Peter Blake of Devon is the testator and he lived at Maker, Devon near the border with Cornwall. An interesting item from the National Archives:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=021-me_1&cid=1-76-4#1-76-4
Defeasance
1 Sir Richard Champernoune, Modbury, Devon, Kt.
Peter Edgcumbe, Esq.
Ric. Carew, Antony, Esq.
Ric. Edgcumbe, son and heir of Peter John Speccot of Thornbury, Devon Esq.
2 Richard Trefusis, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, Esq. Richard Waltham, Lincolns Inn, Esq.
(Ric. of deed for P & R Edgcumbe of 1 February 1598 (a) P. Edgcumbe (b) Ric Edgcumbe, (c) Richard Champernoune, Esq. Ric. Carew, John Speccott, Nicholas Tregodek (a) - (b). Manor of East Stonehouse, Devon, Park of Mount Edgcumbe, alias West Stonehouse in Devon and Cornwall.
Also messuages, houses, cellars at or near Cremyll. Passage in Maker, Devon, with the passage of Cremyll, held by Peter Blake and Joseph Grubbs, Cap. mess. and barton of Cotehele and Comfort in Calstock and two grist mills called Morden alias Cotehele mills in Calstock occ. by Walter Lampen. Two tenements Calstock held by Richard Cleer, and John Wante. Mess and fulling mill held by Thos. Ordam. To hold to Sir Richard Champernoune, Kt. to uses expressed in deed, proviso if (a) (b) and (c) declared above recited deed to be void, then P. Edgcumbe could re-enter premises after determination of demise).
Declaration of deed of recital as void by 1 with uses.
Sealed and delivered to Robert Rydbye to use of Richard Trefusis and Richard Waltham, witd. James Bysse, Hieron Walter, Tristram Barry, Robert Rydbye.
I blogged the will of Nicholas Blake who names as his executor his father Aquila Blake of Cremble Passage and Cremble Passage is located in the Parish of Maker. The date of the will of Nicholas was 16 Nov 1673.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/11/will-of-nicholas-blake-of-saint-clement.html
And of course the document held at the National Archives mentions that Peter Blake holds property at or near Cremyll Passage in Maker, Devon and that the Passage itself is held by Peter Blake. Interesting as always to link wills together.
Peter in his will mentions his wife Joane and his children: Peter, Henry, John, Aquila, Nicholas his sons and Joane Herring, Richoard, and Margerett his daughters. He also mentions his grandchildren John and Peter Blake, Henry and Margeret Blake, James and Maria Herring.
Searching on Find My Past and Family Search did not lead to any new information on this family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 7 Aug 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/195/466
Testator: Peter Blake, Yeoman
Place: Maker, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Jun 1624, probated 17 Jan 1624/25
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Petri Blake
1 In the name of God Amen I Peter Blake of
2 the p[ar]ishe of Maker in the County of Devon yeoman being sick in body but sound and
3 p[er]fect of sence and memory praised be God doe make this my last will and testament
4 in manner and forme following Impr[im]is I bequeath my soule into the hands of my Almightie
5 Creator that breathed it into me, and my boddy to the earth from whence it came to
6 be buried in xpian burial Item I give to the poore of the parish aforesaid twentie shillings
7 Item I give to the p[ar]ishe Church aforesaid Fyve shillings Item I give to my two sonnes
8 Peter Blake and Henry Blake yf they be lyvinge Fiftie shillings apiece Item I give
9 to my sonne John Blake Fyve pounds Item I give unto him one suite of Blewish medley
10 clothes and one gould ring with a Reddstone in itt Item I give unto my sonne Aquila
11 Blake twenty pounds beside his grandfather’s and frynds legacys Item I give him my
12 best suite of apparel and one gould ringe with a reddstone in itt Item I give unto my
13 sonne Nicholas Blake Fourty pounds to be payd him when he comes to twenty yeares
14 of age Item I give to my daughter Joane Herring twenty shillgs Item I give and bequeath
15 to my two daughters Richoard Blake and Margerett Blake if they marry w[i]th their
16 mother’s consent and liknese the some of One hundred pownds apiece to bee paid them
17 at the day of their marriage or els butt the some of threescore pownds apiece if they
18 marry against their mother’s liking shee being alive Item I give and bequeath to my grand-
19 child and godson John Blake twentie shillings Item I give and bequeath to my grandchild
20 and Godson Peter Blake twentie shillings Item I give and bequeath to Henry
21 Blake and Margerett Blake my grandchildren ten shillings apiece Item I give to James
22 Herring and Marie Herring my grandchildren a French Crowne apiece Item I give to
23 the rest of my godchildren twelve pence apiece Item I give to Elizabeth Govett
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24 my maide servant ten shillings All the rest of my goods debts chattels moveables and unmoveables whatsoever
25 not already bequeathed I give and bequeath to Joane Blake my wiefe whome I doe make executrix
26 of this my last will and testament renounceing all former willes and testaments whatsoever by me
27 made And I do nominate and appointe Anthony J__srom and Edmund Herring to be Overseers of
28 this my last Will and Testament to whome I bequeath Five shillings a peece for their paines In testimony
29 whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and seale the Nynth day of June 1624 Peter Blake
30 Witnesses presence John Blake Aquilla Blake Teste Edw Johnson
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Will of John Blake of Ely, Cambridgeshire - The National Archives PROB 11/66/319, probated 8 Feb 1583/1584
John Blake lives at Ely, Cambridgeshire and has brothers Thomas, Francis and Jasper and his mother has remarried and is named Beatrice Killingworth. His Uncle is named Thomas Badgcroft.
Beatrice Killingworth is the wife of Richard Killingworthe and they married 18 Jan 1571 at Wimbotsham, Norfolk. Beatrix Badgcroft married Peter Blake of Wimbotsham, Norfolk. They had four children as mentioned in the will. John the testator, then Thomas followed by Francis and then Jasper. Francis was baptized 19 Dec 1564 at Wimbotsham.
The Visitation of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 does not list the sons in this order. Jasper is named as the eldest son then John, Thomas and Frances. Given that the least amount of money was given to Jasper and the same to Thomas and Frances the possibility is that Jasper has already inherited and Thomas gives him a token sum whilst reserving his funds for his two brothers who have not inherited as eldest son. The linchpin is the mother of John in that Beatrice Killingworth is known to have been the widow of Peter Blake of Wimbotsham.
In Norfolk Archaeology, Volume 2 on page 142 (Google Books with search term will of peter blake wimbotsham) the Manor of Wimbotsham courts:
Peter Blake, gentleman, held his first court 9 Edward 4 (1469/1470)
Jasper Blake held his first court 17 Hen VIII (1525/1526)
Beatrice, widow of Peter Blake (son of Jasper), held her first court 14 Elizabeth (1571/72)
Hence Peter Blake (husband of Beatrice) must have died by 1571. There isn't a date for a court held by Peter Blake the husband of Beatrice but his father Jasper held court first in 1525.
The will of Peter Blake was dated 16 Oct 1570 according to an online website. The will was probated in the Archdeaconry of Norfolk. Peter was the executor of his father Jasper's will of 17 Jul 1547. The will of Jasper mentioned daughter sAlys, Ele Blyke, sons Harry, Thomas, Peter and John and wife Ann (formerly married to John Bastard). His executors were son Peter Blake and Richard Bachecroft with supervisor Osbert Moundeford. The will of Peter mentioned his sons John, Thomas, Francis and Jasper, wife Beatrice and brother in law Christopher Bachecroft with executors his wife Beatrice and brother in law Thomas Bachecroft with supervisor Francis Gaudy. The will of Jasper apparently allowed for aging of Peter in that he was a minor as of 17 Jul 1547 but would be 21 years of age on Holy Thursday (1 Apr 1548) hence he was born 1 Apr 1527.
Does this help with determining that the Jasper Blake who was the immigrant to Hampton New Hampshire in 1640 was of this line? It at least verifies that there was a Jasper born prior to 1570 at Wimbotsham and that he survived at least until 1583 when his brother John (testator below) wrote his will 12th December.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/66/319
Testator: John Blake
Place: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 Dec 1583, probated 8 Feb 1583/1584
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Johins
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of god Amen, The xij th daie of December in the fyve
2 and twentithe yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god of England
3 Fraunce and Ireland queene defender of the faithe etc: I John Blake of Elye being of p[er]fecte
4 mynde (thankes be to god) doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
5 First I bequeathe my sowle unto Allmightie god my maker and Redeemer and my bodye to bee
6 buried in the Churche Yarde of the holy Trinitie in Ely Item I give unto my brother thomas
7 Blake Fourtye poundes of good and lawfull English money Item I give unto Frauncis Blake
8 my brother Fourty poundes of lawfull Englishe money: Item I give unto my brother Jasper
9 Tenne poundes: Item I give unto Beatrice Killingsworth my mother Tenne poundes: Item I
10 gyve unto the poore of Trinitie p[ar]ishe tenne shillinges Item I give unto the poore of Saint Marye
11 parrish twentie shillinges Item I give unto Mathew Prynie my servaunt Three poundes and double
12 apparell Item I give unto William Adams Fortie shillinges Item I make my brother Thomas and my
13 brother Fraunces my Executors And my Uncle Thomas Badgcrofte my Supervisor and I give unto
14 him Fyve poundes for his paines Item all my goods unbequeathed I gyve unto my executors to paye
15 my debtes: In witnes whereof I have putte my hand in the presence of Lawrence Raymond Robt
16 Johnson and William Adams Jun[io]r By me John Blake
Beatrice Killingworth is the wife of Richard Killingworthe and they married 18 Jan 1571 at Wimbotsham, Norfolk. Beatrix Badgcroft married Peter Blake of Wimbotsham, Norfolk. They had four children as mentioned in the will. John the testator, then Thomas followed by Francis and then Jasper. Francis was baptized 19 Dec 1564 at Wimbotsham.
