Edmund Blake, the testator, and his wife Sarah are on the 1841 census at Woolwich. Edmund is listed as 70 years of age and not born in Kent (nor was he said to be born in England, Ireland or Scotland) but his wife Sarah was listed as 60 years and born in Kent.
Obed Blake (born 1806) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel son of Edmund and Rebekah (daughter of William Winn) Blake at London with his birth parish being Plumstead Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.
Obed Blake found on the 1841 census at St Paul Covent Garden Middlesex 30 years of age, with his wife Sarah 25 years of age and Elizabeth Kitchen 20 years of age.
Obed Blake found on the 1851 census at Plumstead, Kent, 44 years of age, his wife Sarah 36 years of age and Hannah Kitchen 3 years of age.
Obed Blake found on the 1861 census at St Paul Covent Garden Westminster 54 years of age, his wife Sarah 48 years of age and Hannah Kitchen 13 years of age.
Obed Blake found on the 1881 census at Woolwich, Kent, retired plate glass maker married to Sarah R and his niece Hannah (Hitchen) Adam (widow) is living with them.
Obed Blake married Sarah Rebecca Kitcher Dec quarter 1838 at Islington, London.
Jonathan Blake (born 1810) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel son of Edmund and Rebekah (as above) Blake at London with his birth parish being Woolwich Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.
Jonathan Blake found on the 1851 census at St Luke Old Street, Middlesex, 44 years of age, his wife Ann 40 years of age and a daughter Rosa Jane Blake, 7 years of age. Jonathan is a glass maker.
Rosa Jane Blake was born June quarter 1843 daughter of Ann (Townshend) Blake.
Jonathan Blake married Ann Townshend Sep quarter 1837 at Clerkenwell RD.
Jonathan Blake found on the 1861 Census Islington Middlesex, 51 years of age, Anne 50 years of age, Rosa J 17 years of age and a niece Louisa Hawkins 10 years of age.
Jonathan Blake found on the 1881 census at St Leonard Shoreditch, widower, 72 years of age. He is listed as father in law living with Rosa Jane Lee 36 years of age (married, head of household, husband not listed), William Blake her son 15 years, Rosa Lee 8 years, Lilian Lee 3 years of age and Rebecca Lee 10 months.
Sarah Blake (born 1802) was baptized in the Fleet Chapel daughter of Edmund and Rebekah (as above) Blake at London with her birth parish being Woolwich Kent 2 Dec 1812. Witnesses John Butler and Sarah Share.
Sarah appears to have married someone with the surname Downie but a marriage could not be located.
Edmund Blake married Rebecca Winn 13 Feb 1801 at St Alfege, Greenwich. He was a bachelor and she was a spinster.
No marriage for Edmund Blake and Sarah (unknown) was located.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Jul 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2063/31
Testator: Edmund Blake
Place: Woolwich, Kent
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jan 1840, probated 1 Oct 1847
[Margin]: Edmund Blake 7
1 I Edmund Blake of Woolwich in the County
2 of Kent do hereby make this my last Will and Testament viz I desire
3 that my funeral shall be under the management of my wife that it
4 be conducted without any unnecessary expence and that first all
5 necessary expences in respires to my Will and property be paid or
6 defrayd and then I will and bequeath all in the interest arising from
7 the whole of my Properties to Sarah Blake my lawful wife which she is to
8 have for the remainder of her life at her decease should it be necessary
9 I desire the aforesaid Sarah Blake shall have the funeral conduct-
10 ed upon the same principle as my own as stated above the expences
11 to be defrayd out of my property all my interest and share in a Mill
12 Called the South pro___ths Mill in Mill Lane Woolwich I give and bequeath
13 to my eldest son Obed Blake All the household furniture I give to my
14 son Jonathan Blake at the death of my wife as aforesaid at which
15 period my other property I desire to be disposed of as follows the sum
16 of £20 is to be paid to William Downie £20 to Mat___ Downie my
17 grandchildren whose father is now in the Royal Artillery and in case
18 of either one or the other dying he or she is to be paid the £40 in the
19 event of both dying prior or after the death of my wife then the £40 with
20 my other property after all due expences are defrayd is to be equally
21 divided between my two sons share and part alike my sons being
22 married I desire that in the event of either dying the share belonging to
23 the husbands is to be paid or enjoyed by the wife as the case may be This in
24 conclusion I declare to be my last Will and Testament dated this seven
25 tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
26 hundred and forty Signed Edmund Blake Witness John Hopkins
27 John Gall
28 In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
29 In the Goods of Edmund Blake deceased
30 Appeared Personally John Hopkins of No 2
31 Parliament Street Westminster in the County of Middlesex Surrveyor and
32 made oath that he is one of the subscribed witnesses to the last Will and
33 Testament of the said Edmund Blake formerly of Woolwich in the County
34 of Kent but late of No 3 Elizabeth Place Bethnal Green in the County
35 of Middlesex deceased the said Will bearing date the seventeenth
36 day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty now hereunto
37 annexed And he further made oath that the said deceased duly
38 executed the said Will on the seventeenth day of January aforesaid
39 by signing his name at the foot or end thereof in the presence of this
40 deponent and of John Gall the other subscribed Witness thereto who
41 was also present at the same time and that he the deponent and the
42 said John Gall thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will in the
43 presence of the said deceased Jno Hopkins On the 29th day of
44 September 1847 the said John Hopkins was duly sworn to the truth
45 of this Affidavit Before me J Parker Deane Varr ______ Geo Fielder Not Publ
46 On the 1st Oct 1847 Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods Chattels
47 and Credits of Edmund Blake formerly of Woolwich in the County of Kent
48 but late of No 3 Elizabeth Place in the parish of Saint Matthew
49 Bethnal Green in the County of Middlesex deceased was granted to
50 Sarah Blake Widow the Relict and the Residuary Legatee for life as
51 named in the said Will have been first sworn duly to administer No
52 Executor
53 On the 2nd July 1856
54 Admon annexed the will annexed
55 of the Goods Chattels and Credits
56 of Edmund Blake formerly
57 of Woolwich in the County
58 of Kent and late of No 3
59 Elizabeth Place in the
60 Parish of Saint Matthew
61 Bethnal Green in the
62 County of Middlesex deceased
63 last administered by
64 Sarah Blake Widow the
65 Relict and the Residuary
66 Legatee for life named in
67 the said Will
68 was granted to Jonathan
69 Blake the Son and one
70 of the Residuary Legatees
71 Subscribed in the said will and the said
72 son Having been first sworn
73 duly to administer
74 the executor being named
75 in the said Will
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Will of Margaret Munday, Monxton, Hampshire - Family Search Film 186697, Catalogue C-1268, number 52, probated 13 Feb 1558/59
The will of Margaret Mundaye, widow of Richard Munday whose will was blogged yesterday and also the widow of Nicholas Blake whose will was probated a while ago. Links to both wills follow:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/03/will-of-richard-munday-monxton.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-nicholas-blake-national.html
Normally I would not have blogged a will that I know to be missing one page but this will is in itself very interesting. The spelling is very novel in this will and I will attempt to acquire the other page at some point. It could be that it is missing on the film at the Family History Library and I need to order from the Hampshire Record Office. I have a few that I want to acquire and was thinking that Mother’s Day is coming and I could perhaps do another batch as my children are always asking me what I would like.
Margaret remembers her son William’s children with 18 sheep and Edmund’s child Steven with just 2 sheep. I am left to wonder did William have 9 children and indeed in his will he mentions ten children which may give me an idea that his last child Richard (my likely ancestor) was born after February of 1558 which does rather match my thinking. He is married likely by 1583 to 84 which would make him about 23 to 25 years of age at the time. So that was an exciting find in this will if I have correctly interpreted Margaret (my likely 12 x great grandmother). Still no ideas on her maiden name and it would be interesting to find that actually.
What has always troubled me is that William never named one of his children Nicholas at least none is known to have been named Nicholas. But William’s son William named one of his son’s Nicholas. But of course it is impossible to know if there were children named Nicholas who died.
