Will of William Blake, Gravesend, Kent - National Archives PROB 11/846/88, probated 2 May 1759

William Blake, the testator names his niece Esther Croome as his executrix. She was seventeen years of age by the 7 Mar 1769 giving her a year of birth 1752. I was not able to locate definitive records for the Croome family. No further information on the testator William Blake was located.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Feb 2020
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/846/88
Testator: William Blake
Place: Gravesend, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 14 Apr 1759, probated 2 May 1759

[Margin]: William Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    I William Blake of the parish of Gravesend in the County of
3    Kent being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and
4    Memory blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and
5    Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form
6    Following (that is to say) First and principally I recommend my
7    Soul to Almighty God who gave it And my Body I commit to
8    The Earth to be therein decently Buried and as touching the disposal
9    Of what Worldly Estate it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with
10    I give and dispose of the same as follows (viz) First of all I Will
11    That all my Just Debts and Funeral Expences and the charges of
12    Proving this my Will be forthwith paid and Satisfied Item I give and
13    Bequeath unto my Cousin Elizabeth Goulding Wife of Thomas
14    Goulding in London the Sum of Four hundred pounds I also Give
15    And bequeath unto Mr Richard Bright of Stepney Causway the
16    Sum of One hundred pounds I also give and bequeath unto my
17    Niece Sarah Croome the Sum of fifty pounds I also give and
18    Bequeath unto Samuel Hazard of Gravesend afore said Malster
19    The Sum of twenty pounds I also Give and bequeath unto
20    Richard Stevenson of Gravesend aforesaid Gardener the sum of
21    Twenty pounds I also give and bequeath unto my Goddaughter
22    Rachael Amey of Gravesend aforesaid Spinster the Sum of
23    Twenty pounds all which said Several Legacies or Sums of Money
24    I Will and Order shall be paid to the said respective Legatees
25    By my Executrix hereinafter named within Twelve Calender
26    Months next and Immediately after my decease I also give
27    And bequeath unto my late Servant James Marshall of Gravesend
28    Aforesaid my Great long Ferry Boat with the Tackle and Furniture
29    Belonging unto her to be delivered unto him Immediately after
30    My decease I also give and bequeath unto George Eglintine
31    Of Gravesend aforesaid my Wash Streat Boat with the Tackle
32    And Furniture belonging unto her to be delivered unto him
33    Immediately after my decease I also give and bequeath unto
34    Herbert Bates of Gravesend aforesaid my little Boat with the
35    Tackle and Furniture belonging unto her to be delivered unto him
36    Immediately after my decease Item all the rest residue and
37    Remainder of my Goods Chattels Ready Money and Securities
38    For money and all other my Personal Estate whatsoever and
39    Wheresoever of what kind quality of nature soever the same are
40    I give and bequesth the same unto my Neice Esther Croome and
41    I do hereby make Ordain Constitute and appoint my said Neice
42    Esther Croome whole and Sole Executrix of this my last Will and
43    Testament And I do hereby Revoke all former Wills by me
44    Heretofore made and Declare this to be my last Will and Testament
45    In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the
46    Fourteenth day of April In the Thirty Second year of the Reign
47    Of our Sovereign Lord King George the Second And in the year of
48    Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fiftynine Wm Blake
49    Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said William Blake
50    The Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
51    Of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of
52    Each other Subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto Witnesses
53    Jas Terry Thomas Caltinson
54    On the Second day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand
55    Seven hundred and fifty nine Administration with the Will annexed
56    Of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the William Blake
57    late of Gravesend in the County of Kent deceased was Granted to
58    Stephen Croome the Father and Curator lawfully assigned to
59    Esther Croome Spinster a Minor the Sole Executrix named in the
60    Said Will for the use and benefit of the said Minor until She
61    Shall attain the Age of Seventeen Years he having been first
62    Sworn duly to administer
63    Proved ____ and on the Seventh Day of
64    March 1769 before the Worshipful Thomas Bever Doctor of Laws and
65    Surrogate by the Oath of Esther Croome Spinster the Sole Executrix to
66    Whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to administer
67    The Letters of Admon with the Will annexed of the Goods of the said deceased
68    Granted in the Month of May 1759 to Stephen Croome the natural and lawful
69    Father and Curator or Guardian lawfully assigned to the said Esther Croome then a Minor
70    For her use and benefit and until She should attain the age of Seventeen Years
71    Being ceased and expired by reason of her having attained the said age.

Will of Thomas King, Yeoman, Upton Gray, Hampshire - The National Archives, PROB 11/368, probated 2 Dec 1681

Likely a member of the same King family at Upton Gray and Thomas names his sons Thomas and John and his daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Martha. All are under twenty one years of age. His wife is named as Mary.

A Thomas King was baptized 21 Oct 1633 at Upton Grey son of Thomas and Elisabeth King.

Elizabeth King daughter of Thomas and Marie Kinge was baptized 9 Apr 1672 at Upton Grey.
Martha Kinge daughter of Thomas and Mary Kinge was baptized 2 Nov 1674 at Upton Grey.
John Kinge son of Thomas and Marie Kinge was baptized 16 Apr 1677 at Upton Grey

A little later on but an interesting baptism of Thomas King son of Thomas and Ann King baptized 9 May 1695 at Upton Grey.

The will of Anne King probated in 1729 mentions that her husband’s name was Thomas King.