The Visitation of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 does not list the sons in this order. Jasper is named as the eldest son then John, Thomas and Frances. Given that the least amount of money was given to Jasper and the same to Thomas and Frances the possibility is that Jasper has already inherited and Thomas gives him a token sum whilst reserving his funds for his two brothers who have not inherited as eldest son. The linchpin is the mother of John in that Beatrice Killingworth is known to have been the widow of Peter Blake of Wimbotsham.
In Norfolk Archaeology, Volume 2 on page 142 (Google Books with search term will of peter blake wimbotsham) the Manor of Wimbotsham courts:
Peter Blake, gentleman, held his first court 9 Edward 4 (1469/1470)
Jasper Blake held his first court 17 Hen VIII (1525/1526)
Beatrice, widow of Peter Blake (son of Jasper), held her first court 14 Elizabeth (1571/72)
Hence Peter Blake (husband of Beatrice) must have died by 1571. There isn't a date for a court held by Peter Blake the husband of Beatrice but his father Jasper held court first in 1525.
The will of Peter Blake was dated 16 Oct 1570 according to an online website. The will was probated in the Archdeaconry of Norfolk. Peter was the executor of his father Jasper's will of 17 Jul 1547. The will of Jasper mentioned daughter sAlys, Ele Blyke, sons Harry, Thomas, Peter and John and wife Ann (formerly married to John Bastard). His executors were son Peter Blake and Richard Bachecroft with supervisor Osbert Moundeford. The will of Peter mentioned his sons John, Thomas, Francis and Jasper, wife Beatrice and brother in law Christopher Bachecroft with executors his wife Beatrice and brother in law Thomas Bachecroft with supervisor Francis Gaudy. The will of Jasper apparently allowed for aging of Peter in that he was a minor as of 17 Jul 1547 but would be 21 years of age on Holy Thursday (1 Apr 1548) hence he was born 1 Apr 1527.
Does this help with determining that the Jasper Blake who was the immigrant to Hampton New Hampshire in 1640 was of this line? It at least verifies that there was a Jasper born prior to 1570 at Wimbotsham and that he survived at least until 1583 when his brother John (testator below) wrote his will 12th December.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 May 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/66/319
Testator: John Blake
Place: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 12 Dec 1583, probated 8 Feb 1583/1584
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Johins
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of god Amen, The xij th daie of December in the fyve
2 and twentithe yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace of god of England
3 Fraunce and Ireland queene defender of the faithe etc: I John Blake of Elye being of p[er]fecte
4 mynde (thankes be to god) doe make this my last will and testament in manner and forme following
5 First I bequeathe my sowle unto Allmightie god my maker and Redeemer and my bodye to bee
6 buried in the Churche Yarde of the holy Trinitie in Ely Item I give unto my brother thomas
7 Blake Fourtye poundes of good and lawfull English money Item I give unto Frauncis Blake
8 my brother Fourty poundes of lawfull Englishe money: Item I give unto my brother Jasper
9 Tenne poundes: Item I give unto Beatrice Killingsworth my mother Tenne poundes: Item I
10 gyve unto the poore of Trinitie p[ar]ishe tenne shillinges Item I give unto the poore of Saint Marye
11 parrish twentie shillinges Item I give unto Mathew Prynie my servaunt Three poundes and double
12 apparell Item I give unto William Adams Fortie shillinges Item I make my brother Thomas and my
13 brother Fraunces my Executors And my Uncle Thomas Badgcrofte my Supervisor and I give unto
14 him Fyve poundes for his paines Item all my goods unbequeathed I gyve unto my executors to paye
15 my debtes: In witnes whereof I have putte my hand in the presence of Lawrence Raymond Robt
16 Johnson and William Adams Jun[io]r By me John Blake
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Will of Benjamin Baynard of Lacock gentleman - The National Archives - PROB 11/165/674, probated 11 Jun 1634
Benjamin Baynard (the testator) is also a son of Edward Baynard and Elizabeth Warnford. Again like Philip he is deeply attached to his mother who has raised this large family since her husband has died when all the children are less than 15. It was a short marriage for Elizabeth Warnford (circa 1561) and then her husband dying in 1575. Since she has now died by the time of the writing of this will but still alive in 1613 she was perhaps a fairly young woman when she married Edward then in his early 40s.
Wiltshire Notes and Queries (volume III, 1899 1901) has a lengthy article on the Baynard family of Lackham and gives the following birth order for this family: 1 Edmund (died young), 2 Robert (son and heir), 3 Nicolas, 4 John, 5 Giles, 6 Philip, 7 Edward, 8 Benjamin, 9 Mary, 10 Anne. Strange that Benjamin was left out of the will itself and only mentioned in a codicil.
This will I was somewhat hopeful might mention his Blake cousins and I had not gotten around to reading it in the two years since we photographed it. But again he had a lot of aunts and uncles on both his mother and his father's side and the Blake cousins would now be second cousins and not living at Lacock but rather at Pinhills.
Of note the Baynard family continued at Lackham through ten successive generations coming down from Edmund Baynard married to Elinor Bluet. Benjamin has named his brothers Sir Robert Baynard, Gilles Baynard and Edward Baynard (Philip has already died but no mention of Nicolas of John). He is related to the Johnson family of Bowdon, to the Latham family, to the Wakeman family of Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire), and lists a number of Baynard cousins so is a very helpful will to anyone researching the Baynard family.
Unfortunately no mention of the Blake family which includes the daughter's married surnames of Bull, Goddard and Langridge (I have not traced down any daughters of these houses though which could change this statement). But by this time they are second cousins are not close enough perhaps to mention plus the lateness of the marriage of Edward when his children are born gives quite a gap in years between these second cousins..
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/165/674
Testator: Benjamin Baynard, gentleman
Place: Lacock, Wiltshire, England
Date of document: 2 May 1634, probated 11 Jun 1634
Relationship: son of Edward Baynard and Elizabeth Warnford
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Beniamin
[Margin]: Baynard
1 In the name of God Amen I Benianym
2 Baynard of Lacocke in the Countie of Wilts gent knowing there is
3 nothing more certayne to man then death and nothing more uncertayne then
4 the tyme thereof this present day being the second day of May Anno d[o]m[ini]
5 one thousand six hundred thirtie foure doe make this my last Will and
6 Testament in forme following First I com[m]end my soule unto th[e ]allmighty
7 God from whom I received the same doe desire that my bodie may bee buried
8 in the Church of Lacock in Baynards I[s]le with my Ansestors and as
9 neere unto my mother there as conveniently will admitt But if it shall please
10 God to call mee out of this mortall life soe farre from home that conveniently I may not bee
11 brought to Lacocke Church my bodie then to be interred in that parish wheresoever it
12 shall please God to call mee hopeing and assuredlie trusting by the mercy of God in
13 Christ Jesus my onely Savyour and Redeemer that both bodie and soule shall at the
14 generall day of the comeing of my Lord and Savyour to iudgement bee restored to
15 life everlasting Secondly I doe by this my last Will revoke and annihilate and make
16 frustrate all former Wills and deeds of gifts formerly made to bee voyd and of none effect
17 Item I give unto the Cathedrall Church of Sarum Five shillings Item I give unto the
18 parish Church of Lacocke Five pounds to bee bestowed in a Gallery whensoever the
19 parishoners or some other good Benefactors shall make the same wherein I desire that Mr
20 Stapleton or the Minister for the tyme being with two others chosen to him may determyne
21 the make thereof Item I give unto the poore of Lacocke parish Five pounds to bee bestowed
22 in one hundred loaves of bread and meate and both meate and bread worth twelve pence to bee
23 distributed by my Executors overseers and my servant John Bond takeing first a note of the
24 poorest people in the parish and soe given them by name in particular Item whereas I have
25 an estate of copyhold tenure for terme of my life and the life of my wel[l ]beloved cosen Mr
26 George Johnson of Brogbrough in the Countie of Bedfordshire Esquire granted by the
27 name of George Johnson of London London Merchantaylor in the said Copie of Court Rolle
28 of the Mannor of Lackham whose name I onely used as in trust by reason of my mothers
29 feare by reason that if should destreze in her tyme the Rever[s]ioner should bee the same unto her
30 as I myselfe according to my bounden duty to suffer her to live in my house and take her
31 contentment in all whatsoever shee granted to mee did thereupon nomynate my said cosen
32 Johnson whole love and kindnes and my cosen Katherine his wife I have alwaies found
33 extraordinaire to mee undeserved of mee Item my will is that my said cosen Johnson and
