Will of Jone Blake, widow, Cow Honeybourne, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, probated 30 Apr 1689

Jone Blake, widow, is the testatrix. Cow Honeybourne is now part of  Honeybourne. Long Marston is 5 miles away as is Mickleton.

Other than the fact that the surname of Jone is Blake there is no other mention of Blake in her will.

Will of Joan Blake, widow, 1689, Will number 89 at Cow Honeybourne, Consistory Court of Gloucester, GDR/Wills/1689(89).
Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator:  Joan Blake
Place: Cow Honeybourne, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 2 Feb 1687; probated 30 Apr 1689
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

[Wrapper]: Testum Joanne Blake dess pbat 30 April 1689 Reg C 89

1    I Jone Blake of Cowhoniborne in the County of Glocester Widow this second day of February Anno dom[ini] 1687
2    doe make and ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following Whereas John
3    Rawlins was by a former Agreend to pay one hundred pounds three yeares after my decease
4    to whom I should appoint it, I will dispose and Appoint it as followeth Imprimis I Give
5    and bequeath unto my Cosen William Trapp or to his Surviveing Children Ten pounds
6    Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Cosen John Byland or to his Surviveing Children Ten pounds
7    Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Cosen Joseph Smyth Ten pounds Item I give and bequeath
8    unto my Cosen Rachell Hands or to her Surviveing Children Ten pounds All which Summs
9    above named are to be paid three years after my decease Item, I Give and bequeath unto my
10    Cosen Joanne Rawlins forty pounds to be paid at twenty and one yeares of Age or at her
11    day of Marriage Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Cosen John Rawlins, two yonger
12    daughters Elizabeth and Sarah five pounds a piece to be paid at Twenty and one yeares of Age
13    or at the day of their Marriages Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Cosen John Rawlins
14    Ten pounds And further, out of my personal Estate I appoint as followeth
15    Item, I Give unto my Cosen John Merrell twenty Shillings I Likewise appoint unto
16    Mr Ward ten shillings Item I Give and bequeath unto my Cosen Joanna Rawlins Ten
17    pounds to be paid to her at the Age of Twenty four years Item I Give and Bequeath
18    unto my Cosen Joseph Smyth Ten pounds more to be paid to him at twenty four years of
19    age Item I doe appoint unto my Cosen Joanna Rawlins, All my Goods in my new Lodgeing
20    Chamber Excepting one press and one Bedstead, And if in Case, Joanna should decease
21    before the forty pounds first above mentioned appointed to her be due then my Will is that
22    it should be equally divided between my Cosen Joseph Smyth and my Cosen John Rawlins two
23    daughters that is the one halfe to Johann Smyth and the other halfe equally between the other two Elizabeth and Sarah And further if Joseph Smyth should decease before the first above mentioned
24    Summ of Ten pounds given to him be due then to be paid to his father And I do nominate
25    and appoint my Cosen John Rawlins to be sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament
26    revokeing all other Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made In witness whereof
27    I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal the day and year abovewritten
28    the mark of Jone Blake
29    jone bl
30    Sealed and delivered
31    in the p[re]sence of
32    Thomas Peter
33    Katherine Harris
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34    30 Aprilis 1689
35    Jurat fuit Ex[ecu]tori in h[uiusm]o[d]i Test[ament]um noiat
36    de bene pinp_end idm Test[ament]um
37    ac ad ex__end ___lin cor me
38    Henricum Kirkham
39    Vicarium de Mickelton
40    Probatum erat h[uiusm]o[d]i t[estamentu]m apud Glouc[este]r
41    30 die mensis Aprilis A[nn]o d[omi]ni 1689 Coram
42    vente viro Richo: Parsons Legu[m] d[o]c[t]ore[m]
43    Rindi in xpo mas ac dni dni Roberti
44    p[ri]mie dna Glouc Epi Vicar in sp[irt]ualibus
45    gen[era]li etc p Johem Rawlins Ex[ecu]tori etc Cui etc
46    primitus de bene etc ac de pleno etc insin[uatum]
47    de vero etc Coram discreto viro Henro Kirkham
48    Clico etc Jurat[o] (Salvo jure cujuscu[m]q[u]e)

Will of John Blake of Standish, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Will on Ancestry, probated 30 Apr 1592

Always nice when two wills fit together and this is the husband of Elizabeth Blake of Standish who left her will dated 27 Sep 1592. Elizabeth mentions her son Richard Harris, her daughter Anne Blake and her son Walter Blake. Elizabeth’s will was blogged earlier:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-of-standish.html

Standish is four miles from Stroud, 5 miles from Coaley, and 7 miles from Gloucester.

Source: Consistory Court of Gloucester, Will, 1592, Will Number 86,  GDR/Wills/1592 (86).
Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator:  John Blake
Place: Standish, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 3 Aug 1592; probated 30 Apr 1592
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy

[Top]: T[estament] John Blake
[Top]: 86

1    In the name of god Amen the third day of Auguste in the
2    yeare
3    of our lord god 1592 I John Blake of Standishe in the diocese
4    of glouc being sick and weke in body by the visitacion of god
5    but of good p[er]fecte mem[orie] thankes be given unto god doe make
6    my Laste will and testament in manner and forme folowyng First
7    and principallye I yeld my soule into the handes of
8    almightie god my creater and onely savior and my body to be
9    buried in convenient _____
10    Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Rich Strfford my sonne in lawe my beste
11    coate the biggest broche Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto John Stretford my
12    godson one yearelyng bullock Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Richard Gibbins
13    my beste breeches Ite[m] I gyve unto the ij children of the sayd Richard Gibbins
14    eyther of them a sheepe Ite[m] I gybe unto Johane brovens my servant one
15    lambe Ite[m] I gyve and bequeath to ____ ____ry Blake one sheepe, Ite[m] I gyve
16    and bequeathe unto Richard Harryes my sonne in law my Fryes coate best dublett
17    and one sheepe Ite[m] I gyve unto my sonne Walter blake a warming panne
18    Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto my son in law William Harryes my blacke
19    Jyrkyn and breeches and a peare of stkings Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto
20    Elizabeth harryes one pewter platte All the Residue of my goods cattels and
21    chattels Iymoveable and unmoveable my dbtes being payd and my funeral and bequeathes
22    discharged I gyve and bequeathe unto Ane Blake my daughter whom I doe ordayne
23    and make my sole and wholl executrix to p[er]form and fulfill this my laste will and testa
24    ment condicionally that she shall p[er]mitt and asser her mother to have hold of
25    and occupie the sayd goods and lyving during her life (Excepte so muche
26    as shall suffice to paye my debtes) and that she diligently attend and succour
27    her mother during her life prov[i]ded allwayes that it shall not be lawfull
28    for her mother to sell or otherwise to dispose any parte of the goods or cattels
29    which in any parte belongeth unto my sayd daughter Anne by the executorshipe
30    of this my will and testament but that same may wholly remayne unto her
31    accordingly Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Thoms Blake one lambe to be deliv[er]ed to hym at
32    holy rode daye next Ite[m] I doe desire and appynte John Harrise and Richard Stretford
33    my sonne in law to be my overseers of this my will and I gyve unto John Harryes
34    for his paynes my cesten
35    debtes which I oughe as foloweth
36    First to my sonne in law Richard
37    Gibbins v li
38    of his marriage money
39    To John Harryes xvij s vj d
40    To John Myles xx s
41    To Richard Stretford xjs viij d
42    Witnesses to this my last
43    will and Testament
44    John Harryes
45    Richard Stretford
46    Jo: Johnson eler
47    Memorandum that the fift day of agust the yeare foresaid the will above written was red
48    and heard by us undersubscribees and allowed and continened by the testator
49    J: Winston
50    Fanc: Yate
51    [Mark made probably by John Blake but not a particular symbol]   ]
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52    T: John Blake de Stanishe
53    Probat[um] etc _____ Mr Wm Blackleeth
54   
55    vic[ar] etc April _____ xxx th
56    ____ 1592
57    Commiss ecal ___ etc execut etc
58    debite iurat etc

Will of Henry Blake of Horseley, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, administered 1684