This will also clarifies why William ends up with all the properties of his father Nicholas mentioned in the will of Nicholas. Evidently Edmund did not clear his debts with William Mondy and his brother William so he forfeited all the properties and cattle left to him by his father. I guess 200 pounds was more interesting. I never see anything of Edmund again except the mention of him in his brother William’s will so he is still living in 1582. Nothing about Edmund’s son Steven mentioned in this will of his mother. This is 11 years after the will of Nicholas and Edmund is obviously an adult and has married. The page that is missing must talk about Elizabeth and perhaps I will learn which Mondy she married if she was married by the time of her mother’s death. Her brother William mentions Elizabeth Monday in his will of 1582.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Feb 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186697, Catalogue C-1268, number 52 or Hampshire Record Office 1559B/066
Testator: Margaret Mundaye
Place: Monkstone, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Dec 1558, probated 13 Feb 1558/59
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
1 In the name of God Amen In the yere of o[u]r lord god m
2 fyfe hundred fifty viij the xviij daye of decymber yn
3 the first yere of o[u]r souffrane lady queen Elysabethe by the
4 grace of god of Jngland France and yerland quene defynder of
5 the faythe J margeret mondy of the p[a]ri[s]he of
6 monkston syke of body and of parfett remymbrance make and or
7 der thys my last wyll and testemynte jn manar and forme
8 foloyng first J bequefe my soule to almyty god and my body
9 jn to the Chyrche of monkston Jt[e]m J geve to the moth[e]r
10 chyrche of Wynchyster xij d Jt[e]m J geve to the parrishe chyrche
11 of Enh[a]m vj s viij d Jt[e]m J geve to Edemond blake
12 my Son ij hundard Sheppe ij horsys and ij kewe and a belloke
13 and the one halfe of my hogs whyche be jn the custody of wyll[ia]m
14 blake my Son and the house that Alyxandar modell dwyllyth
15 jn and xx l of lawfull money of Jngland so the sayd Edemund
16 do bryng ij suffeyent suertys to it In thre monythes
17 nexte after the deythe of hys mother and be bounde
18 In oblygacyan and Jn ij hundarde pounds to cleerly discharge
19 and aguete wyllm mondy hys executor and wyllm blake
20 brother to the sayd Edemund of Al[l ]manar of detts
21 both pa[r]ts quarylls leygesys and demands the whyche
22 aperythe jn hys father wyll and yf the sayd
23 Edemunds refuse so to do that thyn all suche goods
24 and lands afor sayd to reyayne to wyllm mondy and to
25 hys assines for eve[r] It[e]m I geve to Wyllm blake Chylldarrne
26 xviij shepe and to Steven blake the Son of Edemond blake
27 ij shepe It[e]m I geve to the Chylldarrne of wyllm hopkyns
28 every one of thym a ewe Shepe It[e]m I geve to alys klene
29 my worted kyetyll at Inh[a]m and my best frocks and a petycote
30 [missing to end, probably a short page]
[From Charlou Dolan]
31 overseer Richard Hopkyns
32 son John Mody, executor
33 deceased husband Rychard Mody
34 appraisers: William Mody, John Smyth, Ryhchard Buxe, Rychard Spenser
35 witness: Sir Martyn Vaysee
36
37
38
39
40 The Invetorye of the goods and cattells of
41 Margaret mu[n]dy yn the parryshe of M[o]nkston
43 yn the cowntye of sowth[ampton]e praysed by Rychard
44 eyer alexander muddel the viijth day of
45 February anno domini 1558
46 In primis j folding table x s
47 It[e]m j cobbard ij chayres vj s viij d
48 It[e]m j whytche ij coffers vj s viij d
49 It[e]m j featherbed j bolster j pillow iij coverlets xxvj s viij d
50 It[e]m vij peyre of sheets xx s
51 It[e]m ij dosen of platters j dosen of potyngers j dosen of sawcers xxvj s viij d
52 It[e]m j bassoon j bassoon ewer ij s
53 It[e]m j sylv[er] salt vj sylv[er] spons iij l vj s viij d
54 It[e]m iij candelstycks ij s
55 It[e]m ij pewter potts ij serving dyssys j tynnyn salt ij s
56 It[e]m iij potts xv s
57 It[e]m iij pans x s
58 It[e]m iiij cawdrons x s
59 It[e]m j chaffer j morter j skillet viij s
60 It[e]m ij arrondyrons and ij broches vj s viij d
61 It[e]m iiij table clothes ij cusshens vij s
62 It[e]m iiij score shepe viij l
63 It[e]m j fornas iij s iiij d
64 It[e]m xxxvij ewes liij s iiij d
65 It[e]m ij horsys iij l vj s viij d
66 It[e]m iij kyne a bulle j bullock iiij l
67 It[e]m yn barly xx quarters v l vj s viij d
68 The su[m] xxxiiij l viij s ij d
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/03/will-of-richard-munday-monxton.html
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-nicholas-blake-national.html
Normally I would not have blogged a will that I know to be missing one page but this will is in itself very interesting. The spelling is very novel in this will and I will attempt to acquire the other page at some point. It could be that it is missing on the film at the Family History Library and I need to order from the Hampshire Record Office. I have a few that I want to acquire and was thinking that Mother’s Day is coming and I could perhaps do another batch as my children are always asking me what I would like.
Margaret remembers her son William’s children with 18 sheep and Edmund’s child Steven with just 2 sheep. I am left to wonder did William have 9 children and indeed in his will he mentions ten children which may give me an idea that his last child Richard (my likely ancestor) was born after February of 1558 which does rather match my thinking. He is married likely by 1583 to 84 which would make him about 23 to 25 years of age at the time. So that was an exciting find in this will if I have correctly interpreted Margaret (my likely 12 x great grandmother). Still no ideas on her maiden name and it would be interesting to find that actually.
What has always troubled me is that William never named one of his children Nicholas at least none is known to have been named Nicholas. But William’s son William named one of his son’s Nicholas. But of course it is impossible to know if there were children named Nicholas who died.