34 his wife that for my dwelling house orchard Garden and Mill and grounds to it belonging
35 in a Copie grannted the houses of Ladds liveing in a second Copie granted Eldredge arrables
36 in the third copie that my said cosen Johnson shall take the third part thereof and profitts
37 ariseng thereof dureing his estate if I decease before him For the other two parts of all the
38 profitts I desire it may bee disposed of according to this my last my last Will here under written
39 Item my will is that my trustie and loong carefull servant John Bond and his wife have the
40 mill and keeping one house at highe pounds by the yeare and the worse end of my house
41 to dwell in whereby not to trouble my cosen Johnson and his wife Item whereas j terms
42 of yeares in the lower part of Boyery Copice in Bonden parke conteyning twelve acres
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43 or thereabouts The terme of the same copie which shall bee unexpired at my decease my
44 will is that my cosen Mr George Johnson and his wife shall have the one half of the Fellett
45 everie yeare for their fueing if they live here at my house to bee spent at will th[e ]other halfe to
46 bee accomptable to my personall estate And my Will is that my cosen Johnson of Bonden
47 if hee desire it shall have the copie Lease Five pounds better cheape then the worth thereof and
48 not to bee sould from him till he refuse the same Touching my lease in the Moiety of Newlands
49 meade during Mr Snells life or eleaven or twelve yeares of his estate in Loxwell my will is
50 my Executors make the most of it and allow John Bond five shillings per Annum besides
51 his daies worke to order the same for my Executors touching all my Sheriffs bonds the
52 Quietus est for the grand som[m]es paid unto the Eschequer Quietus est for Recsasants Quitus
53 est for Clerke of the parcells releases upon payments execu[t]ion moneyes They are all made
54 up and in boxes in my lodgeing Chamber at my house at Mill and are to bee found by my
55 servants John and Anne Bond Touching my debts I owe unto my cosen Davenant of
56 Whiddy Island in Ireland Fiftie pounds which my Cosen Wm Johnson is bound with mee
57 to pay at a yeare And touching my Quietus est and writings before men[t]ioned in the office of
58 Undershri[e]valty for Sir Robert Baynard my brother which I thanke God was honestly and
59 faithfully performed on my point and never anything questioned to trouble my said brother
60 or his land and performed without any trouble to him There are yet the Wichells to bee
61 taken order for which if it please God I live I will take order for I have susteyned much care
62 and great losse in that Shreevalty and long tyme of expense and soe have been everie
63 terme and is unto mee to looke unto it and all for Sir Robert Baynards good and quiettnes
64 to him and his estate yet I would not that any trouble should come upon him or his land though the
65 burden bee myne both to bodie and expences Therfore my desire is that my Executors make use of
66 Mr John Tidcombe of the seize whom I have employed in all my busines and take some other Attorny
67 to examyne the right proceeding thereof I have had poore satisfac[t]ion of my Sheriffs bonds but I
68 have payd May Smith Bailiffe of the C of Chippenham at six shillings eight pence according
69 to agreement upon the pound and hath in his hands money which hee received of myne in his
70 hands which will appeare in my booke of Totts in a parchment booke in folio Touching my debts
71 oweing mee they shall bee found written what they owe (if please God) with all other particulars
72 of my personall estate The other proffits of the of the two third parts shall arise out of my liveing
73 I give unto Robert Baynard and Edward Baynard the sonnes of my brother Gills and Edward
74 Baynard to bee paid yearelie by myne Executors provided that all my debts and legacies bee first
75 paid out of it if my estate fall too short Touching my Corne Cattell and goods whatsoever
76 my will is it bee valued to my personall estate to pay my legacies debts provided that my
77 house have necessaries for conveniencies for my cosen George Johnson and his wife whensoever it
78 please them to use it There is in my house the thyngs belonging to my cosen Robert Baynard
79 viz[ a vi]t two chests and deske w[hi]ch John Bond knowes which they are and also some writings of
80 his made up I desire theyn may bee delivered to him whensoever hee desire it Also I have
81 received a yeares rent of Five pounds and odd money which John Bond knowes of I will it bee
82 payd him as is sett downe in my booke of Me[rchan]d Item I give unto my brother Gills Baynard
83 his wife and daughter persons tenne shillings apeece To my brother Sir Robert Baynard my
84 trencher gilt salt and cover To my neece Mrs Marie Baynard I give a little cypresse
85 box with locke and key which Nan Bond will shew which it is Item I give unto my brother
86 Edward Baynard tenne pounds And I give unto his daughter the Five pounds shee owes me
87 To Captayne Baynard and all his children being one sonne and four daughters tenne
88 shillings apeece To my cosens Thomas Baynard his sonnes and my cosen Harry Baynard
89 his brother tenne shillings apeece My cosen George Baynard his wife and children tenn
90 shillings apeece To all my cosen Johnsons daughters of Brogbrough tenne shillings apeece
91 And to my cosen Winnifred Latham and cosen Katherine Walker a cypres box to each of
92 them with locks and keyes of two and twentie inches long To my cosen William Johnson of
93 Bowdon I give my danaske rapier To my cosen his wife my suite of fine Table cloth
94 napkins and towell wrought with white worke To my cosen Edward Baynard Thomas
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95 and William tenne shillings apeece To my neece Wakeman of Tewksbury I give twentie
96 shillings to my cosen Mr William Latham tenne shillings To Mr John Smith of Wotton
97 Mr James Lydall Mr John Tyecomb tenne shillings apeece To my cosens Mr Brabram
98 Mrs Redman and Mrs Owen tenne shillings apeece To my Godsonne William Johnson
99 fortie shillings to bee bestowed in a heifer for him To Mr Stapleton Vicar of Lacocke
100 twentie shillings To the Clarke and Sexton of Lacocke Church five shillings apeece To
101 those foure that carry mee to buriall five shillings apeece To the highwayes I give Fortie
102 shillings to bestowed by exec on Wayshill toward a beginning a cowsway The same to bee
103 done and directed by my cosen Johnson To my most loving cosen Mr Edward Davenant
104 of Whiddy twenty shillings to bee made in a ring in token of my love To Mr Doctor Hencham
105 tenne shillings To Mr Hunt the preacher tenne shillings I give unto John Bond my
106 servant all my apparrell boots shooes etc excepting my chamllett suite my cloth suite laced
107 with satten lace my blacke cloake And to Anne Bond his wife all my lynnen except
108 such as shall bee necessary for my cosen George Johnson and his wife but afterwards that
109 too I give her my best hatt For the residue of all my goods Chattells household stuffe my will
110 is that my Executor value it to my personall estate all whatsoever I shall not give in my life
111 tyme And for the true performance of this my last Will and Testament I make and ordeyne
112 my cosen William Johnson of Bowden and my cosens Mr Edward Davenant of Ireland
113 and Mr Doctor Davenant his sonne to whom I give twentie shillings my full and sole Executors
114 of this my last Will and Testament assuring my selfe they will performe the most instly
115 written with my owne hand the day and yeare first above written By mee Ben: Baynard
116 wittnes to this my last Will and Testament Henrie Newprie John Smith Signam Johis
117 Bond James Liddall
Wiltshire Notes and Queries (volume III, 1899 1901) has a lengthy article on the Baynard family of Lackham and gives the following birth order for this family: 1 Edmund (died young), 2 Robert (son and heir), 3 Nicolas, 4 John, 5 Giles, 6 Philip, 7 Edward, 8 Benjamin, 9 Mary, 10 Anne. Strange that Benjamin was left out of the will itself and only mentioned in a codicil.
This will I was somewhat hopeful might mention his Blake cousins and I had not gotten around to reading it in the two years since we photographed it. But again he had a lot of aunts and uncles on both his mother and his father's side and the Blake cousins would now be second cousins and not living at Lacock but rather at Pinhills.
Of note the Baynard family continued at Lackham through ten successive generations coming down from Edmund Baynard married to Elinor Bluet. Benjamin has named his brothers Sir Robert Baynard, Gilles Baynard and Edward Baynard (Philip has already died but no mention of Nicolas of John). He is related to the Johnson family of Bowdon, to the Latham family, to the Wakeman family of Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire), and lists a number of Baynard cousins so is a very helpful will to anyone researching the Baynard family.
Unfortunately no mention of the Blake family which includes the daughter's married surnames of Bull, Goddard and Langridge (I have not traced down any daughters of these houses though which could change this statement). But by this time they are second cousins are not close enough perhaps to mention plus the lateness of the marriage of Edward when his children are born gives quite a gap in years between these second cousins..