The testator is Henry Blake of Horsley. Is this Henry son of Henry Blake of Tetbury whose will was transcribed yesterday? Horsley is just 5 miles from Tetbury. The administration does not add any details about Henry.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 1 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator:  Henry Blake
Place: Horseley, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 24 May 1684, administered 24 Jun 1684
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy

1    Noverint universi per praesentes Nos Jacobus Thomas de Cite Bristol
2    Sopemaker, Francis Harris de Cite Gloucester
3    Pharmacoplau et Robturis Perry ium de eadem yeoman
4    teneri et firmiter obligari Reverendo in Christo patri ac Domino Domino Roberto
5    permissione Divina Episcopo Gloucestrensi et Richardo Parsons Legum Bacchalaureo
6    Vicario suo in Spiritualibus generali in Centum Libris bonna et legalis Monetae
7    Angliae Solvend. Eisdem Reverendo Patri et Richardo Parsons Executoribus Admi-
8    nistratoribus vel assignatis suis, ad quam quidem solutionem bene et fideliter faciendam
9    Obligamus nos et quemlibet nostrum per se pro toto et in solido Heredes Executores et Ad-
10    ministratores nostros et cujuslibet nostril firmiter per praesentes sigillis nostris sigillat. Dat.
11    Vigino Quarto die Maij Anno Regni Domini nostril Carol
12    sec[on]di dei Gracia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regis, Fidei
13    Defensoris etc xxxvj Annoque Dom. 1684
14    The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden James Thomas
15    principall Creditor et Administrator of all, and singular
16    the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Henry Blake late of the parish of
17    Horseley Intestate
18    deceased, do make of cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all, and singular
19    the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the
20    hands, possession, or knowledge of him the said
21    James Thomas or into the hands
22    and possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so
23    made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester
24    his Ecclesiastical Court, at or before the 24th day of June
25    next ensuing, And the same Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and all other the Goods, Chattels
26    and Credits of the said deceased at the time of his death; which at any time after
27    shall come to the hands or possession of the said James Thomas
28    or into the hands and possession of any other person or
29    persons for him do well and truly Administer according to Law; and further,
30    do make or cause to be made a true and just account of his said Administration,
31    at or before the last day of Aprill 1685
32    and all the rest and residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits,
33    which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators
34    Accompt, the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the
35    time being, of the said Court, shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively
36    as the said Judge or Judges, by his or their decree or sentence pursuant to the true
37    intent and meaning of an Act of Parliament entituled An Act for better settling of Intestates
38    Estates, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear, That any last Will and
39    Testament was made by the said deceased, and the Executor or Executors therein named
40    do exhibit the same into the said Court, making request to have it allowed and approved
41    accordingly, if the said Administrator above bounden being
42    first thereunto required, to render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (ap-
43    probation of such Testament being had and made) in the said Court; Then this Obligation
44    to be void and of none effect; or else to remain in full force and virtue.
45    James Thomas
46    Francis Harris
47    Robt Perry
48    Sealed and Delivered
49    in the presence of
50    James Sager Junior
51    E Owen Pub Noty

Will of Walter Blake, husbandman, Highbray, Devon - The National Archives PROB 11/94/334, probated 31 Oct 1599

The testator Walter Blake has named his wife and son joint executors but by the time of the probate both his wife and son have also died. He named Henri Rew and his son Richard and Johan Mole as acquaintances. The other names mentioned are his servants and his overseers namely John Tincombe (clerk) and John Yelland. I found the reference to Tincombe interesting as my other one name study is Pincombe. A few people have asked me if I would consider that surname a variant of Pincombe but to this point in time I have not added this surname as a variant.

High Bray where the testator lives is six miles north west of South Molton and 4 miles north west of North Molton.

Looking at the Blake family in North Molton in this time period of the late 1500s there isn’t an entry for a Walter Blake – two families are at North Molton – Michael and Agnes Blake who married in 1558 and Richard and Johane Blake who married in 1563. Neither of them have a son Walter. Mine you he could be a brother to these two men or otherwise related. The records do not go back far enough. There was a Thomas Blake buried there 8 May 1542 and a John Blake buried there 5 Dec 1546. Again the Manor Records for North Molton are a future endeavor on my part.

Protestation Returns were a topic in my emails yesterday and I note that I actually haven’t put into a blog the material that I have thus far transcribed for Blake families in Protestation Returns.

Devon

Hundred    Parish    Surname    Forename    Suffix    Standing
Fremington    Great Torrington    Blak    Richard       
South Molton    North Molton    Blake    Christopher       
Fremington    Great Torrington    Blake    Christopher       
South Molton    East Anstey    Blake    Elias        Rector
South Molton    East Anstey    Blake    George       
South Molton    East Anstey    Blake    George        Overseer
Witheridge    Chulmleigh    Blake    James       
Fremington    Great Torrington    Blake    John       
Witheridge    Meashaw    Blake    Jonas       
Braunton    Barnstaple    Blake    Martin        Minister
South Molton    Chittlehampton    Blake    Robert        Clerk
South Molton    Chittlehampton    Blake    William       
South Molton    North Molton    Blake    William       
At North Molton in 1641-42 Christopher Blake signed and William Blake signed the Protestation Returns.

Although I have begun the Wiltshire Protestation Returns, I have not yet done a Parish in which there is a Blake signing the oath.

Somerset

Hundred    Parish    Unit    Surname    Forename    Standing   
Carhampton    Carhampton        Blake    Gregory       
Carhampton    Carhampton        Blake    John       
Carhampton    Cutcombe        Blake    John       
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    Andrew       
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    Francis    senior   
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    Francis    junior   
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    James       
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    Richard       
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    Robert       
Carhampton    Dunster        Blake    William       
Carhampton    Luxborough        Blake    Nicholas       
North Petherton    Bridgwater        Blak    William       
North Petherton    Bridgwater        Blake    Benjamin       
North Petherton    Bridgwater        Blake    Francis       
North Petherton    Bridgwater        Blake    Richard       
North Petherton    Bridgwater        Blake    Humphrey    Mayor
South Petherton    Bradford        Blake    William       
Taunton Dean    Kingston St Mary    Blake    John       
Taunton Dean    Pitminster    Blagdon Tithing    Blake    John       
Taunton Dean    Pitminster    Blagdon Tithing    Blake    Richard       
Taunton Dean    Pitminster    Blagdon Tithing    Blake    William    aged   
Taunton Dean    Pitminster    Fulford Tithing    Blake    Arthur       
Taunton Dean    Ruishton        Blake    Richard       
Taunton Dean    Taunton        Blake    John       
Whitstone    Batcombe        Blake    Nicholas       
Whitstone    North Wootton        Blake    Henry       
Williton and Freemanors    Halse        Blake    Robert       
Williton and Freemanors    Old Cleeve        Blake    Francis       
Williton and Freemanors    Sampford Brett        Blake    James        Churchwarden
Williton and Freemanors    Stogumber        Blake    James       
Williton and Freemanors    Stogumber        Blake    John       
Williton and Freemanors    Stogumber        Blake    William       
Williton and Freemanors    Stogumber        Blake    William     junior   
Williton and Freemanors    Nether Stowey        Blacke    John       
Williton and Freemanors    Nether Stowey        Blake    Edmund        Overseer
Williton and Freemanors    Over Stowey        Blake    Humphrey    senior   
Williton and Freemanors            Blake    Humphrey    junior   
Williton and Freemanors            Blake    John       
Williton and Freemanors    Watchet    St Decumans    Blake    John       
Williton and Freemanors    Watchet, St Decumans    Blake    Richard       

Having now drawn out this information I should seriously look at the Somerset family with regard to the wills that I have been publishing but I think it will wait until I actually do the Somerset Wills for Blake somewhat later in the year or in the new year as I have 57 wills to transcribe for the Blake families in Somerset. But I can see that working on the Protestation Returns for Wiltshire should also join my priority list of items.

My last set of protestation returns (these are complete for Eskdale Ward in Cumberland) shows only one Blake signing the oath – George Blake at Arthuret. There is also a Robert Blacke at Arthuret. In general though I do not make note of the Black family unless it is a misspelling of Blake by the priest in the Parish Register. I think they are a distinctly different family with Black referring possibly to dark hair whereas Blac/Blak from the gaelic refers to fair haired individuals. The other side of the coin is that Blake is already large enough for me to look at and I suspect Black may be just as large or larger!

