This next set of wills is for the Blake family of Devon and begins with Elizabeth Blake who lived at Exeter. In trying to locate her maiden name I consider the possibility she was Elizabeth Hatherly given the bequests in her will. Elizabeth in her will asks to be buried by the side of her husband who is buried at Saint Martin Church in Exeter, Devon.
World Connect does have a tree for a Hatherly family going back to a Narcissus Hatherly married to Elizabeth Galsworthy who were married 24 Apr 1668 in Parkham, Devon and four children are listed: Grace baptized 21 Mar 1669, Arthur baptized 2 Jan 1672, Narcissus baptized 9 Jul 1674 and Elizabeth baptized 12 Jul 1677 all at Parkham, Devon. Narcissus is further traced down with his marriage to Elizabeth Bruton 29 Sep 1708 in Alwington, Devon. The children of this marriage are listed below and Elizabeth baptized 3 May 1722 is listed as being married to a Thomas Blake (no further details other than 26 Oct 1752 at Kenton, Devon). No children listed for Thomas Blake and Elizabeth Hatherley. I have not verified the data at World Connect but certainly the will does bear out the relationships mentioned for the siblings of Elizabeth the Testatrix of this will.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hatters&id=I3
An online tree on The Blakes of Somerset that I have mentioned before
http://www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/admiralreport.htm
traces back a marriage of Thomas Blake (born circa 1697) and Elizabeth Hatherley which was celebrated in 1749 at Kenton, Devon (according to this website). Is this Elizabeth the testator? Elizabeth doesn’t mention any children and this site mentions there are five children for this couple. Thomas was 52 when he married Elizabeth Hatherley with children named: John, Martha, Mary, Kath., and Jane. The website further listst the three children of the Reverend Thomas Blake (born circa 1652 and died in Alwington 23 Nov 1713 at the age of 61) named George (bc 1682), Nicholas (bc 1686) and Thomas (bc 1697). The website then has Thomas the son marrying Elizabeth Hatherley and they have five children as mentioned but the numbering begins at iv instead of i. There is nothing further on the children of Thomas and Elizabeth. I can not find any children by these names baptized to Thomas and Elizabeth Blake. However, at this point I am not discounting the possibility that this Elizabeth Blake’s husband is perhaps descendant of the Somerset Blake family. This family is known to be in the Plymouth/Exeter area of Devon from the 1600s on. Did all five children of this couple die? Not impossible given the times but unusual for a family that had sufficient funds to provide the best but again it is not impossible so will not at this point discount the possible connection.
However, as with much of the Blake material online this website has some interesting features but tends to try to group together as many Blake families as possible. Using the unsourced early material perpetuates the errors that were created by Horatio Gates Somersby without adding any new material. I have already shown that some of these relationships as stated are not possible given the historical evidence in the Calendar of Patent Rolls.
The Hatherley family mentioned in the will and found on World Connect appear to be the descendants of Narcissus Hatherly married to Elizabeth Bruton 29 Sep 1708 at Alwington Devon) and their children were all baptized at Bideford Devon (Family Search website):
Narcissus baptized 16 Sep 1709 (from World Connect)
Elizabeth baptized 6 Mar 1711 (from World Connect) and probably died young
John baptized 17 Apr 1713
Arthur baptized 17 Aug 1715; buried 24 Dec 1715
Arthur baptized 17 May 1717 (from World Connect)
William baptized 12 Feb 1719
Elizabeth baptized 3 May 1722
Jane baptized 3 May 1722; buried 2 Jun 1722
Thomas baptized 6 Jan 1725
First mentioned in the will were the three nephews: Narcissus, John and William Henry. They would appear to be the children of Elizabeth’s brother Narcissus who was married to Honor Chope 18 May 1741 in Northam, Devon. Honor is mentioned in the will as a widow. They had seven children all baptized at Bideford namely(* marks nephews mentioned in the will):
*Narcissus baptized 18 Jul 1746
Grace baptized 11 Jul 1748
*John baptized 23 Aug 1750
Elizabeth baptized 6 Apr 1753
Henry baptized 8 Nov 1754
*William Henry baptized 24 Jun 1756
Thomas baptized 11 Aug 1758
*John is married to Elizabeth (mentioned in the will as the wife of John her nephew) and they had ten children between 1781 and 1807 but none mentioned in the will).
*William Henry is married to Elizabeth Fortescue Wells 13 Mar 1781 at Kingsbridge, Devon and they have 11 children between 1781 and 1800 (none of these children are mentioned in the will but Elizabeth wife of William Henry is mentioned).
Both of Elizabeth the Testatrix brothers Narcissus married to Honor and Thomas married to Grace are deceased as both women are mentioned as widows. The second wife of William is not mentioned.
Next to be mentioned is Elizabeth Hatherley (she is likely the sister of Narcissus, John and William Henry) married to Samuel Pyke and they were married 22 Apr 1776 at Abbotsham, Devon (Family Search M05015-1). Hence Elizabeth is also a child of Narcissus Hatherly and Honor Chowe shown above baptized 6 Apr 1753. The World Connect chart does not list her marriage to Samuel Pike.
Looking at the Herman Drewe family next mentioned in the will: Married in Colyton Church 1 May 1775 Herman Drew, clerk, of the parish of Wootton Fitzpaine in the county of Dorset and Sarah Mary Hatherley of this parish married by licence in the presence of Elizabeth Hatherly, Jno. Rolle. Sarah Mary Hatherley is said to be the daughter of William Hatherley and Sarah Baker who were married 27 Sep 1753 at Modbury Devon and she was baptized 3 Dec 1755 at Kenton. According to the chart at World Connect William married a second time to Elizabeth Matthews 12 Sep 1758 at Bideford and they had one child Mary Ann Hatherly (not mentioned in the will) baptized 15 Feb 1762.