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2017/03/will-of-anne-king-widow-upton-gray.html

Always nice to be able to link these wills. Once again, this is not likely  my family as no mention of my Thomas at Upper Clatford in the will of Anne King.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Mar 2017
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/368
Name of testator: Thomas King, Yeoman
Place: Upton Gray, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 12 Oct 1681, probated 10 Dec 1681
[In margin] Thomas  King

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    In the Thirty third yeare of the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord Charles
3    by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland
4    defender of the Faith etc in the Tweleth day of October in the
5    yeare 1681 I Thomas King of Upton Gray in the County of
6    South[amp]ton yeoman being sick and weak but of perfect memory
q    doe make this my Last will and Testament as followeth (viz [a vi]t) First
8    I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God hopeing that
9    through the merits of Jesus Christ to obtain the pardon of all my
10    sins And my body to be decently buried in the parish Church of Upton
11    Gray And for the disposing of that Temporall Estate that God hath
12    graciously given me as followeth Item unto my Eldest sonne Thomas
13    King I bequeath and give all my lands in the parish of Upton Gray
14    And alsoe in Matingly in Wesson and South Warnbrough called by
15    the name of Beedden And also my land in the Mannor of Tucbbirn
16    with all the houses Barnes Stables buildings orchards gardens with all
17    the appurtenances belonging to each particular place and parcel
18    Item I give unto my sonne John King the summe of Six hundred
19    pounds of Current English money to be paid him by my sonne
20    Thomas King when he comes to the age of one and Twenty yeares
21    Item I give unto my daughter Mary King the summe of Two
22    hundred pounds of Current English money To be paid to her by my
23    Executor hereafter named att the age of one and Twenty yeares
24    Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth King the summe of Two hundred
25    pounds of Current English money to be paid to her by my Executor att
26    the age of One and Twenty years Item I give to my daughter
27    Martha King the Summe of Two hundred pounds of current English
28    money To be paid her by my sonne and heire Thomas King att the
29    age of One and Twenty years And if it shall happen That it shall please
30    God to take away any of the Children by death That then their portion
31    and legasy to be equally divided between the survivors of my Children
32    Alsoe I doe ordaine and make my wife Mary King a full and whole
33    Executor of this my last will and Testament And to her I bequeath
34    and give All my goods Chattells Corne within Doore and without
35    Exsepting our Bed and Bedstead with Cortans Sheets Rugs Blan
36    ketts Boulster Pillows with all Furniture sufficient for one Bedd which
37    I give to my sonne Thomas King Alsoe I give to my sonne Thomas
38    Two lether Chairs and three Woden Chayrs in The Foyer Chests and
39    one side Tabell Alsoe I doe nominate and appointe John King of
40    Wesson South[hamp]ton and Richard Huscat of Bromley yeoman over
41    seers of this my Last Will and Testament And for their to be Paines
42    I give to each of them the summe of Tenn shillings besides the inhartance
43    of all necessary Charges Also my desire is that all things be perfor
44    med according to the true intent and meaning of this my last will
45    and Testament Lastly I give to the poore of the parish of Upton
46    Gray the summe of Tenn shillings In witness hereof to this my Last
47    Will and Testament I sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above
48    written Thomas King Signed and Sealed in the presents of The mark
49    of Ambros Allene George Marshall
50    Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London Coram
51    venerabili viro domini Leolini Jenkins militis legum doctoris Curie Prerogatiue Cantuariensis
52    Magistri Custodis siue Comissarij legitime Constituti decimo die Mensis
53    Decembris Anno Domini Millesimo Sexcentesimo Octogesimo primo
54    Juramento Maria King Relicta dictae defunctae Executor in humoi Testo
55    nominat Cui Comissa fuit administratio omnium et singulorum bonorum
56    Jurium et Creditorum dictae defunctae de bene et fideliter Administrando eadem
57    Ad Sancta Dei Evangelia (vageri Comissionis) Jurat

Will of Richard Blake, Linen Draper of Andover - The National Archives PROB 11/141/491, probated 15 May 1623

This will precedes the first will for Dorset because that will is for Elizabeth Blake second wife of Peter Blake who was a grandson of Richard Blake, Linen Draper of Andover. 

Richard Blake, Linen Draper, of Andover left his will dated 10 Sep 1622 and it was probated by his wife Jone/Joane 15 May 1623. It is easy to tell who his children are as he names all of them and some of his grandchildren are also named. Unfortunately he does not name his siblings nor does he give a hint on his parent’s names. Naming his brothers in law as Nicholas Blake and William Smith is perhaps a clue to the ancestry of his wife Jone Blake as her surname was Blake before marriage.

Names mentioned in the will:

Jone Blake, wife of testator
William Cooke, tenant
Mr. Palmes, land owner
Mr. Thomas Fittiplace, land owner
Sir Francis Neale, land owner
William Blake, eldest son
John Blake, son
Nicholas Blake, son
Richard Blake, son
Peter Blake, son
William Blake, grandson, second son of William Blake
Peter Blake, grandson, son of William Blake
Mr. Richard Venables, land owner
Jone Bayly, daughter
Dorothie Burmingham, daughter
Ellnor Hinxman, daughter
Margarett Savage, daughter
Mr. Peter Noyes the elder, cousin
Mr. Nicholas Blake, brother in law
Mr. William Smith, brother in law
Joseph Hinxman, son in law
Hugh Marshall, witness
Nicholas Blake, witness
John Elton, witness

Richard names his eldest son as William which is helpful since the parish registers for Andover have not yet begun when he is baptized.

Baptisms and marriages for the children at Andover:

William Blake married Dorothy Madgwick 6 Feb 1606 (likely born before 1586)
Jone Blake married Richard Bayly 6 May 1605 (likely born by 1585)
Elizabeth Blake married John Hapgood 18 Jun 1605 (likely born by 1585)
Dorothy Blake married Peter Burmingham Apr 1608 (likely born by 1588)
Elenor Blake baptized 23 May 1589, married to Joseph Hinxman 10 Dec 1610
Margaret Blake baptized 25 Apr 1592, married to Richard Savage Apr 1616
Richard Blake baptized 30 Sep 1593 (lived at Tower Ward, London)
Peter baptized 25 Jul 1596
Edward baptized 21 Feb 1598 and buried 2 Mar 1599
John baptized 25 Oct 1601
Nicholas baptized 27 Mar 1604
Alice buried 11 Sep 1613

Since the eldest children are likely born by 1585 the possible date of marriage for Richard Blake and Jone Blake would be circa 1584 or earlier. That would give a likely date of birth for Richard of the early 1560s. I believe this Richard to be the son of William and Elizabeth Blake with William Blake leaving his will in 1582 at Eastontown, near Andover. William does not mention grandchildren in his will but to place him in a family he does mention his brother and sisters. He is definitely the son of Nicholas and Margaret Blake of Enham.

