I did not find anything to assist with this particular Testator. The relationship of his Executrix is unknown but she is a widow Susanna Webber Fenner (looked for a marriage between Susanna Webber Blake and Fenner but did not locate one). He names his sons Thomas and William and William has a son named William.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 7 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1394
Name of testator: William Blake, Gent
Place: Barbury, Essex, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 24 July 1799, probated 7 Jun 1803
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[In margin] William Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I William Blake of the parish of Cheshunt in the County of
3 Herts gent do make this my last Will and Testament
4 being in bodily health and sound memory that is to
5 say I give and bequeath unto Susanna Webber Fenner
6 the Interest of Two hundred pounds Bond on the White
7 Chapple pavement during her natural Life and after her
8 decease to my Son William Blake during his natural life
9 subject to the payment of two shillings per week to my
10 Son Thomas Blake during his natural Life and after
11 the decease of my said Son Thomas I give the said
12 Two hundred pounds to my Grandson William Son of
13 my aforesaid Son William I give and bequeath all
14 the rest and residue of my personal Estate of what
15 kind soever that I may be possessed of at the time of
16 my decease unto the said Susanna Webber Fenner
17 subject to paying all my just debts and Funeral Expences
18 and I do constitute and appoint the said Susanna
19 Webber Fenner my sole Executrix of this my last Will
20 and Testament given under my hand and Seal at
21 Barking in the County of Essex this the 24th July 1799
22 William Blake (seal) Sealed and declared as for his
23 last Will and Testament in the presence of us John
24 Horner of Barking Essex George Spurrell of the same
25 This Will was proven at London on the
26 Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one
27 thousand Eight hundred and three before the Worshipful
28 George Ogilvie doctor of Laws and Surrogate of the Right
29 honorable Sir William Wynne Knight also doctor of
30 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative
31 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of
32 Susannah (by mistake in the Will written Susanna)
33 Webber Fenner widow the sole Executrix named in
34 the said Will to whom administration was granted
35 of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
36 the deceased having been first sworn duly to administer
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Saturday, January 7, 2017
Will of Susannah Blake, Widow, Hemel Hempstead - The National Archives, PROB 11/2114, probated 11 Jun 1850
The wife of Ezekiel Blake whose will was transcribed a couple of days ago:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2017/01/will-of-ezekiel-blake-spirit-merchant.html
Always nice to find wills that fit together. This is the family that includes the following children:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817 (not mentioned in the will)
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817 (not mentioned in the will)
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake married Robert Brice Dec quarter 1841 at Hemel Hempstead.
Elizabeth Blake married Tom Flood Cutbush Sep quarter 1842 at Hemel Hempstead. Tom Flood Cutbush died Sep quarter 1846 at Dover, Kent.
Susannah is likely the Susannah Blake listed in December quarter deaths of 1848 at Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2114
Name of testator: Susannah Blake
Place: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 26 Sep 1846, probated 11 Jun 1850
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[In margin] Susannah Blake 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Susannah Blake of Hemel Hempstead in the County of
3 of Hertford Widow I nominate and appoint Joseph Baldwin of Berkamp-
4 stead St Mary in the County of Hertford Currier and Thomas Woodman
5 of Dunsley near Tring Farmer joint Executors of this my Will and I give
6 to each of them the sum of five pounds for the trouble they may have in
7 the execution of this my Will provided they accept the trusts thereof and
8 I direct that all my just debts burial and testamentary expences be
9 paid by my said executors immediately after my decease And I give
10 and bequeath to my four daughters Charlotte, Caroline Wife of Robert
11 Brice, Maria the wife of Stephen Lepine and Elizabeth Cutbush Widow
12 all my clothes wearing apparel and linen equally between them share
13 and share alike I also give and bequeath to my said daughter Charlotte
14 my silver spoons and my watch and all my household goods furniture
15 and household effects and the rest and residue of my personal estate
16 and effects I give and bequeath unto my said four daughters Charlotte,
17 Caroline Wife of Robert Brice, Maria the Wife of Stephen Lepine and
18 Elizabeth Cutbush and my Sons James and Ezekiel equally to be divided
19 between them share and share alike (my youngest Son Joseph having
20 been already provided for is intended to be excluded from any partici-
21 pation in any property And I do hereby declare that my said exec
22 utors shall not be answerable one for another nor for involuntary loss
23 and they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse them
24 selves all their costs charges damages and expences to be occasioned by
25 the true execution of this my Will or of the trusts thereby in them
26 reposed or in any wise relating thereto And hereby revoking all former
27 Wills by me made I do publish and declare this to be my last In wit
28 ness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand
29 this twenty sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and
30 forty six Susannah Blake Signed and acknowledged
31 by the said Susannah Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will
32 and Testament in the presence of us who being present at the same
33 time at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other
34 subscribe our names as Witnesses Chad Ehret Grocer Sol[r] Hemel
35 Hempstead Jno Worley Clerk to Messrs Smith and Grover Hemel Hempstead
36 On the 11th June 1850 administration (with the Will annexed) of
37 the goods, chattels and credits of Susannah Blake late of Hemel
38 Hempstead in the County of Hertford Widow deceased was granted
39 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Joseph
40 Baldwin and Thomas Woodman the executors having first sworn
41 duly the probate and execution of the said Will.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2017/01/will-of-ezekiel-blake-spirit-merchant.html
Always nice to find wills that fit together. This is the family that includes the following children:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817 (not mentioned in the will)
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817 (not mentioned in the will)
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake married Robert Brice Dec quarter 1841 at Hemel Hempstead.
Elizabeth Blake married Tom Flood Cutbush Sep quarter 1842 at Hemel Hempstead. Tom Flood Cutbush died Sep quarter 1846 at Dover, Kent.
Susannah is likely the Susannah Blake listed in December quarter deaths of 1848 at Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2114
Name of testator: Susannah Blake
Place: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 26 Sep 1846, probated 11 Jun 1850
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[In margin] Susannah Blake 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Susannah Blake of Hemel Hempstead in the County of
3 of Hertford Widow I nominate and appoint Joseph Baldwin of Berkamp-
4 stead St Mary in the County of Hertford Currier and Thomas Woodman
5 of Dunsley near Tring Farmer joint Executors of this my Will and I give
6 to each of them the sum of five pounds for the trouble they may have in
7 the execution of this my Will provided they accept the trusts thereof and
8 I direct that all my just debts burial and testamentary expences be
9 paid by my said executors immediately after my decease And I give
10 and bequeath to my four daughters Charlotte, Caroline Wife of Robert
11 Brice, Maria the wife of Stephen Lepine and Elizabeth Cutbush Widow
12 all my clothes wearing apparel and linen equally between them share
13 and share alike I also give and bequeath to my said daughter Charlotte
14 my silver spoons and my watch and all my household goods furniture
15 and household effects and the rest and residue of my personal estate
16 and effects I give and bequeath unto my said four daughters Charlotte,
17 Caroline Wife of Robert Brice, Maria the Wife of Stephen Lepine and
18 Elizabeth Cutbush and my Sons James and Ezekiel equally to be divided
19 between them share and share alike (my youngest Son Joseph having
20 been already provided for is intended to be excluded from any partici-
21 pation in any property And I do hereby declare that my said exec
22 utors shall not be answerable one for another nor for involuntary loss
23 and they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse them
24 selves all their costs charges damages and expences to be occasioned by
25 the true execution of this my Will or of the trusts thereby in them
26 reposed or in any wise relating thereto And hereby revoking all former
27 Wills by me made I do publish and declare this to be my last In wit
28 ness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand
29 this twenty sixth day of September one thousand eight hundred and
30 forty six Susannah Blake Signed and acknowledged
31 by the said Susannah Blake the Testatrix as and for her last Will
32 and Testament in the presence of us who being present at the same
33 time at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other
34 subscribe our names as Witnesses Chad Ehret Grocer Sol[r] Hemel
35 Hempstead Jno Worley Clerk to Messrs Smith and Grover Hemel Hempstead
36 On the 11th June 1850 administration (with the Will annexed) of
37 the goods, chattels and credits of Susannah Blake late of Hemel
38 Hempstead in the County of Hertford Widow deceased was granted
39 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Joseph
40 Baldwin and Thomas Woodman the executors having first sworn
41 duly the probate and execution of the said Will.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Will of Samuel Blake, Wheelwright, Aldenham, Hertfordshire - The National Archives PROB 11/595 - dated 7 Jan 1724
The testator Samuel Blake does not appear to have a wife; does not mention a widow. His nephew is Samuel Grace and his nieces are Mary, Ann, Elizabeth and Martha Grace. He does not mention his sister in this will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/595
Name of testator: T[esta]m[ent] Samuelis Blake
Place: Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 22 Jun 1723, probated 7 Jan 1724
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[In margin] Samuelis Blake
1 Of being appointed for
2 men once to dye I Samuel Blake of Aldenham in the County
3 of Hertford Wheelwright being Sick and weak but by the blessing of God
4 of a perfect mind and memory do make publish and declare this my last
5 will and Testament (Utterly revoking all other Wills by me formerly
6 made) First I commit and commend my Soul into the hands of
7 Allmighty God my Creator hoping through the merits of Jesus