No sign of a Walter in these records but I do note the large number of Blake in Somerset but my returns for Devon are only for the North Devon area and there are probably Blake families in South Devon in this time frame judging by the wills discussions of the past few days. At some point I shall collect that information as well – probably on our next trip to Salt Lake City.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/94/334
Testator: Walter Blake, husbandman
Place: Highbray, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 16 Jul 1599, probated 31 Oct 1599
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estament] Walteri
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen The sixteenthe
2    daye of Julie in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand Fyve hundred Nyntie and Nyne And in the
3    one and Fortieth yeare of the raigne of our most gracious soveraigne ladie Elizabeth by the grace of
4    god Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faith etc: I Walter Blake of the p[ar]ish
5    of Highe Braye in the countie of devon and diocs of Exon husbandman beinge sicke of bodie but thanks
6    be to god of perfecte memorie doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament in manner and
7    forme following First I bequeath my sowle to Almightie god my maker and redeemer And my bodie
8    to Christian buryall As for my temporall goodes I gyve and bequeath as followeth First I gyve and
9    bequeath unto the poore of the parishe of Highbraye six shillings Eight pence to be distributed
10    by the discretion of my Rulers, Item I gyve to the reparation of the Church of Highbray three
11    shillings four pence, Item I gyve and bequeath unto Richard Rewe sonne of henrie Rewe a newe coate
12    a newe shrite and a new paire of hose and shoes, Item I gyve and bequeath unto Johan Mole one sheep
13    Item I gyve to my servaunt willi[a]m Gybbs a shepe, Item I gyve and bequeath unto Katherine Marke
14    my servant one yeares wages, Item I gyve unto my other three serva[u]ntes one Man, and two maydes
15    everie of them twelve pence, All the rest of my goods not before geven nor bequeathed I gyve and
16    bequeath unto Johan my wife and John my sonne whome I make my Whole Executors to fulfill my
17    Legacies to pay my debts and to discharge my funerals Provided always and my Will is that if
18    My sayd wife Joane doe marrie agayne after my decease, Then then my will is that she shall
19    leave unto my Sonne John all the dead stuffe belonging to my howse otherwise to have the halfe
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20    of yt duringe her life, And by virtue here of I make and ordaine John Tingcomb Clerke and John
21    Yellannd to be my Rulers or overseers to see all things parformed Accordinge to the true meaning
22    hereof And to have for theire paines everie of them three shillings and Fowre pence, witness to
23    theise presents John Tyngcombe clerke John Mott Richard Harris and John Yolland

Will of Francis Buller Esquire, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and Richmond, Surrey - The National Archives PROB 11/355/436, probated 22 Nov 1677

The testator is Francis Buller and he is married to Thomasin Honywood (of Elmsted Kent). They were married 21 Nov 1625 at St Stephen's by Saltash according to The Visitation of Cornwall. According to the LDS he died 17 Nov 1677 at Ospringe, Kent (I01453-6 Family Search). Francis and Thomas had a very large family according to the Visitation (12 sons and three daughters - Howard, Rowland, George, Alexander, Hayward, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, William Richard all died young, as did Thomasine Alice and Maria). The only surviving children of this couple were Francis Buller of Shillingham and Isleham (married first to Elizabeth Grosse and secondly to Katherine Rushout (widow of John Maynard) and John Buller of Morval and the Isle of Thanet.

Both of the wills for these men have been blogged:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-francis-buller-esquire-of.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-john-buller-esquire-of-morval.html

Francis (the testator) was the eldest son of Sir Richard Buller of Shillingham and Alice daughter of Sir Rowland Haiward, Knight.

His will was also blogged:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/02/will-of-sir-richard-buller-knight-of.html

John Buller (executor of this will) is eventually the inheritor of all the properties of the descendants of his brother Francis and he is at Morval.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/355/436
Testator: Francis Buller
Place: Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Date of document:  7 Dec 1672, probated 22 Nov 1677
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Francis
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: Confirmatur p Sinam
[Margin]: 2 Andrcie 1677
Page 2
[Margin]: _oucerdatium orilib Testo et Codicille

1    In the name of God Amen
2    I Francis Buller of Kingstone upon Thames in the County of Surrey Esq[uie]r doe make and ordaine
3    this my last Will and Testament being through the mercies of God in perfect and disposing
4    mind and memory First I surrender my soul to the most gratious God hopeing by the
5    Meritts of my Saviour to life Everlasting in his Kingdome and my body I dispose to a Speedy
6    private buriall at the discretion of my Executor and I shall direct in my life time First I give to
7    my eldest sonne Francis Buller Foure pounds And alsoe I give to each of his children Foure
8    pounds and to my Granddaughter Margret my eldest sonne's daughter my Iron chist in which
9    there is but little money the key of which I will leave with my wife or some trusty freind Alsoe
10    I give to the poore of the parish where I am buried Fower pounds to the poor of St Johns in
11    Thanet the Summe of Fower pounds and Alsoe I give to my deare and affectionate wife my Coach and
12    horses and the use of all my household goods and furniture dureing her naturall life and the
13    Summe of One thousand marks but soe as at her death she shall dispose of the same to one or more of
14    my sonne Johns Children as shee shall thinke fitt and as an addition to her Joynture I give and
15    bequeath to my said wife the Summe of One hundred pounds per Annum dureing her life out of
16    my Lease in Thanet aforesaid if the said Lease soe long indures and alsoe all my houses and
17    Lands in Kingstone upon Thames dureing her naturall life Alsoe I give to every one of servants
18    whoe shall be with me at the tyme of my death one quarters wages over and above all such wages
19    and Sallary that shall bee then due to them Alsoe I give devise and bequeath my Lease of all
20    that Rectory Parsonage and Grante of Sampson cum deane otherwise called Sampson alias
21    Deane and the said Parsonage Rectory and Grange of Sampson and deane with all the rights
22    members and Appurtenances belonging to it in Thanet aforesaid Granted to me or my trustees
23    for my use by the now Lord ArchBishop of Canterbury and all my Estate interest and equitable
24    right therein unto my sonne John Buller his heires Executors or Assignes dureing all the time
25    and terme therein yett to come And I doe desire and request Crammer Harris Esq[uie]r and
26    Isaack Honiwood Esquire my Trustees of the same Lease to execute the trust in the said Lease
27    to my said sonne John Buller accordingly And whereas my said sonne Francis owed me and
28    is indebted unto mee at this time the sume of above 2 thousand and 2 hundred pounds for
30    arreares of my Annuity Rent Charge due from him I do hereby give and grant the said
31    arreares and debt unto my sonn John Buller Alsoe I give unto my sonne John and unto his
32    heires all m y houses and Lands in the parish of Kingstone Except the former grant to
33    my wife But my Will is that if my said sonne Francis shall within three Months of my
34    decease pay and satisfie unto his said Brother John the said debt and arreares of rent now due
35    unto me and that shall be due to mee at my decease then my said sonn John is to convey my
36    said houses and Lands in Kingstone to my Grandsone Francis Buller and his heires sonne
37    of my said sonne Francis and not otherwise And I doe desire my trustees in whose name the said
38    houses and Lands in Kingstone were purchased to execute their said trust and convey the same to
39    my sonne John Buller and his heires upon his request Alsoe I give and bequeath unto my
40    sonne John Buller and his heires all my Lands and Tenements in the Isle of Thanet which
41    hath been purchased in my said sonne John name or in any other name in trust for me
42    Alsoe I give to each of the children of my sonn John Buller the Summe of Foure pounds And doe
43    hereby
    [Page 2]
44    Hereby declare what ever Bonds or Bills I have taken in other names that the
45    same be to the use of my Executor hereafter named Lastly I doe make constitute and appoint
46    my sonne John Buller my full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Revoking
47    and anulling all former and other Wills or bequiths by me heretofore made In witness
48    whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the Seaventh day of december In the twenty
49    Foureth yeare of our Sovereigne Lord King Charles the second King of England Scotland
50    France and Ireland Anno and one Thousand Six hundred Seaventy to 1672 Franc: Buller
51    Published and declared and sigtned and Sealed in the p[re]sence of Rich: Griffith James Robertson
52    The marke of Thomas Marshall In the name of God Amen
53    Francis Buller of Ospringe in the County of Kent Esq[uie]r and late of Surbiton in Surrey doe hereby
54    ratifie and confirm my last Will and Testament dated the Seaventh day of december One thousand
55    Six hundred Seaven and two And require my Executor hereafter named to pay the Legacies
56    thereby given And I doe hereby give devise and grant all my Lands Tenements and hereditaments
57    and Leases and Chattells reall or personall whatsoever purchased by me in my own name or his the
58    name of any other to my use within twenty years last past or that I shall at any time hereafter (in my owne name or the name of any other person or persons) before my death purchase unto my sonne John Buller of
59    Morvall and to his heires and Executors and Assignes and I doe hereby constitute and appoint
60    the said John Buller to be my sole and only Executor Witnes my hand and seale this twelfth
61    day of June In the Nine and Twentyeth yeare of the raigne of King Charles the second
62    Annoqz d[omi]ni 1677 Fran: Buller Signed Sealed and delivered and published in the
63    p[re]sence of Robert Martyn, Edward Rinsey Robt: Avery Giles Hamley

