Will of John Blake, Yeoman, Frindsbury, Kent - National Archives, PROB 11/219/40, probated 5 Nov 1651

John Blake, the testator, identifies his brother as Isaac Blake and his children as John Blake, Isaac Blake, Robert Blake, Stephen Blake, and Mary Blake. His wife is not mentioned (perhaps he is a widower)

Strood Parish Registers:

Isaack Blake baptized 10 Apr 1614 at Strood son of Andrewe
John Blake baptized 15 Sep 1609 at Strood

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011805

An interesting website which mentions that a convent at Strood known as Denny as dissolved in 1539 and just before the Civil War (prior to 1640) the property was sold to Isaac Blake and his family. This Blake family held the estate until the 18th century at which time it was sold.

No other information found as I do not own the Parish Registers for Strood parish.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Dec 2019
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/219/40
Testator: John Blake, Yeoman
Place: Frindsbury, Kent
Type of Record:    Will
Date of document: 1 Sep 1651, probated 5 Nov 1651

[Margin]: The will of John Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    the first day of September in the yeare of our God one thousand six hundred
3    Fifty and one I John Blake of the parish of Frinsbury in the County of Kent yeoman
4    being very sicke and weake But of perfect remembrance thankes be given to god do
5    hereby make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and following that
6    First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my only Maker and
7    Creater hopeing to be saved by the merritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour and
8    Redeemer And my body to be buried at the discretion of my executer And for those
9    Lands and goods which god in mercy hath bestowed upon me I give and bequeath
10    them in manner and forme following First I give and bequeath unto my loving
11    brother Isaac Blake that my Land in Stroud Frinsbury and Cuxton that is to say
12    one Farme called Read wherein I now dwell and the house barnes and Stables
13    and Orchards and all and singular the Lands thereunto belonging with ten acres
14    of Land at Brometon hill And one field called Lewgus containing by estimation
15    six acres be it more or less And one Farme called or knowne by the name of Hawkins al[ia]s Hangkins
16    with the horse barne stable and eight score acres of Land thereunto belonging with
17    all and singular the appurtenances whatsoever lately purchased of the Feoffees Sir
18    John Woolestone Knight and others in my said brothers name but only my p[ro]per
19    right now in the tener and occupation of Olive Young or her assignes And one
20    Farme in the parish of Cuxstone now in the tener and occupation of Emanuell
21    Gillett with the house Mault house and Orcharde barnes and stables whatsoever
22    thereunto belonging and some certaine land which is now in the occupation of the
23    said Emmanuell Gillett in Cuxtone and Stroud And some certaine Messuages and
24    tenements within the parish of Stroud that is to say one Messuage or tenement now
25    in the tener or occupation of one Richard Pickers Blacksmith and one other
26    tenement now in the tener or occupation of Geoffery Myles house carpenter
27    And an other tenement now in the tener or occupation of Henry Gamage husbandman
28    with all and singular the yards gardens thereunto belonging with all and singular
29    the appurtenances whatsoever And thirteene acres of Land situate lyeing and
30    Being neere a Farme called Wickham in the parish of Stroud together with all
31    my goods and chattels whatsoever to my said brother there and to his heires for ever
32    Allwayes Provided that my said brother shall have full power to sell all my goods
33    And chattels and soe much of the said tenements and Lands as will pay all my
34    debts And my will is that after all my debts is paid that all the residue of the said
35    Lands should be settled upon my foure sonnes that is to say John Blake and Isaac
36    Blake Robert Blake and Stephen Blake to be equally devided between my foure
37    sonnes aforesaid Item I make my said loving brother Isaac Blake my full and
38    whole executor of this my last will and testament Item I give and bequeath unto my
39    daughter Mary one hundred poundes which is already settled upon her to be paid
40    unto her at her day of marriage or when she shall attaine unto her age of one and
41    twenty years which shall happen first according to the as settlement by a certaine
42    deed Item I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary all that my linen
43    at my brother Isaac Blakes and all my goods atmy mother Blake and a wattle
44    head ring of gold Item I give my sonne John one silver bowle Item I give to my
45    sonne Isaac Blake one silver salt Item I give unto my sonne Robert Blake
46    one round gold ring Item I give unto my sonne Stephen Blake two or three
47    silver spoones with a little silver porringer My will is that my celme Richard
48    Browne of Cliffe yeoman Overseer of this my last Will and Testament Item I make
49    my loving friend George Maplesden of Stroud Shipwright Overseer of this my
50    last will and Testament In wittnesse whereof I the said John Blake have hereunto sett
51    my hand and seale to this my last will and Testament the day and yeare first above
52    written Anno 1651 John Blake Sealed and delivered in the presence of William
53    Peintle George Parker
54   
55    This will was proved at London before Robert Wiseman doctor of Laws
56    and Surrogate of Sir Nathaniel Brent Knight and also doctor of Laws Master or
57    Keeper of the prerogative Court the fifth day of November in the yeare of our
58    Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty one by the oath of Isaac Blake the only
59    Executer named in the said will etc to whom was committed Administration of
60    all and singular the goods chattels and debts of the said deceased he being first
61    legally sworne well and truly to administer the same