This will also clarifies why William ends up with all the properties of his father Nicholas mentioned in the will of Nicholas. Evidently Edmund did not clear his debts with William Mondy and his brother William so he forfeited all the properties and cattle left to him by his father. I guess 200 pounds was more interesting. I never see anything of Edmund again except the mention of him in his brother William’s will so he is still living in 1582. Nothing about Edmund’s son Steven mentioned in this will of his mother. This is 11 years after the will of Nicholas and Edmund is obviously an adult and has married. The page that is missing must talk about Elizabeth and perhaps I will learn which Mondy she married if she was married by the time of her mother’s death. Her brother William mentions Elizabeth Monday in his will of 1582.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Feb 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186697, Catalogue C-1268, number 52 or Hampshire Record Office 1559B/066
Testator: Margaret Mundaye
Place: Monkstone, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Dec 1558, probated 13 Feb 1558/59
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
1 In the name of God Amen In the yere of o[u]r lord god m
2 fyfe hundred fifty viij the xviij daye of decymber yn
3 the first yere of o[u]r souffrane lady queen Elysabethe by the
4 grace of god of Jngland France and yerland quene defynder of
5 the faythe J margeret mondy of the p[a]ri[s]he of
6 monkston syke of body and of parfett remymbrance make and or
7 der thys my last wyll and testemynte jn manar and forme
8 foloyng first J bequefe my soule to almyty god and my body
9 jn to the Chyrche of monkston Jt[e]m J geve to the moth[e]r
10 chyrche of Wynchyster xij d Jt[e]m J geve to the parrishe chyrche
11 of Enh[a]m vj s viij d Jt[e]m J geve to Edemond blake
12 my Son ij hundard Sheppe ij horsys and ij kewe and a belloke
13 and the one halfe of my hogs whyche be jn the custody of wyll[ia]m
14 blake my Son and the house that Alyxandar modell dwyllyth
15 jn and xx l of lawfull money of Jngland so the sayd Edemund
16 do bryng ij suffeyent suertys to it In thre monythes
17 nexte after the deythe of hys mother and be bounde
18 In oblygacyan and Jn ij hundarde pounds to cleerly discharge
19 and aguete wyllm mondy hys executor and wyllm blake
20 brother to the sayd Edemund of Al[l ]manar of detts
21 both pa[r]ts quarylls leygesys and demands the whyche
22 aperythe jn hys father wyll and yf the sayd
23 Edemunds refuse so to do that thyn all suche goods
24 and lands afor sayd to reyayne to wyllm mondy and to
25 hys assines for eve[r] It[e]m I geve to Wyllm blake Chylldarrne
26 xviij shepe and to Steven blake the Son of Edemond blake
27 ij shepe It[e]m I geve to the Chylldarrne of wyllm hopkyns
28 every one of thym a ewe Shepe It[e]m I geve to alys klene
29 my worted kyetyll at Inh[a]m and my best frocks and a petycote
30 [missing to end, probably a short page]
[From Charlou Dolan]
31 overseer Richard Hopkyns
32 son John Mody, executor
33 deceased husband Rychard Mody
34 appraisers: William Mody, John Smyth, Ryhchard Buxe, Rychard Spenser
35 witness: Sir Martyn Vaysee
36
37
38
39
40 The Invetorye of the goods and cattells of
41 Margaret mu[n]dy yn the parryshe of M[o]nkston
43 yn the cowntye of sowth[ampton]e praysed by Rychard
44 eyer alexander muddel the viijth day of
45 February anno domini 1558
46 In primis j folding table x s
47 It[e]m j cobbard ij chayres vj s viij d
48 It[e]m j whytche ij coffers vj s viij d
49 It[e]m j featherbed j bolster j pillow iij coverlets xxvj s viij d
50 It[e]m vij peyre of sheets xx s
51 It[e]m ij dosen of platters j dosen of potyngers j dosen of sawcers xxvj s viij d
52 It[e]m j bassoon j bassoon ewer ij s
53 It[e]m j sylv[er] salt vj sylv[er] spons iij l vj s viij d
54 It[e]m iij candelstycks ij s
55 It[e]m ij pewter potts ij serving dyssys j tynnyn salt ij s
56 It[e]m iij potts xv s
57 It[e]m iij pans x s
58 It[e]m iiij cawdrons x s
59 It[e]m j chaffer j morter j skillet viij s
60 It[e]m ij arrondyrons and ij broches vj s viij d
61 It[e]m iiij table clothes ij cusshens vij s
62 It[e]m iiij score shepe viij l
63 It[e]m j fornas iij s iiij d
64 It[e]m xxxvij ewes liij s iiij d
65 It[e]m ij horsys iij l vj s viij d
66 It[e]m iij kyne a bulle j bullock iiij l
67 It[e]m yn barly xx quarters v l vj s viij d
68 The su[m] xxxiiij l viij s ij d
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Will of Richard Munday, Monxton, Hampshire - Family Search Film 186879, catalogue H-892, number 6, probated 29 Aug 1551
It seemed logical at this point to transcribe the will of Richard Munday who married the widow Margaret Blake after the death of her husband Nicholas Blake in 1547. Nicholas being the brother of Robert Blake and both thought to be the sons of Richard and Jone Blake (Richard leaving his will in 1522 and Jone leaving her will in 1527).
I have been concentrating on the Robert Blake line (brother of Nicholas) but in order to keep current timewise I need to bring in the few items on the Nicholas Blake line (my line by all appearances).
In his will Richard mentions Margaret’s deceased husband Nicholas Blake, Edmund youngest son of Nicholas and Margaret and Elizabeth unmarried daughter of Nicholas and Margaret. The only other children of Nicholas and Margaret were William and Ann (married to Godfrey) but not mentioned in Richard Munday's will. What is not known is whether or not Nicholas was married twice with William and Ann being older siblings of Edmund and Elizabeth although their older brother William does remember all of them in his will of 1582 without differentiating (blogged):
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-william-blakeyeoman-of-andover.html
I also have part of the will of Margaret Munday but the second page of the will proper is missing. I shall order that one from the Hampshire Record Office with my next batch that I want to order but will publish what is available and add the remainder later if it is available.
For completeness in the analysis, Richard identifies his sons as William (executor), John, and Richard, and daughters Jone, Anys, and Elysabeth.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Feb 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186879, Catalogue H-892, number 6 and Hampshire Record Office 1551B/50
Testator: Rycharde Mundaye
Place: Monkstone, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 20 May 1551, probated 29 Aug 1551
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
1 In the name of God Amen In the yere of owre Lord god a thowsand five hundred fyftye and on the
2 twenthe day of Maye And yn the fifte yere of the Raynge of owre Sov[er]ayne lord Edward the syxt by
3 the grace of god of England Fraunce And Ireland kynge defendore of the faythe And Im[m]edyatey merett
4 under Christ Supreme hede of the churche off England and also of Ireland I Rychard Mun[n]day of the
5 parysh of monkstone beinge sycke of body but of good and parfett Remembran[ce]s make And
6 ordyne thys my last wyll and testament in maner and forme Followinge Fyrst I bequethe my
7 sowle to Almyghty god And to all the blessyd company off heven And my body to be buryed
8 wyth[i]n the church lyttyne in monkstone It[e]m I gyve to the power men’s boxe of my parrysshe
9 churche xij d It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to joh[an]n[es] Mun[d]daye my sonne j hundred shepe and x li in Redy