Will of Henry Buller, Bengal, East Indies - The National Archives PROB 11/1366/178, probated 3 Dec 1801

This will for Henry Buller is similar to the preceding one blogged the day before yesterday. However there was a new admon granted and the details follow. The dates are somewhat confusing and will try to sort that out. There are some subtle differences in the will and some added copy in the margin which makes this will slightly different. It is perhaps the first will written although also carries the "word" copy at the top but this has been rewritten and is not in the original hand of Henry Buller. The year of death is stated in a letter from a William John Morgan as occurring on 1 January 1800 at sea off the Cape of Good Hope.

The reason for the second probate appears in the first probate. This will was not the original official copy of the will and probate was granted on the basis of looking only at his holdings in England with the proviso that at a later date when the will became available the remainder of the will would be executed. It was somewhat confusing because both entries carry the word "Copy" at the top.

The next set of wills are from Somerset and there are eight of them:

Edward Buller, Gentleman, Nettlecombe, PROB 11/954/363, 19 Feb 1770
George Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1331/22, 1 Oct 1799
Jenkins Buller, Gentleman, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1270/21, 8 Jan 1796
John Buller, Lillesdon, North Currie, PROB 11/79/212, 3 Mar 1592
Mary Buller, Spinster, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1152/355, 31 May 1787
Sarah Buller, Widow, Hether Stowey, PROB 11/951/315, 2 Oct 1769
Thomas Buller, Gentleman, Staple Fitzpayne, PROB 11/51/16, 22 Jan 1569
William Buller, Soap Boiler, Nether Stowey, PROB 11/1137/59, 31 Jan 1786

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1366/178
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 3 Dec 1801
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
 [Top]: Copy

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3    I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4    the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5    the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6    with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7    Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8    Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9    thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10    Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11    Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12    give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13    my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14    Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15    Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16    Edward Buller do pay therefrom Five hundred Current
17    Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18    It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19    Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20    of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
    [Page 2]
21    the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22    who shall die within the period above specified
23    shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller his
24    heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns It is
25    further my Intention that in Case of the Demise of
26    Captain Edward Buller - before this Will shall
27    take effect whatever  they  might if surviving me the
28    Testator be entitled to by it shall be equally divided
29    between his Children lawfully begotten It is my
30    anxious request that my Brother John Buller of
31    Bengal and Stephen Harris of the same will
32    take upon them the Trouble of acting as Executors
33    to this will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
34    and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
35    Harris Executors to this my last Will and
36    Testament And I request that as soon after my
37    decease as they conveniently can they will
38    by public or private sale as they shall judge most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
39    whole of  my real Estate and Goods and Chattels
40    for the Benefit of the Legatees And it is moreover
41    my earnest request that my Brother John
42    Buller will have the kindness after my demise to
43    take Henry George Buller and William Buller
44    under his particular protection and see that
45    they be properly educated and set forth unto Life
46    In Witness of the above I the said Henry
47    Buller have to this my last Will and Testament
48    set my hand and Seal this seventeenth day of
49    March in the Year of our Lord One thousand
50    seven hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
51    Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
52    and for his last Will and Testament where
53    no stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
54    us who in his presence at his Request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our Names as
55    Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet A Seton G Foxcroft
56    In the Goods of Henry Buller Esquire deceased
57    the Seventeenth day of January 1801
58    Appeared Personally
59    Edward Buller Esquire Captain of his Majestys
60    Ship Edgar and now residing at East Stonehouse
61    in the County of Devon and made Oath that
62    On or about the twenty First day of April last
63    he received by the Post a letter from William
64    John Morgan of Cape Town in the East Indies and
65    dated Cape Town January the thirteeneth one thousand
66    and Eight Hundred wherein the said William John
67    Morgan informed him the depondent of the death
68    of his Brother Henry Buller formerly of Bengal
    [Page 3]
69    but who died at Sea near the Cape of Good Hope on the
70    first day of January One thousand and Eight
71    hundred and he further informed him that his
72    Will had been Found dated in the year One
73    thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two and
74    enclosed in the said Letter set him an attested
75    Copy of the said Will and the deponent further
76    made Oath that having viewed the paper
77    writing hereto annexed beginning "This is the
78    last Will and Testament of me" Henry Buller
79    of Bengall" and ending "In Witness whereof the
80    above I the said Henry Buller have to this
81    my last Will and Testament set my hand and
82    Seal this Seventeenth day of March in the year
83    of Our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and
84    Ninety two " and with a Notarial attestation
85    as to the authority of the same and Signed
86    by Thomas Witton as a Notary Public he
87    saith that the paper writing is the same which
88    was so Received by him enclosed in the aforesaid
89    letter and the Deponent further made Oath
90    that he verily believes that the Original Will
91    of the said deceased hath been proved by
92    the Executors or one of them in the proper
93    Court at Bengall where where the same now
94    remains and that the annexed Notarial Copy
95    of the said Will is the most authoratie Copy now
96    in England and that he is desirous of obtaining Letters
97    of Administration (with the same annexed)
98    to be Granted to him as the Residuary Legatee
99    named in the said Will for the purpose of
100    Collecting in and recovering the Effects of the
101    said deceased in this country and the Deponent
102    Lastly made Oath that John Buller the
103    Brother of the said Deceased and Stephen
104    Harris the Executors named in the aforesaid
105    Will now live and reside at Bengal aforesaid
106    as he verily believes Ed[war]d Buller Same day
107    the said Edward Buller was duly sworn
108    to the Truth of this affidavit by Virtue of the
109    Annexed Commission before me Jonathan
110    Williams Commissioner In the Presence of
111    William Foot Notary Publick
112    On the third day of December in the year of our
113    Lord one thousand Eight hundred and one adm[inistrati]on
114    with the Notarial Copy of the Will annexed of
115    all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of
116    Henry Buller formerly of Bengal but late of the
117    Cape of Good Hope in the East Indies Esquire
118    deceased was granted to Edward Buller the
    [Page 4]
119    Brother and Residuary Legatee named in the said
120    Will Lim[ite]d until the Original Will or a more Authoritie
121    Copy thereof should be brought into and left in
122    the Registry of the prerogative Court of Canterbury
123    but no further or otherwise having been first
124    Sworn by Commission duly to administer John
125    Buller the Brother and Stephen Harris the
126    Executors named in the said Will have been
127    first cited with the usual intimation to accept or
128    refuse the probate and Execution of the Notaries
129    Copy of the said last Will and Testament of the
130    said deceased but they not either of them in any
131    wise appeared

Will of Henry Buller of Bengal - The National Archives PROB 11/1494/16, probated d13 Mar 1809

I am somewhat intrigued by this will as there is a companion will also by Henry Buller still to do. Sir Edward Buller did the probate of this will as Residuary Legatee. The probate states that John Buller outlived his brother Henry but was himself dead in 1809 at the time of probate. John Buller died in 1807 according to the Visitation which means that Henry died between 1792 when he wrote his will and 1807 when John died. The ages of the children in 1792 were less than 21 and in 1809 they would have been seventeen years older so possibly young adults. William Buller married in 1815 according to the Naval Chronicles (blogged yesterday). William Buller and Henry George Buller came back to England since William married there and Henry George Buller was in the army. Sir Edward does mention Henry George Buller (as the son of his brother Henry Buller) in his will but William Buller the other son has died. This is the first mention that the two boys are the sons of Henry Buller and it is in the will of Sir Edward Buller. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1494/16
Testator: Henry Buller
Place: Bengal, East Indies
Date of document: 17 Mar 1792 , probated 13 Mar 1809
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Henry
[Margin]: Buller
 [Top]: Copy