The children of Herman Drewe and Sarah Mary Hatherley (Sarah Elizabeth and Mary are mentioned in the will and if either of them die then the funds are to be shared by the rest of their children) are found on Family Search:
Sarah Elizabeth baptized 15 Jun 1776 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Herman baptized 2 Jan 1778 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Mary baptized 9 Feb 1780 at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset
Elizabeth Judith Hatherly also mentioned in the will lastly was the daughter of Thomas Hatherly and Grace and was baptized 18 Sep 1749 at Bideford (Family Search C05032-1). There are two possible marriages for Thomas Hatherly and both appear to be patron entries: Thomas Hatherly and Grace Smith 1748 and Thomas Hatherly and Grace Voisey 1751. Given the birth date of 1749 for Elizabeth Judith it is possible that Thomas married twice with the first Grace having died.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 Jun 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1176/207
Testator: Elizabeth Blake, widow
Place: Saint David in Exeter, Devon, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 9 Aug 1786, probated 12 Mar 1789
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Elizabeth
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 I Elizabeth Blake of the parish of Saint David in the County of
3 the City of Exeter Devon do make this my last Will and Testament in
4 the manner following that is to say I desire that I may be
5 buried in a decent and plain manner in the parish Church of
6 Saint Martin in the City of Exeter by the side of my late
7 husband and that the Funeral Service may be performed by the
8 Curate for the time being of the parish of Saint David
9 aforesaid to whom I give three Guineas and one Guinea to the
10 Rector of Saint Martin I desire that ______ no outer
11 Bearers but that the Reverend John Quick Rector of Highley
12 the Reverend Mr Locker Rector of St Lawrence in the City of Exeter
13 the Reverend John Stabback Edward Cleave Esquire Robert Lydstone
14 Newcome Esquire and Mr Richard Thorn will each accept of a
15 Ring of the value of one Guinea I give and bequeath to my
16 three Nephews Narcissus John and William Henry Hatherly
17 one hundred and sixty pounds each of lawful Money of Great
18 Britain to be paid to them respectively by my Executor hereinafter
19 named at the end of eight months next after my decease
20 also I give and bequeath unto my Friend Mr John Codrington
21 of the City of Exeter apothecary the Sum of two hundred pounds
22 of like lawful money upon trust for such person or persons
23 and to and for the Ends Intents and purposes as my Niece Elizabeth
24 Pike wife of Samuel Pike of Northam in the County of Devon
25 Esquire shall by any writing or writings under her hand attested
26 by one or more credible Witness or Witnesses or by her last Will
27 and Testament in Writing or any writing purporting to be or in
28 the nature of her her last Will and Testament attested by two or
29 more Credible Witnesses notwithstanding her Couverture and whether
30 she be Covert or Sole order direct or appoint and for want of
31 and in the meane time until the said Elizabeth Pike shall
32 make some such order direction or appointment as aforesaid to
33 and shall stand possessed of and in the said Sum of two hundred
34 pounds and the dividends and Interest that will be made thereof
35 upon trust for the said Elizabeth Pike her Executors and Admors
36 to and for the Sole separate and peculiar use and disposal of the said
37 Elizabeth Pike and wherewith as with any part thereof her said
38 present or any future husband shall not in any wise intermeddle
39 neither shall the same or any part thereof be in any wise
40 subject or liable to the power Control debts or Engagements of
41 any such husband but the Receipt and Receipts of the said
42 Elizabeth Pike alone or of such person or persons to whom she
43 shall so order direct or appoint the said Sum of two hundred
44 pounds and the Dividends and Interest thereof or any part thereof
45 to be paid as aforesaid shall from time to time be a sufficient
46 and effectual discharge and discharges to the said John Codrington his Executors
47 and administrators for the same or so much and such part
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48 and parts thereof as to such Receipt and Receipts shall be
49 mentioned expressed or acknowledged to be received Also I give
50 and bequeath unto the said John Codrington the like Sum
51 of two hundred pounds upon trust for the separate and peculiar
52 use of my Niece Sarah Mary Drewe the Wife of the Reverend
53 Herman Drewe of Wootton in the County of Dorset with the
54 like power of disposal and appointment and in the same
55 manner as I have hereinbefore declared touching the Legacy
56 of two hundred pounds hereinbefore given for the use of the
57 said Elizabeth Pike also I give and bequeath the like Sum
58 of two hundred pounds unto my Niece Elizabeth Judith Hatherly
59 and I do hereby direct that the aforesaid three several
60 Legacies of two hundred pounds shall be paid by my Executor
61 at the end of eight months next after my decease also
62 I Give and bequeath unto the said Herman the
63 sum of three hundred pounds old South Sea Annuities now
64 standing in my Name upon trust that he the said Herman
65 Drewe do and shall from time to time receive the dividends
66 thereof and lay out and invest the same Dividends in the
67 purchase of other stock or on good Securities until his two
68 daughters Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall
69 attain the age of twenty one years or be married which shall
70 first happen and then do and shall transfer assign
71 and make over the said Sum of three hundred pounds
72 old South Sea annuities and the Dividends thereof and
73 all Stocks Funds and Securities wherein the same shall be
74 invested into and between his said two Daughters
75 Sarah Elizabeth and Mary equally to be divided
76 between them share and share alike and I do hereby
77 declare it to be my Will that if either of them the said
78 Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall happen
79 to die before attaining her said age of twenty one
80 years or being married then the share of her so
81 dying shall go and belong to the Survivor of them
82 and shall be paid and payable to her at the
83 same time as the original Share and I do hereby
84 further declare that in case both of them the said
85 Sarah Elizabeth Drewe and Mary Drewe shall die
86 before having attained such age or have as aforesaid that
87 then the said Herman Drewe his Executors and
88 Administrators shall stand possessed of the said Stocks
89 Funds and Securities and the Dividends and Interest
90 thereof upon trust for all and every other the Child
91 and Children of the said Herman Drewe and Sarah
92 Mary Drewe his Wife equally to be divided likewise
93 then if more then one share
94 and share alike and if but one such Child then to such
95 one only Child the share and shares of such of
96 them as shall be a Son or Sons to be paid and payable
97 to him and them at his or their ages or respective
98 ages of twenty one years and the share or shares of
99 such of them as shall be a daughter or daughters
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100 to be paid and payable to her or them at her or their
101 age or respective ages of twenty one years or Day or
102 respective Days of Marriage which shall first
103 happen and in case any or either of the aforesaid
104 Children shall happen to die without having
105 attained such age or time as aforesaid then the
106 share or shares of him her or them so dying
107 shall go and belong to the Survivors and
108 Survivor of such Children in the same manner
109 as is hereinbefore declared touching his her or
110 their original portion or portions and in case all
111 such Children shall die without attaining sucvh age
112 or time as aforesaid then I give and devise the
113 same Stock Funds and Securities unto the aforesaid
114 John Codrington his Executors Administrators and assigns
115 upon trust for the separate and peculiar use of my said
116 Niece Mary Drewe and with the same power of
117 appointment and in the same manner as I have
118 hereinbefore declared touching the said Sum of two hundred
119 pounds hereinbefore given to the said John Codrington
120 for the use of the said Sarah Mary Drewe
121 Recommending it nevertheless to her to give the same
122 to some part of my family and whereas it is my
123 intention to lay out the Sum of Fifty pounds more
124 during my life in old South Sea Annuities now I do
125 hereby bequeath such Sum of Fifty pounds in case I
126 shall so lay out the same to the said Herman Drewe
127 upon the same trusts as I have hereinbefore
128 declared touching the said Sum of three hundred
129 pounds and in case I should not in my life time
130 lay out such Sum of Fifty pounds in the manner
131 aforesaid I do hereby direct my Executor herein after
132 named to lay out that Sum out of the residue of
133 my personal Estate in the name of the said Herman
134 Drewe who shall stand possessed thereof Upon the
135 trusts aforesaid also I give and bequeath to
136 my two Sisters Honour Hatherly widow and Grace
137 Hatherly widow the Sum of five Guineas each as a
138 token of my affection for them I give to Joan
139 Thomas Six Guineas and to Mary White Sister of Mr
140 Arthur White Apothecary Mrs Waldrond widow of the
141 late Doctor Walrond deceased Mrs Margaret Coles Mrs
142 Isabella Weeks and Miss Francis Broom two
143 Guineas each I give to each of my Maid Servants
144 they shall have lived with me twelve months before
145 my decease three Guineas over and above the wages
146 which may be due to them and Mourning at the
147 discretion of my Executor I give to Ann Mortimer
148 one Guinea if she continues to be employed in my
149 service at the time of my death I give to Mrs
150 Joan Stooke Widow and her three daughters Mrs Margaret
151 Cleave Mrs Margaret Baker Mrs Mary Codrington Mrs
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152 Locker wife of the Reverend Wm Locker Mrs Hannah
153 Newcombe Mrs Frances Stabback the aforesaid Herman
154 Drewe and Samuel Pike Esquire Mrs Elizabeth
155 Hatherley wife of my nephew John Hatherley and
156 Mrs Hatherley wife of my nephew William Henry
157 Hatherley a Ring of the value of one Guinea
158 each I give to the said John Codrington the
159 sum of thirty Guineas a Ring of the value of
160 one Guinea and a Suit of Mourning and do
161 appoint the said John Codrington Sole Executor of this