Will blogged for William Blake probated 14 Nov 1582:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-william-blakeyeoman-of-andover.html

and he mentions his siblings which clearly places him in the family of Nicholas and Margaret Blake of Enham. His brother Edmund mentioned in his father’s and his mother’s will quite disappears from the records although said to have a son Stephen. William has a large family as seen in his will. It is this large family along with his cousin Robert’s family that form the nucleus of the Blake family in this area of Hampshire. Robert being a brother to Nicholas and named in their mother’s will and if I am right about Richard Blake who left his will in 1522 also named in his will.

Looking at the Visitation of Hampshire in 1686 which has been a rather confusing item in that Peter (a great grandson of William above (son of Richard the fifth son of William who left his will in 1582) Peter states that his father was William Blake of Andover and he has some sort of a legal action obt Ao 1647 mentioned and that he died before 11 Jul 1642 and was married to Dorothy Madgwick. He only mentions himself as a child of this couple and John the youngest brother who was apprenticed to Robert Mason of Southampton, merchant 11 Jul 1642. Peter states in the Visitation that the father of William married to Dorothy Madgwick was Richard Blake of Andover and that he had married Joane daughter of William Blake of Easton Town. He mentions only two of Richard’s children namely William (his father) and Richard of Tower Ward, London. This is the interesting part in that he moves back another generation and names William Blake as the father of Richard which is correct but this William Blake he has married to Anne daughter of Thomas Tutt of Chilbolton rather he should be naming William Blake of Easton-Town married to Margaret Hibberd because I am beginning to wonder if William Blake married to Anne Tutt and Jone Blake married to Richard Blake are siblings. Further I am wondering if William who left his will in 1582 was married twice otherwise I would be having Richard marrying his elder brother William’s daughter Jone so technically his niece. Not unheard of in this time frame but not very usual. The marriage records for this time period do not exist in the Parish Records at Andover so no help there as I have already transcribed them.

Peter Blake who wrote up the Visitation was baptized 5 Apr 1619. He would have been twelve years old when his grandmother Jone Blake died so presumably would have heard from her the ancestry of the family although William Blake and Ann Tutt were still likely living but their children were more than 10 years older than him. It remains an interesting dilemma why he has recorded his lineage in this way. But I continue to look for possible scenarios that could have resulted in him doing so. There is of course a second confusing marriage in this family where John the eldest son of William Blake (leaving his will in 1582) marries a Margaret Blake daughter of William Blake of Eastontown. This from the Blake Pedigree Chart which names John as the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley of Eastontown and Margaret (his wife) as the daughter of William Blake of Eastontown. This William at Eastontown is also said to have died in 1582 but the children of the two Williams do not match the will of 1582. If instead Margaret is the daughter of William married to Avis Ripley (and that William is said to be the son of Roger Blake and Mary Baynard of Pinhills, near Calne, Wiltshire) then it does simplify that chart. However, I digress. I am publishing the will of Richard Blake, linen draper of Andover, who left a charity which benefitted many many schoolchildren in Andover through the years.

On the other hand and a much simpler relationship would be that Jone Blake was descendant of Robert Blake (brother to Nicholas Blake of Enham). Indeed the eldest son of Robert Blake may be the Robert Blake who left his will in 1605 at Andover and one of my purchases will be this will. His possible children are Richard Blake and Nicholas Blake and two unknown daughters one of whom could be Jone and the other married to William Smith. But in that case the Visitation is entirely incorrect beyond Richard and one notes that the Visitation of London of 1633-34 which is quoted as the source for the material does not go back before Richard Blake married to Joane Blake (daughter of William Blake of Eastontown).

You definitely need to love mysteries to do genealogy!

While investigating the next will I came across an interesting item in Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, Volume 10, Frederic William Weaver and Charles Herbert Mayo, Sherborne:  J.C. Satwell, published 1907 (pages 309-327):

 http://archive.org/stream/notesqueriesfor05unkngoog/notesqueriesfor05unkngoog_djvu.txt

"William Rolfe, of Enford, married Sara, daughter of John Blake, of Estontown, Hants, who married his cousin, Margaret Blake, and had issue William Rolfe who died in 1646, having married Sarah Deane, and Sara Rolfe, who married George Dyer. Sara Rolfe (the mother), was married, secondly, to John Gerle, of Enford, who came from a well-known Hampshire family. He was one of the witnesses to George Dyer's marriage.

The will of John Gerle, of Long street in the parish of Enford, gentleman, is dated 26 Sep 1633 and proved 13 Feb 1633/34 (FCC 20 Seager). In his will he metions his niece Mary Dycke, his sons, Alexander and Thomas, son-in-law (stepson) William Rolfe, Esq., and William Tipper, of Seene (Seend): Witnesses, Henry Colepepper and others.

The complaint of Mary Dyke, of Chizenbury, Wilts, dated 14 June, 14 Car. I. states that John Gerle, late of Long street in the parish of Enford, gentleman, became on the 10 March, 6 Car. I, bound to the complainant for the payment of ___ at his decease, but in his will only ___ were left to her. He appointed Alexander Gerle, his son, executor. His estate was valued at _______ and more. The complainant sued Alexander Gerle in 1637, and obtained judgment against him, but in order to avoid payment he conveyed his estates to Robert Blake, of Estontown, Hants, gentleman, and George Dyer, of Heytesbury, Wilts, gentleman, in trust for his children.