10 moneye and of All man[ner] of howsold stuff part Ite[m] I gyve and bequethe to Rychard Mun[n]daye
11 my sonne j hundred shepe and x li in Redy moneye and off All man[ner] of howsold stuff partte
12 And my howse in lurgasall w[i]th the Aperten[an]cs therto belongynge whyche mother kyngton now
13 dwellyth in It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to Jone my dowght[er] on hundred of shepe and xx li in Redy
14 money and of All man[ner] of howsold stuff part And a cowe and a bullock It[e]m I gyve And
15 bequethe to Anys my dowght[er] on hundred of shepe And xx li in Redy moneyAnd of All manner
16 of howsold stuff part And a cowe and a bullock It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to Elysabeth my
17 dowght[er] on hundred of shepe x li in Redy money ij kyne on bulloke A bed with All man[ner] of Apparell
18 therto belongynge And of all maner of howsold stuff part It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to ev[ery] on
19 of my godchildren iiij d It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to Rychard Kyngton a lambe It[e]m I gyve and bequeth
20 to Anys noyse a lambe It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to my godsonne Thom[a]s a lambe It[e]m I gyve
21 and bequethe to my godsonne Joh[an]n[es] Mundaye A ewe and a lambe It[e]m I wyll that yf ev[er]y of my chyldren
22 do dep[ar]te owtt of thys world and then the goods for to be devydyd to the Ages chyldren by the dyspossyon
23 of my ov[er]seers It[e]m I wyll that margerett my wyff shall have all man[ner] of goods and cattell as
24 whyche her other husband nycolas blake dyd bequethe her in hys last wyll and testament And
25 xx li in Redy money of my own p[ro]per goods It[e]m I wyll that Edmund Blake my wyffs sonne
26 shall have All man[ner] of goods and cattell as hys fathers wyll before sayd dothe specyfe It[e]m I wyll
27 that Elizabethe blake my wuffs dowght[er] shall have all man[ner] of goods and cattell as her fathers
28 wyll before sayd dothe specyfye The Resedeu off my goods movable and unmovable I gyve
29 and bequethe to Will[ia]m Mun[n]daye my sonne whom I make and ordayne my full executor off
30 this my last wyll and testament Also I wyll that Joh[an]n[es] Mundaye Wylli[a]m Mundaye Will[ia]m Hopkins
31 and Wyll[ia]m Aldred for to be my ov[er]seers of thys my last wyll and testament and that yt may be fulfyld
32 and kept and they for to same for their payns x s a peece witness unto thys Hewghe tunks clarke
33 Joh[an]n[es] Mun[n]daye wyll[ia]m mundaye will[ia]m hopkyns and wm Aldred with others …
34 Probat[um] hu[jus]mo[d]i test[amentu]m cora[m] m[agistr]o Edward Glasto__ vicario
35 spi[ritu]ali[ta]t gen[er]ali etc ___ c[u]r[at]e Joh[an]n[es] Waite epi[copus] apud winton xxviij
36 die mensis August Anno d[omi]ni 1551 p[er] e[unde]m approbatum et insinuat
37 ac pro vero valor eiusdem p[ro]nuc[i]at com[m]issa fuit admi[ni]strato
38 omni[um] et singulorum executoris in hu[ius]mo[di] test[ament]o no[mi]nati in for[ma] meor[um]
39 iurat salve iure cuiuscu[m]q[ue]
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40 Invytory of the goods and cattells of Rychard Mu[n]daye
41 in the p[ar]yshe of M[o]nktone in the cowntye of South[ampton]e
43 praysyed by Joh[an]n[es] M[u]nday Will[ia]m m[u]nday wm hopkyns
44 and will[ia]m Aldred the xxiij daye of Maye in
45 Anno d[omi]ni 1551
46 The hall
47 Fyrst ij tables ij forms on payer of trestylls vj s
48 It[e]m a carpet vj s viij d
49 It[e]m a cobbard iij s iiij d
50 It[e]m ij bankers and iiij kusshyans xj s
51 It[e]m a chayde xij d
52 It[e]m the hangynge in the hall x s
53 The chamber ov[er] the hall
54 Fyrst iij featherbeds j flokbed iij bolsters on cov[er]let wythe the hangyngs in the chamber v l vij s viiij d
55 The parler
56 Fyrst iij gowns iiij l
57 It[e]m ij gaberdens xx s
58 It[e]m iij cots and jaketts xl s
59 It[e]m v dubletts xl s
60 It[e]m iiij peryes of husyms xx s
61 It[e]m ij hats and ij capps x s
62 It[e]m iiij shuetts x s
63 It[e]m x paryes of shets xxx s
64 It[e]m iiij pyllan bers iiij s
65 It[em] v table clothes xx s
66 It[e]m v table napkyns xij d
67 It[e]m v pyllows vj s viij d
68 It[em] ij whyghs teysters and hangyns v s
69 It[e]m vj cofers vj s viij d
70 It[e]m newclothe xx s
71 The Newchamber
72 Fyrst a flokbed ij bedsted ij cov[er]letts w[i]t[h] hangyngs xx s
73 It[e]m a table bowrd viij d
74 The kechynne
75 Fryst v braspotts and a posnett xx s
76 It[e]m v braspanns xl s
77 It[e]m iij kandrens vj s iij d
78 It[e]m ij furnesy xl s
79 It[e]m j iren barr w[i]th the hangynets iiij d
80 It[e]m ij brochys and iij Anndyrns iij s iiij d
81 It[e]m ij tryvetts on fryinge pan on dryppying pan ij gyrdyrns fleshowke and a skymer ij s iiij d
82 It[e]m bakane at the rwoffe xl s
83 The Butrey
84 Fyrst xxj platters xxx s
85 It[e]m xiiij potyngers vj s
86 It[e]m v sawcers iij s
87 It[e]m v saltselers xx d
88 It[e]m iij pewt[er] potts ij s
89 It[e]m ix candelstyks vj s viij d
90 It[e]m ij latynbasyns and iij lanert iij s
91 It[e]m a chafyng dyshe xij d
92 It[e]m xij ale tubs and other lytle tubs viij s
93 It[e]m v kyners ij ale kyns and hontynge stone xx s
94 It[e]m ij syltyng kyvers iij s iiij d
95 It[e]m other vessel w[i]th old iron and old implements v s
96 It[e]m ij booand on sheffe of arrows and on halberd x s
97 It[e]m a swerd and a bukler v s
98 It[e]m iren towll xx s
99 The barne and fylds
100 Fyrst viij quarters of whet viij l
101 It[e]m iiij quarters of barley liij s iiij d
102 It[e]m xxx quarters of malt xx l
103 It[e]m viij cart horssys w[i]th the harnys xv l
104 It[e]m ij pen bound carts xxv s iij d
105 It[e]m on plow with all man[ner] of things therto belongynge xx s
106 It[e]m xij kyne on bullock and ij calves xiiij l
107 It[e]m xv hogs and pyggs iiil j s iij d
108 It[e]m vj hundred shepe xx l
109 It[e]m on hundred rams v l
110 It[e]m xxxiij acres of whet xj l ij s viij d
111 It[e]m lxv acres of barley xvj l v s
112 It[e]m v acres of pesynne xxv s
113 It[e]m vj acres of fatchys xxv s
114 It[e]m vj acres of ots xx s
115 It[e]m in pastry a bowtt the yousss vij s viiij d
116 It[e]m wood and tymber iij l vj s viiij d
117 It[e]m a sylv[er] mitt a maser of sylver and vj sylver spowns iij l
118 It[e]m in Redy moneye xxx l
119 Sum cclxxxxv l xvj s xiiij d
I have been concentrating on the Robert Blake line (brother of Nicholas) but in order to keep current timewise I need to bring in the few items on the Nicholas Blake line (my line by all appearances).
In his will Richard mentions Margaret’s deceased husband Nicholas Blake, Edmund youngest son of Nicholas and Margaret and Elizabeth unmarried daughter of Nicholas and Margaret. The only other children of Nicholas and Margaret were William and Ann (married to Godfrey) but not mentioned in Richard Munday's will. What is not known is whether or not Nicholas was married twice with William and Ann being older siblings of Edmund and Elizabeth although their older brother William does remember all of them in his will of 1582 without differentiating (blogged):
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-william-blakeyeoman-of-andover.html
I also have part of the will of Margaret Munday but the second page of the will proper is missing. I shall order that one from the Hampshire Record Office with my next batch that I want to order but will publish what is available and add the remainder later if it is available.