162 my last Will and Testament and I give and devise
163 unto the said John Codrington his heirs and assigns all
164 and every the Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
165 which are vested in me by any mortgage or Mortgages
166 in Fee with their and every of their Rights Members
167 and appurtenances upon trust to convey the same upon
168 payment of the principal Sum and Sums and Interest
169 thereby respectively secured I give and bequeath unto my
170 aforesaid three Nieces Elizabeth Pike Sarah Mary Drewe
171 and Elizabeth Judith Hatherley my watch and all my
172 Plate Jewells wearing apparel household Goods
173 and Furniture and all other the Goods and Chattells
174 whereof I shall die possessed except my Monies and
175 Stocks Funds and Securities for Money equally to be divided
176 between them share and share alike all the rest and
177 residue of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and whereso
178 ever I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid
179 three Nephews Narcissus John and William Henry
181 Hatherley all my aforesaid three Nieces Elizabeth Pike
182 Sarah Mary Drewe and Elizabeth Judith Hatherley
183 equally to be divided between them share and share
184 alike and I do hereby declare that the respective Shares
185 of the said Elizabeth Pike and Sarah Mary Drewe of
186 and in my aforesaid watch plate Jewels wearing
187 apparel household Goods and Furniture and the residue
188 of my personal Estate and Effects shall be for the respective
189 sole and separate use of my said two Nieces exclusive of
190 their respective husbands in the same manner
191 as I have hereinbefore declared touching the said two
192 several Legacies of two hundred pounds and two hundred
193 pounds hereinbefore bequeathed to the said John
194 Codrington in trust for them as aforesaid and lastly I
195 do hereby declare it to be my Will that the aforesaid
196 John Codrington and Herman Drewe respectively or either
197 of them their or either of their heirs Executors or admors
198 shall not be charged or chargeable with or
199 accountable for any more of the said trust monies
200 and premises than they or he shall respectively
201 actually receive by virtue of the trusts aforesaid nor
202 with or for any loss which shall happen of the same
203 monies and premises or any part thereof so as
204 the same respectively happen without their wilful
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205 defaults or neglects and that my said Trustees their
206 Executors and administrators respectively shall and
207 lawfully may deduct retain to and reimburse
208 themselves respectively out of the said trust monies
209 and premises all such Costs Losses Charges
210 damages and Expences whatsoever as they or
211 either of them shall or may bear sustain or be put
212 unto in or about the Execution or management of
213 the trusts hereby in them respectively reposed or any
214 thing relating thereunto and that it shall and
215 may be lawful to and for the said John Codrington
216 his Executors and administrators to compound any debt
217 or debts that shall or may be due to my Estate
218 and release the person or persons who may be
219 debtor or debtors therein and sign and subscribe this
220 or their consent to the allowance of the Certificate
221 or Certificates of any Bankrupt or Bankrupts
222 and submit to arbitration any matter in dispute
223 relating to my Estate and perform the award to
224 Be made in pursuance to such submission and
225 I hereby revoke all former Wills by me made
226 declaring this to be my last Will and Testament
227 In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Blake
228 The Testatrix have to the three first sheets of
229 this my last Will and Testament contained in four Sheets
230 of Paper subscribed my name and to this fourth and
231 last sheet thereof set my hand and Seal the ninth
232 day of August in the year of our Lord one
233 thousand seven hundred and eighty six Eliz: Blake
234 Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
235 Elizabeth Blake the Testatrix and for her last
236 Will and Testament in the presence of us three whose
237 names are hereunto subscribed and who subscribed
238 our names as Witnesses hereto at the desire
239 and in the presence of the said Testatrix and in
240 the presence of each other Rv Lydston Newcombe
241 John Stabback Wm Stabback
242 June the 23rd 1788 I Eliz: Blake give to Mr John
243 Codrington the Sum of thirty pounds over and
244 above what I have given him in my Will in
245 consideration of his great care and attention to me and
246 I also give to Frances Broom twenty pounds over and
247 above what I have given her in my Will provided
248 she lives with me at the time of my Death likewise
249 such Mourning as my Executors or relations shall
250 judge proper this paper I desire may be
251 considered as part of my Will written by my own
252 hand Eliz: Blake
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253 The second day of March 1789
254 Appeared Personally James Pitts of
255 The City of Exeter Ironmonger and Elizabeth Stabback
256 of the said City Spinster and being severally sworn
257 on the holy Evangelists to depose the truth made
258 oath and say that they very well knew and
259 were acquainted with Elizabeth Blake late of the
260 Parish of Saint David in the City of Exeter Widow
261 deceased for several Years before and to the time of her
262 death and also with the manner and Character of
263 hand writing and subscription of the said deceased
264 having often seen her write out witness and subscribe
265 her name to writings and declaring now seen and
266 carefully perused the paper Writing hereunto annexed
267 purporting to be a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
268 of the said deceased beginning thus June the 23rd
269 1788 Eliz: Blake ending thus written by my own
270 hand and thus subscribed Eliz: Blake They these
271 deponents say that they truly and in their consciences
272 believe the whole Body Series and Contents of the
273 said Codicil to the said Gifts of the said deceased and also the Subscription
274 hereto to be of the proper hand writing of the said
275 deceased James Pitts Eliz:Stabback Same Day the
276 said James Pitts and Elizabeth Stabback were duly
277 sworn to the truth of this affidavit before me Mr
278 Shore Commissioner
279 This Will was proved at London with a Codicil
280 The twelveth day of March in the year of our Lord
281 one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine before the
282 Right Worshipful Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of
283 Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative
284 Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of John
285 Codrington the Sole Executor named in the said Will to
286 whom Administration was granted of all and singular the
287 Goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased having
288 been first sworn by Commission duly to administer
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Will of Sir Richard Blake, Knight of St John Middlesex - National Archives PROB 11/374/96 - probated 19 Oct 1683
Sir Richard Blake, knight (testator) is the son of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall. Thomas is the eldest son of John Blake and Margaret Blake. As such he is descendant of both the Calne Wiltshire Blake family and the Andover Hampshire Blake family. Richard was the sixth son of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall and youngest. He is listed in the Pedigree Chart for the Blake family at Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office. He was born circa 1614 as he was 69 years of age when he died in 1683. He married Elizabeth Bathurst and her father was a Doctor of Physsick according to the Pedigree Chart. Only two children are listed on the chart for this couple namely Elizabeth and Mary. He mentions that some children have died and are buried at the St Mary Savoy Church.
A quick verification of the siblings of Sir Richard include his eldest brother Thomas, his brothers Arthur, Francis and William. Only Robert is missing from his list although Arthur is now deceased and it is the son of Arthur that is mentioned as well. The children of Thomas his brother are mentioned so perhaps Thomas is also deceased. Martha daughter of Thomas does not appear on the chart (married to Deakins). Looking carefully at the chart I see that the son of Thomas (brother to the testator) is named as Thomas Blake of Finkley and I did a will a while ago for a Thomas Blake of Finkley
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-thomas-blake-of-finkley.html
and this will is probated 26 Nov 1680. I hadn't linked this will back to the Thomas Blake/Eleanor Hall family as such it is new information for me to consider. There is no information on the Blake Pedigree Chart held at the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office past Thomas (at Finkley) and his siblings Robert and Charles (both said to live in London) and their sister Mary who married William Newland (they married 20 Feb 1652/53 at St Paul's Church Covent Garden London) and thus begins through this family the line that leads eventually to Diana, Princess of Wales. Their daughter Mary Newland baptized 6 Dec 1659 at St Pauls Church Covent Garden married Isaac Manley MP (Dublin Ireland) 20 May 1678 at St Peter's Church Cornhill London and their daughter Dorothy Manley married William Gore MP. Their son Colonel John Gore married Bellamira Munbee with their son Vice Admiral Sir John Gore KCB who was born 9 Feb 1772 at Kilkenny Ireland married Georgiana Montagu 15 Aug 1808 at St George's Church Hanover Square London. This returns this family line into London and their daughter Anne Frances Gore married 1st Earl Howe Richard William Penn Curzon GCH 9 Oct 1845 at Great Witley Worcestershire. Their daughter Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe married 2nd Duke of Abercorn James Hamilton KG 7 Jan 1869 at St George's Church Hanover Square London and their son 3rd Duke of Abercorn James Albert Edward Hamilton KG married Lady Rosaline Cecilia Caroline Bingham DBE 1 Nov 1894 at St Paul's Church Knightsbridge London. Their daughter Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton DCVO, OBE married the 7th Earl Spencer Albert Edward John 26 Feb 1919 at St James' Church Piccadilly London. Their son 8th Earl Spencer Edward John MVO married the Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche and their third daughter was Lady Diana Frances Spencer born 1 Jul 1961 at Park House Sandringham Norfolk.