8 Christ my Redeemer to be made partaker of Everlasting life
9 my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion
10 of my Executor and Executrix hereafter named and as
11 touching Such Temporal Estate as the Lord hath in his
12 merry blessed me with all I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis
13 I give and devise all those my two Cottages or Tenements with
14 all houses Orchards and appurtenances to the Same belonging
15 Situate near the Town of Idleshey in the Said Parish of
16 Aldenham in the Several Occupations of Francis Plater and
17 Michael Limptebottom unto my Nephew Samuel Grace his
18 heirs and assignes for ever Subject nevertheless to and chargeable
19 with the payment of all and every the Legacies hereafter by this
20 my will bequeathed Item I give and bequeath unto my three
21 Neices Mary Grace, Ann Grace and Elizabeth Grace all Sisters
22 of my Said Nephew Samuel Grace ……
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23 and to each and every of them the summe of Six pounds of lawfull
24 money of Great Britain to be paid to them respectively by my
25 said Nephew Samuel Grace his heirs and assignes within
26 twelve Calender months next after my decease out of my Said
27 two Cottages Item I give to my Neice Martha Grace one other of the sisters
28 of my said Nephew Samuel Grace the Summe of Forty Shillings
29 of like lawfull money to be paid her by my Said Nephew Samuel
30 Grace within twelve Calender months next after my decease out
31 of my two Cottages aforesaid also my Further mind is that in
32 case my Said Nephew his Heirs or Assignes refuse to neglect
33 to pay the Said Respective Legacies at the time before limited for
34 payment thereof as aforesaid that then it shall be lawfull to
35 and for my Said Neices respectively and their Respective Executors
36 Administrators and Assignes to enter and come into the Said
37 Cottages and Tenements and keep possession thereof and to have
38 take and Receive the rents Issues and profits thereof until they
39 Shall be fully Satisfied and paid their Said respective Legacies
40 with all Charges that they or any of them Shall be put to by
41 reason of such Entry So to be made as aforesaid all the rest of my
42 personal Estate moneys stock Leases Goods and Chattells whatsoever
43 after my debts are paid and funeral Expences discharged I give to my
44 Said Nephew Samuel Grace and to my Said Neices Mary Anne
45 Elizabeth and Martha to be equally divided between them Share and
46 Share alike and lastly I do hereby Nominate make and Constitute
47 my Said Nephew Samuel Grace and my said Neice Anne the Joint
48 Executor and Executrix of this my last will and Testament in
49 Witness whereof I the Said Samuel Blake to this my last will and
50 Testament have Set my hand and Seal the two and twentieth day of
51 June Anno domini 1723 Annoqz Regni Domini nostri Georgij
52 Dei Gratia Magni Britten Francis et hibernia Regis etc now
53 Samuel Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said
54 Samuel Blake to be his last Will and Testament in the Sight and
55 presence of us whose names are hereunto Subscribed as Witnesses
56 at the request and in the Sight and presence of the Testator J
57 Nicoll the marke of Daniel Larken the marke of Jone Batman
58 Probatum fuit huiusmodi Testamentum apud London
59 Septimo die mensis Januarij Anno domini millesimo Septingentesimo
60 Vicesimo tertio coram Venerabili Viro Exton Sayer Legum doctore Surrogato
61 Venerabilis et egregio viro Johannis Betteworth Legum doctoris Curiae
62 prerogative Cantuariensis Magistro Custodis sive Commissario
63 Legitimo Constituto Juramentis Samuelis Grace et Anna Grace sobrinos
64 Nepotis et Neptis excratio dicti defuncti et executorium in dicto
65 Testamento nominat quibus Commissa fuit Administratio omnium
66 et Singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorium dicti defuncti de
67 bene et fideliter Administrando eadem ad sancta dei Evangelia
68 Jurat Exam[r]
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 5 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/595
Name of testator: T[esta]m[ent] Samuelis Blake
Place: Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 22 Jun 1723, probated 7 Jan 1724
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[In margin] Samuelis Blake
1 Of being appointed for
2 men once to dye I Samuel Blake of Aldenham in the County
3 of Hertford Wheelwright being Sick and weak but by the blessing of God
4 of a perfect mind and memory do make publish and declare this my last
5 will and Testament (Utterly revoking all other Wills by me formerly
6 made) First I commit and commend my Soul into the hands of
7 Allmighty God my Creator hoping through the merits of Jesus
8 Christ my Redeemer to be made partaker of Everlasting life
9 my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion
10 of my Executor and Executrix hereafter named and as
11 touching Such Temporal Estate as the Lord hath in his
12 merry blessed me with all I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis
13 I give and devise all those my two Cottages or Tenements with
14 all houses Orchards and appurtenances to the Same belonging
15 Situate near the Town of Idleshey in the Said Parish of
16 Aldenham in the Several Occupations of Francis Plater and
17 Michael Limptebottom unto my Nephew Samuel Grace his
18 heirs and assignes for ever Subject nevertheless to and chargeable
19 with the payment of all and every the Legacies hereafter by this
20 my will bequeathed Item I give and bequeath unto my three
21 Neices Mary Grace, Ann Grace and Elizabeth Grace all Sisters
22 of my Said Nephew Samuel Grace ……
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23 and to each and every of them the summe of Six pounds of lawfull
24 money of Great Britain to be paid to them respectively by my
25 said Nephew Samuel Grace his heirs and assignes within
26 twelve Calender months next after my decease out of my Said
27 two Cottages Item I give to my Neice Martha Grace one other of the sisters
28 of my said Nephew Samuel Grace the Summe of Forty Shillings
29 of like lawfull money to be paid her by my Said Nephew Samuel
30 Grace within twelve Calender months next after my decease out
31 of my two Cottages aforesaid also my Further mind is that in
32 case my Said Nephew his Heirs or Assignes refuse to neglect
33 to pay the Said Respective Legacies at the time before limited for
34 payment thereof as aforesaid that then it shall be lawfull to
35 and for my Said Neices respectively and their Respective Executors
36 Administrators and Assignes to enter and come into the Said
37 Cottages and Tenements and keep possession thereof and to have
38 take and Receive the rents Issues and profits thereof until they
39 Shall be fully Satisfied and paid their Said respective Legacies
40 with all Charges that they or any of them Shall be put to by
41 reason of such Entry So to be made as aforesaid all the rest of my
42 personal Estate moneys stock Leases Goods and Chattells whatsoever
43 after my debts are paid and funeral Expences discharged I give to my
44 Said Nephew Samuel Grace and to my Said Neices Mary Anne
45 Elizabeth and Martha to be equally divided between them Share and
46 Share alike and lastly I do hereby Nominate make and Constitute
47 my Said Nephew Samuel Grace and my said Neice Anne the Joint
48 Executor and Executrix of this my last will and Testament in
49 Witness whereof I the Said Samuel Blake to this my last will and
50 Testament have Set my hand and Seal the two and twentieth day of
51 June Anno domini 1723 Annoqz Regni Domini nostri Georgij
52 Dei Gratia Magni Britten Francis et hibernia Regis etc now
53 Samuel Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said
54 Samuel Blake to be his last Will and Testament in the Sight and
55 presence of us whose names are hereunto Subscribed as Witnesses
56 at the request and in the Sight and presence of the Testator J
57 Nicoll the marke of Daniel Larken the marke of Jone Batman
58 Probatum fuit huiusmodi Testamentum apud London
59 Septimo die mensis Januarij Anno domini millesimo Septingentesimo
60 Vicesimo tertio coram Venerabili Viro Exton Sayer Legum doctore Surrogato
61 Venerabilis et egregio viro Johannis Betteworth Legum doctoris Curiae
62 prerogative Cantuariensis Magistro Custodis sive Commissario
63 Legitimo Constituto Juramentis Samuelis Grace et Anna Grace sobrinos
64 Nepotis et Neptis excratio dicti defuncti et executorium in dicto
65 Testamento nominat quibus Commissa fuit Administratio omnium
66 et Singulorum bonorum jurium et creditorium dicti defuncti de
67 bene et fideliter Administrando eadem ad sancta dei Evangelia
68 Jurat Exam[r]
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Will of John Blake, Farmer, Hatfield Hertfordshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1790 - dated 21 Sep 1831
I did not find any information about the individuals mentioned in this will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1790
Name of testator: John Blake, Farmer
Place: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 8 May 1831, probated 21 Sep 1831
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[In margin] John Blake
[In margin] 6
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of the parish of Hatfield in the County of Herts farmer
3 being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do hereby make
4 and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is
5 to say First and principally I resign my Soul into the hands of Almighty
6 God who gave it and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently
7 interred in the Burial Ground of the parish Church of Hatfield aforesaid
8 I give devise and bequeath unto Frances Smith Spinster now residing with
9 me the daughter of Benjamin Smith and Frances his wife formerly of Ealing
10 in the County of Hants all that my leasehold messuage or tenement situate
11 and being No 7 Upper Rathbone place in the County of Middlesex for all the
12 residue and remainder of the term Estate and interest which I may be
13 entitled to therein at the time of my decease to and for her own absolute
14 use benefit and disposal also I give devise and bequeath all and singular
15 the household furniture goods plate linen and china together with the
16 stock of every description in and about my farm known by the name
17 of Ludwick hyde farm in the parish of Hatfield in the County of Herts
18 aforesaid and all my monies securities for money book and other debts
19 chattels Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever the same may
20 receive and of or to which I shall be possessed or entitled at the time of
21 my death and over which I have a disposing power and wheresoever
22 situate subject nevertheless to the payment thereout of all debts which may
23 be justly owing by me at the time of my death to any person or persons
24 whomsoever and also to the payment thereout of my funeral and
25 Testamentary expences unto the said Frances Smith now residing with me
26 as aforesaid to and for her own absolute use benefit and disposal and lastly
27 I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Francis Smith to be
28 sole Executrix of this my will and revoking all other Wills and Testamentary
29 disposition of me at any time heretofore made I do hereby make publish
30 and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
31 said John Blake have to this my last Will and Testament contained in
32 or written on two sheets of paper to the first sheet thereof set my hand