   
   
   

Will of William Blake, Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry, probated 10 Sep 1580

This rather ancient will of William Blake of Little Sodbury might fit in with the other wills in this area but will wait until I work on the Gloucester Blake family to discuss that. He mentions Edmonde Myles, no information, and William Wayde alias Blake and again no idea on relationships. His wife was Isbell and perhaps William was her son and she a widow marrying.

Otherwise I am working on the Cornwall Blake family (Landrake area) and hope to eventually publish my descendancy charts for that in the next week or so although each day I find more information to flesh out the details. 

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 9 Feb 2015
Source: Diocese of Bristol Wills on Ancestry
Testator: William Blake
Place: Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 23 Aug 1579, probated 10 Sep 1580
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy

[Top]: 202
[Margin]: Will[ia]m Blake

1    In the name of god amen I wylly[a]m blake of the
2    p[ar]yshe of lytell sodbury the xxiij daye of
3    Auguste In the yere of o[u]r lorde god anno M
4    lxxix beyng sycke of body but holle and
5    p[er]fect In my[n]de and memory laude and prayse
6    be to god In primis I beseche o[u]r savior Jesu[s]
7    chryste to receive my sowle In whos
8    blude shedyng I truste to be saved and
9    suche goods as god hathe lente me to be
10    devided as herewythe follow[e]th It[em] I geve
11    to o[u]r pyshe churche a busshell ofe barly
12    It[em] I geve to olde Sodbury churche a busshell
13    of barly It[em] I geve to Edmonde Myles
14    a quivne with the p[er]formynce and o
15    whiche   It[em] I geve
16    to wyllyam wayde other wyse blake too grette
17    pan[n]es of brasse and the grete croke iij
18    platters upon the cobberte The Resudue of
19    my goods not bequeathed I geve to Isbell my
20    whife and to wyllam wayde alias blake and to
21    ether of them and to the longeste lyver of
22    them who I orden to be my executors
23    to see this my wyll p[er]formed my detts
24    payd and my body honestely broghte too
25    Earthe thes beyng wytnes Charles
26    powell vicar Jhon dyer herry stanburn
27    Willa[m] blake
28    de sodburie
29    _____  ____   ____
30   probat[um]  x sept
31    1580 apud sodburie

Will of John Blake of Standish, Gloucestershire - Diocese of Bristol Will on Ancestry, probated 30 Apr 1592

Always nice when two wills fit together and this is the husband of Elizabeth Blake of Standish who left her will dated 27 Sep 1592. Elizabeth mentions her son Richard Harris, her daughter Anne Blake and her son Walter Blake. Elizabeth’s will was blogged earlier:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2014/06/will-of-elizabeth-blake-of-standish.html

Standish is four miles from Stroud, 5 miles from Coaley, and 7 miles from Gloucester.