George Dyer and Robert Blake deny the facts of the complainant's case except regarding the legacy, saying the estate was not sufficient to satisfy the claims on it.  ......l..

On 28 Nov 1645, William Blake, citizen and vintner of London, complainant, William Dyer, of London, gentleman, and ...... Cross and Sarah, his wife, otherwise Sarah Blake, executors to the will of Thomas Gerle, gentleman, (dated 27 Mar 1643) who bequeathed his estate to his cousin William Dyer, his cousin William Blake, his cousin Sarah Blake, and John Walker, and they to be executors. Proved 2 May, 1643 (PCC 35 Crane). "

This continues on for several pages as the estate is contested into the 1700s. This I find very interesting as it is the first mention of a relationship between John Blake of Eastontown near Andover and his wife Margaret Blake. That they are cousins. I collected all the paperwork and will have a longer look at it.


Transcribed by: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22nd  February 2008
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/141/491
Place: Andover, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Testator: Richard Blake, Linen Draper
Place: Andover, Hampshire, England
Dated: 10 Sep 1622, probated 15 May 1623
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, contrast medium

[Margin]: T[estament] Richardi
[Margin]: Blake

1    In the name of the eternall and everlivinge
2    God father sonne and holly ghost, In whose name I was baptized in whome only I hope and beleive
3    to bee saved Amen The tenth daie of december in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six
4    hundred and two and twentie And in the yeares of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord James
5    by the grace of god king of England France and Ireland, defender of the faith etc the twentith
6    and of Scotland the six and fiftieth I Richard Blake of Andever in the Countie of South[amp]t[on]
7    lynnen drapier aged of yeares being sicke in boddie but of good and perfitt memorie I thancks
8    my god the giver and preserver thereof doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament
9    as followeth Revokinge hereby both in deede and in lawe all former and other wills heretofore
10    made by mee And first with a free hart and willing mind I doe yield and render my soule
11    into thee hands o[f] father sonne and holye ghost I doe acknowledge with all my hart and doe
12    confesse I am a greate sinner and have neede of the grace mercy and favor of God and I hope
13    that I shall find both grace and merrit of god the father for his beloved Christs sake in him
14    I believe, hee is my redeemer hee liveth for ever and ever and maketh intercession for sinners
15    and this I knowe that now I am a corruptible body but I hope throughe Jesus Christ to rise an
16    Incorruptible boddie and I believe that the lord will have mercie uppon mee for hee first made
17    mee soe this I believe whether I live or dye I am the lords to whome bee all honor glory power and
18    dominion both now and for evermore Amen As concerning my boddie I bequeath itt to the earth
19    from whence itt came Item I give to Trynitie Church in Wynton – ij s vi d and to the church
20    of Andever xx s Item I give and devise to Joane Blake my loving wife my house wherein I
21    now dwell in Andever and all the lands w[i]th th[e ]appurten[a]nce thereunto belonging And all that
22    my house and lands thereunto belonging in Andever aforesaid heretofore called the Bleu Ancker and
23    is now called the Phenix in the possession of William Cooke And all other my lands and ten[emen]ts in
24    Andever aforesaid ^ w[hi]ch I purchased severally of Mr Palmes and of Mr Thomas Fittiplace and alsoe that house or tenement in Andever aforesayd wherein Walter Waight shoomaker now dwelleth And alsoe all that my messuage
25    or ten[emen]ts and one acre of land in Sopstreete alias Soplane in Andever aforesaid and allsoe
26    all that my mannor and farme of Cricklades with the water mill thereof in Andever
27    aforesaid and all the lands rents profitts and com[m]odities whatsoever thereunto belonging
28    And allsoe all that my messuage and Farme of Gallacre al[ia]s Gavellacre and all the lands
29    rents profitts and com[m]odities whatsoever thereunto belonging And allsoe all those my lands ten[emen]ts and
30    hereditaments which I purchased of Sir Francis Neale lyeing in Forton in the p[ar]ish of Longe
31    parish And all and ev[er]ie in the rents of the said sev[er]all mannors messuages lands tene[men]ts and p[re]misses
32    referred upon anie lease or leases thereof or of anie p[ar]te thereof made To have and to hould all
33    and singular the said mannor messuags farmes mill lands tene[men]ts and p[re]misses unto the sayd
34    Joane my wief for and during her naturall life if shee shall soe long continue and keepe her self sole
35    and unmarried And after her decease or marriage w[hi]ch shall first happen I devise and bequeath
36    all and singular the saide mannor messuags farmes mill lands ten[emen]ts and p[re]misses and the rev[er]cion
37    and remaynder of them and ev[er]ie of them in manner and forme following that is to saie I give and
38    devise unto Will[ia]m Blake my eldest sonne my saied dwelling house and all that my saied mannor and
39    Farme of Cricklades together with the mill thereof and all the lands thereunto sev[er]allie and respectively
40    belonging and all the houses and lands with theire appurten[an]ces which I purchased of Mr Thomas
41    Feffiplace aforesaide To have and to hould to him the saide Will[ia]m Blake and his heires for ever
42    And I give and devise unto John Blake my sonne All that my said messuage or ten[emen]te called
43    the Bleu Ancker or Phenix aforesaide and all other the messuags lands and ten[emen]ts w[hi]ch I purchased
44    of Mr Palmes in Andever aforesaide and alsoe all that my said house or ten[emen]te wherein Walter
45    Waight aforesaide now dwelleth and all the lands thereunto belonging To have and to hold unto
46    my saide sonne John Blake and to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of
47    such issue the Remaynder thereof to my said sonne Will[ia]m Blake ad his heires for ever
48    And I give and devise unto my sonne Nicholas Blake All those my lands ten[emen]ts and hereditaments
49    lyeing in Forton aforesaid w[hi]ch I lately purchased of Sir Frances Neale to have and to hold unto
50    [Page 2]
51    unto my saide sonne Nicholas his heires and assignes for ever Uppon this condition that my
52    saide sonne Nich[ol]as Blake and his heires shall paie to ev[er]ie of his brothers and sisters twenty pounds
53    apeece within two yeares next after the decease of Joane my saide wife And further I give and
54    devise unto my saide sonne Nich[ol]as Blake All that my messuage and Farme of Gallacre alias
55    Gavellacre and all the lands ten[emen]ts and hereditam[en]ts thereunto belonging and the rev[er]cion and Remaynder
56    thereof with their appurt[en[ancs To have and to hould unto my sayde sonne Nicholas Blake and
57    to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of such yssue the Remaynder thereof
58    to my sayde sonne Will[ia]m Blake and to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte
59    of such yssue the Remaynder thereof to him and his heirs for ever provided allwaies and my will
60    is that if itt shall happen my saide Farme and lands of Gallacre to come unto my sayde sonne
61    Will[ia]m Blake or to his heires for defaulte of heires of the boddie of my sayde sonne Nicholas lawfullie
62    begotten That then my saide sonne Will[ia]m Blake or his heire which att that time shalbe shall
63    paie unto Richard Blake my sonne two hundred pounds, to Peter Blake my sonne one hundred pounds
64    and to John Blake my sonne one hundred pounds of currant english money to bee paid w[i]thin two
65    yeeres nexte after the said land shall come unto my saide sonne Will[ia]m or to his heires as aforesaide