33 and to this second and last sheet thereof set my hand and seal this
34 twenty eighty day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
35 John Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said John
36 Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
37 of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other
38 have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Benjamin Parle clerk
39 Bishops Hatfield Herts In: Rollo 5 Berners Street Oxford Street Ann White Hatfield
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40 Proved at London the 21st September 1831 before the worshipful John Danbury
41 doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Frances Smith Spinster the sole
42 Executrix to whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1790
Name of testator: John Blake, Farmer
Place: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 8 May 1831, probated 21 Sep 1831
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[In margin] John Blake
[In margin] 6
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I John Blake of the parish of Hatfield in the County of Herts farmer
3 being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do hereby make
4 and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following that is
5 to say First and principally I resign my Soul into the hands of Almighty
6 God who gave it and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently
7 interred in the Burial Ground of the parish Church of Hatfield aforesaid
8 I give devise and bequeath unto Frances Smith Spinster now residing with
9 me the daughter of Benjamin Smith and Frances his wife formerly of Ealing
10 in the County of Hants all that my leasehold messuage or tenement situate
11 and being No 7 Upper Rathbone place in the County of Middlesex for all the
12 residue and remainder of the term Estate and interest which I may be
13 entitled to therein at the time of my decease to and for her own absolute
14 use benefit and disposal also I give devise and bequeath all and singular
15 the household furniture goods plate linen and china together with the
16 stock of every description in and about my farm known by the name
17 of Ludwick hyde farm in the parish of Hatfield in the County of Herts
18 aforesaid and all my monies securities for money book and other debts
19 chattels Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever the same may
20 receive and of or to which I shall be possessed or entitled at the time of
21 my death and over which I have a disposing power and wheresoever
22 situate subject nevertheless to the payment thereout of all debts which may
23 be justly owing by me at the time of my death to any person or persons
24 whomsoever and also to the payment thereout of my funeral and
25 Testamentary expences unto the said Frances Smith now residing with me
26 as aforesaid to and for her own absolute use benefit and disposal and lastly
27 I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Francis Smith to be
28 sole Executrix of this my will and revoking all other Wills and Testamentary
29 disposition of me at any time heretofore made I do hereby make publish
30 and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the
31 said John Blake have to this my last Will and Testament contained in
32 or written on two sheets of paper to the first sheet thereof set my hand
33 and to this second and last sheet thereof set my hand and seal this
34 twenty eighty day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
35 John Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said John
36 Blake the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
37 of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other
38 have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Benjamin Parle clerk
39 Bishops Hatfield Herts In: Rollo 5 Berners Street Oxford Street Ann White Hatfield
[Page 2]
40 Proved at London the 21st September 1831 before the worshipful John Danbury
41 doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Frances Smith Spinster the sole
42 Executrix to whom admon was granted being first sworn duly to administer
Will of Ezekiel Blake, Spirit Merchant of Hemel Hempstead - The National Archives, Prob 11/1819 - 20 Aug 1833
The Phillimore Hertfordshire Parish Registers for Hemel Hempstead have the marriage of Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempstead marrying Susanna Austin of Berkhamsted 30 July 1793 (the Banns are published on Find My Past and indicate that they were published the 14th , 21st and 28th of July). The marriage took place at Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire.
Ezekiel Blake’s burial was listed in the non-comformist burials on Find My Past for Hemel Hempsted on the 19th of May 1833 and his age was listed as 62 years of age (giving a likely birth year 1771).
The Death Duty Registers indicate that Susannah Blake, his Widow, was his executor.
Susanna Blake is listed in the Death Duty Register of 1850 with James Blake listed as her Executor.
Searching for Blake births at Hemel Hempstead between 1793 and 1813:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
An Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempstead married Elizabeth Saunders 21 Mar 1763 at Hemel Hempstead. The witnesses were John Turner and Joseph Hill. They were both of the parish of Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1819
Name of testator: Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant
Place: Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 4 May 1833, probated 20 Aug 1833
Read: Electronic file images
[In margin] Ezekiel Blake
[In margin] 9
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempsted in the County of Hertfordshire and spirit
3 Merchant I nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Furnivall late of Hemel
4 Hempsted aforesaid Linen Draper and Francis Warren of that place Mealman
5 joint Executors of this my will and I give to each of them the sum of five
6 pounds for the trouble they may have in the execution of this my will provided
7 they accept the trusts thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said Executor
8 all my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whether freehold
9 copyhold or leasehold and also all my leasehold goods furniture plate linen china
10 and household effects and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever To hold
11 to them their heirs Executors Administrators and assigns according to the nature
12 and quality thereof respectively upon trust to permit my Wife Susannah to enjoy
13 the same for the term of her natural life and to pay to or permit and suffer her to
14 receive the rents issues and profits dividends and income thereof And from and
15 after her decease Upon trust to sell and dispose of either by public Auction
16 private Contract and either together on in parcels all my said messuages
17 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments to any person or persons who
18 shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof at or for
19 the best price or prices that can be reasonably obtained for the same And
20 I do hereby declare that upon the sale of all or any part of my said Estate
21 the receipt of my said trustees shall be a good and sufficient discharge or
22 discharges to the purchaser or purchasers thereof for the purchase money
23 which in every such receipt shall be expressed to be received and that such
24 purchaser or purchasers shall not after payment by him or them
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25 of this purchase money and such receipt given as aforesaid and be obliged
26 to see to the application of such purchase money or be answerable for any
27 loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof provided nevertheless that in
28 case my said trustees shall deem it advisable to sell the whole or any
29 part of my said messuages cottages lands tenements and hereditaments
30 during the life time of my said Wife and my said Wife shall signify
31 her consent thereto by writing under her hand it shall be lawful for
32 them to make such sale and to give discharges for the purchase money
33 as aforesaid And the money to arise from the sale I direct shall be
34 invested by my said trustees on Government or real security and the
35 dividends interest and annual produce thereof paid to my said Wife for
36 and during the term of her natural life if such sale shall take place
37 during her life time as aforesaid And here and after her decease I give
38 and bequeath the money arising from the said of my said messuages
39 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments and the rents issues and
40 profits thereof until sale and all my personal Estate unto and equally
41 between all my children equally to be divided between then share
42 and share alike and I declare that my said trustees and executors shall
43 not be answerable one for another and by no means for involuntary
44 losses and that they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse
45 themselves all their costs, charges, damages, and expenses to be occasioned
46 by the due execution of this my Will or the trusts hereby in them
47 reposed And I hereby revoke and make void all former wills by me
48 made and publish and declare this to be my last In Witness whereof
49 I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourth day of May one
50 thousand eight hundred and thirty three Ezekiel Blake
51 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testator Ezekiel
52 Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
53 his presence and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as
54 Witnesses thereof Will[ia]m Smith Hemel Hempsted Henry Donning
55 George Tipping J Clerk of Messrs Grover Smith and Grover Hemel Hempsted
56 On the 20th August 1833 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the Goods
57 Chattels and Credits of Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead the County of
58 Herefordshire and Spirit Merchant deceased was granted to Susannah Blake
59 Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will
60 having been first sworn by Comm duly to administer Thomas Furnivall
61 and Francis Warren the Ex[ecut]ors and Residuary Legatees In trust named in the
62 said Will having first renounced the probate and execution thereof and also
63 the Letters of Admon (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods of the said
64 deceased
[In margin]
65 On the 8th July 1850 Admon with the Will annexed of the saide Chattels and credits of
66 Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertfordshire and Spirit Merchant
67 deceased with administration by Susannah Blake Widow deceased while living this Relict
68 and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will was granted to James Blake one of the
69 natural and lawful Children and as such one of the Residuary Legatees mentioned
70 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Thomas Furnivall and Francis Warren
71 the executors and Residuary Legatees In Trust named in the said Will having heretofore
72 renounced the Probate and execution thereof and also the Letters of Admon with the said Will
73 annexed of the Goods of the said deceased
Ezekiel Blake’s burial was listed in the non-comformist burials on Find My Past for Hemel Hempsted on the 19th of May 1833 and his age was listed as 62 years of age (giving a likely birth year 1771).