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/165/674
Testator: Benjamin Baynard, gentleman
Place: Lacock, Wiltshire, England
Date of document: 2 May 1634, probated 11 Jun 1634
Relationship: son of Edward Baynard and Elizabeth Warnford
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament] Beniamin
[Margin]: Baynard
1 In the name of God Amen I Benianym
2 Baynard of Lacocke in the Countie of Wilts gent knowing there is
3 nothing more certayne to man then death and nothing more uncertayne then
4 the tyme thereof this present day being the second day of May Anno d[o]m[ini]
5 one thousand six hundred thirtie foure doe make this my last Will and
6 Testament in forme following First I com[m]end my soule unto th[e ]allmighty
7 God from whom I received the same doe desire that my bodie may bee buried
8 in the Church of Lacock in Baynards I[s]le with my Ansestors and as
9 neere unto my mother there as conveniently will admitt But if it shall please
10 God to call mee out of this mortall life soe farre from home that conveniently I may not bee
11 brought to Lacocke Church my bodie then to be interred in that parish wheresoever it
12 shall please God to call mee hopeing and assuredlie trusting by the mercy of God in
13 Christ Jesus my onely Savyour and Redeemer that both bodie and soule shall at the
14 generall day of the comeing of my Lord and Savyour to iudgement bee restored to
15 life everlasting Secondly I doe by this my last Will revoke and annihilate and make
16 frustrate all former Wills and deeds of gifts formerly made to bee voyd and of none effect
17 Item I give unto the Cathedrall Church of Sarum Five shillings Item I give unto the
18 parish Church of Lacocke Five pounds to bee bestowed in a Gallery whensoever the
19 parishoners or some other good Benefactors shall make the same wherein I desire that Mr
20 Stapleton or the Minister for the tyme being with two others chosen to him may determyne
21 the make thereof Item I give unto the poore of Lacocke parish Five pounds to bee bestowed
22 in one hundred loaves of bread and meate and both meate and bread worth twelve pence to bee
23 distributed by my Executors overseers and my servant John Bond takeing first a note of the
24 poorest people in the parish and soe given them by name in particular Item whereas I have
25 an estate of copyhold tenure for terme of my life and the life of my wel[l ]beloved cosen Mr
26 George Johnson of Brogbrough in the Countie of Bedfordshire Esquire granted by the
27 name of George Johnson of London London Merchantaylor in the said Copie of Court Rolle
28 of the Mannor of Lackham whose name I onely used as in trust by reason of my mothers
29 feare by reason that if should destreze in her tyme the Rever[s]ioner should bee the same unto her
30 as I myselfe according to my bounden duty to suffer her to live in my house and take her
31 contentment in all whatsoever shee granted to mee did thereupon nomynate my said cosen
32 Johnson whole love and kindnes and my cosen Katherine his wife I have alwaies found
33 extraordinaire to mee undeserved of mee Item my will is that my said cosen Johnson and
34 his wife that for my dwelling house orchard Garden and Mill and grounds to it belonging
35 in a Copie grannted the houses of Ladds liveing in a second Copie granted Eldredge arrables
36 in the third copie that my said cosen Johnson shall take the third part thereof and profitts
37 ariseng thereof dureing his estate if I decease before him For the other two parts of all the
38 profitts I desire it may bee disposed of according to this my last my last Will here under written
39 Item my will is that my trustie and loong carefull servant John Bond and his wife have the
40 mill and keeping one house at highe pounds by the yeare and the worse end of my house
41 to dwell in whereby not to trouble my cosen Johnson and his wife Item whereas j terms
42 of yeares in the lower part of Boyery Copice in Bonden parke conteyning twelve acres
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43 or thereabouts The terme of the same copie which shall bee unexpired at my decease my
44 will is that my cosen Mr George Johnson and his wife shall have the one half of the Fellett
45 everie yeare for their fueing if they live here at my house to bee spent at will th[e ]other halfe to
46 bee accomptable to my personall estate And my Will is that my cosen Johnson of Bonden
47 if hee desire it shall have the copie Lease Five pounds better cheape then the worth thereof and
48 not to bee sould from him till he refuse the same Touching my lease in the Moiety of Newlands
49 meade during Mr Snells life or eleaven or twelve yeares of his estate in Loxwell my will is
50 my Executors make the most of it and allow John Bond five shillings per Annum besides
51 his daies worke to order the same for my Executors touching all my Sheriffs bonds the
52 Quietus est for the grand som[m]es paid unto the Eschequer Quietus est for Recsasants Quitus
53 est for Clerke of the parcells releases upon payments execu[t]ion moneyes They are all made
54 up and in boxes in my lodgeing Chamber at my house at Mill and are to bee found by my
55 servants John and Anne Bond Touching my debts I owe unto my cosen Davenant of
56 Whiddy Island in Ireland Fiftie pounds which my Cosen Wm Johnson is bound with mee
57 to pay at a yeare And touching my Quietus est and writings before men[t]ioned in the office of
58 Undershri[e]valty for Sir Robert Baynard my brother which I thanke God was honestly and
59 faithfully performed on my point and never anything questioned to trouble my said brother
60 or his land and performed without any trouble to him There are yet the Wichells to bee
61 taken order for which if it please God I live I will take order for I have susteyned much care
62 and great losse in that Shreevalty and long tyme of expense and soe have been everie
63 terme and is unto mee to looke unto it and all for Sir Robert Baynards good and quiettnes
64 to him and his estate yet I would not that any trouble should come upon him or his land though the
65 burden bee myne both to bodie and expences Therfore my desire is that my Executors make use of
66 Mr John Tidcombe of the seize whom I have employed in all my busines and take some other Attorny
67 to examyne the right proceeding thereof I have had poore satisfac[t]ion of my Sheriffs bonds but I
68 have payd May Smith Bailiffe of the C of Chippenham at six shillings eight pence according
69 to agreement upon the pound and hath in his hands money which hee received of myne in his
70 hands which will appeare in my booke of Totts in a parchment booke in folio Touching my debts
71 oweing mee they shall bee found written what they owe (if please God) with all other particulars
72 of my personall estate The other proffits of the of the two third parts shall arise out of my liveing
73 I give unto Robert Baynard and Edward Baynard the sonnes of my brother Gills and Edward
74 Baynard to bee paid yearelie by myne Executors provided that all my debts and legacies bee first
75 paid out of it if my estate fall too short Touching my Corne Cattell and goods whatsoever
76 my will is it bee valued to my personall estate to pay my legacies debts provided that my
77 house have necessaries for conveniencies for my cosen George Johnson and his wife whensoever it
78 please them to use it There is in my house the thyngs belonging to my cosen Robert Baynard
79 viz[ a vi]t two chests and deske w[hi]ch John Bond knowes which they are and also some writings of
80 his made up I desire theyn may bee delivered to him whensoever hee desire it Also I have
81 received a yeares rent of Five pounds and odd money which John Bond knowes of I will it bee
82 payd him as is sett downe in my booke of Me[rchan]d Item I give unto my brother Gills Baynard
83 his wife and daughter persons tenne shillings apeece To my brother Sir Robert Baynard my
84 trencher gilt salt and cover To my neece Mrs Marie Baynard I give a little cypresse
85 box with locke and key which Nan Bond will shew which it is Item I give unto my brother
86 Edward Baynard tenne pounds And I give unto his daughter the Five pounds shee owes me
87 To Captayne Baynard and all his children being one sonne and four daughters tenne
88 shillings apeece To my cosens Thomas Baynard his sonnes and my cosen Harry Baynard
89 his brother tenne shillings apeece My cosen George Baynard his wife and children tenn
90 shillings apeece To all my cosen Johnsons daughters of Brogbrough tenne shillings apeece
91 And to my cosen Winnifred Latham and cosen Katherine Walker a cypres box to each of
92 them with locks and keyes of two and twentie inches long To my cosen William Johnson of
93 Bowdon I give my danaske rapier To my cosen his wife my suite of fine Table cloth
94 napkins and towell wrought with white worke To my cosen Edward Baynard Thomas
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95 and William tenne shillings apeece To my neece Wakeman of Tewksbury I give twentie
96 shillings to my cosen Mr William Latham tenne shillings To Mr John Smith of Wotton
97 Mr James Lydall Mr John Tyecomb tenne shillings apeece To my cosens Mr Brabram
98 Mrs Redman and Mrs Owen tenne shillings apeece To my Godsonne William Johnson
99 fortie shillings to bee bestowed in a heifer for him To Mr Stapleton Vicar of Lacocke
100 twentie shillings To the Clarke and Sexton of Lacocke Church five shillings apeece To
101 those foure that carry mee to buriall five shillings apeece To the highwayes I give Fortie
102 shillings to bestowed by exec on Wayshill toward a beginning a cowsway The same to bee
103 done and directed by my cosen Johnson To my most loving cosen Mr Edward Davenant
104 of Whiddy twenty shillings to bee made in a ring in token of my love To Mr Doctor Hencham
105 tenne shillings To Mr Hunt the preacher tenne shillings I give unto John Bond my
106 servant all my apparrell boots shooes etc excepting my chamllett suite my cloth suite laced
107 with satten lace my blacke cloake And to Anne Bond his wife all my lynnen except
108 such as shall bee necessary for my cosen George Johnson and his wife but afterwards that
109 too I give her my best hatt For the residue of all my goods Chattells household stuffe my will
110 is that my Executor value it to my personall estate all whatsoever I shall not give in my life
111 tyme And for the true performance of this my last Will and Testament I make and ordeyne
112 my cosen William Johnson of Bowden and my cosens Mr Edward Davenant of Ireland
113 and Mr Doctor Davenant his sonne to whom I give twentie shillings my full and sole Executors
114 of this my last Will and Testament assuring my selfe they will performe the most instly
115 written with my owne hand the day and yeare first above written By mee Ben: Baynard
116 wittnes to this my last Will and Testament Henrie Newprie John Smith Signam Johis
117 Bond James Liddall
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Will of Peter Blake of the Inner Temple - National Archives PROB 11/144/56, probated 7 Jul 1624
This Peter Blake testator of the following will is well known to me in terms of his family line. He is on the Blake Pedigree Chart held at the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office and was the son of William Blake and Avice Ripley. On this chart he was listed as the third son with John being the eldest and William the second son. They have one sister Agnes married to Roger Hyde according to the chart. His initial reference to Arthur, Roberte, Francis, William and Richard Blake is helpful in placing him as well as they are the grandsons of his brother John married to Margaret Blake. His nephew (and the eldest son of John and Margaret) was married to Eleanor Hall. I think he is actually the brother of Margaret and that John is the son of William Blake and Elizabeth also of Eastontown. Because of the marriage of John and Margaret I do not feel that these two William Blakes (both listed as being at Eastontown) are the same person - I just feel strongly that there were two Blake families at Eastontown.