The children of Thomas Blake of Finkley were listed in his will and they include sons Richard, Peter and Charles with three daughters unnamed. The fortunes of these families are most interesting as they move away from each other and lose touch likely. Certainly the brothers of Thomas Blake father of Thomas Blake at Finkley had substantial holdings and included Francis Blake of Highgate in Middlesex and William Blake of St Pauls Covent Garden but both married heiresses. As did their brother Robert who remained at Enham (near Andover) and it is his son John Blake of Andover who answered a question for me. The Pedigree Chart shows John Blake of Andover his only child living in 1690 and unmarried which eliminated this line from my quest since I have a John Blake in my line who was married in 1690 (married in 1683).
An interesting will and I understand a little better the land and property in England. The lands that Sir Richard uses for his income are actually owned by the Earl of Exeter but held by long leases by Sir Richard. He then improves upon the estate by building useful messuages and tenements which are then in turn rented for business purposes - Inns, carpentry, etc and the income that he receives is his yearly earnings from which he then pays the Earl of Exeter for leasing the land. The Earl of Exeter is hence a major landowner with a number of gentry living on his lands and creating an income for him and themselves. No idea on why the youngest son of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall is a Knight or how/when he was appointed.I will investigate that in the future. This Blake line has daughtered out with this family.
An interesting article on Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Richard:
http://web.warwick.ac.uk/english/perdita/html/pw_BURN01.htm
Perdita woman: Elizabeth Burnet
Biography
Elizabeth Blake-Berkely-Burnet, born 8.11.1661, was eldest daughter of Sir Richard Blake of Southhampton and Elizabeth Bathurst. When she was 17, Dr. Fell, guardian of Robert Berkely, arranged Berkely’s marriage to her. His mother was Catholic, and at the accession of James II she persuaded him to go into exile in Holland. There she met the Burnets and became a friend of Mary. Berkely died in 1693 and was buried at his home, Spetchly. She developed a friendship with Dr. Stillingfleet, bishop of Worcester: in her widowhood she stayed with him and with Robert Wylde, and her sister, the wife of Judge Dormer. John Locke was their neighbour in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and she began a friendship with him: he sent her his Reply to Stillingfleet (1697) and she responded with a detailed critique. She married Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, in May or June 1700. (The Correspondence of John Locke ed. E. S. De Beer, 8 vols (Oxford: Clarendon, 1976-1989, 6, no. 2315, 7, no. 2879) It may have been while living in Salisbury that she became friendly with John Norris of Bemerton. She had five step-children: her own two children died in infancy. She and her husband had a close relationship with the Churchills, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. She was a lifelong Whig (her husband said that her zeal for politics was perhaps ‘her only excess’). Her health was always poor--a letter to John Locke describes her symptoms in detail. He replied telling her to do less reading, which she refused to do.( The Correspondence, 6, nos 2491, 2511). She introduced the author Catharine Trotter to him in 1702--she had written A Defence of the Essay of Human Understanding (1702)-- and asked him to give her money, as she herself had done. (The Correspondence, 7, nos 3153, 3164) In 1707 she took a trip to Holland for her health, accompanied by her step-daughter Elizabeth. She took two of her stepsons to university in Leyden and fulfilled many business and political errands enjoined upon her by her husband and Sarah Churchill. Detailed journals by herself and her stepdaughter exist of this visit. She ‘spent as much time, as she could get to her self, in Writing upon Divine, and Moral Subjects’ (A Method of Devotion, p. xv). Her only published work was A Method of Devotion, or Rules for Holy and Devout Living (1708) first composed in her early twenties. Among her manuscripts in the Bodleian Library is the undated ‘A Dialogue on Marriage’ (MS Rawl D. 1092 ff.157-203) of which only the second quire is preserved. It takes the form of a dialogue between friends in which such topics are discussed as the legalities of marriage, the power of the parents, the entertaining of friends and the furnishing of houses. It includes some satire on contemporary manners. She died on May 29th 1707. See The Correspondence of John Locke ed. E. S. De Beer, 8 vols (Oxford: Clarendon, 1976-1989,; and ‘Some Account of Her Life’ in A Method of Devotion (1709) dictated by her husband to the Archdeacon of Oxford.
Bodleian Library: MS Rawl. D 1092 ff. 136r-156v
Book of spiritual memoranda ( 1701-1709)
Elizabeth Burnet (Author)
Mary (Sir Richard's second daughter) married Robert Dormer one of the judges of the Common Pleas. (Source: A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland by John Burke and Sir John Bernard Burke - 1844, J.R. Smith (603 pages))
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8Nov 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/374/96
Testator: Sir Richard Blake, Knight
Place: St John, Middlesex, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 29 Jun 1683, probated 19 Oct 1683
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: middle English writing elaborate but legible, smudged but legible
[Margin]: Sir Rich[ard] Blake
1 In the name of God Amen I S[i]r Richard
2 Blake of St Johns in the countie of Midd[lese]x Knight being weake of bodie but in sound and disposeing
3 minde and memorie praised bee God therefore revokeing all former wills legacies and bequests
4 by mee made and given doe make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and
5 forme following that is to Say First and principally I, commend, my Soule, into the hands of Almighty
6 God my Creator and of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer hopeing and stedfastlie
7 beleeving through the meritts death and passion of my said Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
8 to obtaine free pardon and forgivenesse of all my Sinnes and to Inheritt eternall life in the
9 Kingdome of Heaven with other the elect Children of God my body I comitt to the earth
10 to bee decently Interr'd in the parish Church of St Mary Savoy in the Strand in the said County of
11 midd[lese]x soe neare unto my children there as convenientlie may bee if I die neare London otherwise
12 in Spetchley Church in the county of Worcester if I die there And I appoint that One
13 hundred poundes near that somme but noe more bee expended on my funnerall And as for
14 such temporall goods lands and estate Both reall and personall as it hath pleased God to bless mee
15 with I give and dispose of the same In manner and forme following that is to say First I will and
16 appoint that all and every the debts and summes of money which I shall owe at my death to any
17 person or persons in right of conscience By specialties or otherwise howsoever bee
18 duely and truely paid by and out of and with the debts which shall bee oweing to mee and
19 and by money to bee raised out of my estate as is herein after men[t]ioned Item whereas on
20 the marriage of Elizabeth my wel[l ]beloved wife I did Secure and settle to and for her dureing
21 her life as a Joynture Three hundred pounds p[er] annum I will and appoint that the rents and
22 profitts of my greate house now divided into severall dwellings with th[e ]appurtenances in the
23 Strand aforesaid w[hi]ch I hold by lease taken about twenty yeares since of and from the
24 right Honourable the Earle of Exeter shall goe and bee imployed towards
25 satisfieing the said three hundred pounds p[er]annum And that the residue and remainder of the
26 said three hundred pounds p[er]Annum shall be hand and raised out of the profitts