The Death Duty Registers indicate that Susannah Blake, his Widow, was his executor.
Susanna Blake is listed in the Death Duty Register of 1850 with James Blake listed as her Executor.
Searching for Blake births at Hemel Hempstead between 1793 and 1813:
James Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 4th of April 1796 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Charlotte Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of January 1798 and registered the 26th day of April 1817
Ezekiel Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 8th of December 1799 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Caroline Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 17th of December 1801 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Joseph Blake son of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 26th of June 1803 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Maria Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 4th of April 1805 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Shelomath Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 1st of July 1807 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Hariot Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born on the 29th of August 1811 and registered the 26th of April 1817
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Ezekiel Blake and Susannah his Wife was born the 11th of December 1813 and registered the 26th of April 1817
An Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempstead married Elizabeth Saunders 21 Mar 1763 at Hemel Hempstead. The witnesses were John Turner and Joseph Hill. They were both of the parish of Hemel Hempstead.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jan 2017
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1819
Name of testator: Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant
Place: Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 4 May 1833, probated 20 Aug 1833
Read: Electronic file images
[In margin] Ezekiel Blake
[In margin] 9
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me Ezekiel Blake of Hemel Hempsted in the County of Hertfordshire and spirit
3 Merchant I nominate constitute and appoint Thomas Furnivall late of Hemel
4 Hempsted aforesaid Linen Draper and Francis Warren of that place Mealman
5 joint Executors of this my will and I give to each of them the sum of five
6 pounds for the trouble they may have in the execution of this my will provided
7 they accept the trusts thereof I give devise and bequeath unto my said Executor
8 all my Messuages Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whether freehold
9 copyhold or leasehold and also all my leasehold goods furniture plate linen china
10 and household effects and all other my real and personal Estate whatsoever To hold
11 to them their heirs Executors Administrators and assigns according to the nature
12 and quality thereof respectively upon trust to permit my Wife Susannah to enjoy
13 the same for the term of her natural life and to pay to or permit and suffer her to
14 receive the rents issues and profits dividends and income thereof And from and
15 after her decease Upon trust to sell and dispose of either by public Auction
16 private Contract and either together on in parcels all my said messuages
17 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments to any person or persons who
18 shall be willing to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof at or for
19 the best price or prices that can be reasonably obtained for the same And
20 I do hereby declare that upon the sale of all or any part of my said Estate
21 the receipt of my said trustees shall be a good and sufficient discharge or
22 discharges to the purchaser or purchasers thereof for the purchase money
23 which in every such receipt shall be expressed to be received and that such
24 purchaser or purchasers shall not after payment by him or them
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25 of this purchase money and such receipt given as aforesaid and be obliged
26 to see to the application of such purchase money or be answerable for any
27 loss misapplication or nonapplication thereof provided nevertheless that in
28 case my said trustees shall deem it advisable to sell the whole or any
29 part of my said messuages cottages lands tenements and hereditaments
30 during the life time of my said Wife and my said Wife shall signify
31 her consent thereto by writing under her hand it shall be lawful for
32 them to make such sale and to give discharges for the purchase money
33 as aforesaid And the money to arise from the sale I direct shall be
34 invested by my said trustees on Government or real security and the
35 dividends interest and annual produce thereof paid to my said Wife for
36 and during the term of her natural life if such sale shall take place
37 during her life time as aforesaid And here and after her decease I give
38 and bequeath the money arising from the said of my said messuages
39 cottages lands tenements and hereditaments and the rents issues and
40 profits thereof until sale and all my personal Estate unto and equally
41 between all my children equally to be divided between then share
42 and share alike and I declare that my said trustees and executors shall
43 not be answerable one for another and by no means for involuntary
44 losses and that they shall be allowed and may retain to and reimburse
45 themselves all their costs, charges, damages, and expenses to be occasioned
46 by the due execution of this my Will or the trusts hereby in them
47 reposed And I hereby revoke and make void all former wills by me
48 made and publish and declare this to be my last In Witness whereof
49 I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourth day of May one
50 thousand eight hundred and thirty three Ezekiel Blake
51 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said testator Ezekiel
52 Blake as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in
53 his presence and at his request have hereunto subscribed our names as
54 Witnesses thereof Will[ia]m Smith Hemel Hempsted Henry Donning
55 George Tipping J Clerk of Messrs Grover Smith and Grover Hemel Hempsted
56 On the 20th August 1833 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the Goods
57 Chattels and Credits of Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead the County of
58 Herefordshire and Spirit Merchant deceased was granted to Susannah Blake
59 Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will
60 having been first sworn by Comm duly to administer Thomas Furnivall
61 and Francis Warren the Ex[ecut]ors and Residuary Legatees In trust named in the
62 said Will having first renounced the probate and execution thereof and also
63 the Letters of Admon (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods of the said
64 deceased
[In margin]
65 On the 8th July 1850 Admon with the Will annexed of the saide Chattels and credits of
66 Ezekiel Blake late of Hemel Hempstead in the County of Hertfordshire and Spirit Merchant
67 deceased with administration by Susannah Blake Widow deceased while living this Relict
68 and the Residuary Legatee for life named in the said Will was granted to James Blake one of the
69 natural and lawful Children and as such one of the Residuary Legatees mentioned
70 in the said Will having been first sworn duly to administer Thomas Furnivall and Francis Warren
71 the executors and Residuary Legatees In Trust named in the said Will having heretofore
72 renounced the Probate and execution thereof and also the Letters of Admon with the said Will
73 annexed of the Goods of the said deceased
Friday, November 7, 2014
Order of transcription
I have somewhat lost my train of thought in this past couple of months lost to transcription so believe that once I complete the remaining wills in Gloucestershire (Diocese of Bristol) and that is seven in number with the next being from 1615 for Valentine Blake, Clerk at Winchcomb. This will is likely to take me a couple of days to do, then I shall move on to Hertfordshire where there are five wills to do. I will then move on to Huntingdonshire and return to my alphabetical path through the Counties although Somerset and Wiltshire are already completed. I will leave the ones designed Location Miscellaneous as they are a number of locations outside of England and Wales including military. Some have been done for various reasons but most remain to be done and there are probably over 100 of them.
I will also continue the last week of every month plus Saturdays to work on Family Reconstruction and I am still working on Cornwall and will have to take a bit of time to reorient myself to the project.
I will also continue the last week of every month plus Saturdays to work on Family Reconstruction and I am still working on Cornwall and will have to take a bit of time to reorient myself to the project.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Penquite Landrake Cornwall Blake family and others
I am still continuing to work on the Blake family at Landrake (with St Erney) Cornwall family. Life has been rather busy and a recurrent back problem has sidelined me for a while. Hope to be back at blogging by early October.
The Blake family at Landrake has been quite an interesting place to start looking at the Blake family in Cornwall. There does appear to be a continuous line of Blake there from the 1600s on. I am left to wonder if this line goes back to the earliest records in the Calendar of Patent Rolls. I shall have to pursue that link later but will keep it in the back of my mind.
Gardening is also going to take up my time although perhaps not quite as much as usual. But early October should see me back at transcription of the PCC wills and the county wills. I need to complete Gloucester wills from the Consistory Court at Bristol. There are twelve remaining.
Time has passed and moving on from Gloucester I need to decide where next. I have about 30 wills from Family Search for the Winchester Court which would be interesting to do but I would also like to complete the PCC wills in a reasonable time frame so suspect that I will return to that set of records. That would be the five wills from Hertfordshire. Then two in Huntingdonshire would follow. On to Kent after that where there are twenty six wills to transcribe. Perhaps I will be able to complete this grouping by Christmas. That brings me closer to London and Middlesex where there are so many both PCC and Diocesan Courts.
The Blake family at Landrake has been quite an interesting place to start looking at the Blake family in Cornwall. There does appear to be a continuous line of Blake there from the 1600s on. I am left to wonder if this line goes back to the earliest records in the Calendar of Patent Rolls. I shall have to pursue that link later but will keep it in the back of my mind.