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me Henry Buller of Bengal First
3    I give and bequeath unto Henry George Buller
4    the son of Fyzunussun Formerly in my Service
5    the Sum of twenty thousand Current Rupees together
6    with my Share Subscribed for in the Tontine for
7    Five years on the Life of the said Henry George
8    Buller with the Interest dividends and proceed
9    thereof Secondly I give and bequeath unto William
10    Buller the Son of Nunny formerly my Servant the
11    Sum of Seventeen thousand Current Rupees thirdly I
12    give and bequeath unto Captain Edward Buller
13    my Brother his heirs Executors Administrators and
14    Assigns all the rest and residue of my personal and
15    Real Estate upon Condition that the said Captain
16    Edward Buller do pay there from Five hundred Current
17    Rupees to each of my Servants Deenoo and Jolam
18    It is my Intention that In case of the Death of
19    Henry George Buller or William Buller or of both
20    of them before they shall attain the age of seventeen
    [Page 2]
21    the Legacy or Legacies allotted to either or both of them
22    who shall die within the period above specified
23    shall go to my Brother Captain Edward Buller
24    his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns
25    It is further my Intention that in Case of the
26    Demise of Captain Edward Buller before this
27    Will shall take effect whatever he might if
28    surviving me the Testator be entitled to by it
29    shall be equally divided between his Children
30    lawfully begotten It is my anxious request
31    that my Brother John Buller of Bengal and
32    Stephen Harris of the same will take upon
33    them the Trouble of acting as Executors to this
34    will and I do hereby accordingly hereby constitute
35    and appoint the said John Buller and Stephen
36    Harris Executors to this my last Will and
37    Testament And I request that as soon after
38    my decease as they conveniently can they will
39    by public or private sale as they shall judge
40    most for the benefit of the Estate sell the
41    whole of  my real Estate and Goods and
42    Chattels for the Benefit of the Legatees And
43    it is moreover my earnest request that my
44    Brother John Buller will have the kindness
45    after my decease to take Henry George Buller
46    and William Buller under his particular
47    protection and see that they be properly
48    educated and set forth unto Life In Witness
49    of the above I the said Henry Buller have
50    to this my last Will and Testament set my
51    hand and Seal this seventeenth day of March
52    in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
53    hundred and ninety two Henry Buller
54    Signed sealed and declared by Henry Buller as
55    and for his last Will and Testament where no
56    stamp paper is to be had in the presence of
57    us who in his presence at his Request and
58    in the presence of each other have subscribed
59    our Names as Witnesses thereto Peter Fouchet
60    A Seton G Foxcroft
61    On the thirteenth day of March in the year
    [Page 3]
62    One thousand eight hundred and nine Administration
63    (with the will annexed) of all and singular
64    the Goods Chattels and Credits of Henry Buller
65    late of Calcutta in the East Indies Esquire
66    deceased was granted to Sir Edward Buller
67    Baronet the Brother of the deceased and
68    Residuary Legatee named in the said Will
69    having been first sworn duly to administer
70    John Buller Esquire the Brother of the said
71    deceased and one of the Executors named in
72    the said Will survived the said deceased but
73    is since dead without having taken upon
74    him the probate and Execution of the said
75    Will and Stephen Harris Esquire the surviving
76    Executor having first renounced the probate
77    and Execution thereof

Will of William Buller, Surgeon, Honiton - The National Archives PROB 11/894/43, probated 15 Dec 1763

William Buller the testator was a Surgeon at Honiton and I believe that his wife Mary was the will which was published yesterday on the blog. William only  names his son William and no other names for his children. The couple appear to have had seven children in total in birth order: Mary, William, Elizabeth, Susannah (deceased by 1740), John, Susannah, and Richard. Two of the daughters were married, Mary married James Broadfoot and Elizabeth married John Maynard. The other children John and Susannah are not accounted for in any of the text.


Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/894/43
Testator: William Buller, Surgeon
Place: Honiton, Devon, England
Date of document:  13 Aug 1763, probated 15 Dec 1763
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[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller

1    This is the last Will and Testam[en]t
2    of me William Buller of Honiton in the County of Devon
    [Page 2]
3    Surgeon I give and bequeath to my son William who has been
4    educated at a very considerable expence and set up in
5    business by me twenty pounds as a token of my love and
6    regard for him to each of my other children their heirs
7    Executors and Administrators I Give and bequeath an hundred
8    pounds to be paid out of my Effects in twelve Months after
9    my decease to my Wife I give and bequeath all the
10    residue and remainder of all my Goods Chattels Moneys plate
11    and Jewells on this express condition that she pay or cause to
12    be paid the full Sum of Two hundred pounds to every one of
13    my children my Son William excepted in case she Marries
14    after my decease but provided she continues to her Death
15    unmarried then my Will is that my Said Children shall
16    have no claim to the said Sum of Two hundred pounds
17    each but that she shall possess and enjoy the same during her
18    natural life on the determination of which I hereby Give and
19    bequeath the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to each of
20    my said children their heirs Executors and Administrators
21    my Son William excepted and Lastly I appoint my Wife
22    Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Will: Buller
23    Signed Sealed published and declared to be the last Will and
24    Testament of the said Will: Buller in the presence of us Will
25    Harris I Rutter This Will was executed Aug[us]t 13 1763 Will Harris
26    This Will was proved at London on the Fifteenth
27    day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven
28    hundred and Sixty three before the Right Worshipful Sir
29    Edward Simpson Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or
30    Commissary of the prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully
31    constituted by the Oath of Mary Buller Widow the Relict of
32    the said deceased and Sole Executrix named in the said Will to
33    whom administration was granted of all and singular the
34    Goods Chattels and credits of the said deceased having been
35    first sworn by Commission duly to administer.

Will of Thomazine Buller of Morvall - The National Archives PROB 11/562/239, probated 21 Feb 1718

This is the last of the wills in Cornwall although I did not collect the wills from the 1800s on as I didn't really think this was my line and my Christopher Buller was born circa 1763. Thomazine names her sisters and her nephew. This Thomazine is the daughter of John Buller and Anne Coode. She did not marry. She does not mention any other relatives but is already second cousin to the Shillingham Buller family.

She is sister to Elizabeth Worth, Ann Parker and Mary Dodson. Mary Ann Harris is her niece (daughter of her brother John Buller).

She was named in her father's will (John Buller of Morval and he was married first to Anne Coode of Morval). The fortunes of the Shillingham Buller family passed to John Buller of Morval.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/562/239
Testator: Thomazine Buller
Place: Morval, Cornwall, England
Date of document:  18 Oct 1717, probated 21 Feb 1718
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Thomazina Buller

1    In the name of God Amen I
2    Thomazine Buller of Morvall in the County of Cornwall
3    Spinster being sick and weake in body but of sound and
4    disposing mind and memorie (thanks be unto God) doe make
5    and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and
6    forme following hereby revokeing all former Wills by me
7    made either in word or writing First I commend my Soule
8    unto the hands of Almighty god my Creater and my Body to
9    Christian Buriall to be decently interred Item I give and devise
10    unto my sister Worth Three hundred pounds, and to Mrs
11    Harris the wife of Christopher Harris of Hayne Esquire
12    One hundred pounds Item I give unto my Sister Parker five pounds
13    and to her three Children Five pounds each Item I give unto my
14    late sister Dodsons Children five pounds each I give unto Theophila
15    Roberts my Maid Tenn pounds I give unto John Pound
16    Tenn pounds and to his wife Tenn pounds I give unto John Bedlake
17    five pounds, I give unto Mrs Ellis the wife of Mr. John Ellis five
18    pounds I give unto the poore of Morvall Parish Five pounds
19    I give unto all my Nephew's Servants living in Morvall house
20    Twenty shillings each I give unto Mr James Buller the
21    sonne of my Nephew John Francis Buller Tenn pounds Item
22    all the rest of my Goods and Chattells rights and Creditts Monys
23    due to me on Mortgages or otherwise I give and devise unto my
25    Nephew John Francis Buller Esquire who of this my last Will
26    and Testament I make my Sole Executor, willing directing and
27    comanding him to pay all my debts Legacies and funerall charges
28    In Witnesse whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament
29    set my hand and seale this Eighteenth day of October Anno
30    d[omi]ni 1717 the signe of Thomazin Buller Signed Sealed published
31    and declared by the said Thomazin Buller to be her last Will
32    and Testament in presence of Simpson Deer Mary Bodey
33    Joseph Toms

Will of Mary Buller Widow of Keverall - The National Archives PROB 11/588/242, probated 4 Dec 1722

The next will is written by Mary Buller the mother of John Francis Buller. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Polloxfen, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. It was her husband who died of smallpox. They had only two children Mary Ann who married Christopher Harris, MP and John Francis Buller. 