66    And yf my sayde sonne Will[ia]m or his heires to whome the sayde land shall happen to come for defaulte
67    of heires of the body of my said sonne Nich[ol]as shall make default of payment of the sayd sev[er]all
68    som[m]es of money unto my said sonnes Richard, Peter and John in manner as is aforesayd That
69    then I give and devise the saide Farme of Gallacre and lands thereunto belonging unto my sayde sonne
70    Richard Blake and his heirs uppon condition likewise that the said Richard Blake or his heires
71    shall paie unto my said sonnes Peter and John one hundred pounds apeece, And I give and devise
72    unto William Blake my grandchilde second sonne of my sonne Wyll[ia]m All that my saide messuage
73    or ten[emen]te in Soperlane al[ia]s Soperstreete aforesaid and one acre of land thereunto belonginge
74    and the rev[er]cion and Remaynder thereof To have and to holde unto him and to the heyres of his bodye
75    lawfully begotten and for defaulte of such yssue the Remaynder thereof to Peter Blake his brother
76    one other of my grandchildren and to his heires for ever Item I give and devise unto Jone Blake
77    my sayde wife All that my moyety p[ar]te and porcion of the Farme of Upclatford and the rents
78    thereof which I sometymes held together w[i]th Mr Richard Venables To have and receive the rents
79    and profitts thereof for and during all the estate and terme of yeeres therein yet to come
80    and unexpired (if shee shall soe long live and keepe her self widdowe and unmaryed and after
81    her decease or marriage which shall first happen I give and devise all my estate and terme of
82    yeares therein then to come and unexpired with the rents and profitts thereof unto my sayde
83    sonne John Blake his executors and assignes; provided my will and meaning is that my said
84    wief shall paie out of the rents and proffitts of the sayd Farme of Clatford unto my sayd sonne
85    John Blake for his mayntenance att Oxforde the some of xxiiiij li by the yeere yearly Item
86    I give and bequeath unto my sonne Richard Blake fower hundred pounds of currant
87    english money over and above all such moneys as hee hath allreadie had of mee to bee paied unto
88    him by my executrix in manner following viz [a vi]t one hundred pounds thereof within six months
89    next after my decease and soe within ev[er]ie six moneths next following one hundred pounds
90    untill the sayd some of fower hundred pounds bee fullie paied Item whereas I promised to
91    give unto my sonne Peter Blake upon his marriage with his now wief the some of Five
92    hundred pounds (Three hundred pounds whereof I have allreadie paied unto him my will is
93    that my executrix shall paye unto him one hundred pounds more within one yeere next
94    after my decease and in full satisfaction of the said Five hundred pounds I give unto my
95    sayd sonne Peter my lease and terme of yeares of the Salteren or Salthouse in or neere
96    the towne of Southampton if hee shall accept thereof in satisfaction of the sayd
97    500 li Item I give to ev[er]ie of the children of Jone Bayly my daughter x ls a peece
98    Item I give unto Dorothie Burmingham my daughter x li and to ev[er]ie of her children
99    40 s apeece Item I give unto Ellnor Hinxman my daughter one hundred pounds in
100    regard her porcion hath beene lesse then the rest of her sisters and to ev[er]ie of her children
101    40 s apeece Item I give unto Margarett Savage my daughter xx li and to ev[er]ie of her
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103    children 40 s apeece Item I give to ev[er]ie of my sonne William Blakes children 40 s apiece Item the residue
104    of all my goods credditts debts cattells and chattells whatsoever not given nor bequeathed moveable and un-
105    moveable I give and bequeath fully and wholly to Jone Blake my sayde wief whom I make and ordeyne to
106    bee my only and sole executrix of this my last will and testament to paie all my debts and discharge all
107    my legacies hereby given and bequeathed and to see my bodye decentlie buried Item my will is that all the
108    waynskott glasse benches shelves table bordes and ioynestooles of my dwelling house shall after my
109    sayd wifes decease remayne and bee unto my said sonne William unde[r]saied My overseers of
110    this my last will I desire to bee my Cossen Mr Peter Noyes th[e ]elder, my brother in law Mr Nich[ol]as
111    Blake my brother in law Mr Will[ia]m Smith and my sonne in law Joseph Hinxman and I
112    give unto each of them xx s a peece giving willing and graunting unto them and the longest li-
113    ver of them full power and authoritie to determyne decyde and end all ambiguities doubtes
114    questions and debates whatsoever which shall arise amongest my sayd children or anye of them
115    And further my will is that my executrix shall become bound by obligacion to my overseers as
116    they shall thincke reasonable before my will bee proved to p[er]fourme and paye all the legacyes be-
117    fore given and bequeathed w[hi]ch yf shee shall refuse to doe Then my will is that Will[ia]m Blake my
118    sonne shall bee my executor of this my last will becominge bound as aforesaide to perfourme
119    the same provided allwaies and my will is that yf itt shall happen after my decease anye of my
120    sonnes or anye other to whome I have limited to enioye anye p[ar]te of my lands or goods aforesaide
121    not to content himself or themselves with such porcion of lands or goods in such manner and
122    sort as I have before given and bequeathed the same or shall attempt practise or endeavour to
123    disturbe alter chaunge frustrate or made voide in anie respect or point this my last will
124    and testament and the contents of the same or anie p[ar]te thertoof that then my sayd sonnes he or
125    they and every other person and persons to whome I have given and graunted to have and enjoy anye
126    p[ar]te of my lands goods and chattells shall for ever lose the benefitt of this my last will to all
127    intents and purposes and the legacies to them or any of them by the same given and devised
128    And then I doe give and devise the same porcion of my lands and goods to the residue of my sayde
129    sonnes not soe offendinge to be equallie and indifferentlye divided amongest them Item my will
130    and meaning is that my sayde wief shall receive and have all the rents and p[ro]fitts of my
131    lands given unto her as is aforesayde towards the paiement of the legacies in this my will
132    contayned yf my goods and chattells shall not suffice to satisfie the same And lastely I give and
133    bequeath unto the corporacion of the towne of Andever and theire successors for ever Thirty
134    pounds of currant english money uppon condicion that the Baylief and approved men for the
135    time being of the sayde corporacion shall with the same money either purchase land in Fee
136    simple to the use of the poore people of the same towne accordinge to the proporcion of the sayd somme
137    of Thirtie poundes and paye the rent thereof yeerelye unto the sayde poore people or els that the
138    sayd Bailliffe and approved men shall give securitie unto my executrix and overseers or the s[ur]vivors
139    of them by rent chardge or otherwise by some other assurance as shal[l ]bee by my sayd executrix and
140    overseers or the survivor of them or theire counsell learned devised to paye unto the sayd poore
141    people such as have most neede and to soe manie of them as the sayd Bailliffe and approves
142    men shall thinke fitt the some of fourty shillings att the feast of St Thomas theapostle yerely
143    for ever And further I give towards the paving of the waye to the Free scoolhouse in Andever
144    the some of twentie shillings In witnes whereof I have to this my last will and testament sett
145    my hand and seale the daie and yere above written Richard Blake witnesses hereeunto Hugh
146    Marshall  Nich: Blake  John Elton