The reference to his cousins William Blake and William Rolfe is also interesting Sarah was the eldest and only daughter of John and Margaret Blake and she married William Rolfe son of Thomas Rolfe of Enford, Wiltshire. Confusion arises because Peter refers to William as his cousin instead of his nephew in law. The William Blake he refers to as cousin appears to be William Blake of Halehouse and from the Visitation of Middlesex (1634, 1663) this William is said to be the son of John and Margaret Blake (he married Mary Beverley) and was a Justice of the peace in Middlesex County. This visitation is unsigned with no dating so it is difficult to use with respect to establishing a time line. William son of John and Margaret would be a nephew to the testator. Why he refers to these two men as his cousins and the children of Thomas as the children of his nephew is perhaps just a measure of the time. Peter in 1624 is probably fairly old. Two of his great nephews are old enough to be executors (so 21 years of age or more) and that is Arthur and Robert. Trying to put an age to Peter is helpful at this point in time.
Moving to the Visitation of Surrey 1662-68 the youngest son of Thomas and Eleanor Blake is the respondent and signer for this visitation. He has a daughter 10 months old in 1662 and he is Captain of the Trained Bands in the County of Middlesex. Putting his age around 30 years would give him a date of birth of 1632 which is incorrect as he is listed as one of the legatees in his great Uncle's will (present testator Peter Blake) and so was born at least by 1624 and hence at least 38 years of age in 1662. He is the sixth child in that family and giving two years difference in age approximate between children would see the eldest Sara being born by 1612 or earlier and hence the marriage of her parents in 1611 or earlier. Giving her father the age of 25 at marriage would place his date of birth around 1586 or earlier which brings us back to John and Margaret Blake and Thomas was their eldest son with a likely older daughter Frances and thus John and Margaret were likely married by 1583 or earlier which then takes us back to William Blake who left his will in 1582 and did not mention any grandchildren which may just be a clue with regard to ages. If John was 25 when he married Margaret he would have been born by 1558 and all of the children of William Blake leaving his will in 1582 were adults. John was the eldest child of ten children and estimate two years between children and John was likely born by 1540. Perhaps one can understand why William was so precise in stating that the property which he was passing to John should then pass on to the next son and then the next son and all five sons are mentioned since none of them at this point appear to have any children!
One other clue may be helpful and that is from the Oxford University Alumni 1500 - 1886 on Ancestry which lists a Peter Blake being awarded his BA 10 Oct 1564. The average age was 18 to 20 for full matriculation but could be as low as 14 which would give a date of birth for Peter of 1544 - 1546. and would make him 78 years old when his will was written and probated. There are not enough details though in the Oxford Alumnus to determine that this is the Peter Blake of the Inner Temple who left his will in 1624.
His comment that Thomas Blake of Eastenton was Thomas Blake the elder is also interesting. None of Thomas' sons were called Thomas (Arthur, Robert, Francis, William and Richard). There was another Thomas Blake at Eastontown and he was the son of William Blake and Elizabeth (unknown) the parents I believe of John Blake married to Margaret Blake who was I believe a sister to Peter Blake. However, that Thomas would have been older than this Thomas. Another Thomas at Eastontown was the son of William (next oldest brother to John)' son. These were the children of William Blake and Anne Tutt namely Nicholas, Thomas, Sara, Anne and Mary. The only problem with that is this William is also not the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley but rather the son of William and Elizabeth Blake at Eastontown although does appear to be so on the Pedigree Chart. The William brother to Peter Blake does not have any information on the Visitation for Middlesex other than Willm. Blake vide Southampton which literally means William Blake "see" or "refer to" Southampton. Could this be a William Blake who lives at Southampton the city? That thought has just occurred to me. I have the Hearth Tax for 1665 which is 41 years later but there are two William Blakes living in Southampton one at St Lawrence and the other at All Saints (within the bar). Unfortunately these William Blakes did not leave any wills maintained at The National Archives.There are wills for William Blake held by the Hampshire Record Office in the period following 1665 but not for the Southampton area (meaning City not county).
There was also a Peter Blake son of William and Elizabeth Blake about whom I have no other information than that he was still living in 1682 when his father's will was written and probated. He does not appear to be mentioned by his brother's in their wills but for the most part they do not mention siblings. Some researchers believe that the Peter Blake testator in this will is the son of William and Elizabeth rather than the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley as shown on the Blake Pedigree Chart. His relationship to John Blake and Margaret Blake remains quite similar in that he is a brother/brother in law to them.
One might think that the other Blake families descendant of William and Margaret Blake at Eastontown might mention this Peter in their wills if they were related but they do not plus William brother to this Peter lived in Middlesex at Hale's House whereas the William son of William and Elizabeth Blake lived in the Andover area. Hence I do continue to believe that there are two distinct William Blake families at Eastontown (three farms are shown at Eastontown on the old maps) and that they may or may not be related. They become related indirectly through the marriage of John Blake and Margaret Blake.
The dating of this will and the date of probate are a bit strange but that is how they read. It could be that there was a transcription error in the will and it should have been June instead of July. Impossible to tell that nearly four hundred years later!
Transcription: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26th October 2010
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/144/56
Testator: Peter Blake
Place: Inner Temple, London, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 22 Jul 1624, Probated 7 Jul 1624
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, light, 17th century
T[estator] Petri Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 The two and twentieth daie of July in the two and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne
3 Lord Kinge James etc Anno D[o]m[in]i one thousand six hundred twentie foure. I Peter Blake of the Inner
4 Temple London Esq[uire] being sick in bodie but of perfect memorie thanks bee therefore given unto
5 God doe therefore make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner followinge
6 (That is to saie First and principallie I commend my soule unto Almightie God and my heavenly
7 Father Trusting through Jesus Christ my Redeemer to receive remission of sinnes and life everlasting
8 And my bodie to the earth from whence I came to be buried in Christian Buriall, thereto remaine
9 untill the resurrection of all fleshe which I believe and expecte. And as touching my Temporall
10 estate First I give and devise unto Arthure Blake Roberte Blake Francis Blake William Blake
11 and Richard Blake sonnes of my nephew Mr. Thomas Blake the elder of Eastenton in the Countie of
12 South[amp]ton, and to their heires All my Messuages Lands tenements rents and hereditaments whatsoev[er]
13 with their appurtenances in Andover in the County of South[ampto]n (except hereafter excepted)
14 And my will and meaning is That if and of the said parties before named shall dye before hee
15 attaines to the age of one and twentie yeares. That then the said lands and premisses shall whollie
16 remaine and bee unto and amongst the survivor and survivors of them in equall parts provided
17 alwaies that the yearlie somme and paiement, or rent charge, of six pounds of currant Englishe
18 monie shal[l ]be issuing and paieable out of the premisses yearlie for the releife of the poore of the
19 severall parishes of Andever S[ain]te Dunstane in the west, London, and Ludgershill in Wiltesh[ire] Whereof
20 the more parte to bestowed on the poore of Andever in such wise in particular as I have related
21 to my cosen Rolfe in the severall cradies of bread weaite and monie Provided that it shal[l ]be lawfull
22 to the severall Churchwardens of eavery of the said parishes for the time beinge for not payment
23 of the said yearlie sommes to them intended by this my will at the feast of Th[e ]annunciation yearly
24 to distraine upon the said lands and premisses for the same as the lawe will permitt Provided
25 alwaies and my will and meaning is That my Cozen William Blake Esq[uire] and William Rolfe
26 and the survivor of them, during the minoritie of the said Legatees and of everie of them shall have
27 the whole disposition and manageing of the rents and profitts of the premisses respectively
28 to the use of the said to be accomptable when they shall severallie come to the age of one
29 and twentie yeares, Item I give to the poore of S[ain]te Dustone twentie shillings to be delivered
30 att the Churche doore of the Temple on my funerall daie where I desire to bee buried Item I
31 give to my cozen William Blake the elder of Halehouse, and to the heires males of his bodie and
32 ye remainder to my executors and their heires my towne house in Andever in the tenure of one
33 Binsen and Hitchcock with the appurtenances upon condition, That the same be nowe
34 built acording to the covenants betwene me and Barnard Calverte Item my will and meaning
35 is that the said somme or yearlie paiement, by me intended to the said poore of Andever, shal[l ]be
36 distributed to them, of the poorest sorte, such as shal[l ]be thought fitt by the Bayliffe and
37 Churchwardens there, Item I give to the said Arthure Roberte William Francis and Richard
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38 Blake all my goodes and chattells whatsoever, to be disposed as aforesaid during their minority
39 and I doe hereby name and ordaine them the said Arthure Roberte Francis William and Richard
40 Blake executors of this my last will and testament, And my said Cozens William Blake and
41 William Rolfe to be overseers In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the daie
42 and yeare above said. The mark of P. Blake Sealed, published and declared the daie and
43 yeare within written as the last will and testament of the said Peter Blake in the presence
44 of Will: Rolfe Hen: Carswall The marke of Margaret Johnson
The reference to his cousins William Blake and William Rolfe is also interesting Sarah was the eldest and only daughter of John and Margaret Blake and she married William Rolfe son of Thomas Rolfe of Enford, Wiltshire. Confusion arises because Peter refers to William as his cousin instead of his nephew in law. The William Blake he refers to as cousin appears to be William Blake of Halehouse and from the Visitation of Middlesex (1634, 1663) this William is said to be the son of John and Margaret Blake (he married Mary Beverley) and was a Justice of the peace in Middlesex County. This visitation is unsigned with no dating so it is difficult to use with respect to establishing a time line. William son of John and Margaret would be a nephew to the testator. Why he refers to these two men as his cousins and the children of Thomas as the children of his nephew is perhaps just a measure of the time. Peter in 1624 is probably fairly old. Two of his great nephews are old enough to be executors (so 21 years of age or more) and that is Arthur and Robert. Trying to put an age to Peter is helpful at this point in time.