Mary provides quite a bit of information on her family (Polloxfen) and names the two oldest children of John Francis Buller her son - James and Rebecca.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/588/242
Testator: Mary Buller, Widow
Place: Keverall, Cornwall, England
Date of document:  20 Oct 1720, probated 4 Dec 1722
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[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
 [Margin]: Mariee Buller

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Mary Buller Widow of John Buller Esquire late of Keverall in the
3    County of Cornwall do hereby revoke and make void all former Wills by me
4    made and do make and ordain appoint and declare this to be my last Will
5    and Testament which is as followeth first I commend my Soul into the hands
6    of my Faithfull Creator trusting through the merrit and mediation of my most
7    mercifull and ever blessed Redeemer to find acceptance at the Throne of Grace
8    and my desire is that my body may be decently buried if I shall happen to dye
9    at Plymouth in the Parish of  Meawey or I dye at Morvall or Paine I
10    desire to be buried in the Parish Church where I dye or if at London I desire to be
11    buried at Shafford in Surrey by my Mother and all my worldly good of what
12    nature or kind soever they are which it hath pleased God to bestow upon
13    me I do devise and bequeath in manner and form following Item I give and
14    bequeath to the Poor of the Parish where I dye the Sum of five pounds
15    and five pounds I give to the Poor of the Parish where I shall be buried
16    Item I give to my Brother Henry Polloxfen Esquire and to his Wife
17    each a ring of twenty shillings price Item I give to each of my late Sister
18    Drakes Children and to Sir Francis Henry Drakes Lady and to Thomas
19    Martyn Esquire a ring of twenty shillings price Item I give to my Sister
20    Jane Drake a ring of twenty shillings price Item I give to my Sister Anne
21    Duncomb? my three Silver Casters and a ring of twenty shillings price Item
22    I give to my Son John Francis Buller Esq[uie]r the Sum of one hundred pounds for
23    mourning for himself and his Wife Item I give to my Grandson James
25    Buller the Sum of tenn pounds and I give to my Grandaughter Rebecca
26    Buller my best diamond ring Item I give and bequeath to my Servant Elizabeth
27    Ives one Annuity of Tenn pounds to be paid yearly by my Executrix hereinafter
28    named by four equal quarterly payments each and every year so long time
29    as the said Elizabeth Ives shall live Item I give my diamond ring with my
30    Sister Drakes hair to Mrs Anne Seymour daughter of Edward Seymour
31    Esquire late of Woodlands in the County of Dorsett and I also give to her
32    my Picture which I left with her if the said Mrs Ann Seymour doth Survive
33    me and all the rest of my goods and Chattles and mony and securities for
34    mony not herein before given and bequeathed I do give and bequeath to my
35    daughter Mary Ann Harris whom I do hereby nominate constitute and
36    appoint Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament In witness
37    whereof I the said Mary Buller have hereunto set my hand and seal
38    this twentyeth day of October Anno domini 1720 M: Buller I desire my
39    Coffin may not be closed before I have been dead four days if I shall dye
40    at Exeter or Nuttwell I desire to be buried in Woodbury Church near my
41    Father Sealed and signed in the presence of W: Daniel Gosier Theo: Roberts
42    Richarde Hancock

Will of Christopher Blake of Kensington, Middlesex - National Archives PROB 11/338/462, probated 11 Apr 1672

Christopher Blake is the testator and he was mentioned in his father's will blogged a few days ago:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/11/will-of-william-blake-esquire-of-inner.html

Again we can place this family into the Swindon and Wiltshire Blake Pedigree Chart as he mentions his cousins Francis Blake and William Blake entrusting them with the overseeing of his properties. Their father Thomas was a brother to Christopher's grandfather William. By this time his cousins Francis and William are in their 60s.

This Blake line is daughtering out with this family but of course that means that other surnames are continuing - it is a win lose situation and there are still plenty of people with the Blake surname in the world. My own line daughters out with my generation although I have four brothers but none of them have a son.

This will reveals interesting details that Mary Blake (sister to the Testator and Ann) was married 16 May 1655 at Saint Christopher Le Stocks, London to Nicholas Harris.

The Parish Register for Saint Christopher Le Stocks in online at Ancestry and the text reads as follows [Margin: Nicho: Harris and Mary Blake]:

"These are to certify all whome it doth or may concerne, according to an Act of Parliament concerning Marriages and bearing date ye 24th of August 1653 an intention of marriage betweene Nicholas Barry of ye parish of [St] Peters [West]Cheape, London and Mary Blake of the parish of Christofer London was by joint consent published three successive Lords daies in ye parish Church of Christofer aforesaid viz[ a vi]t on the 22th and the 29th of Aprill 1655 and the 6th of May following.

Nicholas Harris of the Parish of Peters Cheape London and Mary Blake of this parish of Christopher London were on the 16 day of May 1655 marryed before mee Robert Tichburne esq[ui]re etc and one of the justices of Peace for ye City of London in the presence of two credible witnesses according to a late Act of parliament in that behalfe made and married.”

As Mary Harris widow she married Joseph Dorney although I have not yet found this marriage.

Red Rose Street mentioned in the will has a writeup in British History Online:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46110
Rose Street

A comparison of the modern map with those of Rocque or Horwood (Plates 7, 8) will show how the original character of Rose Street has been obscured by changes made in the 1860's. The construction of Garrick Street deprived the southern arm of its identity as a street of houses, which is now apparent only in the drawing of 1851 reproduced on Plate 50b, while the westward extension of Hart (now Floral) Street broke across the long narrow alley-like approach to Long Acre. The circumstances in which this tortuous and ill-favoured link between that street and Covent Garden had come into being in 1638– 1640 are described on page 268.

Something of the haste with which at least the greater part of the street was developed is apparent in the St. Martin's ratebooks, where a score or more of ratepayers were assessed in 1640 but none in previous years. In this ratebook the street is designated Red Rose Street, which was the name originally given to the southernmost north-south arm (ref. 185) and to the east-west arm. (ref. 186) The northern arm was originally called White Rose Street (ref. 186) and its appearance in the ratebooks has not been certainly identified, but, if not included in the Red Rose Street section, it cannot have preceded it by more than a year or two. (ref. 187) On Lacy's 1673 map (Plate 2) and later maps the distinction of nomenclature is not observed. (fn. a)

All of the street was laid out beyond the wall made in c. 1610 to enclose the centre of Covent Garden (see page 24). The greater part (including virtually all that now surviving) was built on land already sold off by the fourth Earl of Bedford in 1635, (ref. 188) and most of this was left in St. Martin's parish when the boundary of the chapelry and parish of St. Paul was delimited.

Lacy's map of 1673 shows the east-west arm extending westward beyond the point where the northern arm turned off, and subsequent maps show a connexion here with another alley running into Long Acre called Angell Alley: this western extension of Rose Street has now been swallowed up in Garrick Street.