Will of Frederick William Buller, Lieutenant General in His Majesty's Army - The National Archives PROB 11/2221/379, probated 17 Nov 1855

This will fits with the will of John Buller (blogged: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/03/will-of-john-buller-esquire-westminster.html)

Frederick William Buller is the son of John Buller and Elizabeth Caroline Buller (second wife) and he was a Major General in the Army born 1778 and died 5 November 1855. He and his wife had a large family which included Frederick Thomas Buller, William Buller, Sir George Buller, John Buller, Charlotte Buller, Caroline (Buller) Lady Poltimore, Agnes and Georgiana Amelia (Buller) Hulse. Mentioned in his will: Major General Frederick Thomas Buller married to Lady Agnes Percy, Reverend William Buller married first to Leonora Sophia Bond and secondly Eleanor Coney, Sir George Buller, General, Commander 1 Battalion Rifle Brigade, Knight of the Legion of Honor and Order of the Medjidie married to Henrietta Macdonald, Caroline married to George Warwick Lord Poltimore, Georgiana Amelia married to Charles Hulse of Breamore.

This is the Buller family of Pelynt and they are descendant of John Francis Buller (he was the grandfather of Frederick William Buller (the testator).

The Buller family has played an enormous role in the military life of the British Isles and I just felt that I needed to do this will just to show how dedicated as a family they were to the United Kingdom. I am still hoping that sometime in the future someone will take on the one name study for the Buller family.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Mar 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2221/379
Testator: Frederick William Buller, Lieutenant General in His Majesty's Army
Date of document: 5 Apr 1836, probated 17 Nov 1855
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Document quality: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Frederick
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Buller
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 12