27 rents and proceeds of my parsonage messuages Tenements Lands hereditaments and allother
28 my estate of Inheritance or for lives or yeares at or near Thames Ditton or Long Ditton
29 in the county of Surrey And all the rest of the rents profitt and proceeds of the said parsonage
30 messuages Tenements Lands and hereditaments at Thames Ditton or Long
31 Ditton I give and bequeath to my said wife for her life on Condi[t]ion shee Release
32 and Convey to my daughter Mary her heires and assignes the messuage or tenement
33 wherein I now dwell in St Johns aforesaid wherein I have made my said wife an estate
34 for her Life Item I give to him that shall bee Minister or Preacher at the
35 Chappell of Thames Ditton aforesaid Forty shillings and to the poore people of
36 Thames Ditton aforesaid Three pounds in mony to be distributed amongst them
37 at the direction of my Executrix herein after named and the Churchwardens and
38 Overseeres for the poore there then being Item in case I die neare London and bee
39 buried in the Savoy Church aforesaid I give to the Minister or Preacher there at the
40 time of my death Five pounds in mony hee preaching a Sermon at my Funerall But
41 if I depart this life in the County and bee Buried at Spetchley in the County of Worcester
42 aforesaid Then I give Five pounds in mony to the Minister there hee preaching
43 A Sermon at my Funerall Item I give to the poore people in the said parish of
44 St Mary Savoy being at my Death Five pounds in mony to bee distributed Amongst
45 them at the discre[t]ion of my Executrix hereinafter named and the Churchwardens and overseers
46 for the Poore there then being Item from and after my now wives death I give
47 and bequeath the aforesaid greate house with Th[e ]appurtenances in the Strand
48 aforesaid held of the afore named Earle of Exeter to my daughter Elizabeth for and
49 dureing her life (she the terme I have therein shall soe long continue) And after her
50 decease to her second sonne if shee shall have two or more sonnes or els her daughters
51 equallie or to one daughter if shee have noe more And in case Shee
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52 have no daughters or daughter and but one sonne then to him his executors and administrato[r]s
53 but in case my said daughter Elizabeth shall have noe such child or children liveing at her death
54 Then I give the said great house and premisses with th[e ]appurtenances to my daughter Mary
55 and such child or children as shee shall have and her and their executors and administrators
56 And I desire and charge my said daughter Elizabeth not do ddue any Act or thing to alter
57 the Settlement of the said greate house with the appurtenances hereby men[t]ioned or
58 made Item I give and bequeath All that my late new built brick messuage or tenement
59 in St John's in the county of Midd[lese]x late in the tenure of Sir John Thompson Baronet
60 and now of the Right Honourable the Countesse of Shaftesbury with the forecourt
61 garden Coachehouse stable and appurtenances thereunto belonging and therewith used
62 adioyneing to the Southeastside of my now dwelling house and garden there to my daughter
63 Mary and the heires of her body lawfully to be begotten And for defaulte
64 of such issue to my daughter Elizabeth and the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to bee
65 begotten and for default of such Issue to my right heires forever Item I give and
66 bequeath after my wife's death all and ev[er]y my Parsonage aforesaid and severall tithes
67 lands tenements and hereditaments at or neare Thames Ditton aforesaid and elsewhere
68 in the county of Surry and all my estate and Interest in the Same to my daughter Mary
69 and the heires of her body lawfully to bee begotten and for default of such Issue to my daughter Elizabeth and the heires of her Body and for default of such Issue to
70 my right heires forever Item I give and bequeath my aforemen[t]ioned dwelling house
71 in St John's aforesaid with the garden and appurtenances thereunto belonging and
72 therewith now used and all my estate and Interest therein to my daughter Mary
73 and the heires of her body lawfully to bee begotten and for default of such Essuets
74 my daughter Elizabeth and the heires of her bodie and for default of such Issue to
75 my right heires forever Item on Condi[t]ion my wife release and convey to my
76 daughter Mary her heires and assignes all her Interest in the messuage or tenement
77 wherein I now dwell, in St Johns aforesaid with the appurtenances I give and
78 bequeath to my wife for her life and after her decease to such of my children or
79 grandchildren as shee shall by any writing by her Signed dispose of the same All
80 that messuage or tenement by mee lately new built in Katherine streete in the
81 Strand aforesaid now in the tenure of Richard Maynwearing Buttoneller knowne
82 by the Signe of the Queeneshead with th[e ]ppurtenances and all my estate terme
83 and Interest of in and to the same Item I give and bequeath all and everie my Lease
84 and Leases terme estate and Interest w[hi]ch I have of in and to the severall messuages or
85 tenements and Shops in Katherine Streete and Exeter Streete in or near the Strand
86 aforesaid except the said messuage or tenement in the tenure of Richard Mainwearing
87 And except those messuages or tenements settled or Assigned or for onto Robert
88 Berkley Esquire and my daughter Elizabeth his wife on their marriage
89 (that is to say) the messuages or tenements in the occupa[t]ion of Mr Bartlett
90 Hims[elf] other [no name] Dunford Grocer, the Connor house [no name] House
91 [no name] Hatter [ no name] Jones Shoemaker the messuage or tenement
92 knowne by the signe of the Red Cow in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Victualler
93 the messuage next adioyneing thereto in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Jessop
94 Cooke the messuage or tenement in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Wootton Joyner
95 next the last men[t]ioned messuage and the messuage next adioyneing to that knowne by
96 the signe of the Cabinett now, in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Allen Cabinett maker
97 the shop under part of the messuage in the occupa[t]ion of Mr Bartlett aforesaid now
98 lett to a Perriwigg maker and all other any messuages or tenements and shops in
99 the said Streets (except as aforesaid) unto my said daughter Mary her executors
100 and administrators if shee live to attaine the age of one and twenty yeares or bee
101 married But if my said daughter Mary depart this life before her said Age
102 of one and twenty yeares or being married Then I give the same Lease and Leases
103 terms estates and Interests of in and to the said messuages or tenements Shops and
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104 premisses last men[t]ioned with the appurtenances to my said wife for her life and after her decease
105 to my said daughter Elizabeth and her children and for want of such Issue to my right heirs
106 and my will and minde is that my daughter Mary or those who shall enioy the said
107 messuages or tenements last men[t]ioned and bequeathed shall dureing their respective
108 enjoyments of the same pay and p[er]forme the rent and Covenants I am to pay and performe
109 for the same by virtue of the lease and leases whereby I hold the same And my further
110 will and minde is and I ordaine and appoint That for and dureing the first two yeares
111 next after my death my Executrix shall have and receive the severall rents and profitts of
112 the severall messuages houses and estates given to my said daughter Mary towards
113 satisfying my debts and my said Executrix to pay my said daughter Mary dureing the
114 said two yeares Two hundred pounds a yeare by quarterly payments by equall por[t]ions
115 The first payment thereof to bee made three moneths aftere my death Item I
116 give and bequeath all and every my Lease and Leases terme estate and Interest w[hi]ch I
117 have of me and to the messuage tenement or Inne called or knowne by the signe
118 of the Blackhorse scituate in or neare Bow streete in Covent Garden in the said