Source: Consistory Court of Gloucester, Will, 1592, Will Number 86,  GDR/Wills/1592 (86).
Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 14 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator:  John Blake
Place: Standish, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 3 Aug 1592; probated 30 Apr 1592
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy

[Top]: T[estament] John Blake
[Top]: 86

1    In the name of god Amen the third day of Auguste in the
2    yeare
3    of our lord god 1592 I John Blake of Standishe in the diocese
4    of glouc being sick and weke in body by the visitacion of god
5    but of good p[er]fecte mem[orie] thankes be given unto god doe make
6    my Laste will and testament in manner and forme folowyng First
7    and principallye I yeld my soule into the handes of
8    almightie god my creater and onely savior and my body to be
9    buried in convenient _____
10    Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Rich Strfford my sonne in lawe my beste
11    coate the biggest broche Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto John Stretford my
12    godson one yearelyng bullock Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Richard Gibbins
13    my beste breeches Ite[m] I gyve unto the ij children of the sayd Richard Gibbins
14    eyther of them a sheepe Ite[m] I gybe unto Johane brovens my servant one
15    lambe Ite[m] I gyve and bequeath to ____ ____ry Blake one sheepe, Ite[m] I gyve
16    and bequeathe unto Richard Harryes my sonne in law my Fryes coate best dublett
17    and one sheepe Ite[m] I gyve unto my sonne Walter blake a warming panne
18    Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto my son in law William Harryes my blacke
19    Jyrkyn and breeches and a peare of stkings Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto
20    Elizabeth harryes one pewter platte All the Residue of my goods cattels and
21    chattels Iymoveable and unmoveable my dbtes being payd and my funeral and bequeathes
22    discharged I gyve and bequeathe unto Ane Blake my daughter whom I doe ordayne
23    and make my sole and wholl executrix to p[er]form and fulfill this my laste will and testa
24    ment condicionally that she shall p[er]mitt and asser her mother to have hold of
25    and occupie the sayd goods and lyving during her life (Excepte so muche
26    as shall suffice to paye my debtes) and that she diligently attend and succour
27    her mother during her life prov[i]ded allwayes that it shall not be lawfull
28    for her mother to sell or otherwise to dispose any parte of the goods or cattels
29    which in any parte belongeth unto my sayd daughter Anne by the executorshipe
30    of this my will and testament but that same may wholly remayne unto her
31    accordingly Ite[m] I gyve and bequeathe unto Thoms Blake one lambe to be deliv[er]ed to hym at
32    holy rode daye next Ite[m] I doe desire and appynte John Harrise and Richard Stretford
33    my sonne in law to be my overseers of this my will and I gyve unto John Harryes
34    for his paynes my cesten
35    debtes which I oughe as foloweth
36    First to my sonne in law Richard
37    Gibbins v li
38    of his marriage money
39    To John Harryes xvij s vj d
40    To John Myles xx s
41    To Richard Stretford xjs viij d
42    Witnesses to this my last
43    will and Testament
44    John Harryes
45    Richard Stretford
46    Jo: Johnson eler
47    Memorandum that the fift day of agust the yeare foresaid the will above written was red
48    and heard by us undersubscribees and allowed and continened by the testator
49    J: Winston
50    Fanc: Yate
51    [Mark made probably by John Blake but not a particular symbol]   ]
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52    T: John Blake de Stanishe
53    Probat[um] etc _____ Mr Wm Blackleeth
54   
55    vic[ar] etc April _____ xxx th
56    ____ 1592
57    Commiss ecal ___ etc execut etc
58    debite iurat etc

Will of Thomas Blake gentleman of Saint Albans Hertfordshire - National Archives PROB 11/26/55, probated 20 Feb 1536/37