1    This is the last Will and Testam[en]t
2    of me Frederick William Buller a Lieutenant General in His Majesty's
3    Army Whereas by the Settlement or Articles made on the marriage of my Son
4    Frederick Thomas Buller with Lady Agnes Percy I am authorized and enpow-
5    ered to charge my Estates in the County of Cornwall with the Sum of Twenty
6    thousand pounds Now I do hereby in pursuance and exercise of such power and
7    of every other power enabling me in that behalf, specifically charge the said
8    Estates with the payment of the said sum of Twenty thousand pounds to be
9    raised and paid within six calendar months after my decease with interest there
10    on after the rate of Four pounds per cent per annum from the day of my death
11    and to be divided equally between my four younger children William Buller
12    George Buller Caroline Lady Poltimore and Georgina Hulse the Wife of Charles
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13    Hulse Esquire share and share alike the shares of them the said Caroline Lady Poltimore
14    and Georgina Hulse to be paid to the Trustees of their respective Marriage Settlements
15    in satisfaction and performance of all the covenants and agreements entered into by
16    me in such Settlements and to be applied by the said Trustees upon the trusts thereof
17    And subject thereto and to the trusts of the said Settlement so far as the same concern
18    my said Estates I give and devise all and singular my Estates in the said County of
19    Cornwall whether Real or Leasehold and of what nature of kind soever of which
20    may be possessed or entitiled to at the time of my death and all my interest at
21    therein unto my said Sons William Buller and George Buller their heirs executors
22    administrators and assigns according to the nature and tenure of the said
23    Estates upon Trust to sell and dispose of the same together or in parcels and
24    either by public auction of private contract and to stand possessed of the monies
25    arising from the sale thereof after payment of all incidental expenses for the
26    equal benefit of themselves the said William Buller and George Buller my
27    son Frederick Thomas Buller and my said daughter Georgina Hulse share and
28    share alike And in order to facilitate the sale of my said Estates I hereby direct
30    that the receipts of them the said William Buller and George Buller or the
31    survivor of them or other the Trustee or Trustees for the time being of this my
32    Will shall be sufficient discharges for any sum or sums of money paid to them
33    and that the person or persons paying the same shall not be bound to see to
34    the application or be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or
35    misapplication thereof or any part thereof provided always that if any or
36    either of them my said three Sons shall happen to die in my lifetime and shall
37    have issue living at my death than I direct that the share or shares of such
38    Son or Sons so dying as well in the said sum of Twenty thousand pounds as
39    also in the proceeds arising from the sale of my said Estates shall go and vest
40    in such manner as if such Son or Sons so dying had died possessed thereof
41    my estate and as part of his or their personal Estate I give and bequeath unto
42    my said Son William Buller all my plate All the Rest and Residue of
43    my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby other-
44    wise disposed of after payment thereout of all my debts funeral and testamen-
45    tery expenses I give and bequeath equally between my said Sons William
46    Buller and George Buller and my daughter Georgina Hulse or such of them
47    as shall be living at my death share and share alike provided nevertheless
48    and it is my will and meaning that all monies bequeathed to my daughter
49    Georgina Hulse under this my Will or to which she shall be in any manner
50    entitled by virtue hereof shall be paid to the Trustees for the time being of her
51    Marriage Settlement upon the trusts of the said Settlement And my will is and
52    I hereby declare that the Trustees for the time being of this my Will shall not
53    be chargeable for any more monies than they shall actually receive nor
54    shall they be accountable except for wilful default And that it shall and
55    may be lawful for them my said Trustees in the first place by and out of the
56    monies which shall respectively come to their hands to deduct and reimburse
57    themselves all such expenses as they shall respectively sustain for or by
58    reason of the trusts hereby in them reposed And in case either of these my said
59    Trustees or any other Trustee of this my Will to be appointed in manner here-
60    inafter stated shall die or decline or become incapable to act in the trusts here-
61    by declared before the same shall be fully executed then I declare that it shall
62    be lawful for the surviving acting or continuing Trustee or for the Executors
63    or Administrators of the last surviving Trustee as the case may be to appoint
64    a Trustee or Trustees in the room of the Trustee or Trustees so dying declining
65    or becoming incapable to act and in all such cases all the said trust monies
66    and effects shall be effectually assigned to and vested in the Trustees for the
67    time being of this my Will in such manner as is usual in like cases I appoint
68    my said Sons William Buller and George Buller Executors of this my Will
69    hereby revoking all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made and
70    declaring this only to be my true last Will and Testament In witness whereof
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71    I the said Frederick William Buller to this my last Will and Testament have
72    set my hand and seal this fifth day of April One thousand eight hundred
73    and thirty six F. W. Buller Signed sealed published and declared
74    by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence
75    of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other
76    have hereunto set and subscribed our names as witnesses Frederic Philip
77    Maude - Tho[ma]s Marshall - F B Robinson Essex Street Strand
78    Proved at London 17th Nov[embe]r 1855 before the Worshipful William Calverley
79    Curteis Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of the Rev[eren]d William Buller
80    Clerk the Son one of the Executors to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted having
81    been first sworn duly to administer power reserved of making the like grant
82    to Sir George Buller Knight the Son also the other Executor when he shall
83    apply for the same.
84    Proved at London the 7th of November 1862 by the Oath of Sir George
85    Buller Knight Commander of the most Honorable Order of the Bath the
86    son the other and surviving Executor named in the said Will he having been
87    first sworn to whom Adm[inistrati]on was granted

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

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

Both of the wills for these men have been blogged:

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

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

His will was also blogged:

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

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

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

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

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

Will of John Beard, Saint Thomas Southwark - The National Archives PROB 11/1184/275, probated 26 Nov 1789

No mention of my Beard family in this will but it is an interesting one if you happen to be able to trace back to the William Beard son of the testator. It may help with other family members. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 19 Jan 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1184/275
Testator: John Beard
Place: Saint Thomas Southwark, Surrey, England
Date of document: 25 Nov 1788, probated 26 Nov 1789
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Beard