119 county of Midd[lese]x now in the tenure of Leonard Cunditt with the Stable Coachhouse
120 yard and Appurtenances therewith esed and thereunto belonging and all other the stables
121 and Coachhouses there and the messuage or tenement there next the said Inne by mee
122 lately now built now in the tenure of [no name] Dyer with their and ev[er]y of their
123 appurtenances to my daughter Mary for her life And after her death to her Child
124 or Children but in default of such child or children To my said daughter Elizabeth
125 and her Child or Children And for default of such Child or Children to my said
126 wife (if shee shall bee then liveing) for her life And after her decease to my right
127 heirs Item I give and bequeath the rents and proceed of the other messuage or tenem[en]t
128 neare the Inne aforesaid in Bowstreete aforesaid now in the tenure of Anthony Deias
129 Merchant for too yeares next after my death to my Executrix towards satisfieing
130 my debts. And after the said two yeares I give the said messuage or tenement w[i]th
131 the appurtenances and my estate and Interest therein to my daughter Elizabeth
132 for her life and after her decease to her child or children and in default of such
133 child or children to my said daughter Mary and her child or children and for
134 default of such such or children to my said wife (if shee shal[l ]be then liveing) for her
135 life and after her decease to my right heires Item I give and bequeath to my
136 forenamed Sonne in law Robert Berkley Esq[ui]re twenty pounds for mourning
137 and a remembrance Item I give and bequeath to Richard Blake sonne of my
138 nephew Thomas Blake deceased Tenn pounds in mony to be paid him within
139 three yeares next after my decease at my Executrix's discretion Item I give to
140 my nephew Arthur Blake sonne of my late brother Arthur Blake Tenne
141 pounds (if hee shall live a yeare after my decease) to bee then paid him Item I give
142 and bequeath unto my brothers Mr Francis Blake and Mr William Blake Tenn
143 pounds a peece for mourning at my funerall Item I give to my Cousen Martha Deakins
144 daughter of my brother Thomas Blake Five pounds in mony Item I give unto Nathanell
145 Hudson Five pounds in mony for a remembrance and in respect of his paines to be taken in
146 and about this my will The remainder rest and residue of all and every my goods chattells
147 mony plate and estate whatsoever herein before not bequeathed or disposed of I give unto my
148 said loveing wife and my daughter Mary equally And I earnestly desire my said
149 daughter Mary to continue dutyfull to her mother and not dispose of her life in marriage
150 without her consent and approba[t]ions And I make ordaine and appoint the said Elizabeth
151 my wife the full and sole Executrix of this my last will desireing her to p[er]forme the same according
152 to my minde and meaning herein expressed And I desire the said Nathaniell Hudson
153 to bee Overseer of this my will and to assist my Executrix in the p[er]formance thereof the best hee
154 can In witnesse whereof I the said Sir Richard Blake to this my last will and testam[en]t
155 (written in Six Sheetes of paper joyned together and sealed at the topp) have sett my hand
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156 and Seale dated the nine and twentieth day of June Anno D[om]ini one thousand six hundred
157 eighty three And in the Five and thirtieth yeare of the reigne of our Sov[er]eigne Lord
158 Charles the second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland
159 defender of the Faith etc Rich: Blake [signed] Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sir Richard
160 Blake Knight the Testator for and as his last will the day of the date in the presence of
161 us Richard Wiseman Mary Barns Natha: Hudson Sir Stephen Locker
162 his servant The witnesses writt their names in the Testators p[re]sence
A quick verification of the siblings of Sir Richard include his eldest brother Thomas, his brothers Arthur, Francis and William. Only Robert is missing from his list although Arthur is now deceased and it is the son of Arthur that is mentioned as well. The children of Thomas his brother are mentioned so perhaps Thomas is also deceased. Martha daughter of Thomas does not appear on the chart (married to Deakins). Looking carefully at the chart I see that the son of Thomas (brother to the testator) is named as Thomas Blake of Finkley and I did a will a while ago for a Thomas Blake of Finkley
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/05/will-of-thomas-blake-of-finkley.html
and this will is probated 26 Nov 1680. I hadn't linked this will back to the Thomas Blake/Eleanor Hall family as such it is new information for me to consider. There is no information on the Blake Pedigree Chart held at the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office past Thomas (at Finkley) and his siblings Robert and Charles (both said to live in London) and their sister Mary who married William Newland (they married 20 Feb 1652/53 at St Paul's Church Covent Garden London) and thus begins through this family the line that leads eventually to Diana, Princess of Wales. Their daughter Mary Newland baptized 6 Dec 1659 at St Pauls Church Covent Garden married Isaac Manley MP (Dublin Ireland) 20 May 1678 at St Peter's Church Cornhill London and their daughter Dorothy Manley married William Gore MP. Their son Colonel John Gore married Bellamira Munbee with their son Vice Admiral Sir John Gore KCB who was born 9 Feb 1772 at Kilkenny Ireland married Georgiana Montagu 15 Aug 1808 at St George's Church Hanover Square London. This returns this family line into London and their daughter Anne Frances Gore married 1st Earl Howe Richard William Penn Curzon GCH 9 Oct 1845 at Great Witley Worcestershire. Their daughter Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe married 2nd Duke of Abercorn James Hamilton KG 7 Jan 1869 at St George's Church Hanover Square London and their son 3rd Duke of Abercorn James Albert Edward Hamilton KG married Lady Rosaline Cecilia Caroline Bingham DBE 1 Nov 1894 at St Paul's Church Knightsbridge London. Their daughter Lady Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton DCVO, OBE married the 7th Earl Spencer Albert Edward John 26 Feb 1919 at St James' Church Piccadilly London. Their son 8th Earl Spencer Edward John MVO married the Honourable Frances Ruth Burke Roche and their third daughter was Lady Diana Frances Spencer born 1 Jul 1961 at Park House Sandringham Norfolk.
The children of Thomas Blake of Finkley were listed in his will and they include sons Richard, Peter and Charles with three daughters unnamed. The fortunes of these families are most interesting as they move away from each other and lose touch likely. Certainly the brothers of Thomas Blake father of Thomas Blake at Finkley had substantial holdings and included Francis Blake of Highgate in Middlesex and William Blake of St Pauls Covent Garden but both married heiresses. As did their brother Robert who remained at Enham (near Andover) and it is his son John Blake of Andover who answered a question for me. The Pedigree Chart shows John Blake of Andover his only child living in 1690 and unmarried which eliminated this line from my quest since I have a John Blake in my line who was married in 1690 (married in 1683).
An interesting will and I understand a little better the land and property in England. The lands that Sir Richard uses for his income are actually owned by the Earl of Exeter but held by long leases by Sir Richard. He then improves upon the estate by building useful messuages and tenements which are then in turn rented for business purposes - Inns, carpentry, etc and the income that he receives is his yearly earnings from which he then pays the Earl of Exeter for leasing the land. The Earl of Exeter is hence a major landowner with a number of gentry living on his lands and creating an income for him and themselves. No idea on why the youngest son of Thomas Blake and Eleanor Hall is a Knight or how/when he was appointed.I will investigate that in the future. This Blake line has daughtered out with this family.
