Elinor Blake is the testatrix and I have not yet determined if she was of the City of London originally or of Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire. Close by to Ashton Keynes is Somerford Keynes (2 miles), Cirencester (5 miles).
The marriage of Christian Blake and Robert Swaysland was celebrated 6 April 1779 at Saint Clement Danes, Westminster, London, England (M04160-1 Family Search).
There is a Sarah Stafford, widow, 66 years of age, born in 1785 on the 1851 Census at Newington, Surrey and she was born at Newington, Surrey (Stockwell, Surrey is a chapelry parish at Lambeth). I could not discover if her maiden name was Blake.
Is George Renals her brother George Blake? Perhaps the Surrey wills will shed some light on this family.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1516/434
Testator: Elinor alias Eleanor Blake
Place: As[h]ton Keynes, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 17 Aug 1807, probated 28 Nov 1810
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Elinor
[Margin]: oth[erw]ise
[Margin]: Eleanor
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 6
1 I Elinor Blake late of Bermondsey in the
2 City of London but now of Aston Keynes in the County of Wilts do
3 make and ordain this writing to be my last will and Testament in manner and
4 form following viz [a vit] I give bequeath to my Sister Christian Swaisland
5 wife of Robert Swaisland now residing at No 16 Maglin Street London
6 the Interest of Two hundred pounds now out at Interest during
7 the term of her natural life and at her decease I give and bequeath
8 the aforesaid sum of Two hundred pounds with all the Interest that may be due or remaining unpaid on the said Sum of two hundred pounds to be equally divided
9 betwixt the four following persons viz [a vit] George or otherwise Renals
10 Butcher now residing at No 50 Tooly Street London Elinor Swaisland
11 the daughter of Christian Swaisland Mary Manning the daughter of Sam[ue]l
12 Manning of the Town of Cirencester Cordwainer and Elinor Manning
13 the daughter of the said Samuel Manning Cirencester aforesaid to be
14 equally divided betwixt them in four equal parts I give and
15 bequeath to Sarah Stafford the wife of ___ Stafford of Stockwell Cordwainer
16 I give and bequeath to John Manning the Son of Samuel Manning
17 of Cirencester likewise I give unto Elinor Swaisland and Elizabeth Stinler
18 each of them the sum of five pounds apiece to be paid at the time of
19 my decease I give unto William Blake the Son of my Bro[the]r George
20 to be paid at the time of my decease the Sum of twenty pounds I
21 give unto George the Son of my Bro[the]r George Blake the Sum of
22 Twenty pounds to be paid at my decease all the rest and residue of my
23 money I give and bequeath unto Thomas Selby of Ashton Keynes
24 his two daughters viz [a vit] the wife of Isaac Mathews and the wife of Jno
25 White both of Somerford in the County of Wilts I likewise give and
26 bequeath unto Mary White my Chest of Drawers my will and desire
27 is that this my last mentioned property shall be equally divided
28 betwixt my Bro[th]er in law Thomas Selby and his two daughters as aforesaid
29 and I do nominate and appoint George or otherwise Renals to be the Executor
30 of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
31 hereunto set my hand and seal that is my hand to the first part and my hand and Seal to this second part this seventeenth
32 day of August in the Year of our Lord 1807 Elinor Blake
33 Signed sealed and declared in our presence and we in her presence
34 and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
35 Witnesses to the execution thereof John Savory Esther Savory
36 Proved at London 28th November 1810 before the worshipful John
37 Danbury d[octo]r of Laws and Surr[oga]te by the oath of George she app[ointed] other[wise]
38 Renals described in the will George otherwise Renals the sole Executor
39 being sworn to administer
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Will of William Blake, Yeoman of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, National Archives PROB 11/132, probated 27 Sep 1618
The will of Humphrey (probated 1559) left land to John the elder (his son) in Bishops Lydeard. John does have a son William but I am not sure this is John's son. The only kin mentioned is Philipp Sully. William son of John is said to be married to Anne (unknown) with children: Grace, Eme, William, John, Anne, Robert and Richard. Plus he and his wife were buried at Pitminster in 1642 and 1644 respectively.