1    In the name of God Amen
2    I John Beard of St Tho[ma]s Hospital Southwark do hereby
3    make my last Will and Testament as well knowing the
4    frailty of life and certainty of death and now being in
5    sound mind and memory that when it shall please
6    God to put an end to my period on Earth I desire
7    that thingsd may be as follows and first I commit
8    my soul into the protection of Almighty God who gave
9    it hoping for his pardoning mercy for my said the frailty
10    and sins of my life past through the merits of
11    Jesus Christ in whom I believe came to save
12    penitent sinners who Trust him by him alone
13    I hope for mercy and life Eternal with God in
14    heaven I desire that my body may be buried
15    in christian manner in the Chapel of this hospital
16    before twelve o clock in the day in a Leaden
17    Coffin with a stone layed over the __ve with
18    a proper inscription of my name and that a
19    sermon may be preached the following Sabbath in
20    the parish Church from St John 25 by Mr
21    Wiezel and for that worldly Goods the Lord hath
22    blessed me with I desire may be the sole property
23    of my Dear son William Beard I also Give and
24    Bequeath to the said William Beard the two hundred
25    pounds stock in the 3 per cent cons and one hundred and fortie pounds of stock vested 3 per cent of ____ ____and one hundred
26    in the 4 per c cons in the Bank of England all
27    of which I desire may be kept for the said William
28    Beard untell he comes to the age of twenty one years
29    and then to be transferred to him and stand in his
30    name and the Interest of the above to be appropriated
31    to his use as his Gardians shall see fit I also
32    give to the said William Beard ten pounds per annum
33    in the long annuities standing in my name in the
34    Bank of England to be kept for him untell he is
35    thirty years of age that is the said William Beard may receive the Interest as it becomes due but not to sell it out until he is thirtie years of age and then to do what he please
36    with it I likewise give and bequeath to the said
37    William Beard all the moneys that shall arise or be-
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38    paid from the available society on No 140 which policy
39    I am possessed of and all other monies and property
40    of mine after all my just debts and expences are
41    paid may be the sole property of the said William
42    Beard but if the said William Beard should not
43    live untell he is twenty one years of Age then I
44    desire that the Interest of what monies and stock
45    he leaves may be paid to Mrs Elizabeth Marshall
46    Cook of this hospital during her life and at her
47    decease both Interest and Principal to be equally
48    divided that is to say one third part to Mrs Sarah
49    Johnson of Lewisham in kent Widow and one third
50    part to Mr John Thaner weaver at Kidderminster
52    in Mill Street Kidderminster in Worcestershire to be
53    divided between him and his two sisters or nearest
54    of them that shall be then living and one third
55    part between each of the Executors to this my Will
56    and I hereby appoint and beg the favour of Mr George
57    Whitfield sen apothecary to this hospital and Mr
58    Abraham Haye of Friday Street London and Mr. Job
59    Marke of the same fire office to be Executors to
60    this my will and Gardians to my son William
61    Beard I desire that a Ring of One Guinea value
62    may be given one to each of the above named
63    Executors and one to Mrs Elizabeth Marshall and to
64    Miss Leeser Mrs Clark one to Mr Clark my sons
65    Master and his Mistress so I rest my will John Beard
66    Nov the 25th 1788 N B if the said William
67    Beard should marry and leave a wife or child
68    when he die then his property to go to them of
69    the above at the discretion of his Gardians John
70    Beard
71    five pounds to Jane Hawkins
72    If Jane Hawkins be living with me when I die
73    three pounds for Mourning for her N B the
74    third I intended for Mrs Johnson I desire may
75    be given to the above John Thaner and his
76    two sisters at the above J Beard April 19th 1789
77    I do acknowledge to have two hundred pounds
78    stock 4 per c ___ standing in my name in
79    the Bank of England to be the property of Mrs
80    Elizabeth Marshall Cook to the hospital I likeways
81    desire that if either of the before mentioned Executors
82    should die or refuse to act as Executor then the
83    said Mrs Elizabeth Marshall to be Executrix to this
84    my will with the others The above sum of
85    three hundred pounds is transferred to Mrs Elizabeth
86    Marshall the 4th of August last by John Beard
87    23 Nov 1789
88    Appeared Personally Thomas Clarke of the parish
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89    of St Olave Southwark in the County of Surry Anthony
90    Wingfield of the parish of St Thomas Southwark in
91    the county of Surry aforesaid and George Whitfield
92    of the parish of St Thomas Southwark in the County
93    of Surry aforesaid and being severally sworn on
94    the Holy Evangelists made Oath as follows and first
95    the said Thomas Clarke and Anthony Wingfield
96    made oath that they knew and were well acquainted
97    with John Beard late of the Parish of Saint
98    Thomas Southwark in the County of Surry deceased
99    and with his manner and Character of handwriting
100    and Subscription having often seen him write and
101    subscribe  his name and having now viewed and
102    perused the paper writing hereto annexed purporting
103    to be the last Will and Testament of the said
104    deceased the said Will beginning thus " In the
105    yeare of God Amen I John Beard of St Thomas
106    hospital Southward do hereby make my last will and
107    Testament " and ending thus " So I rest my will"
108    and dated "Nov the 25th 1788" and thus subscribed
109    "John Beard They say they do verily and in their
110    consciences believe the whole series and contents of
111    the said paper writing together with the date and
112    subscription thereto to be all of the proper handwriting
113    and subscription of the said John Beard deceased Also
114    the said George Whitfield for himself made oath that
115    some few days after the death of the said John
116    Beard deceased William Beard a son of the said
117    deceased brought unto him this this appearer the paper
118    writing hereto annexed inclosed and sealed up in a
119    paper cover which he informed this appearer was the
120    will of the said deceased and was found by him the
121    said William Beard in a closet of the house of the
122    said deceased wherein the said deceased kept his papers
123    of Moment and Concern and that he the appearer
124    on breaking open the said paper cover found the
125    said Will and then took notice that the name and
126    words "by Mr Wiezel" interlined in the nineteenth
127    line from the top of the first side of the said will
128    as also that the several words obliterated in the
129    fourth fifth and sixth lines of the second page of the
130    said Will as also the obliterations in the eighteenth
131    line and of the 26, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th
132    35th, 36th and 37th lines from the top of the second
133    side of the said Will were so oblitered in
134    manner and form the same was appear therein and
135    that the same is now in the same plight and
136    condition in which it  now appears save and except
137    only that the Jurate was written thereon was not
138    then written on the said will Thos Clarke Anthy
139    Wingfield Geo Whitfield Same day the said Thomas
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140    Clark Anthony Wingfield and George Whitfield were
141    duly sworn to the truth of this affidavid before me
142    William Hattine Surrogate present In token Not_ publ
143    This Will was proved at London the twenty sixth
144    day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand
145    seven hundred and eighty nine before the Worshipful
146    William Battine Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the right
147    honorable Sir William Wynne Knight doctor of laws
148    Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of
149    Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of George
150    Whitfield and Abraham Hayes two of the Executors
151    named in the said Will to whom administration was
152    granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
153    Credits of the deceased having been first sworn duly to
154    administer Job Marks the other Executor named in the
155    said Will having been first renounced the execution thereof