British History Online has a section on Brompton Road, North Side which pertains to the family of Sir William Blake

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50007
Like much of eastern Kensington, this property belonged in the early seventeenth century to Sir William Blake, being part of the hundred acres of meadow and pasture land in St. Margaret's Westminster, Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Kensington which that gentleman owned at his death in 1630. (ref. 2) Subsequently it passed to the Tatham family, which by 1675 also held thirty-three acres of copyhold land in Kensington, including the thirteen acres adjoining westwards to this freehold, where Brompton Square, Holy Trinity Church, and the Oratory now stand. (ref. 3) By 1691) the freehold property belonged to Thomas Powell of Hackney, citizen and cutler of London, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Tatham of Clapham. (ref. 4) They disposed of it in 1717 to Peter Laroche, and he duly resold it the following year to Philip Moreau (1656–1733), who since 1705 seems to have been the owner of the thin strip of land previously referred to immediately south-west of Knightsbridge Green, later the site of Nos. 38–58A Brompton Road. (ref. 5)

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded:  17 Nov 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/338/462
Testator: Christopher Blake of Kensington
Place: Middlesex, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:6 Mar 1671, probated 11 Apr 1672
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Condition: middle English writing legible, copy clear

[Margin] T[esta]m[ent] Christopheri
[Margin]: Blake   arm

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I Christopher Blake of Brompton in the parish of Kensington in the
3    County of Midd[lese]x Esq[ui]re being infirme of body but of good sound and perfect
4    mind and memory and understanding praised be God knowing the certainty of
5    death and the incertainty of the time thereof doe this Sixth day of March One
6    Thousand Six hundred Seventy and One Make and declare this my last Will
7    and Testament in writeing in manner and forme following First and principally
8    I commend my immortall Soule into the hands of God that gave it trusting by and
9    through the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and
10    Redeemer to receive a glorious Resurrection amongst the Just My body I leave
11    to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried in the parish Church of
12    Kensington att the discretion of my Executrix hereafter named Item I give to
13    the poore of the parish of Kensington as much as my said Executrix shall thinke
14    fitt to be distributed att the discretion of my said Executrix And whereas I am
15    possessed of severall Leases for yeares severall Messuages and Lands viz[ a vi]t of
16    one Messuage in Holles Street in the parish of Clements Danes in the County
17    of Midd[lese]x held by Lease for divers yeares yet to come of the Right Hono[ura]ble the
18    Earle of Clare and of another Messuage in Clare Street in the said parish of St
19    Clement Danes held of the said Earle by Lease for severall yeares yet to come
20    And of another Messuage in Red Rose Street in Covent Garden in the County of
21    Midd[lese]x And of another Lease of the Messuage I now live in in Brompton aforesaid
22    with the Stables Outhouses Gardens and Orchards thereunto belonging And of
23    divers other Messuages and Lands in Brompton Kensington Chelsey and
24    Westminster in the County of Middlesex held by the said Lease of the Feoffees
25    or Trustees of Henry Smith Esq[ui]re for about Threescore yeares to come Now I
26    hereby will and devise the said Messuage wherein I now dwell with the Stables
27    Outhouses Gardens and Orchards thereunto belonging to Elizabeth my deare
28    and loveing wife for soe many yeares of the said terme as she shall live paying
29    yearely for the same the summe of Five and Twenty pounds and keeping the
30    same in good and Tennantlike repaire And all the said severall Leases I give
31    and devise to my Cosen Francis Blake and William Blake theire Exec[uto]rs
32    Admi[nistrato]rs and assignes for all the severall termes of the said Leases yet to come
33    and unexpired They permitting my said wife to hold and enjoy the premisses
34    to her devises as aforesaid and freeing and dischargeing her from  the rent
35    reserved in the originall Lease thereof amongst other things And I hereby
36    declare the said Gift and devise to the said Francis and William Blake to be
37    upon this Trust and confidence that they will from time to time dureing the
38    life of my Sister Mary wife of Joseph Dorney Merchant (if the said Leases
39    respectively soe long continue) pay to such person or persons as the said
40    Mary notwithstanding her coverture and without her husband's consent shall
41    direct or appoint All the cleere rents and proffitts of the premisses (taxes and
42    other charges deducted) And from and after the death of the said Mary shall
43    pay and dispose of such cleere rents and proffitts of the premisses To John Herris
44    sonne of the said Mary by her former husband and the heires of his body And
45    for default of such issue to Anne Dorney daughter of the said Mary and the
46    heires of her body for and dureing all the remainder and remainders of the
47    said severall tenures for yeares then to come and unexpired And for the better
48    payment of my debts Legacies and Funerall expences and out of the intire
49    love and affection I beare to the said Elizabeth my wife and as part of
50    recompence and satisfaction of the promises made to her Freinds when she
51    and they att her request ioyned in Sale of her lands of Inheritance in the
52    County
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53    County of Bedford to settle One hundred and fifty pounds p[er] annum
54    on her for her life I give and devise to the said Elizabeth my wife All my plate
55    household stuffe debts oweing to mee or any other in trust for mee by Mortgage
56    or Recognizance or otherwise and all other my goods and Chattells whatsoever
57    And I make and ordaine the said Elizabeth my wife sole Executrix of this my
58    last Will and Testament hereby revoakeing all former Wills by mee made
59    This is the last Will and Testament of mee the above named Christopher
60    Blake by mee made and declared the day and yeare first above writen touching
61    the disposition of all and Singuler my Messuages Lands Tenements and
62    hereditaments whereof I am seized in possession or have any reversion or
63    remainder in mee I hereby ratify and confirme such Joynture or part of
64    Joynture as was settled on the said Elizabeth my wife before our intermarriage
65    And for further satisfaction of my said promise to settle One hundred and
66    Fifty pounds per annum on my said wife for her life upon her and her freinds
67    joyning with mee in sale of her said lands of Inheritance I give and devise to
68    the said Elizabeth my wife for and dureing the terme of her naturall life Al[so]
69    that Messuage or dwelling house with the Garden Orchard and appurtenances
70    thereunto belonging in Knightsbridge in the said County of Midd[lese]x now or
71    late in the occupation of John Man Esq[ui]re and Mr. Maurice Hunt And all
72    those foure acres of land called Wellfeild lyeing behinde and neare the said
73    last mentioned Messuage And all that Messuage with the appurtenances
74    and foure acres by estimation in Brompton aforesaid in the occupation of
75    Edward Smith or his assignes To have and to hold the same to the said
76    Elizabeth my wife for and dureing the tenure of her naturall life And from and
77    after the decease of my said wife I give and devise all and singuler the said
78    Messuages Lands and premisses to the said Francis Blake and William
79    Blake and theire heires dureing the life of the said Mary Dorney my sister
80    Upon Trust and confidence that they will pay and dispose of the rents and
81    proffitts thereof as my said Sister notwithstanding her Coverture and without
82    the consent of her husband shall direct and appoint And from and after the
83    death of my said Sister I give and devise all and singuler the said Messuages
84    Lands and premisses to the said John Harris for and dureing the tearme
85    of his naturall life And from and after his decease then to the first sonne of
86    the body of the said John Harris lawfully to be begotten and the heires
87    males of the body of such first sonne issueing And for default of such issue
88    then to the second sonne of the body of the said John Herris lawfully to be
89    begotten and the heires males of the body of such second sonne issueing And
90    for default of such issue then to The Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seaventh
91    Eighth Ninth Tenth and all and every other the sonne and sonnes of the
92    body of the said John Herris lawfully to be begotten Severally Successively
93    and respectively one after another as they and every of them shall be in
94    priority of birth and seniority of age And the heires male of the body
95    and bodies of all and every such Sonne and Sonnes The older of the same
96    Sonnes and the heires male of his body being allwayes preferred before
97    the younger of the same sonnes and the heires male of his and theire body
98    and bodies And for default of such issue Then I give and devise the same to
99    the second sonne of the body of the said Mary Dorney lawfully begotten
100    or to be begotten and the heires male of the body of such second sonne
101    issueing And for default of such issue Then to the Third Fourth Fifth Sixth
102    and all and every other the sonne and sonnes of the body of the sayd Mary
103    Dorney lawfully begotten or to be begotten Severally Successively and
104    respectively one after another as they are every of them shall be in
105    priority
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106    Priority of birth and seniority of age and the heires male of the body and
107    bodies of all and every such sonne and sonnes The elder of the same sonnes and the
108    heires male of his body being allwayes preferred before the younger of the
109    same sonnes and the heires male of his and theire body and bodyes And for default
110    of such issue then to all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of
111    the said John Harris lawfully to be begotten and the heires of the body and
112    bodyes of all and every such daughter and daughters And for default of such
113    issue then I give and devise the same to the said Anne Dorney for and
114    dureing the terme of her naturall life And from and after her decease Then
115    to the first sonne of the body of the said Anne Dorney lawfully to be begotten
116    and the heires male of the body of such first sonne issueing And for default of
117    such issue then To the second sonne of the body of the said Ann Dorney lawfully to
118    be begotten and the heires male of the body of such second sonne issueing And
119    for default of such issue then to the Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seaventh and all
120    and every other the Sonne and Sonnes of the body of the said Anne lawfully
121    to be begotten Severally Successively and respectively one after another as
122    they and every of them shall be in priority of birth and Seniority of age and
123    the heires male of the body and bodyes of all and every such Sonne and
124    Sonnes the elder of the same Sonnes and the heires male of his body being
125    allwayes preferred before the younger of the same Sonnes and the
126    heires male of his and theire body and bodyes And for default of such
127    issue Then to all and every the daughter and daughters of the body of the
128    said Mary Dorney and Anne Dorney lawfully to be begotten and the
129    heires of the body and bodyes of all and or ev[er]y such daughter and daughters
130    And for default of such issue then I give and devise the same to the said
131    Elizabeth my wife and her heires for ever And whereas I have surrendered
132    into the hands of the Lord of the Mannor of Earles' Court in the said
133    County of Midd[lese]x All my Coppyhold Lands holden of the same Mannor
134    to the use of my last Will and Testament or such uses as I should declare
135    by my last Will and Testament Now I hereby give and devise All my
136    said Coppyhold lands to the said Anne Dorney and her heires Provided
137    allwayes that if the said John Herris shall pay her Five hundred
138    pounds within the space of three monthes next after he shall accomplish
139    the age of One and Twenty yeares That then the said devise of the said
140    Coppyhold lands to the said Anne and her heires shall cease and be voyd
141    anything in this my Will contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding
142    In Witnesse whereof I the said Christopher Blake have to every sheet
143    of this my last Will and Testament containeing seaven sheets of Paper
144    sett my hand and to the last of them my Seale the day and yeare first
145    above written Christo: Blake Signed Sealed published and declared
146    by the above named Christopher Blake for and his last Will and Testam[en]t
147    the day and yeare first above written in the presence of Anne Davenport
148    Barbara Wilcocke Frances Berry John Gilberd Rob[er]t Palmer