Moving to the Visitation of Surrey 1662-68 the youngest son of Thomas and Eleanor Blake is the respondent and signer for this visitation. He has a daughter 10 months old in 1662 and he is Captain of the Trained Bands in the County of Middlesex. Putting his age around 30 years would give him a date of birth of 1632 which is incorrect as he is listed as one of the legatees in his great Uncle's will (present testator Peter Blake) and so was born at least by 1624 and hence at least 38 years of age in 1662. He is the sixth child in that family and giving two years difference in age approximate between children would see the eldest Sara being born by 1612 or earlier and hence the marriage of her parents in 1611 or earlier. Giving her father the age of 25 at marriage would place his date of birth around 1586 or earlier which brings us back to John and Margaret Blake and Thomas was their eldest son with a likely older daughter Frances and thus John and Margaret were likely married by 1583 or earlier which then takes us back to William Blake who left his will in 1582 and did not mention any grandchildren which may just be a clue with regard to ages. If John was 25 when he married Margaret he would have been born by 1558 and all of the children of William Blake leaving his will in 1582 were adults. John was the eldest child of ten children and estimate two years between children and John was likely born by 1540. Perhaps one can understand why William was so precise in stating that the property which he was passing to John should then pass on to the next son and then the next son and all five sons are mentioned since none of them at this point appear to have any children!
One other clue may be helpful and that is from the Oxford University Alumni 1500 - 1886 on Ancestry which lists a Peter Blake being awarded his BA 10 Oct 1564. The average age was 18 to 20 for full matriculation but could be as low as 14 which would give a date of birth for Peter of 1544 - 1546. and would make him 78 years old when his will was written and probated. There are not enough details though in the Oxford Alumnus to determine that this is the Peter Blake of the Inner Temple who left his will in 1624.
His comment that Thomas Blake of Eastenton was Thomas Blake the elder is also interesting. None of Thomas' sons were called Thomas (Arthur, Robert, Francis, William and Richard). There was another Thomas Blake at Eastontown and he was the son of William Blake and Elizabeth (unknown) the parents I believe of John Blake married to Margaret Blake who was I believe a sister to Peter Blake. However, that Thomas would have been older than this Thomas. Another Thomas at Eastontown was the son of William (next oldest brother to John)' son. These were the children of William Blake and Anne Tutt namely Nicholas, Thomas, Sara, Anne and Mary. The only problem with that is this William is also not the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley but rather the son of William and Elizabeth Blake at Eastontown although does appear to be so on the Pedigree Chart. The William brother to Peter Blake does not have any information on the Visitation for Middlesex other than Willm. Blake vide Southampton which literally means William Blake "see" or "refer to" Southampton. Could this be a William Blake who lives at Southampton the city? That thought has just occurred to me. I have the Hearth Tax for 1665 which is 41 years later but there are two William Blakes living in Southampton one at St Lawrence and the other at All Saints (within the bar). Unfortunately these William Blakes did not leave any wills maintained at The National Archives.There are wills for William Blake held by the Hampshire Record Office in the period following 1665 but not for the Southampton area (meaning City not county).
There was also a Peter Blake son of William and Elizabeth Blake about whom I have no other information than that he was still living in 1682 when his father's will was written and probated. He does not appear to be mentioned by his brother's in their wills but for the most part they do not mention siblings. Some researchers believe that the Peter Blake testator in this will is the son of William and Elizabeth rather than the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley as shown on the Blake Pedigree Chart. His relationship to John Blake and Margaret Blake remains quite similar in that he is a brother/brother in law to them.
One might think that the other Blake families descendant of William and Margaret Blake at Eastontown might mention this Peter in their wills if they were related but they do not plus William brother to this Peter lived in Middlesex at Hale's House whereas the William son of William and Elizabeth Blake lived in the Andover area. Hence I do continue to believe that there are two distinct William Blake families at Eastontown (three farms are shown at Eastontown on the old maps) and that they may or may not be related. They become related indirectly through the marriage of John Blake and Margaret Blake.
The dating of this will and the date of probate are a bit strange but that is how they read. It could be that there was a transcription error in the will and it should have been June instead of July. Impossible to tell that nearly four hundred years later!
Transcription: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 26th October 2010
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/144/56
Testator: Peter Blake
Place: Inner Temple, London, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 22 Jul 1624, Probated 7 Jul 1624
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, light, 17th century
T[estator] Petri Blake
1 In the name of God Amen
2 The two and twentieth daie of July in the two and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne
3 Lord Kinge James etc Anno D[o]m[in]i one thousand six hundred twentie foure. I Peter Blake of the Inner
4 Temple London Esq[uire] being sick in bodie but of perfect memorie thanks bee therefore given unto
5 God doe therefore make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner followinge
6 (That is to saie First and principallie I commend my soule unto Almightie God and my heavenly
7 Father Trusting through Jesus Christ my Redeemer to receive remission of sinnes and life everlasting
8 And my bodie to the earth from whence I came to be buried in Christian Buriall, thereto remaine
9 untill the resurrection of all fleshe which I believe and expecte. And as touching my Temporall
10 estate First I give and devise unto Arthure Blake Roberte Blake Francis Blake William Blake
11 and Richard Blake sonnes of my nephew Mr. Thomas Blake the elder of Eastenton in the Countie of
12 South[amp]ton, and to their heires All my Messuages Lands tenements rents and hereditaments whatsoev[er]
13 with their appurtenances in Andover in the County of South[ampto]n (except hereafter excepted)
14 And my will and meaning is That if and of the said parties before named shall dye before hee
15 attaines to the age of one and twentie yeares. That then the said lands and premisses shall whollie
16 remaine and bee unto and amongst the survivor and survivors of them in equall parts provided
17 alwaies that the yearlie somme and paiement, or rent charge, of six pounds of currant Englishe
18 monie shal[l ]be issuing and paieable out of the premisses yearlie for the releife of the poore of the
19 severall parishes of Andever S[ain]te Dunstane in the west, London, and Ludgershill in Wiltesh[ire] Whereof
20 the more parte to bestowed on the poore of Andever in such wise in particular as I have related
21 to my cosen Rolfe in the severall cradies of bread weaite and monie Provided that it shal[l ]be lawfull
22 to the severall Churchwardens of eavery of the said parishes for the time beinge for not payment
23 of the said yearlie sommes to them intended by this my will at the feast of Th[e ]annunciation yearly
24 to distraine upon the said lands and premisses for the same as the lawe will permitt Provided
25 alwaies and my will and meaning is That my Cozen William Blake Esq[uire] and William Rolfe
26 and the survivor of them, during the minoritie of the said Legatees and of everie of them shall have
27 the whole disposition and manageing of the rents and profitts of the premisses respectively
28 to the use of the said to be accomptable when they shall severallie come to the age of one
29 and twentie yeares, Item I give to the poore of S[ain]te Dustone twentie shillings to be delivered
30 att the Churche doore of the Temple on my funerall daie where I desire to bee buried Item I
31 give to my cozen William Blake the elder of Halehouse, and to the heires males of his bodie and
32 ye remainder to my executors and their heires my towne house in Andever in the tenure of one
33 Binsen and Hitchcock with the appurtenances upon condition, That the same be nowe
34 built acording to the covenants betwene me and Barnard Calverte Item my will and meaning
35 is that the said somme or yearlie paiement, by me intended to the said poore of Andever, shal[l ]be
36 distributed to them, of the poorest sorte, such as shal[l ]be thought fitt by the Bayliffe and
37 Churchwardens there, Item I give to the said Arthure Roberte William Francis and Richard
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38 Blake all my goodes and chattells whatsoever, to be disposed as aforesaid during their minority
39 and I doe hereby name and ordaine them the said Arthure Roberte Francis William and Richard
40 Blake executors of this my last will and testament, And my said Cozens William Blake and
41 William Rolfe to be overseers In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the daie
42 and yeare above said. The mark of P. Blake Sealed, published and declared the daie and
43 yeare within written as the last will and testament of the said Peter Blake in the presence
44 of Will: Rolfe Hen: Carswall The marke of Margaret Johnson
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Jonson family at Abbotts Ann
There is also a Jonson family at Abbotts Ann. I have not yet found the baptism for Susannah Johnson (possible daughter of Roger Johnson and Mary and the wife of Anthony Beaver at Upper Clatford. Notably in 1586 there is a Roger Jonsone baptized at Abbotts Ann and the son of William Jonsone. There is a Roger Johnson married to Margaret and they baptized Roger Johnson 30 May 1641 at Upper Clatford. I shall have to make note of the Jo[h]nson family at Abbotts Ann. There is only one line of the Johnson family at Upper Clatford.