For completeness in the analysis, Richard identifies his sons as William (executor), John, and Richard, and daughters Jone, Anys, and Elysabeth.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Feb 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186879, Catalogue H-892, number 6 and Hampshire Record Office 1551B/50
Testator: Rycharde Mundaye
Place: Monkstone, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 20 May 1551, probated 29 Aug 1551
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
1 In the name of God Amen In the yere of owre Lord god a thowsand five hundred fyftye and on the
2 twenthe day of Maye And yn the fifte yere of the Raynge of owre Sov[er]ayne lord Edward the syxt by
3 the grace of god of England Fraunce And Ireland kynge defendore of the faythe And Im[m]edyatey merett
4 under Christ Supreme hede of the churche off England and also of Ireland I Rychard Mun[n]day of the
5 parysh of monkstone beinge sycke of body but of good and parfett Remembran[ce]s make And
6 ordyne thys my last wyll and testament in maner and forme Followinge Fyrst I bequethe my
7 sowle to Almyghty god And to all the blessyd company off heven And my body to be buryed
8 wyth[i]n the church lyttyne in monkstone It[e]m I gyve to the power men’s boxe of my parrysshe
9 churche xij d It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to joh[an]n[es] Mun[d]daye my sonne j hundred shepe and x li in Redy
10 moneye and of All man[ner] of howsold stuff part Ite[m] I gyve and bequethe to Rychard Mun[n]daye
11 my sonne j hundred shepe and x li in Redy moneye and off All man[ner] of howsold stuff partte
12 And my howse in lurgasall w[i]th the Aperten[an]cs therto belongynge whyche mother kyngton now
13 dwellyth in It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to Jone my dowght[er] on hundred of shepe and xx li in Redy
14 money and of All man[ner] of howsold stuff part And a cowe and a bullock It[e]m I gyve And
15 bequethe to Anys my dowght[er] on hundred of shepe And xx li in Redy moneyAnd of All manner
16 of howsold stuff part And a cowe and a bullock It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to Elysabeth my
17 dowght[er] on hundred of shepe x li in Redy money ij kyne on bulloke A bed with All man[ner] of Apparell
18 therto belongynge And of all maner of howsold stuff part It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to ev[ery] on
19 of my godchildren iiij d It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to Rychard Kyngton a lambe It[e]m I gyve and bequeth
20 to Anys noyse a lambe It[e]m I gyve and bequethe to my godsonne Thom[a]s a lambe It[e]m I gyve
21 and bequethe to my godsonne Joh[an]n[es] Mundaye A ewe and a lambe It[e]m I wyll that yf ev[er]y of my chyldren
22 do dep[ar]te owtt of thys world and then the goods for to be devydyd to the Ages chyldren by the dyspossyon
23 of my ov[er]seers It[e]m I wyll that margerett my wyff shall have all man[ner] of goods and cattell as
24 whyche her other husband nycolas blake dyd bequethe her in hys last wyll and testament And
25 xx li in Redy money of my own p[ro]per goods It[e]m I wyll that Edmund Blake my wyffs sonne
26 shall have All man[ner] of goods and cattell as hys fathers wyll before sayd dothe specyfe It[e]m I wyll
27 that Elizabethe blake my wuffs dowght[er] shall have all man[ner] of goods and cattell as her fathers
28 wyll before sayd dothe specyfye The Resedeu off my goods movable and unmovable I gyve
29 and bequethe to Will[ia]m Mun[n]daye my sonne whom I make and ordayne my full executor off
30 this my last wyll and testament Also I wyll that Joh[an]n[es] Mundaye Wylli[a]m Mundaye Will[ia]m Hopkins
31 and Wyll[ia]m Aldred for to be my ov[er]seers of thys my last wyll and testament and that yt may be fulfyld
32 and kept and they for to same for their payns x s a peece witness unto thys Hewghe tunks clarke
33 Joh[an]n[es] Mun[n]daye wyll[ia]m mundaye will[ia]m hopkyns and wm Aldred with others …
34 Probat[um] hu[jus]mo[d]i test[amentu]m cora[m] m[agistr]o Edward Glasto__ vicario
35 spi[ritu]ali[ta]t gen[er]ali etc ___ c[u]r[at]e Joh[an]n[es] Waite epi[copus] apud winton xxviij
36 die mensis August Anno d[omi]ni 1551 p[er] e[unde]m approbatum et insinuat
37 ac pro vero valor eiusdem p[ro]nuc[i]at com[m]issa fuit admi[ni]strato
38 omni[um] et singulorum executoris in hu[ius]mo[di] test[ament]o no[mi]nati in for[ma] meor[um]
39 iurat salve iure cuiuscu[m]q[ue]
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40 Invytory of the goods and cattells of Rychard Mu[n]daye
41 in the p[ar]yshe of M[o]nktone in the cowntye of South[ampton]e
43 praysyed by Joh[an]n[es] M[u]nday Will[ia]m m[u]nday wm hopkyns
44 and will[ia]m Aldred the xxiij daye of Maye in
45 Anno d[omi]ni 1551
46 The hall
47 Fyrst ij tables ij forms on payer of trestylls vj s
48 It[e]m a carpet vj s viij d
49 It[e]m a cobbard iij s iiij d
50 It[e]m ij bankers and iiij kusshyans xj s
51 It[e]m a chayde xij d
52 It[e]m the hangynge in the hall x s
53 The chamber ov[er] the hall
54 Fyrst iij featherbeds j flokbed iij bolsters on cov[er]let wythe the hangyngs in the chamber v l vij s viiij d
55 The parler
56 Fyrst iij gowns iiij l
57 It[e]m ij gaberdens xx s
58 It[e]m iij cots and jaketts xl s
59 It[e]m v dubletts xl s
60 It[e]m iiij peryes of husyms xx s
61 It[e]m ij hats and ij capps x s
62 It[e]m iiij shuetts x s
63 It[e]m x paryes of shets xxx s
64 It[e]m iiij pyllan bers iiij s
65 It[em] v table clothes xx s
66 It[e]m v table napkyns xij d
67 It[e]m v pyllows vj s viij d
68 It[em] ij whyghs teysters and hangyns v s
69 It[e]m vj cofers vj s viij d
70 It[e]m newclothe xx s
71 The Newchamber
72 Fyrst a flokbed ij bedsted ij cov[er]letts w[i]t[h] hangyngs xx s
73 It[e]m a table bowrd viij d
74 The kechynne
75 Fryst v braspotts and a posnett xx s
76 It[e]m v braspanns xl s
77 It[e]m iij kandrens vj s iij d
78 It[e]m ij furnesy xl s
79 It[e]m j iren barr w[i]th the hangynets iiij d
80 It[e]m ij brochys and iij Anndyrns iij s iiij d
81 It[e]m ij tryvetts on fryinge pan on dryppying pan ij gyrdyrns fleshowke and a skymer ij s iiij d
82 It[e]m bakane at the rwoffe xl s
83 The Butrey
84 Fyrst xxj platters xxx s
85 It[e]m xiiij potyngers vj s
86 It[e]m v sawcers iij s
87 It[e]m v saltselers xx d
88 It[e]m iij pewt[er] potts ij s
89 It[e]m ix candelstyks vj s viij d
90 It[e]m ij latynbasyns and iij lanert iij s
91 It[e]m a chafyng dyshe xij d
92 It[e]m xij ale tubs and other lytle tubs viij s
93 It[e]m v kyners ij ale kyns and hontynge stone xx s
94 It[e]m ij syltyng kyvers iij s iiij d
95 It[e]m other vessel w[i]th old iron and old implements v s
96 It[e]m ij booand on sheffe of arrows and on halberd x s
97 It[e]m a swerd and a bukler v s
98 It[e]m iren towll xx s
99 The barne and fylds
100 Fyrst viij quarters of whet viij l
101 It[e]m iiij quarters of barley liij s iiij d
102 It[e]m xxx quarters of malt xx l
103 It[e]m viij cart horssys w[i]th the harnys xv l
104 It[e]m ij pen bound carts xxv s iij d
105 It[e]m on plow with all man[ner] of things therto belongynge xx s
106 It[e]m xij kyne on bullock and ij calves xiiij l
107 It[e]m xv hogs and pyggs iiil j s iij d
108 It[e]m vj hundred shepe xx l
109 It[e]m on hundred rams v l
110 It[e]m xxxiij acres of whet xj l ij s viij d
111 It[e]m lxv acres of barley xvj l v s
112 It[e]m v acres of pesynne xxv s
113 It[e]m vj acres of fatchys xxv s
114 It[e]m vj acres of ots xx s
115 It[e]m in pastry a bowtt the yousss vij s viiij d
116 It[e]m wood and tymber iij l vj s viiij d
117 It[e]m a sylv[er] mitt a maser of sylver and vj sylver spowns iij l
118 It[e]m in Redy moneye xxx l
119 Sum cclxxxxv l xvj s xiiij d
Monday, January 6, 2014
Will of Elizabeth Blake, wife of Long Parish, Hampshire - The National Archives PROB 11/307/513, probated 3 Apr 1662
Elizabeth Blake is married to Nicholas Blake of Long Parish and it is possible that her maiden name was Sadler.
This will was in litigation C 6/21/94 (document at The National Archives) and is Kent versus Thomas with the plaintiff Richard Kent and the defendants Nicholas Thomas and other. This is the answer only to that litigation and it is dated 1662.
A second litigation C 6/48/53 (document at The National Archives) and is Goddard versus Kent with plaintiffs Katherine Goddard, Jane Goddard and Elizabeth Goddard and defendants (unknown) Smithe, Richard Kent, Nicholas Thomas, Mary Thomas wife of Nicholas and again the will of the deceased Elizabeth Blake. The document type is the bill and two answers and is dated 1664.
A third litigation C 6/48/99 (document at The National Archives) and is Pembridge versus Thomas with plaintiffs Jane Pembridge, Elizabeth Pembridge and Mary Pembridge with defendants Nicholas Thomas, Mary Thomas his wife and Richard Kent. The document type is answer and schedule. The date is 1651-1681 but would be at least 1662 – 1681 so is probably part of a larger package with these dates.
