search pattern and my interests have changed in the last couple of years tending to put my genealogical research efforts into my one name studies. There are roughly another 100 wills to transcribe for these various lines and I will continue to work through them once Buller is accomplished!

For ease of effort I will begin with Cornwall which is also the traditional home of the Buller family (along with Somerset).  The first will is for Sir Edward Buller Baronet and was probated 23 Jul 1824. His will just happened to be the first one that I imaged and alphabetically the first in the files under Cornwall. 

Wikipedia has an article on Sir Edward:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Edward_Buller,_1st_Baronet

His daughter Anna Maria married Lt Col James Drummond Elphinstone. Her mother was Gertrude van Cortlandt.

Trenant Park, Duloe, Cornwall is now a Grade II listed building and details can be found:

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-60670-trenant-park-duloe-

According to this article the house was possibly early 17th century and has been owned by the Hewis, Colshulls, Arundells, Whittingtons, Treise and in 1806 was sold to Admiral Sir Edward Buller and later owned by the Peel family.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1688/17
Testator: Sir Edward Buller, Vice Adml
Place: Trenant Park, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 25 Mar 1824, probated 23 Jul 1824
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Sir
[Margin]: Edward
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: Baronet.
[Margin]: 10

1    The last Will and Testament of vice adml Sir E Buller
2    B[arone]t which I will and bequeath as follows after my funeral and all my just debts are
3    paid to my beloved wife Gertrude I give and bequeath all my Lands and Tenaments
4    Mortgages plate books money and property of every description excepting what I have
5    recently settled on my beloved daughter Anna Maria on her marriage the same to be
6    enjoyed by my said wife Gertrude Buller during her natural life without let or hindrance
7    from any and I further bequeath to my said wife Gertrude for her life the interest of all my
8    money in India and all of my Goods Chattels Linen and Jewels and furniture that
9    I may now have or that I may hereafter have for her own and sole use for her life
10    excepting only the furniture in Trenant house which I will to go with the Estate In the
11    event of the demise of my daughter Anna Maria Buller Elphinstone during my life
12    by which the said Estate of Trenant reverts to me. I in that case will and bequeath the said
13    Trenant Estate to my estimable Son in Law James Drummond Buller Elphinstone and to
14    his heirs and assigns for ever in lieu of the five hundred pounds per annum specified in his
15    marriage Settlements if he approves thereof and provided nevertheless he pays the Sum
16    of Ten thousand pounds to my Wife Gertrude Buller and her heirs and assigns in lieu of
17    dower I also bequeath the furniture in Trenant house to the said James Drummond Buller
18    Elphinstone in the event of the demise of my said daughter Anna Maria Buller
19    Elphinstone in my lifetime and in that case all the residue of my property of every description
20    I will and bequeath to my wife and her heirs and assigns for Ever but she my beloved
21    daughter Anna Maria Buller Elphinstone survive me Then I will and bequeath to her
22    and her heirs and assigns for ever all my Real and personal Estates that I now have or
23    that hereafter may belong to me of every description after the demise of my wife excepting
24    the before mentioned Goods Chattels Linen Jewels etc to my said wife which I have
25    bequeathed to her for ever excepting the Sum of Eight thousand pounds part of my property
26    now in the Company's Treasury in India which on the demise of my said wife Gertrude
27    I will and bequeath to my daughter Anna Maria Buller Elphinstone for her owne
28    sole use for ever. My personal property now stands charged with a pension of one hundred
29    pounds per annum to Mrs Eliz: Catherine Bluntiell for her natural life also to my aged
30    female Mary Barn a pension of nineteen pounds thirteen shillings and four pence
31    for her natural life I have several pensioners in India to whom I wish my agents
32    Mess[ieur]s Alexander to pay two years Salary from the day of my death and for which to
33    obtain a receipt in full from them in lieu of any further pensions whatever and as I
34    have lately paid a considerable debt of John Allans and have been at great expence
35    in respect to him and have provided him with a situation I do not conceive it necessary
36    to give him any further allowance but as his Sister Ann Allan has now the Sum of
37    Eight hundred pounds standing in the joint names of John Gorst Scott Esquire and my own in
38    the 3 1/2 p[e]r c[en]t I charge my personal Estate with making the same up to a clear Sixty
39    pounds a year so long as she remains single and in the case of her marrying to give
40    her the Sum of one hundred pounds in lieu of any augmentation to the before
41    mentioned Sum of eight hundred pounds 3 1/2 p[e]r c[en]t my personal Estate is also chargeable
42    with the Sum of one thousand pounds due to my Brother Henry's son Henry George
43    Buller which I wish my wife Gertrude who I hereby appoint with my friends
44    Davies Gilbert and W[illia]m Howe Mulcaster and George James Hamilton Esq[uie]rs my
45    Executrix and Executors to this my last Will and Testament in the presence of at Trenant
46    house Park in the parish of Duloe in the County of Cornwall and where no Stamps
47    are to be procured this 25 March 1824 Ed: Buller (seal) Witnesses: James Rook
48    Footman to Sir Edward Buller Geo: Hunkins Groom of Col: J.D. Elphinstone
49    John Wynhall Carpenter East Looe Cornwall
50    Proved at London 23rd July 1824 before the Judge by the oath of dame
51    Gertrude Buller widow the Relict one of the Executors to whom admon was
52    granted being first sworn (by Com[missi]on) duly to administer. David Gilbert William
53    Howe Mulcaster and George James Hamilton Esq[uie]rs the other Executors having
54    renounced.