The Hurst family dominates the parish registers at Abbotts Ann in this time period. Harry Hurst is Churchwarden in this time period. There are a number of Hurst families with heads of household being Henry Hurst, John Hurst, Richard Hurst, Roger Hurst, Thomas Hurst, and William Hurst in the period from 1561 to 1587 where I currently am transcribing. The marriages may help to separate these men into fathers and sons although they could be different families just sharing the same surname.
Most years there are less than ten baptisms in this early time period. No new Blake baptisms and checking the IGI there does not appear to be a lot of Blake baptisms before the 1700s.
I am thinking about the Research Interests webpage for BIFHSGO. I manage the Research Interests and I like the idea of a new method of recording. Devon FHS has a very nice setup where you enter all the material yourself. You have a password and can update or remove at will. I think this is a good system and must think of how to write that up. The system would still require a coordinator to assist with problems entering, monitor the webentries and lost passwords. It would be nice to be able to have a search function that would let you pull up particular names and perhaps even be able to choose the county you wish to search.
The Hurst family dominates the parish registers at Abbotts Ann in this time period. Harry Hurst is Churchwarden in this time period. There are a number of Hurst families with heads of household being Henry Hurst, John Hurst, Richard Hurst, Roger Hurst, Thomas Hurst, and William Hurst in the period from 1561 to 1587 where I currently am transcribing. The marriages may help to separate these men into fathers and sons although they could be different families just sharing the same surname.
Most years there are less than ten baptisms in this early time period. No new Blake baptisms and checking the IGI there does not appear to be a lot of Blake baptisms before the 1700s.
I am thinking about the Research Interests webpage for BIFHSGO. I manage the Research Interests and I like the idea of a new method of recording. Devon FHS has a very nice setup where you enter all the material yourself. You have a password and can update or remove at will. I think this is a good system and must think of how to write that up. The system would still require a coordinator to assist with problems entering, monitor the webentries and lost passwords. It would be nice to be able to have a search function that would let you pull up particular names and perhaps even be able to choose the county you wish to search.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Robert Blake and Elizabeth Russell
Noted yesterday the death of an Elizabeth Blake in 1713 at Andover. If this was the daughter of Robert Blake and Elizabeth Russell born in 1695 then she would have been 18 in 1713. Robert and Elizabeth were still baptizing children and they could have had another Elizabeth. Need to look for that possibility and still no baptism for Charles Blake who married Mary Prince at Abbots Ann in 1737. However, John Blake malster at Abbots Ann fits nicely into this family with his birth in 1714 (he was 82 when he died in 1796). A sister Mary married William Marshman (Marshmont) in 1727 and that fits into this family. The other researcher mentioned yesterday found a marriage with Edward Gilbert of a Mary Marshmont in 1752 at Abbots Ann. There is a Mary Gilbert mentioned in the will.
I still feel that the language of the will shows a closer relationship between Charles Blake and the testator than between my Blake family at Upper Clatford. Sorting through the data, this John is my 3x great grandfather Thomas Blake's uncle by marriage. His mother Joanna King and John's wife Mary King are sisters and daughters of Thomas King. This is a good find and collaborates my earlier thinking that the language of the will was that of an uncle towards his niece and nephews. Helpful but not a direct "blood" tie.
Unraveling the mysteries presented in John Blake's will may help to solve the mystery of the parentage of Charles Blake and it comes closer to fruition I rather think. Ever since I found the will at the Hampshire Record Office and transcribed it I felt it was a key to my family lines at Upper Clatford. Although I am still just back to 5x great grandfather Thomas King and his wife Mary Carter who married 10 Jan 1728 at Upper Clatford, I now have the link between this family and the Blake family at Abbots Ann. I now know that Joanna wife of Joseph Blake and Mary wife of John Blake were sisters. What other information will the will provide me personally? The mention of the Beaver family is interesting as well. It is a descendant of the Beaver family that marries Thomas Blake son of Joseph and Joanna Blake - Sarah Coleman whose grandmother was Dinah Bever. Is the notation in front of Beavers "The"? Very difficult to tell and her married name was Coleman - why would he have referred to the children of Dinah as "The Beavers"? At this time there were three of them still living and he leaves three guineas! The father of Sarah had died in 1780. Why would John remember this family. The father of Dinah Beaver was Anthony Beaver and mother was Susanna Johnson. Likely the father of Susanna was Roger Johnson and this was an old family at Upper Clatford.
I continue working on the transcription of the Upper Clatford Parish Register 1 with the burials and I have completed to the beginning of 1708 with 600 burials from the beginning of the Registers (1570). The same families continue at Upper Clatford that have been there from the beginning of the Register. The King family is very large but I have not yet located a Thomas that could be my ancestor. I have not yet located a Carter that could be my ancestor either. The only Carter on the Hearth Tax is Thomas. But there are more Carter families there baptizing children: Henry and Elizabeth, John and Jane, William and Jone, and Thomas and Elizabeth. Perhaps they live closeby in a smaller village but baptize their children at Upper Clatford.
I am still trying to decide if I have accumulated enough evidence to say that the Thomas Blake who married Ann Carter at Penton Mewsey 8 Sep 1728 are my 5x great grandparents and the parents of Joseph Blake baptized at Andover 21 Oct 1730. The death of Anne Blake and her burial 20 Sep 1734 along with the burial of her son Thomas 22 Sep 1734 at Penton Mewsey is rather revealing. The baptism of Thomas 19 Sep 1734 at Andover (son of Thomas (Ann is not listed)) whereas Joseph is baptized as the son of Thomas and Ann also at Andover also leads one to think this is the same family. Also given that grandfather John was baptized at Penton Mewsey although the baptism is entered into the Andover Parish Register. I feel now that I can accept this marriage as correct between Thomas Blake and Ann Carter. The next mystery to solve for me is the Carter family. Are Mary Carter mother of Joanna King and Ann Carter mother of Joseph Blake related? Are Joanna and Joseph first cousins?
Are Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett the parents of Ann Carter?; they are baptizing an Ann 13 Nov 1713 at Andover. They baptize four daughters at Andover: Elizabeth (b 22 Apr 1702), Sarah (b 21 May 1703), Mary (b 27 Feb 1711), and Anne (b 13 Nov 1713) as well as Richard (b 13 Dec 1704), Thomas (b 15 Jun 1707), Josiah (b 21 Dec 1708), John (b 26 Apr 1717). The names are interesting with respect to Mary Carter who married Thomas King and their children were named Mary, Elizabeth and Joanna. Ann Carter married to Thomas Blake did not have any daughters. Given that Ann died in 1734 you might have expected to see Mary (Carter) King call a child Ann but the next two girls are named Elizabeth and Joanna. Interesting though to look at names. Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett named their first son Richard and their first daughter Elizabeth. I will investigate to see if Richard might be the son of Thomas Carter though given that the second son is named Thomas. The second daughter was called Sarah so could investigate Elizabeth Musprett having Sarah as her mother. Interestingly there is an Elizabeth Musprat baptized 20 Feb 1682 at Andover the daughter of Thomas Musprat.
I still feel that the language of the will shows a closer relationship between Charles Blake and the testator than between my Blake family at Upper Clatford. Sorting through the data, this John is my 3x great grandfather Thomas Blake's uncle by marriage. His mother Joanna King and John's wife Mary King are sisters and daughters of Thomas King. This is a good find and collaborates my earlier thinking that the language of the will was that of an uncle towards his niece and nephews. Helpful but not a direct "blood" tie.
Unraveling the mysteries presented in John Blake's will may help to solve the mystery of the parentage of Charles Blake and it comes closer to fruition I rather think. Ever since I found the will at the Hampshire Record Office and transcribed it I felt it was a key to my family lines at Upper Clatford. Although I am still just back to 5x great grandfather Thomas King and his wife Mary Carter who married 10 Jan 1728 at Upper Clatford, I now have the link between this family and the Blake family at Abbots Ann. I now know that Joanna wife of Joseph Blake and Mary wife of John Blake were sisters. What other information will the will provide me personally? The mention of the Beaver family is interesting as well. It is a descendant of the Beaver family that marries Thomas Blake son of Joseph and Joanna Blake - Sarah Coleman whose grandmother was Dinah Bever. Is the notation in front of Beavers "The"? Very difficult to tell and her married name was Coleman - why would he have referred to the children of Dinah as "The Beavers"? At this time there were three of them still living and he leaves three guineas! The father of Sarah had died in 1780. Why would John remember this family. The father of Dinah Beaver was Anthony Beaver and mother was Susanna Johnson. Likely the father of Susanna was Roger Johnson and this was an old family at Upper Clatford.
I continue working on the transcription of the Upper Clatford Parish Register 1 with the burials and I have completed to the beginning of 1708 with 600 burials from the beginning of the Registers (1570). The same families continue at Upper Clatford that have been there from the beginning of the Register. The King family is very large but I have not yet located a Thomas that could be my ancestor. I have not yet located a Carter that could be my ancestor either. The only Carter on the Hearth Tax is Thomas. But there are more Carter families there baptizing children: Henry and Elizabeth, John and Jane, William and Jone, and Thomas and Elizabeth. Perhaps they live closeby in a smaller village but baptize their children at Upper Clatford.