In an earlier will Richard Blake of Tower Ward London mentioned his godson Richard Blake of Long Parish (1643) and was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/02/richard-blake-will-of-23-mar-1643.html
Is this Nicholas Blake a son of Richard and Jone Blake of Andover. Richard died in 1622 and left his will in which he mentions property at Forton which he is giving to his son Nicholas. Forton is one of the townships in Longparish. This would mean that he is the Nicholas Blake baptized 27 Mar 1604 at Andover and buried at Andover 16 Mar 1677. I have not to date found a marriage for him but do not have the parish registers for Long Parish yet.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/08/will-of-richard-blake-linen-draper-of.html
The sister of Nicholas Blake, Elinor Hinxman, mentioned her brother in her will of 1657 and he was living at Gavelacre which is in the vill of Forton thus placing him again in this area close to the time of the will of 1662. I have not published the Hinxman wills so must do that one of these days “…..And I nominate, and appoint my brother Mr Nicholas Blake of Galliger and my cozen Mr Peter Blake of Andover Overseers of this my last Will and Testament desiring them to be ayding and assisting to my Executor in the performance hereof ….”
British History Online has a write up for Richard Blake’s holding of property at Gavelacre in Forton:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56843
Richard Blake, who died in 1623[sic 1622], held a messuage called 'Chamberlaynes hold,' and others there, of Cecily Lady De La Warr as of her manor of Wherwell (fn. 42) ; and premises in Forton are repeatedly mentioned in the later conveyances of Longparish Manor. There is a lot of information on Nicholas Blake of Gavelacre which will be mentioned as I have a few indentures that refer to him. To date though, I have not yet found a will for him. There are a number of documents in which he is involved as trustee and grantee but no will thus far. The will could be attached to property that preceded directly to his right heir so no probate but there should be an entry showing the passage of the property from him to his heir or if he sold it. I do not have any children for Nicholas. Learning more about Nicholas could be helpful for my personal research as it is his nephew William to whom he first mortgaged property at Andover and later for a particular sum of 5 shillings cleared the mortgage of 50+ pounds in 1649. This was at East Field and West Field. William himself died in 1696 also not leaving a will.
This is an excellent will to learn about the family of Elizabeth Blake as she names her siblings and the children of her siblings.
Names mentioned in the will:
Mr Nicholas Blake, husband of the testatrix, Long Parish
Anthony Pembridge, great nephew
Jane Pembridge, great niece
Mary Pembridge, great niece
Elizabeth Pembridge, great niece
Mary Pembridge, niece
Edward Kent, great nephew
Richard Kent, great nephew
John Kent, great nephew
Joane Kent, great niece
Elizabeth Kent, great niece
Richard Kent, nephew, executor
Michaell Goddard, great nephew
Katherine Goddard, great niece
Jane Goddard, great niece
Elizabeth Goddard, great niece
Katherine Goddard, niece
Charitie Thomas, goddaughter
Mr Nicholas Thomas, kinsman
Samuel Collins
William Sadler, brother
Robert Sadler, brother
Anthony Pembridge, cousin (is this the husband of her niece Mary?)
Robert Goddard, cousin (is this the husband of her niece Katherine?)
Richard Kent, cousin (same as executor, husband of unnamed niece?)
Richard Miller, cousin
Anne Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
Joane Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
William Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
Martha Hopkins
John Hayes, clerk, witness
Elizabeth Gale, witness
Interesting that she has chosen the Church at Nether Wallop in which to be buried. An interesting set of wills for the Gore family of Nether Wallop which mentions “my brother in law Mr Robert Sadler” and was written 22 Jan 1655 and proved 29 Mar 1656.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/gore/messages/1757.html
There is apparently a pedigree for the Sadler family on page 163 in the Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. The children of Robert Sadler of Salthorp (sic Salthrop), Wiltshire married to Grace the daughter of Henry Sadler son of Radulphi Sadler, knight, are listed as Robert Sadler son and heir aged 15 years in 1623, Henry aged 13 years in 1623, William aged 12 years in 1623, Elizabeth aged 11 years in 1623 and Anna aged 10 years in 1623. If indeed this is Elizabeth’s family, then Elizabeth would have been born circa 1612 and 50 years of age when her will was written. She does not mention her sister Anna or brother Henry but does mention her brothers Robert and William. Salthorp is near Everleigh/Everley Wiltshire which is 5 miles north west of Ludgershall and the road from Andover passes through Everleigh. Queen Elizabeth gave the manor to Sir Ralph Sadler. Ralph is the grandfather of Grace who was the likely mother of Elizabeth wife of Nicholas Blake. Nether Wallop is thirteen miles from Everleigh and ten miles from Longparish.
My daughter has speeded up the publication of this blog as she helped me to find Salthrop.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB/11/307/513
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Long Parish, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jan 1661, probated 3 Apr 1662
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]^m[ent]: Elizabethie
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen The tenth day of
2 January in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand six hundred sixtie one
3 I Elizabeth Blake wife of Nicholas Blake of Long parish in the County of South[amp]ton
4 gentleman being weake in body but of perfect memory doe make this my last
5 will and testament in manner and forme as followeth Imprimis I bequeath
6 my soule to god and my body to be buried in the parish Church of Nether Wallop in
7 the County aforesaid Item I give unto Anthony Pembridge Jane Pembridge and
8 Mary Pembridge Elizabeth Pembridge child of my neece Mary Pembridge
9 twenty pounds apiece Item I give unto Edward Kent Richard Kent John Kent
10 Joane Kent Elizabeth Kent children of my nephew Richard Kent twenty pounds
11 a peece Item I give unto Michaell Goddard Katherine Goddard Jane Goddard
12 Elizabeth Goddard children of my Neece Katherine Goddard twenty pounds
13 a peece Item I give unto my goddaughter Charitie Thomas the daughter of
14 my kinsman Nicholas Thomas five pounds and my will is that the above
15 named Sommes may be paid unto the above named children at the age of
16 one and twenty yeares or at their day of marriage if the above said Sommes
17 shall by that tyme be raysed by Mr Nicholas Blake and by him paid unto my
18 Executor And my will further is That if any of the fower children of the above
19 named Mary Pembridge shall happen to dye before the tymes above mentioned
20 That then the respective legacies of the children soe dying may be equally de-
21 vided betwixt the surviving and soe likeness for the five Children of my Nephew
22 Richard Kent And the fower children of my neece Katherine Goddard And
23 my will further is that the daughters of the above named Mary Pembridge
24 Richard Kent and Katherine Goddard may have my lynnen brasse pewter and
25 bedding equally devided amongst them excepting one bed which is at Samuell Col-
26 lins his house And one bolster and yellow Coverlett one paire of sheets and
27 one paire of blanceates which are in the house of Mr Nicholas Thomas which
28 my will is to give to Martha Hopkins with five pounds in money And my will
29 further is that the five pounds be paid unto the above named Martha Hopkins
30 as soone as it shalbe received by my executor from Mr Nicholas Blake if shee
31 be then living Item I give unto the Church of Nether Wallop twenty shillings
32 And to the poore of the same parrish twenty shillings more Item I give unto the poore
33 of Long parrish twentie shillings Item I give unto my brother William and Sister
34 Sadler To my brother Robert and Sister Sadler the Lady Pawlett my husband
35 Mr Nicholas Blake my cousin Anthony Pembridge and his wife my Cousin Robert
36 Goddard and his wife my Cousin Richard Kent and his wife Mr Nicholas Thomas
37 and his wife twenty shillings a peece to buy each of them a ring Item I give
38 unto my Cousin Richard Miller and his wife my Cousin Anne Sadler my Cousin
39 Joane Sadler ten shillings a peece Item I give unto my Cousin William Sadler
40 twenty shillings And all the rest of my money and goods I give unto my Ne-
41 phew Richard Kent whome I make sole executor of this my last will and testam[en]t
43 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale the day and yeare
44 above written the marke of Elizabeth Blake Signed and Sealed in the presence
45 of John Hayes Clerke The marke of Elizabeth Gale
This will was in litigation C 6/21/94 (document at The National Archives) and is Kent versus Thomas with the plaintiff Richard Kent and the defendants Nicholas Thomas and other. This is the answer only to that litigation and it is dated 1662.