Will of Jeremiah Blake, shoemaker, Ryde, Isle of Wight - National Archives, PROB 11/2072/287, probated 13 Apr 1848

The Blake family on the Isle of Wight has an interesting history. I know that descendants of Charles Blake of Abbots Ann lived on the Isle of Wight from the mid 1800s on but I am fairly confident that Jeremiah is not a descendant of Charles Blake of Abbots Ann.

Emma Blake daughter of Jeremiah Blake and Hannah Harris was baptized 15 Jun 1817 at Ryde, Isle of Wight (C06957-1 Family Search). Jeremiah Blake married Hannah Harris 23 May 1816 at Newchurch, Hampshire (I03940-5 Family Search),From Free BMD, marriage of Emma Blake and Henry Jennings September quarter 1839 at Isle of Wight Registration District. That accounts for all the individuals mentioned in Jeremiah's will that are related to him.

Jeremiah is on the 1841 census at Newchurch, Ryde, Isle of Wight, District 9 and with him  is his wife Hannah (both are listed as 50 years of age). He is a shoemaker and living with them a daughter Martha 15 years of age (not mentioned in the will), and Sarah Dashwood a female Servant of 15 years. All were born in Hampshire.

Given Jeremiah's age he is perhaps the Jeremiah Blake baptized 10 Oct 1790 at Godshill near Newport Hampshire and the son of James Blake and Ann Strugnell who were married 11 Dec 1775 at St Marys Portsea. Godshill is on the Isle of Wight so a very interesting possibility with Jeremiah being an unusual forename.

Children baptized to James and Anne Blake at Godshill (near Newport), Isle of Wight:

Joseph Blake baptized 16 Mar 1777
Robert Blake baptized 6 Jun 1779
Elizabeth Blake baptized 2 Sep 1781
Ann Blake baptized 22 Jan 1783
Jane Blake baptized 25 Aug 1784
Sarah Blake baptized 17 Oct 1785
Richard Blake baptized 27 Mar 1788
Jeremiah Blake baptized 10 Oct 1790
Isaac Blake baptized 29 Apr 1792
Henry Blake baptized 2 Feb 1794
Jane Blake baptized 9 Oct 1796

Since James and Ann were married at St Marys Portsea I wonder if their children are the first in this family to be baptized on the Isle of Wight.



Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Sep 2012
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/2072/287
Name of testator: Jeremiah Blake, Shoemaker
Place: Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:, 25 Dec 1847, probated 13 Apr 1848
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Condition: cramped English writing, 19th century, bold copy
[In margin] Jeremiah
[In margin] Blake
[In margin] 6

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Jeremiah Blake of Ryde in the Isle of Wight Shoemaker I give
3    and bequeath unto my dear wife Hannah all that my leasehold messuage
4    and land situate in Ryde and Oatfield aforesaid and also all my leasehold
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5    goods and furniture and property on surites and all other my
6    personal estate of what nature or kind soever the same may be to
7    hold the same unto my said Wife her executors administrators and assigns
8    according to the different natures and qualities thereof for her own abso
9    lute use and benefit subject only to my just debts and testamentary
10    expences I appoint my said wife Hannah sole Executrix of this
11    Will If my wife make no Will I give and bequeath all that my lease
12    hold message and land and all other my personal estate of what nature
13    or kind soever the same may be to my daughter Emma the wife of Henry
14    Jennings and unto her children to be toatlay divided between them I
15    appoint my said daughter Emma Jennings the wife of Henry sole Executor of
16    this my will hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore was In
17    witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourth twenty fifth day of May December in
18    the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five seven Jeremiah
19    Blake Signed by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament in the
20    presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his pres
21    ence and in the presence of each subscribed our names as witnesses
22    Jeremiah Blake [signed]
23    Witnesses Edwin Perry Riddell [signed] Walter John Bull Saunders[signed]
24    In the goods of Jeremiah Blake deceased
25    Appeared Personally Edwin Perry Riddell of
26    Ryde in the Isle of Wight Grocer and Oath that he is one of the
27    subscribed witnesses to the last Will and Testament of Jeremiah Blake
28    late of Ryde in the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton
29    Shoemaker deceased bearing date the twenty fifth date of December aforesaid the said
30    Testator duly executed his said Will by signing his name at the foot of the
31    clause of attestation to the said Will in the presence of this deponant and of a
32    Walter John Bull Saunders the other subscribed witness thereto who
33    was present at the same time and this deponant and the said Walter John
34    Bull subscribed thereupon attested and subscribed the
35    said will in the presence of the said Testator And he lastly made oath that
36    having now particularly refered to the words the wife of Henry which
37    are written in the margin of the said Will opposite to the ninth line of the
38    second side thereof alos to the word fourth which is struck through with a
39    pen at the end of the twelth line of the second side of the said Will and the
40    word May which is in like manner struck through in the last line
41    thereto and also noticed the words twenty fifth December which are interlined
42    between the said twelth and the thirteenth lines of the said second side of the said Will
43    and the word five struck through with a pen in the fifteenth line of the
44    same side and the word seven interlined over the name this deponant
45    saith that the said recited words were so struck through and the said interlin
46    ation was so made previous to the execution of the said will Edwin Perry
47    Riddell On the twenty seventh day of March 1848 the said Edwin Perry
48    Riddell was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit Before me W Spuriar
49    Phillips Commissioner Edwin Perry Riddell on the 5th day of April 1848*
50    *the said Edwin Perry Riddell was duly sworn to the truth of this Affidavid before me W: Sprescot Phillips Commissioner
51    Proved at London 13th April 1848 before the Judge by the oath of Hannah
52    Blake Widow the Relict the sole Executrix as therefore named to whom Admon was granted
53    having been first sworn by Common duly to administer