An interesting article on Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Richard:
http://web.warwick.ac.uk/english/perdita/html/pw_BURN01.htm
Perdita woman: Elizabeth Burnet
Biography
Elizabeth Blake-Berkely-Burnet, born 8.11.1661, was eldest daughter of Sir Richard Blake of Southhampton and Elizabeth Bathurst. When she was 17, Dr. Fell, guardian of Robert Berkely, arranged Berkely’s marriage to her. His mother was Catholic, and at the accession of James II she persuaded him to go into exile in Holland. There she met the Burnets and became a friend of Mary. Berkely died in 1693 and was buried at his home, Spetchly. She developed a friendship with Dr. Stillingfleet, bishop of Worcester: in her widowhood she stayed with him and with Robert Wylde, and her sister, the wife of Judge Dormer. John Locke was their neighbour in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and she began a friendship with him: he sent her his Reply to Stillingfleet (1697) and she responded with a detailed critique. She married Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, in May or June 1700. (The Correspondence of John Locke ed. E. S. De Beer, 8 vols (Oxford: Clarendon, 1976-1989, 6, no. 2315, 7, no. 2879) It may have been while living in Salisbury that she became friendly with John Norris of Bemerton. She had five step-children: her own two children died in infancy. She and her husband had a close relationship with the Churchills, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. She was a lifelong Whig (her husband said that her zeal for politics was perhaps ‘her only excess’). Her health was always poor--a letter to John Locke describes her symptoms in detail. He replied telling her to do less reading, which she refused to do.( The Correspondence, 6, nos 2491, 2511). She introduced the author Catharine Trotter to him in 1702--she had written A Defence of the Essay of Human Understanding (1702)-- and asked him to give her money, as she herself had done. (The Correspondence, 7, nos 3153, 3164) In 1707 she took a trip to Holland for her health, accompanied by her step-daughter Elizabeth. She took two of her stepsons to university in Leyden and fulfilled many business and political errands enjoined upon her by her husband and Sarah Churchill. Detailed journals by herself and her stepdaughter exist of this visit. She ‘spent as much time, as she could get to her self, in Writing upon Divine, and Moral Subjects’ (A Method of Devotion, p. xv). Her only published work was A Method of Devotion, or Rules for Holy and Devout Living (1708) first composed in her early twenties. Among her manuscripts in the Bodleian Library is the undated ‘A Dialogue on Marriage’ (MS Rawl D. 1092 ff.157-203) of which only the second quire is preserved. It takes the form of a dialogue between friends in which such topics are discussed as the legalities of marriage, the power of the parents, the entertaining of friends and the furnishing of houses. It includes some satire on contemporary manners. She died on May 29th 1707. See The Correspondence of John Locke ed. E. S. De Beer, 8 vols (Oxford: Clarendon, 1976-1989,; and ‘Some Account of Her Life’ in A Method of Devotion (1709) dictated by her husband to the Archdeacon of Oxford.
Bodleian Library: MS Rawl. D 1092 ff. 136r-156v
Book of spiritual memoranda ( 1701-1709)
Elizabeth Burnet (Author)
Mary (Sir Richard's second daughter) married Robert Dormer one of the judges of the Common Pleas. (Source: A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland by John Burke and Sir John Bernard Burke - 1844, J.R. Smith (603 pages))
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 8Nov 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/374/96
Testator: Sir Richard Blake, Knight
Place: St John, Middlesex, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 29 Jun 1683, probated 19 Oct 1683
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Condition: middle English writing elaborate but legible, smudged but legible
[Margin]: Sir Rich[ard] Blake
1 In the name of God Amen I S[i]r Richard
2 Blake of St Johns in the countie of Midd[lese]x Knight being weake of bodie but in sound and disposeing
3 minde and memorie praised bee God therefore revokeing all former wills legacies and bequests
4 by mee made and given doe make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and
5 forme following that is to Say First and principally I, commend, my Soule, into the hands of Almighty
6 God my Creator and of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer hopeing and stedfastlie
7 beleeving through the meritts death and passion of my said Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
8 to obtaine free pardon and forgivenesse of all my Sinnes and to Inheritt eternall life in the
9 Kingdome of Heaven with other the elect Children of God my body I comitt to the earth
10 to bee decently Interr'd in the parish Church of St Mary Savoy in the Strand in the said County of
11 midd[lese]x soe neare unto my children there as convenientlie may bee if I die neare London otherwise
12 in Spetchley Church in the county of Worcester if I die there And I appoint that One
13 hundred poundes near that somme but noe more bee expended on my funnerall And as for
14 such temporall goods lands and estate Both reall and personall as it hath pleased God to bless mee
15 with I give and dispose of the same In manner and forme following that is to say First I will and
16 appoint that all and every the debts and summes of money which I shall owe at my death to any
17 person or persons in right of conscience By specialties or otherwise howsoever bee
18 duely and truely paid by and out of and with the debts which shall bee oweing to mee and
19 and by money to bee raised out of my estate as is herein after men[t]ioned Item whereas on
20 the marriage of Elizabeth my wel[l ]beloved wife I did Secure and settle to and for her dureing
21 her life as a Joynture Three hundred pounds p[er] annum I will and appoint that the rents and
22 profitts of my greate house now divided into severall dwellings with th[e ]appurtenances in the
23 Strand aforesaid w[hi]ch I hold by lease taken about twenty yeares since of and from the
24 right Honourable the Earle of Exeter shall goe and bee imployed towards
25 satisfieing the said three hundred pounds p[er]annum And that the residue and remainder of the
26 said three hundred pounds p[er]Annum shall be hand and raised out of the profitts
27 rents and proceeds of my parsonage messuages Tenements Lands hereditaments and allother
28 my estate of Inheritance or for lives or yeares at or near Thames Ditton or Long Ditton
29 in the county of Surrey And all the rest of the rents profitt and proceeds of the said parsonage
30 messuages Tenements Lands and hereditaments at Thames Ditton or Long
31 Ditton I give and bequeath to my said wife for her life on Condi[t]ion shee Release
32 and Convey to my daughter Mary her heires and assignes the messuage or tenement
33 wherein I now dwell in St Johns aforesaid wherein I have made my said wife an estate
34 for her Life Item I give to him that shall bee Minister or Preacher at the
35 Chappell of Thames Ditton aforesaid Forty shillings and to the poore people of
36 Thames Ditton aforesaid Three pounds in mony to be distributed amongst them
37 at the direction of my Executrix herein after named and the Churchwardens and
38 Overseeres for the poore there then being Item in case I die neare London and bee
39 buried in the Savoy Church aforesaid I give to the Minister or Preacher there at the
40 time of my death Five pounds in mony hee preaching a Sermon at my Funerall But
41 if I depart this life in the County and bee Buried at Spetchley in the County of Worcester
42 aforesaid Then I give Five pounds in mony to the Minister there hee preaching
43 A Sermon at my Funerall Item I give to the poore people in the said parish of
44 St Mary Savoy being at my Death Five pounds in mony to bee distributed Amongst
45 them at the discre[t]ion of my Executrix hereinafter named and the Churchwardens and overseers
46 for the Poore there then being Item from and after my now wives death I give
47 and bequeath the aforesaid greate house with Th[e ]appurtenances in the Strand
48 aforesaid held of the afore named Earle of Exeter to my daughter Elizabeth for and
49 dureing her life (she the terme I have therein shall soe long continue) And after her
50 decease to her second sonne if shee shall have two or more sonnes or els her daughters
51 equallie or to one daughter if shee have noe more And in case Shee
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52 have no daughters or daughter and but one sonne then to him his executors and administrato[r]s
53 but in case my said daughter Elizabeth shall have noe such child or children liveing at her death
54 Then I give the said great house and premisses with th[e ]appurtenances to my daughter Mary
55 and such child or children as shee shall have and her and their executors and administrators
56 And I desire and charge my said daughter Elizabeth not do ddue any Act or thing to alter
57 the Settlement of the said greate house with the appurtenances hereby men[t]ioned or
58 made Item I give and bequeath All that my late new built brick messuage or tenement