According to John's will: To son William Blake all my land in the parish of Bishops Lydeard in Bishops Wood and Bishops Downe. Also one tenement in Plainsfield in the tenure and occupation of Robert Jenkins and all my land in Padnoller in the parish of Spaxton in the tenure and occupation of John Burnell.(probated 1577) and it rather looks like William ended up in Pitminster.
I rather think this is a different William Blake; he is dying in 1618. Looking at the Protestation Returns for Somerset we have: William Blake (noted as aged by the recorder) in Blagdon Tithing of Pitminster. Also in Pitminster there are John and Richard (above it is noted that he has sons William, John, Robert and Richard). There isn't a Blake living at Bishops Lydeard on the Protestation Returns of 1641-42. William doesn't mention anyone at Bishops Lydeard with the surname Blake other than his wife Johane.
At this time, I do not see how this William connects into the Humphrey Blake family or whether he does. Like the Halse Blake family there simply isn't enough early information to help connect them back another generation although in the case of the Halse family there are more wills to come.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Apr 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/132 Image Reference 218/181 (images by me)
Name of testator: William Blake, Yeoman
Place: Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 13 Jun 1618, probated 27 Sep 1618
Read: Electronic file
Condition: smudges, 17th century, bold copy
[In margin] T Willmi
[In margin] Blake
1 In the name of God Amen the thirteenth day of June in A[nn]o
2 Domini one thousand six hundred and Eighteene I William Blake of Leddiard Episcopi
3 yeoman thankes be to god at perfect memorye and calling to mynde the brevitie of mans life
4 dispose to make my last will and testament in manner and forme folowing. First I give
5 and bequeathe my Soule to Almightie god my Creator and my bodie to be buryed in the
6 Churchyarde. Item I give to St Andrewes church in Wells fouer pence. My will is that
7 Philipp Sully my kyne shall have and enjoy three acres of Land lying in the parish of
8 Hillfarrrance late in the tenure of John Leane which I boughte of Emanuel Capell and the
9 Lease belonging to the same three Acres of Land and the same guifte to commence and begynne
10 ymmediatlie after the deathe of Johane my wife. For my meaning is that the said Johane
11 shall have occupie and enioye the same three acres of Land during her naturall life And allso
12 I do further appoynte give and ordayne that the said Johane my wife shall have occupye
13 and enioye all my Land lying in the parishe of R[u]iston during her naturall life making noe
14 waste or spoyle uppon the premisses. Item I give eache one of all my godchildren one young
15 sheepe a peece to be delivered after my decease by the direction of my Overseers I doe
16 appoynte Thomas Richardes of Norton and Simon Powle of Whithelscome my overseers
17 of this my last will and testament And I give unto Thomas Richards for his paynes taken
18 fyve shillinges And to Simon Powle for his paynes taken twelve pence. All the residue of
19 my goodes and chattells I give to Johane my wife whome I make my sole Executrix of this
20 my will and testament seying me sufficient the buryal and all my debts payed Item I give
21 to John Bowne of Staplegrove one peice of Land conteyning twoe acres lying within the
22 parishe of R[u]iston called Barrowes meade beyng my yeaster peece and the same peece to have
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23 and enioye ymmediatlie after the deathe of Johane my wife. And the same John shall