A second litigation C 6/48/53 (document at The National Archives) and is Goddard versus Kent with plaintiffs Katherine Goddard, Jane Goddard and Elizabeth Goddard and defendants (unknown) Smithe, Richard Kent, Nicholas Thomas, Mary Thomas wife of Nicholas and again the will of the deceased Elizabeth Blake. The document type is the bill and two answers and is dated 1664.
A third litigation C 6/48/99 (document at The National Archives) and is Pembridge versus Thomas with plaintiffs Jane Pembridge, Elizabeth Pembridge and Mary Pembridge with defendants Nicholas Thomas, Mary Thomas his wife and Richard Kent. The document type is answer and schedule. The date is 1651-1681 but would be at least 1662 – 1681 so is probably part of a larger package with these dates.
In an earlier will Richard Blake of Tower Ward London mentioned his godson Richard Blake of Long Parish (1643) and was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/02/richard-blake-will-of-23-mar-1643.html
Is this Nicholas Blake a son of Richard and Jone Blake of Andover. Richard died in 1622 and left his will in which he mentions property at Forton which he is giving to his son Nicholas. Forton is one of the townships in Longparish. This would mean that he is the Nicholas Blake baptized 27 Mar 1604 at Andover and buried at Andover 16 Mar 1677. I have not to date found a marriage for him but do not have the parish registers for Long Parish yet.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/08/will-of-richard-blake-linen-draper-of.html
The sister of Nicholas Blake, Elinor Hinxman, mentioned her brother in her will of 1657 and he was living at Gavelacre which is in the vill of Forton thus placing him again in this area close to the time of the will of 1662. I have not published the Hinxman wills so must do that one of these days “…..And I nominate, and appoint my brother Mr Nicholas Blake of Galliger and my cozen Mr Peter Blake of Andover Overseers of this my last Will and Testament desiring them to be ayding and assisting to my Executor in the performance hereof ….”
British History Online has a write up for Richard Blake’s holding of property at Gavelacre in Forton:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56843
Richard Blake, who died in 1623[sic 1622], held a messuage called 'Chamberlaynes hold,' and others there, of Cecily Lady De La Warr as of her manor of Wherwell (fn. 42) ; and premises in Forton are repeatedly mentioned in the later conveyances of Longparish Manor. There is a lot of information on Nicholas Blake of Gavelacre which will be mentioned as I have a few indentures that refer to him. To date though, I have not yet found a will for him. There are a number of documents in which he is involved as trustee and grantee but no will thus far. The will could be attached to property that preceded directly to his right heir so no probate but there should be an entry showing the passage of the property from him to his heir or if he sold it. I do not have any children for Nicholas. Learning more about Nicholas could be helpful for my personal research as it is his nephew William to whom he first mortgaged property at Andover and later for a particular sum of 5 shillings cleared the mortgage of 50+ pounds in 1649. This was at East Field and West Field. William himself died in 1696 also not leaving a will.
This is an excellent will to learn about the family of Elizabeth Blake as she names her siblings and the children of her siblings.
Names mentioned in the will:
Mr Nicholas Blake, husband of the testatrix, Long Parish
Anthony Pembridge, great nephew
Jane Pembridge, great niece
Mary Pembridge, great niece
Elizabeth Pembridge, great niece
Mary Pembridge, niece
Edward Kent, great nephew
Richard Kent, great nephew
John Kent, great nephew
Joane Kent, great niece
Elizabeth Kent, great niece
Richard Kent, nephew, executor
Michaell Goddard, great nephew
Katherine Goddard, great niece
Jane Goddard, great niece
Elizabeth Goddard, great niece
Katherine Goddard, niece
Charitie Thomas, goddaughter
Mr Nicholas Thomas, kinsman
Samuel Collins
William Sadler, brother
Robert Sadler, brother
Anthony Pembridge, cousin (is this the husband of her niece Mary?)
Robert Goddard, cousin (is this the husband of her niece Katherine?)
Richard Kent, cousin (same as executor, husband of unnamed niece?)
Richard Miller, cousin
Anne Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
Joane Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
William Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
Martha Hopkins
John Hayes, clerk, witness
Elizabeth Gale, witness
Interesting that she has chosen the Church at Nether Wallop in which to be buried. An interesting set of wills for the Gore family of Nether Wallop which mentions “my brother in law Mr Robert Sadler” and was written 22 Jan 1655 and proved 29 Mar 1656.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/gore/messages/1757.html
There is apparently a pedigree for the Sadler family on page 163 in the Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. The children of Robert Sadler of Salthorp (sic Salthrop), Wiltshire married to Grace the daughter of Henry Sadler son of Radulphi Sadler, knight, are listed as Robert Sadler son and heir aged 15 years in 1623, Henry aged 13 years in 1623, William aged 12 years in 1623, Elizabeth aged 11 years in 1623 and Anna aged 10 years in 1623. If indeed this is Elizabeth’s family, then Elizabeth would have been born circa 1612 and 50 years of age when her will was written. She does not mention her sister Anna or brother Henry but does mention her brothers Robert and William. Salthorp is near Everleigh/Everley Wiltshire which is 5 miles north west of Ludgershall and the road from Andover passes through Everleigh. Queen Elizabeth gave the manor to Sir Ralph Sadler. Ralph is the grandfather of Grace who was the likely mother of Elizabeth wife of Nicholas Blake. Nether Wallop is thirteen miles from Everleigh and ten miles from Longparish.
My daughter has speeded up the publication of this blog as she helped me to find Salthrop.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB/11/307/513
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Long Parish, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jan 1661, probated 3 Apr 1662
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]^m[ent]: Elizabethie
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen The tenth day of
2 January in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand six hundred sixtie one
3 I Elizabeth Blake wife of Nicholas Blake of Long parish in the County of South[amp]ton
4 gentleman being weake in body but of perfect memory doe make this my last
5 will and testament in manner and forme as followeth Imprimis I bequeath
6 my soule to god and my body to be buried in the parish Church of Nether Wallop in
7 the County aforesaid Item I give unto Anthony Pembridge Jane Pembridge and
8 Mary Pembridge Elizabeth Pembridge child of my neece Mary Pembridge
9 twenty pounds apiece Item I give unto Edward Kent Richard Kent John Kent
10 Joane Kent Elizabeth Kent children of my nephew Richard Kent twenty pounds
11 a peece Item I give unto Michaell Goddard Katherine Goddard Jane Goddard
12 Elizabeth Goddard children of my Neece Katherine Goddard twenty pounds
13 a peece Item I give unto my goddaughter Charitie Thomas the daughter of
14 my kinsman Nicholas Thomas five pounds and my will is that the above
15 named Sommes may be paid unto the above named children at the age of
16 one and twenty yeares or at their day of marriage if the above said Sommes
17 shall by that tyme be raysed by Mr Nicholas Blake and by him paid unto my
18 Executor And my will further is That if any of the fower children of the above
19 named Mary Pembridge shall happen to dye before the tymes above mentioned
20 That then the respective legacies of the children soe dying may be equally de-
21 vided betwixt the surviving and soe likeness for the five Children of my Nephew
22 Richard Kent And the fower children of my neece Katherine Goddard And
23 my will further is that the daughters of the above named Mary Pembridge
24 Richard Kent and Katherine Goddard may have my lynnen brasse pewter and
25 bedding equally devided amongst them excepting one bed which is at Samuell Col-
26 lins his house And one bolster and yellow Coverlett one paire of sheets and
27 one paire of blanceates which are in the house of Mr Nicholas Thomas which
28 my will is to give to Martha Hopkins with five pounds in money And my will
29 further is that the five pounds be paid unto the above named Martha Hopkins
30 as soone as it shalbe received by my executor from Mr Nicholas Blake if shee
31 be then living Item I give unto the Church of Nether Wallop twenty shillings
32 And to the poore of the same parrish twenty shillings more Item I give unto the poore
33 of Long parrish twentie shillings Item I give unto my brother William and Sister
34 Sadler To my brother Robert and Sister Sadler the Lady Pawlett my husband
35 Mr Nicholas Blake my cousin Anthony Pembridge and his wife my Cousin Robert
36 Goddard and his wife my Cousin Richard Kent and his wife Mr Nicholas Thomas
37 and his wife twenty shillings a peece to buy each of them a ring Item I give
38 unto my Cousin Richard Miller and his wife my Cousin Anne Sadler my Cousin
39 Joane Sadler ten shillings a peece Item I give unto my Cousin William Sadler
40 twenty shillings And all the rest of my money and goods I give unto my Ne-
41 phew Richard Kent whome I make sole executor of this my last will and testam[en]t
43 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale the day and yeare
44 above written the marke of Elizabeth Blake Signed and Sealed in the presence
45 of John Hayes Clerke The marke of Elizabeth Gale
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Will of Thomas Blake, Fellmonger, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire - The National Archives PROB 11/901/452, probated 10 Sep 1764
There is only this one PCC will in Bedfordshire for Blake in the PCC. I do
now notice that there are six wills at the Archives for the
Bleak/Bleek/Bleake family and must look into acquiring those but none
are for Bedfordshire.The next set of wills will be from Berkshire and
there are seven in total. I am missing one will there for Mary Blake widow, 1802 so will add that to my list for our next trip to Kew sometime in the future.