Gardening is also going to take up my time although perhaps not quite as much as usual. But early October should see me back at transcription of the PCC wills and the county wills. I need to complete Gloucester wills from the Consistory Court at Bristol. There are twelve remaining.
Time has passed and moving on from Gloucester I need to decide where next. I have about 30 wills from Family Search for the Winchester Court which would be interesting to do but I would also like to complete the PCC wills in a reasonable time frame so suspect that I will return to that set of records. That would be the five wills from Hertfordshire. Then two in Huntingdonshire would follow. On to Kent after that where there are twenty six wills to transcribe. Perhaps I will be able to complete this grouping by Christmas. That brings me closer to London and Middlesex where there are so many both PCC and Diocesan Courts.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Feet of Fines - Stephen le Blake
Another interesting item from my searches of yesterday is from the Feet of Fines and is numbered CP 25/1/88/71, number 58 and deals with Hertfordshire and the date 17 Jun 1330.
CP 25/1/88/71, number 58.
Link: Image of document at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/CP25%281%29/CP25_1_88/IMG_0072.htm
County: Hertfordshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 4 Edward III [17 June 1330].
Parties: John, son of Stephen le Blake, the elder and Joan, his wife, querents, and Robert de Ludyngton', the vicar of the church of Ware, and John, son of Richard Asselyn, deforciants.
Property: 5 messuages, 257 acres of land, 12 acres of meadow [and] 31 shillings of rent in Ware, Honesdon' and Estwyk'.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: John, son of Stephen, has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Robert, of which Robert and John, son of Richard, have 2 parts of the tenements of his gift.
For this: Robert and John, son of Richard, have granted to John, son of Stephen, and Joan the 2 parts and have rendered them to them in the same court, to hold to John, son of Stephen, and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords for ever. And besides Robert and John, son of Richard, granted for themselves and the heirs of Robert that the third part of the tenements - which Cecily, who was the wife of Stephen le Blake, held in dower of the inheritance of Robert in the aforesaid vills on the day the agreement was made, and which after the decease of Cecily ought to revert to Robert and John, son of Richard, and the heirs of Robert - after the decease of Cecily shall remain to John, son of Stephen, and Joan and their aforesaid heirs, to hold together with the 2 parts, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, remainder to the right heirs of John, son of Stephen.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Stephen le Blake, John le Blake, Joan le Blake, Robert de Luddington, Richard Asslin, John Asslin, Cecily le Blake
Places: Ware, Hunsdon, Eastwick
This is a website of the O'Quinn Law Library of the University of Houston Law Center and they are under license of The National Archives of England. I have quoted the entry in its entirety because it is significant to the one name study of the Blake family and hence for my research and for the benefit of my readers who may not yet have come across this particular site. I shall further investigate this particular site and extract if possible the Blake entries from the Feet of Fines as available. I have seen this site earlier but the images themselves are available but not all are transcribed as above. It would be a very long term project but one that I will consider.
Stephen le Blake was mentioned yesterday in the record at The National Archives dated 1286 C 241/6/36 which was an Inquisition and return. Is this the same Stephen le Blake. It is his son John who is involved and it would appear that the wife of Stephen is Cecily Ludyington. Ware though is located in Hertfordshire. Stephen le Blake is referred to as the elder so perhaps John has a brother Stephen. Joan is the wife of John it would appear.
Whilst the Law Library of the University of Houston has the Feet of Fines documents on their website I should perhaps go through them one by one to see if there are any more Blake entries.
I need a break from transcription of wills as I have been at it for six months. The long days conflict with my reading microfiche for long periods of time. Gardening is starting to occupy some of my waking hours!
Yesterday we took our first bicycle ride and I can see that perhaps that too is going to eat into my genealogy time through the summer.
CP 25/1/88/71, number 58.
Link: Image of document at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/CP25%281%29/CP25_1_88/IMG_0072.htm
County: Hertfordshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 4 Edward III [17 June 1330].
Parties: John, son of Stephen le Blake, the elder and Joan, his wife, querents, and Robert de Ludyngton', the vicar of the church of Ware, and John, son of Richard Asselyn, deforciants.
Property: 5 messuages, 257 acres of land, 12 acres of meadow [and] 31 shillings of rent in Ware, Honesdon' and Estwyk'.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: John, son of Stephen, has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Robert, of which Robert and John, son of Richard, have 2 parts of the tenements of his gift.
For this: Robert and John, son of Richard, have granted to John, son of Stephen, and Joan the 2 parts and have rendered them to them in the same court, to hold to John, son of Stephen, and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords for ever. And besides Robert and John, son of Richard, granted for themselves and the heirs of Robert that the third part of the tenements - which Cecily, who was the wife of Stephen le Blake, held in dower of the inheritance of Robert in the aforesaid vills on the day the agreement was made, and which after the decease of Cecily ought to revert to Robert and John, son of Richard, and the heirs of Robert - after the decease of Cecily shall remain to John, son of Stephen, and Joan and their aforesaid heirs, to hold together with the 2 parts, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, remainder to the right heirs of John, son of Stephen.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Stephen le Blake, John le Blake, Joan le Blake, Robert de Luddington, Richard Asslin, John Asslin, Cecily le Blake
Places: Ware, Hunsdon, Eastwick
This is a website of the O'Quinn Law Library of the University of Houston Law Center and they are under license of The National Archives of England. I have quoted the entry in its entirety because it is significant to the one name study of the Blake family and hence for my research and for the benefit of my readers who may not yet have come across this particular site. I shall further investigate this particular site and extract if possible the Blake entries from the Feet of Fines as available. I have seen this site earlier but the images themselves are available but not all are transcribed as above. It would be a very long term project but one that I will consider.
Stephen le Blake was mentioned yesterday in the record at The National Archives dated 1286 C 241/6/36 which was an Inquisition and return. Is this the same Stephen le Blake. It is his son John who is involved and it would appear that the wife of Stephen is Cecily Ludyington. Ware though is located in Hertfordshire. Stephen le Blake is referred to as the elder so perhaps John has a brother Stephen. Joan is the wife of John it would appear.
Whilst the Law Library of the University of Houston has the Feet of Fines documents on their website I should perhaps go through them one by one to see if there are any more Blake entries.
I need a break from transcription of wills as I have been at it for six months. The long days conflict with my reading microfiche for long periods of time. Gardening is starting to occupy some of my waking hours!
Yesterday we took our first bicycle ride and I can see that perhaps that too is going to eat into my genealogy time through the summer.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Will of Thomas Blake gentleman of Saint Albans Hertfordshire - National Archives PROB 11/26/55, probated 20 Feb 1536/37
I have just one will from Hertfordshire and it is for Thomas Blake and was probated 20 Feb 1536/37. The Blake family in Hertfordshire appears at Abbots Walden in Saint Albans in the early part of the 1500s living at Abbots Walden which was part of the large monastic centre at St Albans dismantled during the late 1530s early 1540s. British History online discussing the Abbots Walden has a write up on the property mentioned below:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43301
ADVOWSON
The church of Abbots Walden was probably granted to the monastery of St. Albans by Wulfgar with the manor, (fn. 124) and was confirmed to them by King John. (fn. 125) In 1188 the obventions from the church were assigned with the licence of Pope Clement III to the guests' prebend. (fn. 126) One mark per annum from the church of Walden was granted in 1194 to the church of St. Mary of Pré near St. Albans, (fn. 127) and in 1257 a pension of 40s. per annum paid by the vicar of Walden was assigned by the abbot to provide bread and ale for the monks and their guests. (fn. 128) Part of the tithes of Walden were assigned to the hospital of St. Julian, (fn. 129) and some seem to have belonged to the refectorar. (fn. 130) In 1513 the site of the rectory and the tithes were leased for thirty-one years to Thomas Blake, for a rent of £19 payable to the refectorar. (fn. 131) This lease was renewed in 1534, and Blake apparently transferred it to Thomas Hoo. (fn. 132) The rectory and advowson of the vicarage were granted in 1544 to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London, (fn. 133) and the patronage has been vested in them since. The lease of the rectory was renewed in 1621 to William Hoo for four lives, and he mortgaged it in 1623 to John Saunders, Richard Franklyn, and Richard Collett. (fn. 134) The rectory was sold with the Bury, and the great tithes are now received by the earl of Strathmore. (fn. 135)
The National Archives has under Access to Archives the Estate and family papers of the Blake family of Danesbury, Welwyn, Hertfordshire 1776 - 1924 and they are held by the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies and a short history follows from the Access to Archives website : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=046-dex69&cid=0#0
Administrative history:
In 1797 William Blake married Mary Nash, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Nash, and granddaughter of John Darker. By this settlement the Darker estates in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, including the advowson of Queniboro', Leics, were settled on William and Mary, after the death of Edward Lovedon. Edward Lovedon, who died c.1821, was the second husband of Elizabeth Nash, daughter and heir of John Darker.