24 paye out of the saied Landes twelve poundes within one yere after the fall of the sowne
25 Lande that is to Jane the wife of Robert Elleat of R[u]iston three poundes And to Laurence
26 Elliott her sonne fortie shillinges And to Simon Brown of the same parishe fyve poundes
27 And to Johane his sister twentie shillinges. And I do appoynte into the handes of John
28 Lightefoote twentie shillinges by hym to be bestowed for the best benefitt of Thomas Brown
29 his wife and children parcell of the twelve poundes Item I give one other parcell of Lande
30 conteyning three acres called Moore meade late in the tenure of Cristofer Mathews of Stoke Mary
31 unto Frannces Crosse my servante and the same peece to have and enioy ymmeadiatlie after
32 the deathe of Johane, my wife. And the said Franncis shall paye out of the same peece of
33 Land fyve poundes within one yere after the fall of the Lands that is to Anne Crosse her
34 Sister fortie shillinges and to Johane her Sister thirtie shillinges; And to Mary theire
35 Sister thirtie shillinges. Item I give two other peeces of Land lyinge in the parishe of R[u]iston unto
36 Simon Powle of Withelscome conteyning three acres the one called Colparoote the other
37 Haynes Are beying my twoe wester peeces And the same twoe peeces to have and enioye
38 ymmeadiatlie after the deathe of Johane my wife. And the same Simon is to paye out of
39 the twoe parcells of Land tenne poundes within one yere after the fall of the Land that
40 g__s to Walter Oliver of Norton fortie shillinges. And to Johane the daughter of William
41 Jeffrey late of Kyngston deceased three poundes And to her twoe other sisters fortie shillinges
42 shillinges apeece and twentie shillinges to the poore of Liddard Episcopie This to be payde
43 out of the said twoe parcells of Land by Simon aforesayed My meaning is not to taxe or
44 chardge myne Executrix with any parte of Legacey by this my will and Testament Yf god
45 doe enhables me to surrender the Land as chardged with the aforesayed Legaceys But yf
46 I dye and not Surrender I do chardge my Executrix as she shall annswere at the last day
47 to surrender all the aforesayd Landes lying in Ruiston within one monethe after my decease
48 to the aforenamed John Bowne Frannces Crosse and Simon Powle according to the
49 same intent and meaning of this my will and testament to the chardge and coste of the
50 sayd Francis and Simon yf any of theise which shall have Legacey out of my Landes
51 dye before the tyme of payment that then his or her portion shal[l ]be payd to theire next
52 kyne by the appoyntment of my Overseers And so the peace of god be with you
53 all. The Signe and Seale of William Blake the day and yere above written
54 in the presence of John Comer and Thomas Richards the younger.
According to John's will: To son William Blake all my land in the parish of Bishops Lydeard in Bishops Wood and Bishops Downe. Also one tenement in Plainsfield in the tenure and occupation of Robert Jenkins and all my land in Padnoller in the parish of Spaxton in the tenure and occupation of John Burnell.(probated 1577) and it rather looks like William ended up in Pitminster.
I rather think this is a different William Blake; he is dying in 1618. Looking at the Protestation Returns for Somerset we have: William Blake (noted as aged by the recorder) in Blagdon Tithing of Pitminster. Also in Pitminster there are John and Richard (above it is noted that he has sons William, John, Robert and Richard). There isn't a Blake living at Bishops Lydeard on the Protestation Returns of 1641-42. William doesn't mention anyone at Bishops Lydeard with the surname Blake other than his wife Johane.