Thomas Blake, fellmonger of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, is the testator. He is married to Constance and has/had sons John and George.
The baptism of George (only living child named in the will) was 21 Jul 1751 at Leighton Buzzard with parents Thomas and Constance Blake. George would have been only 13 years of age when his father died. Other children born to this couple and baptized at Leighton Buzzard include (from family search)
Mary Bleake baptized 14 Mar 1736
John Bleake baptized 23 Jun 1737
Elizabeth Blakes baptized 27 Aug 1741
Mary Blake baptized 29 Jan 1743
Thomas Blake baptized 17 Dec 1744
William Blake baptized 9 Sep 1747
with George being the youngest. John has recently died according to the will but he does not mention the other five children.
LDS also has an Alice Blike baptized 25 Oct 1569 at Leighton Buzzard with parent Thomas Blike.
There is a marriage of Tho. Bleak to Constance George 26 Nov 1735 at Leighton Buzzard (Family Search M00360-1)).
At the Bedfordshire Record Office there is a Pedigree of the Bleake family (rough pencil) Reference: HW99/3 and further there are Notes on Blake (or Bleake) family Reference HW99/4.
There are 785 results for Blake in the archival catalogue at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives Service. Their search engine is malfunctioning so could not bring that down to a time period but will check back later. But a quick look at results shows an Alexander Blake at Peterborough in the 1650s. There are a number of Blake entries through to the present day in this particular archive.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/901/452
Testator: Thomas Blake, Fellmonger
Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 2 Jun 1764, probated 10 Sep 1764
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Thomas Blake of Leighton Bussard in the County of
3 Bedford Fellmonger being sick and weak in Body but of
4 sound and perfect Mind Memory and Understanding praised
5 be God but considering the uncertainty of this Life do therefore
6 make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner
7 following In the first place I give and devise All my Messuages
8 Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
9 and wheresoever with their and every of their Rights
10 Members and appurtenances unto my loving wife
11 Constance Blake and to her heirs and assigns upon
12 such Trusts and subject to such provisoes and charged
13 and chargeable with such Legacies and Sums of money
14 as are mentioned in and by the Last Will and Testament
15 of John Blake my son lately deceased who devised
16 the same to me Also I give and bequeath unto my
17 son George Blake all my wearing apparel and the
18 wearing apparel of my late son John Blake
19 deceased and also my Silver Buckles All the rest
20 residue and remainder of my Goods Money debts
21 Bills Bonds Securities for money Chattels and
22 personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of
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23 what nature or kind soever the same be I give and
24 bequeath unto my said wife Constance Blake She
25 thereout paying my just debts and Funeral Expences
26 and I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said
27 wife Constance Blake full and sole Executrix of this
28 my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I
30 the said Thomas Blake the Testator have to this
31 my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this
32 second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
33 seven hundred and sixty four The mark of Thomas
34 Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the
35 said Thomas Blake the Testator as and for his last
36 Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
37 hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses at his
38 request in his presence and in the presence of each
39 other Rich[ar]d Yate William Hopkins Tho[ma]s Deverell
40 This Will was proved at London the
41 tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one
42 thousand seven hundred and sixty four before the
43 worshipfull George Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate
44 of the Right Worshipfull George Hay Doctor of Laws
45 Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
46 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of
47 Constance Blake Widow the Relict of the deceased and
48 sole Executrix named in the said will to whom Administration
49 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and of
50 the [Credits] of the said deceased having been first sworn duly
51 to administer
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Thomas Blake, fellmonger of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, is the testator. He is married to Constance and has/had sons John and George.
The baptism of George (only living child named in the will) was 21 Jul 1751 at Leighton Buzzard with parents Thomas and Constance Blake. George would have been only 13 years of age when his father died. Other children born to this couple and baptized at Leighton Buzzard include (from family search)
Mary Bleake baptized 14 Mar 1736
John Bleake baptized 23 Jun 1737
Elizabeth Blakes baptized 27 Aug 1741
Mary Blake baptized 29 Jan 1743
Thomas Blake baptized 17 Dec 1744
William Blake baptized 9 Sep 1747
with George being the youngest. John has recently died according to the will but he does not mention the other five children.
LDS also has an Alice Blike baptized 25 Oct 1569 at Leighton Buzzard with parent Thomas Blike.
There is a marriage of Tho. Bleak to Constance George 26 Nov 1735 at Leighton Buzzard (Family Search M00360-1)).
At the Bedfordshire Record Office there is a Pedigree of the Bleake family (rough pencil) Reference: HW99/3 and further there are Notes on Blake (or Bleake) family Reference HW99/4.
There are 785 results for Blake in the archival catalogue at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives Service. Their search engine is malfunctioning so could not bring that down to a time period but will check back later. But a quick look at results shows an Alexander Blake at Peterborough in the 1650s. There are a number of Blake entries through to the present day in this particular archive.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/901/452
Testator: Thomas Blake, Fellmonger
Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 2 Jun 1764, probated 10 Sep 1764
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Thomas Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Thomas Blake of Leighton Bussard in the County of
3 Bedford Fellmonger being sick and weak in Body but of
4 sound and perfect Mind Memory and Understanding praised
5 be God but considering the uncertainty of this Life do therefore
6 make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner
7 following In the first place I give and devise All my Messuages
8 Cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever
9 and wheresoever with their and every of their Rights
10 Members and appurtenances unto my loving wife
11 Constance Blake and to her heirs and assigns upon
12 such Trusts and subject to such provisoes and charged
13 and chargeable with such Legacies and Sums of money
14 as are mentioned in and by the Last Will and Testament
15 of John Blake my son lately deceased who devised
16 the same to me Also I give and bequeath unto my
17 son George Blake all my wearing apparel and the
18 wearing apparel of my late son John Blake
19 deceased and also my Silver Buckles All the rest
20 residue and remainder of my Goods Money debts
21 Bills Bonds Securities for money Chattels and
22 personal Estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of
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23 what nature or kind soever the same be I give and
24 bequeath unto my said wife Constance Blake She
25 thereout paying my just debts and Funeral Expences
26 and I do hereby make constitute and appoint my said
27 wife Constance Blake full and sole Executrix of this
28 my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I
30 the said Thomas Blake the Testator have to this
31 my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this
32 second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
33 seven hundred and sixty four The mark of Thomas
34 Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the
35 said Thomas Blake the Testator as and for his last
36 Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
37 hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses at his
38 request in his presence and in the presence of each
39 other Rich[ar]d Yate William Hopkins Tho[ma]s Deverell
40 This Will was proved at London the
41 tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one
42 thousand seven hundred and sixty four before the
43 worshipfull George Harris Doctor of Laws and Surrogate
44 of the Right Worshipfull George Hay Doctor of Laws
45 Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court
46 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of
47 Constance Blake Widow the Relict of the deceased and
48 sole Executrix named in the said will to whom Administration
49 was granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and of
50 the [Credits] of the said deceased having been first sworn duly
51 to administer
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