In 1805 Blake purchased a house in Portland Place, and in 1819 he took a lease on St. John's Lodge, Welwyn, which he subsequently purchased in 1824, and altered the name to Danesbury. He added other pieces of land to this estate, and was an enthusiastic shot and landowner. In 1826 he became a J P for Hertfordshire, and in 1836 served as High Sheriff. He was involved in the local police committee in 1843, and in negotiations about the London to York Railway in 1848.
He had eight children; of the three sons, William John was MP for Newport, 1837-1841, Frederic served in the 33rd Regiment in Ireland, Gibraltar, Canada and the Crimea, and Henry Woolaston was a partner in Boulton, Watt & Co, engineers and iron founders.
Four of the daughters were married, Mary to Baron de Biel of Germany, Ellen to John Alexander Hankey, Caroline to Henry Davidson, and Emily to Christopher William Fuller: Fanny, the unmarried sister, lived at home. William Blake died in 1852 and was succeeded by his eldest son William John Blake.
I do not know if these two lines are connected at all. William Blake married Mary Nash at Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England. My thought it that this line is likely from the Blake lines in London.
There was an Edward/Edmund Blake (buried 30 June 1598 (C07210-1 Family Search)) baptizing children at Redbourn Hertfordshire in the 1570s/1580s namely (C01769-8 Family Search):
Isabell Blake baptized 20 Jun 1574
Catherina Blake baptized 1 Jun 1582
Redbourn runs adjacent to the parish of St Michaels in Saint Albans so is perhaps quite interesting.
There is a Thomas Blake baptizing children at Baldock Hertfordshire namely (C07210-1 Family Search):
William Blake baptized 23 Mar 1560
Dorathey Blake baptized Jul 1563
Agnes Blake baptized 26 Dec 1565
and a John Blake baptizing at Baldock namely(C07210-1 Family Search):
James Blake baptized Aug 1572
Baldock is interestingly enough just 11 miles south of Welwyn Hertfordshire.
There was a John Blake at Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire baptizing children namely (C07241-1 Family Search):
John Blake baptized 25 Jun 1587
Sara Blake baptized 1 Mar 1589
William Blake baptized 3 Mar 1593
Daniell Blake baptized Dec 1596
Hemel Hempstead is 6 miles NW of St Albans.
Marriages in the 1500s in Hertfordshire for Blake:
John Blake and Isabell Rolfe 31 Aug 1583 Great Gaddesden (M04738-2 Family Search)
Great Gaddesden is three miles from Hemel Hempstead.
From The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 1899 (William Brigg))) (http://www.archive.org/stream/hertsgenealogis00briggoog/hertsgenealogis00briggoog_djvu.txt) :
f. 55. JOHN WAGSTAFFE. {DaL 21 Jidy 1448). Bur. at
S^ Peters, viz. ^ in primo ingressu dicti Cimiterii sub capella
ibidem de ChameU'; Benedict Edryssh chaplain; Kobt.
Andrew ; The anchorites of S^ Peters & S^ Michaels ; John
Wortyng skinner ; Lawrence West ; Edw. West ; Eustachia
dau. of my wife ; John Blake ; The convent of the friars minors
of Ware ; The office of the Bursar of S* Albans &c ; Wife
Julian & Rich. Studeley exors. (Pr. 29 Aug. 1448).
This short excerpt is interesting in that it mentions John Blake prior to 1500 in Hertfordshire namely at Ware. Ware is 15 miles ENE of St Albans, 9 miles E of Welwyn and 14 miles SSE of Baldock.
The will itself does provide us with details on the family of Thomas. He married a widow and his estate moved into the hands of the Hoo family through his stepson Thomas Hoo. He has a cousin Gregory Warren who received half of his estate. He had a daughter Jane (deceased) and an uncle Thomas Blake married to Margaret (both deceased).
The process by which I chose a will for Hertfordshire (I choose one for each county that had early wills for the Blake family) was I picked the oldest one when there weren't very many wills:
National Archives holds six wills for Blake at Hertfordshire (including the current one being transcribed not listed below):
Will of Susannah Blake, widow of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire probated 11 Jun 1850
Will of Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire probated 20 Aug 1833
Will of Samuel Blake, Wheelwright of Aldenham, Hertfordshire probated 7 Jan 1724
Will of John Blake, farmer of Hatfield, Hertfordshire probated 21 Sep 1831
Will of William Blake, gentleman of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire probated 7 Jun 1803
Looking at The Visitation of Hertfordshire 1572 for the Hoo family of Paul's Walden. Maud Bardolfe first married Thomas Hoo of Paul's Walden and it was her son Thomas Hoo who married (unknown) Newman with their son Thomas marrying Lucy Brockett and it is he who has signed the Visitation for this family.
The 1634 Visitation of Hertfordshire lists Thomas Hoo married to Lucy Brockett with their son Thomas married to Helen Perient their son William married to Susan Stermont. This William living in 1635 has filled in the Visitation and has a son Thomas then 21 years old in 1634.
I did not find any Blake entries in the Visitations for Hertfordshire.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/26/55
Name of testator: Thomas Blake, gentleman
Place: Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 25 Nov 1536, probated 20 Feb 1536/37
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: light text, middle English writing, 16th century
[In margin] T[estator] Thome
[In margin] Blake
1 In the name of god amen the xxv ti daye of Novembre in the yere of o[u]r lorde god a thousand
2 five hundrethe xxxvj I Thomas Blake of the towne of Saint Albans in the Countie of Hertf[ordshire]
3 gentleman of hole mynde and good remembrance lauding and praising be unto Almightie god
4 make and ordayne this my p[re]sent Laste will and testament in man[ner] and forme folowing First
5 I comende my soule unto Almightie god and to o[u][r blessed Lady and to all the holy company of
6 hevin and my bodie to be buried w[ith]in the Churche of Saint Petir in the Chapell of o[u]r Ladye
7 It[e]me I give and Bequithe to the highe aulter for my tythes forgoten xij d It[e]m to Saint Albanes
8 chryme xij d It[e]m I will that a Graveston be Bought and laide upon me It[e]m I will
9 threescore lodis of stones be laide in the hyghe weye bitwen the the Charwell Chapell and wotehall
10 It[e]m I give and bequethe unto Gregory Waren th[e ]elder my Cosen after my deceas and my wiffes
11 all the yeres of my lease and farme that I have of the monastery of Saint Albanes called Gimberds
12 Wall th[e ]appurtenancs thereto belonging on and my said wife discharginge moneys x s or so s of my
13 bonds that I am bounden in to the Abbot and Convent of the said monastery Also I give and bequethe
14 my lease and ferme called the p[ar]songe of Abbots Walden unto Thomas Hoo and to his wife and
15 unto the longer liver of them Bothe aftir my deceas and my wife And as it happen any of the
16 yeres of the said lease and ferme to be undetermyned aftir the deceas of the said Thomas Hoo and
17 his wife that then thes yeres soo undetermyned shall remayne to Thomas Hoo the younger
18 my godsonne Also I give and bequeth unto the said Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder after my deceas and my
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19 wiffes all suche farmes bushells scotells shovilles dungeforks cartes and cartladders and longe ladders
20 that belongethe to the barne after the deceas of me and my wif Alsoe I give to the said Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder my
21 grounde that I have of Stagenhoo and alsoe a close that I have By copie sometyme Willia[m] Hannswis
22 Item I will that Maude mywif aftir my deceas shal[l ]have the occupa[t]ion of the hous or tent that I
23 dwell in here w[ith]all the bedde hangingis sperwers capelles formes stoles cubberds coffers all
24 the brasse laten and pewter w[i]t[h] all other ymplements and necessaries whate so ev[er] they bee except
25 myne napery and my plate during hir lif And half the brasse and half the pewter latten before
26 expressed And twoo fetherbeddis w[i]t[h] their apparell my wife to have to give and dispose at hir
27 pleasure, the other half of the brasse pewter and latten w[i]t[h] all the bedding except the spervers
28 testers and hangingis the oon half thereof to remayne to my cosen Gregory Waren th[e ]elder
29 and the other half to Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder and Thomas Hoo the younger All houshold and
30 necessaries as is before reherced aftir the deceas of me and my wif Except before except I give to
31 my cosen Gregory Waren th[e ]elder holy to remayne to hym w[i]t[h]oute let of any man And as to the
32 disposi[c]ion of my plate masers and spones aftir my deceas I will it shal[l ]be solde, except five m[ar]kes
33 worthe of the same plate my wif to have and to give at her pleasure And the Residue of the said
34 plate comyng to fynd a prise to singe for me and my wif my father soule and mother soule my