At this time, I do not see how this William connects into the Humphrey Blake family or whether he does. Like the Halse Blake family there simply isn't enough early information to help connect them back another generation although in the case of the Halse family there are more wills to come.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 20 Apr 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/132 Image Reference 218/181 (images by me)
Name of testator: William Blake, Yeoman
Place: Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 13 Jun 1618, probated 27 Sep 1618
Read: Electronic file
Condition: smudges, 17th century, bold copy
[In margin] T Willmi
[In margin] Blake
1 In the name of God Amen the thirteenth day of June in A[nn]o
2 Domini one thousand six hundred and Eighteene I William Blake of Leddiard Episcopi
3 yeoman thankes be to god at perfect memorye and calling to mynde the brevitie of mans life
4 dispose to make my last will and testament in manner and forme folowing. First I give
5 and bequeathe my Soule to Almightie god my Creator and my bodie to be buryed in the
6 Churchyarde. Item I give to St Andrewes church in Wells fouer pence. My will is that
7 Philipp Sully my kyne shall have and enjoy three acres of Land lying in the parish of
8 Hillfarrrance late in the tenure of John Leane which I boughte of Emanuel Capell and the
9 Lease belonging to the same three Acres of Land and the same guifte to commence and begynne
10 ymmediatlie after the deathe of Johane my wife. For my meaning is that the said Johane
11 shall have occupie and enioye the same three acres of Land during her naturall life And allso
12 I do further appoynte give and ordayne that the said Johane my wife shall have occupye
13 and enioye all my Land lying in the parishe of R[u]iston during her naturall life making noe
14 waste or spoyle uppon the premisses. Item I give eache one of all my godchildren one young
15 sheepe a peece to be delivered after my decease by the direction of my Overseers I doe
16 appoynte Thomas Richardes of Norton and Simon Powle of Whithelscome my overseers
17 of this my last will and testament And I give unto Thomas Richards for his paynes taken
18 fyve shillinges And to Simon Powle for his paynes taken twelve pence. All the residue of
19 my goodes and chattells I give to Johane my wife whome I make my sole Executrix of this
20 my will and testament seying me sufficient the buryal and all my debts payed Item I give
21 to John Bowne of Staplegrove one peice of Land conteyning twoe acres lying within the
22 parishe of R[u]iston called Barrowes meade beyng my yeaster peece and the same peece to have
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23 and enioye ymmediatlie after the deathe of Johane my wife. And the same John shall
24 paye out of the saied Landes twelve poundes within one yere after the fall of the sowne
25 Lande that is to Jane the wife of Robert Elleat of R[u]iston three poundes And to Laurence
26 Elliott her sonne fortie shillinges And to Simon Brown of the same parishe fyve poundes
27 And to Johane his sister twentie shillinges. And I do appoynte into the handes of John
28 Lightefoote twentie shillinges by hym to be bestowed for the best benefitt of Thomas Brown
29 his wife and children parcell of the twelve poundes Item I give one other parcell of Lande
30 conteyning three acres called Moore meade late in the tenure of Cristofer Mathews of Stoke Mary
31 unto Frannces Crosse my servante and the same peece to have and enioy ymmeadiatlie after
32 the deathe of Johane, my wife. And the said Franncis shall paye out of the same peece of
33 Land fyve poundes within one yere after the fall of the Lands that is to Anne Crosse her
34 Sister fortie shillinges and to Johane her Sister thirtie shillinges; And to Mary theire
35 Sister thirtie shillinges. Item I give two other peeces of Land lyinge in the parishe of R[u]iston unto
36 Simon Powle of Withelscome conteyning three acres the one called Colparoote the other
37 Haynes Are beying my twoe wester peeces And the same twoe peeces to have and enioye
38 ymmeadiatlie after the deathe of Johane my wife. And the same Simon is to paye out of
39 the twoe parcells of Land tenne poundes within one yere after the fall of the Land that
40 g__s to Walter Oliver of Norton fortie shillinges. And to Johane the daughter of William
41 Jeffrey late of Kyngston deceased three poundes And to her twoe other sisters fortie shillinges
42 shillinges apeece and twentie shillinges to the poore of Liddard Episcopie This to be payde
43 out of the said twoe parcells of Land by Simon aforesayed My meaning is not to taxe or
44 chardge myne Executrix with any parte of Legacey by this my will and Testament Yf god
45 doe enhables me to surrender the Land as chardged with the aforesayed Legaceys But yf
46 I dye and not Surrender I do chardge my Executrix as she shall annswere at the last day
47 to surrender all the aforesayd Landes lying in Ruiston within one monethe after my decease
48 to the aforenamed John Bowne Frannces Crosse and Simon Powle according to the
49 same intent and meaning of this my will and testament to the chardge and coste of the
50 sayd Francis and Simon yf any of theise which shall have Legacey out of my Landes
51 dye before the tyme of payment that then his or her portion shal[l ]be payd to theire next
52 kyne by the appoyntment of my Overseers And so the peace of god be with you
53 all. The Signe and Seale of William Blake the day and yere above written
54 in the presence of John Comer and Thomas Richards the younger.
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