I am still trying to decide if I have accumulated enough evidence to say that the Thomas Blake who married Ann Carter at Penton Mewsey 8 Sep 1728 are my 5x great grandparents and the parents of Joseph Blake baptized at Andover 21 Oct 1730. The death of Anne Blake and her burial 20 Sep 1734 along with the burial of her son Thomas 22 Sep 1734 at Penton Mewsey is rather revealing. The baptism of Thomas 19 Sep 1734 at Andover (son of Thomas (Ann is not listed)) whereas Joseph is baptized as the son of Thomas and Ann also at Andover also leads one to think this is the same family. Also given that grandfather John was baptized at Penton Mewsey although the baptism is entered into the Andover Parish Register. I feel now that I can accept this marriage as correct between Thomas Blake and Ann Carter. The next mystery to solve for me is the Carter family. Are Mary Carter mother of Joanna King and Ann Carter mother of Joseph Blake related? Are Joanna and Joseph first cousins?
Are Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett the parents of Ann Carter?; they are baptizing an Ann 13 Nov 1713 at Andover. They baptize four daughters at Andover: Elizabeth (b 22 Apr 1702), Sarah (b 21 May 1703), Mary (b 27 Feb 1711), and Anne (b 13 Nov 1713) as well as Richard (b 13 Dec 1704), Thomas (b 15 Jun 1707), Josiah (b 21 Dec 1708), John (b 26 Apr 1717). The names are interesting with respect to Mary Carter who married Thomas King and their children were named Mary, Elizabeth and Joanna. Ann Carter married to Thomas Blake did not have any daughters. Given that Ann died in 1734 you might have expected to see Mary (Carter) King call a child Ann but the next two girls are named Elizabeth and Joanna. Interesting though to look at names. Richard Carter and Elizabeth Musprett named their first son Richard and their first daughter Elizabeth. I will investigate to see if Richard might be the son of Thomas Carter though given that the second son is named Thomas. The second daughter was called Sarah so could investigate Elizabeth Musprett having Sarah as her mother. Interestingly there is an Elizabeth Musprat baptized 20 Feb 1682 at Andover the daughter of Thomas Musprat.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Upper Clatford Priests
When we visited Upper Clatford in 2008 we took a picture of the list of priests and I have inserted the copy below.
Anthony Gatenbie (Rector from 1564 on) must have started the registers in 1571 and they were incredibly well kept up until the early 1600s by which time one would think he was quite elderly. He has however decided that the new year begins January 1 irreguardless of what the remainder of the country is doing. However James Samborne becomes Rector in 1610 and keeps the records not quite so well but details are there and readable until 1620 regularly and then sporadically to 1625. He goes with the old style of dating with Lady Day in March beginning the New Year (around March 25). The next Rector William Hooke in 1627 does not make a single entry and the entries do not begin again until 1632 when Thomas Samborne becomes Rector. Five years seems like a long time between events so one is left to surmise that he simply didn't keep any records or they are lost. Now in the 1630s the records are again quite legible and thus far appear to be well kept. Thomas has decided to go with January 1 as the beginning of the year. Neither Anthony Gatenbie nor Thomas Samborne mark the date as oldstyle/newstyle ie. 1616/1617 for January 1 to Lady Day (March 25 approximately). This is the first time that I have had the parish records thus kept being most familiar with the Old Style prior to 1752.
I have now reached 355 baptisms as of the end of 1634. There are no Blake entries thus far but I will encounter the first Blake entry in 1635 which is Annis Blake daughter John Blake baptized 28 Dec 1635. I know there is a will by Mary Blake in 1672 stating that she lived at Upper Clatford and had a daughter Dorothy married to Edward Walderne and a son William Blake. That is the sum of the knowledge about the Blake family at Upper Clatford prior to 1757 when my line is found there. However, I do recall that Peter Blake was left a farm at Upper Clatford although I must check that as it is coming from memory!
There are 78 images in total for these parish records commencing in 1570 and ending in 1724. I almost didn't purchase them as I knew my Blake line was at Andover until 1757 but there were only two fiche and it seemed silly not to have the complete set. I am very pleased now that I did do so because when I ordered them I didn't know that my King family existed and they are at Upper Clatford from the beginning of the Registers. Now are they my direct line? That is a good question and working through the fiche might help me with that. I also have the Beaver, Coleman and the Johnson family at Upper Clatford also discovered much later. I will always purchase all early fiche now when I do so as I neglected to do so at Kimpton and must order those earlier registers.
I have now decided to purchase Quarley, Longparish, Monxton and a couple of other parishes in the next couple of months. Likely I will also purchase Weyhill, Wherwell, Chilbolton, Fyfield, Tangley at some point in the future. Eventually I will probably have all of the parishes around Andover and will have captured all the Blake records in the area prior to 1700 (at least all the ones in the registers :) ).
| Date of Institution | Surname | Forename |
| c1160-1173 | Robert | |
| 1292 | Sheppey | John |
| ~ | of Sherborne | John |
| 1340 | of Stoke | William |
| 1349 | of Lever | William |
| ~ | Packer | Richard |
| 1394 | Davy | Richard |
| 1396 | Rychemond | Walter |
| ~ | Ludlow | Thomas |
| 1459 | Deacon | Thomas |
| 1462 | Warner | John |
| ~ | Neville | John |
| 1494 | William | |
| 1511 | Brownsmith | John |
| 1524 | Barnacke | Ralph |
| ~ | Grice | Richard |
| 1528 | Fallowfield | John |
| 1554 | Tinton | Thomas |
| 1564 | Gatenby (or Gatenbie) | Anthony |
| 1610 | Samborne | James |
| 1627 | Hooke | William |
| 1632 | Samborne | Thomas |
| 1652 | Barker | Philip |
| 1662 | Earbury (or Eastbury) | Anthony |
| 1669 | Crofts | Joseph |
| 1709 | Terry | Peter |
| 1727 | Pretty | William |
| 1748 | Roman | William |
| 1782 | Gibbs (or Gibbes) | George |
| 1783 | Willis | Thomas |
| 1830 | Fromd | Edward |
| 1863 | Child | Thomas |
| 1882 | Child | Alfred |
| 1887 | Boyd | John William |
| 1891 | Angelsmith | Francis Angel |
| 1892 | Noakes | Arthur John |
| 1913 | Bentham | Walter Reid |
| 1948 | In suspension | |
| 1949 | Bridle | Reginald |
| 1952 | In suspension | |
| 1954 | Browne | Clement Innes |
| 1959 | Pigott | John Hammond |
| 1965 | Richardson | Jack Cyril |
| 1977 | Graham | Alan Robert |
| 1985 | Tristram | Michael Anthony |
| 1993 | Gilks | Peter Martin |
| 1999 | Broad | David Nicholas Anthony |
Anthony Gatenbie (Rector from 1564 on) must have started the registers in 1571 and they were incredibly well kept up until the early 1600s by which time one would think he was quite elderly. He has however decided that the new year begins January 1 irreguardless of what the remainder of the country is doing. However James Samborne becomes Rector in 1610 and keeps the records not quite so well but details are there and readable until 1620 regularly and then sporadically to 1625. He goes with the old style of dating with Lady Day in March beginning the New Year (around March 25). The next Rector William Hooke in 1627 does not make a single entry and the entries do not begin again until 1632 when Thomas Samborne becomes Rector. Five years seems like a long time between events so one is left to surmise that he simply didn't keep any records or they are lost. Now in the 1630s the records are again quite legible and thus far appear to be well kept. Thomas has decided to go with January 1 as the beginning of the year. Neither Anthony Gatenbie nor Thomas Samborne mark the date as oldstyle/newstyle ie. 1616/1617 for January 1 to Lady Day (March 25 approximately). This is the first time that I have had the parish records thus kept being most familiar with the Old Style prior to 1752.
I have now reached 355 baptisms as of the end of 1634. There are no Blake entries thus far but I will encounter the first Blake entry in 1635 which is Annis Blake daughter John Blake baptized 28 Dec 1635. I know there is a will by Mary Blake in 1672 stating that she lived at Upper Clatford and had a daughter Dorothy married to Edward Walderne and a son William Blake. That is the sum of the knowledge about the Blake family at Upper Clatford prior to 1757 when my line is found there. However, I do recall that Peter Blake was left a farm at Upper Clatford although I must check that as it is coming from memory!
There are 78 images in total for these parish records commencing in 1570 and ending in 1724. I almost didn't purchase them as I knew my Blake line was at Andover until 1757 but there were only two fiche and it seemed silly not to have the complete set. I am very pleased now that I did do so because when I ordered them I didn't know that my King family existed and they are at Upper Clatford from the beginning of the Registers. Now are they my direct line? That is a good question and working through the fiche might help me with that. I also have the Beaver, Coleman and the Johnson family at Upper Clatford also discovered much later. I will always purchase all early fiche now when I do so as I neglected to do so at Kimpton and must order those earlier registers.
I have now decided to purchase Quarley, Longparish, Monxton and a couple of other parishes in the next couple of months. Likely I will also purchase Weyhill, Wherwell, Chilbolton, Fyfield, Tangley at some point in the future. Eventually I will probably have all of the parishes around Andover and will have captured all the Blake records in the area prior to 1700 (at least all the ones in the registers :) ).
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