35 doughter Jane's soule my uncle Thomas Blake soule and Margaret his wife and all other s[hres]ten souleis
36 Item I give and bequethe xx li in money for an yerely obite to be kept w[i]t[h]in the church of Saint
37 Peter by the space of xx ti yeres aftir my deceas yerely to be kept and thereat to be expended xx s And
38 the said preste to sing oon yere at Saint Peters in Saint Albanes and at other yere at Abbots
39 Walden and there to praye for the soules afore named Item I bequethe to Abbots Walden churche
40 five marks in money Item I will that xx li over and above the funding of a prist above said shall
41 alsoe goe to the finding of a prist to singe as is afore appoynted Item I give to Edmond Newsome
42 aftir my deceas all suche bedding brasse and pweter that I have at my barne at Abbots
43 Walden except my bedd that I lie on, the whiche bed I will remayne to the bedding of my ho[u]ses
44 that I dwell in Item I give and bequeth unto my woman s[er]vante Blanche Gowtson oon
45 fetherbed w[i]t[h] a Bolster oon paire of blanckets of lynnen oon paire of shetes oon cov[er]let that
46 which was Grayns Item I give and Bequeth 10 li to be bestowed in the hyghe weye
47 under Threfferengrove Item I give and Bequeth unto Elizabeth Penyfather at the tyme
48 of her mariage x s Item I give and Bequethe to Richard Raurrigge my s[er]vant vj s vij d Item I
49 give and Bequethe unto Thomas Catelyn when he is maried xx s and ij paire of shetis Item
50 I give and Bequethe to Thomas Hethe a cote clothe of Russet, and also to the same Thomas
51 in money vj s viij d Item I doe forgive and remyt unto William Myles and Agnes his wife vj li
52 whiche they doe owe me Item I doe forgive and remyt unto Rauf Etevyason all suche money
53 as he dothe owe me Item I give and Bequethe unto B Thomas Smythe my prist my gowne furred
54 w[i]t[h] foxe Item I give and Bequeth unto the said B Thomas a paire of shetis Item I will that Mawde
55 my wif have a paire of floxen shets to give and dispose at hir pleasure And the Residue of all my
56 napery the oon half thereof I give to Gregory Waren th[e ]elder my cosen and his children And
57 the other half to remayne to Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder and Thomas Hoo the younger Item I give and
58 bequethe unto Agnes Myles the wif of William Myles aftir my decease xx s Item I give to
59 mother Barnarde during her life xx s to be paide quarterly Item I will that all suche willes
60 bequests and legacies made by me Thomas Blake bering date any tyme before this my p[resen]t
61 laste will shall from thensforthe be frustrate voide and of none effect to all intents And this
62 my p[re]sente laste will to be in strengthe and of good effect The Residue of all my goods not
63 bequethed aftir my detts paid and this my last will executed and fulfilled I putt it to the
64 discre[c]ion of my Executors to bestowe for my soule and for the soules of them aforenamyd, as they
65 shall thinke most beste aftir their discre[c]ion And I doe make and ordeyn myne executors to the
66 p[er]formance of this my present laste will Gregory Waren th[e ]elder Thomas Knyghton and Thomas
67 Hoo th[e ]elder gentlemen and I doe give to ev[er] oon of my said Executors for their diligent labo[ur]s
68 xx s In Witnes whereof I the said Thomas Blake to this my present laste will have putte my seall
69 the daye and yere above said Theis bering witnes John Cowley Thomas Chipwith gentleman
70 Br George Penton prist Br Thomas Smythe prist George Rufford Thomas Stawonton John
71 Spenser John Burley more and other
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43301
ADVOWSON
The church of Abbots Walden was probably granted to the monastery of St. Albans by Wulfgar with the manor, (fn. 124) and was confirmed to them by King John. (fn. 125) In 1188 the obventions from the church were assigned with the licence of Pope Clement III to the guests' prebend. (fn. 126) One mark per annum from the church of Walden was granted in 1194 to the church of St. Mary of Pré near St. Albans, (fn. 127) and in 1257 a pension of 40s. per annum paid by the vicar of Walden was assigned by the abbot to provide bread and ale for the monks and their guests. (fn. 128) Part of the tithes of Walden were assigned to the hospital of St. Julian, (fn. 129) and some seem to have belonged to the refectorar. (fn. 130) In 1513 the site of the rectory and the tithes were leased for thirty-one years to Thomas Blake, for a rent of £19 payable to the refectorar. (fn. 131) This lease was renewed in 1534, and Blake apparently transferred it to Thomas Hoo. (fn. 132) The rectory and advowson of the vicarage were granted in 1544 to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London, (fn. 133) and the patronage has been vested in them since. The lease of the rectory was renewed in 1621 to William Hoo for four lives, and he mortgaged it in 1623 to John Saunders, Richard Franklyn, and Richard Collett. (fn. 134) The rectory was sold with the Bury, and the great tithes are now received by the earl of Strathmore. (fn. 135)
The National Archives has under Access to Archives the Estate and family papers of the Blake family of Danesbury, Welwyn, Hertfordshire 1776 - 1924 and they are held by the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies and a short history follows from the Access to Archives website : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=046-dex69&cid=0#0
Administrative history:
In 1797 William Blake married Mary Nash, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Nash, and granddaughter of John Darker. By this settlement the Darker estates in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, including the advowson of Queniboro', Leics, were settled on William and Mary, after the death of Edward Lovedon. Edward Lovedon, who died c.1821, was the second husband of Elizabeth Nash, daughter and heir of John Darker.
In 1805 Blake purchased a house in Portland Place, and in 1819 he took a lease on St. John's Lodge, Welwyn, which he subsequently purchased in 1824, and altered the name to Danesbury. He added other pieces of land to this estate, and was an enthusiastic shot and landowner. In 1826 he became a J P for Hertfordshire, and in 1836 served as High Sheriff. He was involved in the local police committee in 1843, and in negotiations about the London to York Railway in 1848.
He had eight children; of the three sons, William John was MP for Newport, 1837-1841, Frederic served in the 33rd Regiment in Ireland, Gibraltar, Canada and the Crimea, and Henry Woolaston was a partner in Boulton, Watt & Co, engineers and iron founders.
Four of the daughters were married, Mary to Baron de Biel of Germany, Ellen to John Alexander Hankey, Caroline to Henry Davidson, and Emily to Christopher William Fuller: Fanny, the unmarried sister, lived at home. William Blake died in 1852 and was succeeded by his eldest son William John Blake.
I do not know if these two lines are connected at all. William Blake married Mary Nash at Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England. My thought it that this line is likely from the Blake lines in London.
There was an Edward/Edmund Blake (buried 30 June 1598 (C07210-1 Family Search)) baptizing children at Redbourn Hertfordshire in the 1570s/1580s namely (C01769-8 Family Search):
Isabell Blake baptized 20 Jun 1574
Catherina Blake baptized 1 Jun 1582
Redbourn runs adjacent to the parish of St Michaels in Saint Albans so is perhaps quite interesting.
There is a Thomas Blake baptizing children at Baldock Hertfordshire namely (C07210-1 Family Search):
William Blake baptized 23 Mar 1560
Dorathey Blake baptized Jul 1563
Agnes Blake baptized 26 Dec 1565
and a John Blake baptizing at Baldock namely(C07210-1 Family Search):
James Blake baptized Aug 1572
Baldock is interestingly enough just 11 miles south of Welwyn Hertfordshire.
There was a John Blake at Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire baptizing children namely (C07241-1 Family Search):
John Blake baptized 25 Jun 1587
Sara Blake baptized 1 Mar 1589
William Blake baptized 3 Mar 1593
Daniell Blake baptized Dec 1596
Hemel Hempstead is 6 miles NW of St Albans.
Marriages in the 1500s in Hertfordshire for Blake:
John Blake and Isabell Rolfe 31 Aug 1583 Great Gaddesden (M04738-2 Family Search)
Great Gaddesden is three miles from Hemel Hempstead.
From The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 1899 (William Brigg))) (http://www.archive.org/stream/hertsgenealogis00briggoog/hertsgenealogis00briggoog_djvu.txt) :
f. 55. JOHN WAGSTAFFE. {DaL 21 Jidy 1448). Bur. at
S^ Peters, viz. ^ in primo ingressu dicti Cimiterii sub capella
ibidem de ChameU'; Benedict Edryssh chaplain; Kobt.
Andrew ; The anchorites of S^ Peters & S^ Michaels ; John
Wortyng skinner ; Lawrence West ; Edw. West ; Eustachia
dau. of my wife ; John Blake ; The convent of the friars minors
of Ware ; The office of the Bursar of S* Albans &c ; Wife
Julian & Rich. Studeley exors. (Pr. 29 Aug. 1448).