59 in St John's in the county of Midd[lese]x late in the tenure of Sir John Thompson Baronet
60 and now of the Right Honourable the Countesse of Shaftesbury with the forecourt
61 garden Coachehouse stable and appurtenances thereunto belonging and therewith used
62 adioyneing to the Southeastside of my now dwelling house and garden there to my daughter
63 Mary and the heires of her body lawfully to be begotten And for defaulte
64 of such issue to my daughter Elizabeth and the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to bee
65 begotten and for default of such Issue to my right heires forever Item I give and
66 bequeath after my wife's death all and ev[er]y my Parsonage aforesaid and severall tithes
67 lands tenements and hereditaments at or neare Thames Ditton aforesaid and elsewhere
68 in the county of Surry and all my estate and Interest in the Same to my daughter Mary
69 and the heires of her body lawfully to bee begotten and for default of such Issue to my daughter Elizabeth and the heires of her Body and for default of such Issue to
70 my right heires forever Item I give and bequeath my aforemen[t]ioned dwelling house
71 in St John's aforesaid with the garden and appurtenances thereunto belonging and
72 therewith now used and all my estate and Interest therein to my daughter Mary
73 and the heires of her body lawfully to bee begotten and for default of such Essuets
74 my daughter Elizabeth and the heires of her bodie and for default of such Issue to
75 my right heires forever Item on Condi[t]ion my wife release and convey to my
76 daughter Mary her heires and assignes all her Interest in the messuage or tenement
77 wherein I now dwell, in St Johns aforesaid with the appurtenances I give and
78 bequeath to my wife for her life and after her decease to such of my children or
79 grandchildren as shee shall by any writing by her Signed dispose of the same All
80 that messuage or tenement by mee lately new built in Katherine streete in the
81 Strand aforesaid now in the tenure of Richard Maynwearing Buttoneller knowne
82 by the Signe of the Queeneshead with th[e ]ppurtenances and all my estate terme
83 and Interest of in and to the same Item I give and bequeath all and everie my Lease
84 and Leases terme estate and Interest w[hi]ch I have of in and to the severall messuages or
85 tenements and Shops in Katherine Streete and Exeter Streete in or near the Strand
86 aforesaid except the said messuage or tenement in the tenure of Richard Mainwearing
87 And except those messuages or tenements settled or Assigned or for onto Robert
88 Berkley Esquire and my daughter Elizabeth his wife on their marriage
89 (that is to say) the messuages or tenements in the occupa[t]ion of Mr Bartlett
90 Hims[elf] other [no name] Dunford Grocer, the Connor house [no name] House
91 [no name] Hatter [ no name] Jones Shoemaker the messuage or tenement
92 knowne by the signe of the Red Cow in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Victualler
93 the messuage next adioyneing thereto in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Jessop
94 Cooke the messuage or tenement in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Wootton Joyner
95 next the last men[t]ioned messuage and the messuage next adioyneing to that knowne by
96 the signe of the Cabinett now, in the occupa[t]ion of [no name] Allen Cabinett maker
97 the shop under part of the messuage in the occupa[t]ion of Mr Bartlett aforesaid now
98 lett to a Perriwigg maker and all other any messuages or tenements and shops in
99 the said Streets (except as aforesaid) unto my said daughter Mary her executors
100 and administrators if shee live to attaine the age of one and twenty yeares or bee
101 married But if my said daughter Mary depart this life before her said Age
102 of one and twenty yeares or being married Then I give the same Lease and Leases
103 terms estates and Interests of in and to the said messuages or tenements Shops and
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104 premisses last men[t]ioned with the appurtenances to my said wife for her life and after her decease
105 to my said daughter Elizabeth and her children and for want of such Issue to my right heirs
106 and my will and minde is that my daughter Mary or those who shall enioy the said
107 messuages or tenements last men[t]ioned and bequeathed shall dureing their respective
108 enjoyments of the same pay and p[er]forme the rent and Covenants I am to pay and performe
109 for the same by virtue of the lease and leases whereby I hold the same And my further
110 will and minde is and I ordaine and appoint That for and dureing the first two yeares
111 next after my death my Executrix shall have and receive the severall rents and profitts of
112 the severall messuages houses and estates given to my said daughter Mary towards
113 satisfying my debts and my said Executrix to pay my said daughter Mary dureing the
114 said two yeares Two hundred pounds a yeare by quarterly payments by equall por[t]ions
115 The first payment thereof to bee made three moneths aftere my death Item I
116 give and bequeath all and every my Lease and Leases terme estate and Interest w[hi]ch I
117 have of me and to the messuage tenement or Inne called or knowne by the signe
118 of the Blackhorse scituate in or neare Bow streete in Covent Garden in the said
119 county of Midd[lese]x now in the tenure of Leonard Cunditt with the Stable Coachhouse
120 yard and Appurtenances therewith esed and thereunto belonging and all other the stables
121 and Coachhouses there and the messuage or tenement there next the said Inne by mee
122 lately now built now in the tenure of [no name] Dyer with their and ev[er]y of their
123 appurtenances to my daughter Mary for her life And after her death to her Child
124 or Children but in default of such child or children To my said daughter Elizabeth
125 and her Child or Children And for default of such Child or Children to my said
126 wife (if shee shall bee then liveing) for her life And after her decease to my right
127 heirs Item I give and bequeath the rents and proceed of the other messuage or tenem[en]t
128 neare the Inne aforesaid in Bowstreete aforesaid now in the tenure of Anthony Deias
129 Merchant for too yeares next after my death to my Executrix towards satisfieing
130 my debts. And after the said two yeares I give the said messuage or tenement w[i]th
131 the appurtenances and my estate and Interest therein to my daughter Elizabeth
132 for her life and after her decease to her child or children and in default of such
133 child or children to my said daughter Mary and her child or children and for
134 default of such such or children to my said wife (if shee shal[l ]be then liveing) for her
135 life and after her decease to my right heires Item I give and bequeath to my
136 forenamed Sonne in law Robert Berkley Esq[ui]re twenty pounds for mourning
137 and a remembrance Item I give and bequeath to Richard Blake sonne of my
138 nephew Thomas Blake deceased Tenn pounds in mony to be paid him within
139 three yeares next after my decease at my Executrix's discretion Item I give to
140 my nephew Arthur Blake sonne of my late brother Arthur Blake Tenne
141 pounds (if hee shall live a yeare after my decease) to bee then paid him Item I give
142 and bequeath unto my brothers Mr Francis Blake and Mr William Blake Tenn
143 pounds a peece for mourning at my funerall Item I give to my Cousen Martha Deakins
144 daughter of my brother Thomas Blake Five pounds in mony Item I give unto Nathanell
145 Hudson Five pounds in mony for a remembrance and in respect of his paines to be taken in
146 and about this my will The remainder rest and residue of all and every my goods chattells
147 mony plate and estate whatsoever herein before not bequeathed or disposed of I give unto my
148 said loveing wife and my daughter Mary equally And I earnestly desire my said
149 daughter Mary to continue dutyfull to her mother and not dispose of her life in marriage
150 without her consent and approba[t]ions And I make ordaine and appoint the said Elizabeth
151 my wife the full and sole Executrix of this my last will desireing her to p[er]forme the same according
152 to my minde and meaning herein expressed And I desire the said Nathaniell Hudson
153 to bee Overseer of this my will and to assist my Executrix in the p[er]formance thereof the best hee
154 can In witnesse whereof I the said Sir Richard Blake to this my last will and testam[en]t
155 (written in Six Sheetes of paper joyned together and sealed at the topp) have sett my hand
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156 and Seale dated the nine and twentieth day of June Anno D[om]ini one thousand six hundred
157 eighty three And in the Five and thirtieth yeare of the reigne of our Sov[er]eigne Lord
158 Charles the second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland
159 defender of the Faith etc Rich: Blake [signed] Signed Sealed published and declared by the said Sir Richard
160 Blake Knight the Testator for and as his last will the day of the date in the presence of
161 us Richard Wiseman Mary Barns Natha: Hudson Sir Stephen Locker
162 his servant The witnesses writt their names in the Testators p[re]sence
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