This short excerpt is interesting in that it mentions John Blake prior to 1500 in Hertfordshire namely at Ware. Ware is 15 miles ENE of St Albans, 9 miles E of Welwyn and 14 miles SSE of Baldock.
The will itself does provide us with details on the family of Thomas. He married a widow and his estate moved into the hands of the Hoo family through his stepson Thomas Hoo. He has a cousin Gregory Warren who received half of his estate. He had a daughter Jane (deceased) and an uncle Thomas Blake married to Margaret (both deceased).
The process by which I chose a will for Hertfordshire (I choose one for each county that had early wills for the Blake family) was I picked the oldest one when there weren't very many wills:
National Archives holds six wills for Blake at Hertfordshire (including the current one being transcribed not listed below):
Will of Susannah Blake, widow of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire probated 11 Jun 1850
Will of Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire probated 20 Aug 1833
Will of Samuel Blake, Wheelwright of Aldenham, Hertfordshire probated 7 Jan 1724
Will of John Blake, farmer of Hatfield, Hertfordshire probated 21 Sep 1831
Will of William Blake, gentleman of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire probated 7 Jun 1803
Looking at The Visitation of Hertfordshire 1572 for the Hoo family of Paul's Walden. Maud Bardolfe first married Thomas Hoo of Paul's Walden and it was her son Thomas Hoo who married (unknown) Newman with their son Thomas marrying Lucy Brockett and it is he who has signed the Visitation for this family.
The 1634 Visitation of Hertfordshire lists Thomas Hoo married to Lucy Brockett with their son Thomas married to Helen Perient their son William married to Susan Stermont. This William living in 1635 has filled in the Visitation and has a son Thomas then 21 years old in 1634.
I did not find any Blake entries in the Visitations for Hertfordshire.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/26/55
Name of testator: Thomas Blake, gentleman
Place: Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 25 Nov 1536, probated 20 Feb 1536/37
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: light text, middle English writing, 16th century
[In margin] T[estator] Thome
[In margin] Blake
1 In the name of god amen the xxv ti daye of Novembre in the yere of o[u]r lorde god a thousand
2 five hundrethe xxxvj I Thomas Blake of the towne of Saint Albans in the Countie of Hertf[ordshire]
3 gentleman of hole mynde and good remembrance lauding and praising be unto Almightie god
4 make and ordayne this my p[re]sent Laste will and testament in man[ner] and forme folowing First
5 I comende my soule unto Almightie god and to o[u][r blessed Lady and to all the holy company of
6 hevin and my bodie to be buried w[ith]in the Churche of Saint Petir in the Chapell of o[u]r Ladye
7 It[e]me I give and Bequithe to the highe aulter for my tythes forgoten xij d It[e]m to Saint Albanes
8 chryme xij d It[e]m I will that a Graveston be Bought and laide upon me It[e]m I will
9 threescore lodis of stones be laide in the hyghe weye bitwen the the Charwell Chapell and wotehall
10 It[e]m I give and bequethe unto Gregory Waren th[e ]elder my Cosen after my deceas and my wiffes
11 all the yeres of my lease and farme that I have of the monastery of Saint Albanes called Gimberds
12 Wall th[e ]appurtenancs thereto belonging on and my said wife discharginge moneys x s or so s of my
13 bonds that I am bounden in to the Abbot and Convent of the said monastery Also I give and bequethe
14 my lease and ferme called the p[ar]songe of Abbots Walden unto Thomas Hoo and to his wife and
15 unto the longer liver of them Bothe aftir my deceas and my wife And as it happen any of the
16 yeres of the said lease and ferme to be undetermyned aftir the deceas of the said Thomas Hoo and
17 his wife that then thes yeres soo undetermyned shall remayne to Thomas Hoo the younger
18 my godsonne Also I give and bequeth unto the said Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder after my deceas and my
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19 wiffes all suche farmes bushells scotells shovilles dungeforks cartes and cartladders and longe ladders
20 that belongethe to the barne after the deceas of me and my wif Alsoe I give to the said Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder my
21 grounde that I have of Stagenhoo and alsoe a close that I have By copie sometyme Willia[m] Hannswis
22 Item I will that Maude mywif aftir my deceas shal[l ]have the occupa[t]ion of the hous or tent that I
23 dwell in here w[ith]all the bedde hangingis sperwers capelles formes stoles cubberds coffers all
24 the brasse laten and pewter w[i]t[h] all other ymplements and necessaries whate so ev[er] they bee except
25 myne napery and my plate during hir lif And half the brasse and half the pewter latten before
26 expressed And twoo fetherbeddis w[i]t[h] their apparell my wife to have to give and dispose at hir
27 pleasure, the other half of the brasse pewter and latten w[i]t[h] all the bedding except the spervers
28 testers and hangingis the oon half thereof to remayne to my cosen Gregory Waren th[e ]elder
29 and the other half to Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder and Thomas Hoo the younger All houshold and
30 necessaries as is before reherced aftir the deceas of me and my wif Except before except I give to
31 my cosen Gregory Waren th[e ]elder holy to remayne to hym w[i]t[h]oute let of any man And as to the
32 disposi[c]ion of my plate masers and spones aftir my deceas I will it shal[l ]be solde, except five m[ar]kes
33 worthe of the same plate my wif to have and to give at her pleasure And the Residue of the said
34 plate comyng to fynd a prise to singe for me and my wif my father soule and mother soule my
35 doughter Jane's soule my uncle Thomas Blake soule and Margaret his wife and all other s[hres]ten souleis
36 Item I give and bequethe xx li in money for an yerely obite to be kept w[i]t[h]in the church of Saint
37 Peter by the space of xx ti yeres aftir my deceas yerely to be kept and thereat to be expended xx s And
38 the said preste to sing oon yere at Saint Peters in Saint Albanes and at other yere at Abbots
39 Walden and there to praye for the soules afore named Item I bequethe to Abbots Walden churche
40 five marks in money Item I will that xx li over and above the funding of a prist above said shall
41 alsoe goe to the finding of a prist to singe as is afore appoynted Item I give to Edmond Newsome
42 aftir my deceas all suche bedding brasse and pweter that I have at my barne at Abbots
43 Walden except my bedd that I lie on, the whiche bed I will remayne to the bedding of my ho[u]ses
44 that I dwell in Item I give and bequeth unto my woman s[er]vante Blanche Gowtson oon
45 fetherbed w[i]t[h] a Bolster oon paire of blanckets of lynnen oon paire of shetes oon cov[er]let that
46 which was Grayns Item I give and Bequeth 10 li to be bestowed in the hyghe weye
47 under Threfferengrove Item I give and Bequeth unto Elizabeth Penyfather at the tyme
48 of her mariage x s Item I give and Bequethe to Richard Raurrigge my s[er]vant vj s vij d Item I
49 give and Bequethe unto Thomas Catelyn when he is maried xx s and ij paire of shetis Item
50 I give and Bequethe to Thomas Hethe a cote clothe of Russet, and also to the same Thomas
51 in money vj s viij d Item I doe forgive and remyt unto William Myles and Agnes his wife vj li
52 whiche they doe owe me Item I doe forgive and remyt unto Rauf Etevyason all suche money
53 as he dothe owe me Item I give and Bequethe unto B Thomas Smythe my prist my gowne furred
54 w[i]t[h] foxe Item I give and Bequeth unto the said B Thomas a paire of shetis Item I will that Mawde
55 my wif have a paire of floxen shets to give and dispose at hir pleasure And the Residue of all my
56 napery the oon half thereof I give to Gregory Waren th[e ]elder my cosen and his children And
57 the other half to remayne to Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder and Thomas Hoo the younger Item I give and
58 bequethe unto Agnes Myles the wif of William Myles aftir my decease xx s Item I give to
59 mother Barnarde during her life xx s to be paide quarterly Item I will that all suche willes
60 bequests and legacies made by me Thomas Blake bering date any tyme before this my p[resen]t
61 laste will shall from thensforthe be frustrate voide and of none effect to all intents And this
62 my p[re]sente laste will to be in strengthe and of good effect The Residue of all my goods not
63 bequethed aftir my detts paid and this my last will executed and fulfilled I putt it to the
64 discre[c]ion of my Executors to bestowe for my soule and for the soules of them aforenamyd, as they
65 shall thinke most beste aftir their discre[c]ion And I doe make and ordeyn myne executors to the
66 p[er]formance of this my present laste will Gregory Waren th[e ]elder Thomas Knyghton and Thomas
67 Hoo th[e ]elder gentlemen and I doe give to ev[er] oon of my said Executors for their diligent labo[ur]s
68 xx s In Witnes whereof I the said Thomas Blake to this my present laste will have putte my seall
69 the daye and yere above said Theis bering witnes John Cowley Thomas Chipwith gentleman
70 Br George Penton prist Br Thomas Smythe prist George Rufford Thomas Stawonton John
71 Spenser John Burley more and other
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