I have just one will from Hertfordshire and it is for Thomas Blake and was probated 20 Feb 1536/37. The Blake family in Hertfordshire appears at Abbots Walden in Saint Albans in the early part of the 1500s living at Abbots Walden which was part of the large monastic centre at St Albans dismantled during the late 1530s early 1540s. British History online discussing the Abbots Walden has a write up on the property mentioned below:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43301

ADVOWSON

The church of Abbots Walden was probably granted to the monastery of St. Albans by Wulfgar with the manor, (fn. 124) and was confirmed to them by King John. (fn. 125) In 1188 the obventions from the church were assigned with the licence of Pope Clement III to the guests' prebend. (fn. 126) One mark per annum from the church of Walden was granted in 1194 to the church of St. Mary of Pré near St. Albans, (fn. 127) and in 1257 a pension of 40s. per annum paid by the vicar of Walden was assigned by the abbot to provide bread and ale for the monks and their guests. (fn. 128) Part of the tithes of Walden were assigned to the hospital of St. Julian, (fn. 129) and some seem to have belonged to the refectorar. (fn. 130) In 1513 the site of the rectory and the tithes were leased for thirty-one years to Thomas Blake, for a rent of £19 payable to the refectorar. (fn. 131) This lease was renewed in 1534, and Blake apparently transferred it to Thomas Hoo. (fn. 132) The rectory and advowson of the vicarage were granted in 1544 to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London, (fn. 133) and the patronage has been vested in them since. The lease of the rectory was renewed in 1621 to William Hoo for four lives, and he mortgaged it in 1623 to John Saunders, Richard Franklyn, and Richard Collett. (fn. 134) The rectory was sold with the Bury, and the great tithes are now received by the earl of Strathmore. (fn. 135)

The National Archives has under Access to Archives the Estate and family papers of the Blake family of Danesbury, Welwyn, Hertfordshire 1776 - 1924 and they are held by the Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies and a short history follows from the Access to Archives website : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=046-dex69&cid=0#0

Administrative history:
In 1797 William Blake married Mary Nash, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Nash, and granddaughter of John Darker. By this settlement the Darker estates in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, including the advowson of Queniboro', Leics, were settled on William and Mary, after the death of Edward Lovedon. Edward Lovedon, who died c.1821, was the second husband of Elizabeth Nash, daughter and heir of John Darker.

In 1805 Blake purchased a house in Portland Place, and in 1819 he took a lease on St. John's Lodge, Welwyn, which he subsequently purchased in 1824, and altered the name to Danesbury. He added other pieces of land to this estate, and was an enthusiastic shot and landowner. In 1826 he became a J P for Hertfordshire, and in 1836 served as High Sheriff. He was involved in the local police committee in 1843, and in negotiations about the London to York Railway in 1848.
He had eight children; of the three sons, William John was MP for Newport, 1837-1841, Frederic served in the 33rd Regiment in Ireland, Gibraltar, Canada and the Crimea, and Henry Woolaston was a partner in Boulton, Watt & Co, engineers and iron founders.
Four of the daughters were married, Mary to Baron de Biel of Germany, Ellen to John Alexander Hankey, Caroline to Henry Davidson, and Emily to Christopher William Fuller: Fanny, the unmarried sister, lived at home. William Blake died in 1852 and was succeeded by his eldest son William John Blake.

I do not know if these two lines are connected at all. William Blake married Mary Nash at Saint Mary, St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England. My thought it that this line is likely from the Blake lines in London.

There was an Edward/Edmund Blake (buried 30 June 1598 (C07210-1 Family Search)) baptizing children at Redbourn Hertfordshire in the 1570s/1580s namely (C01769-8 Family Search):

Isabell Blake baptized 20 Jun 1574
Catherina Blake baptized 1 Jun 1582

Redbourn runs adjacent to the parish of St Michaels in Saint Albans so is perhaps quite interesting.

There is a Thomas Blake baptizing children at Baldock Hertfordshire namely (C07210-1 Family Search):

William Blake baptized 23 Mar 1560
Dorathey Blake baptized Jul 1563
Agnes Blake baptized 26 Dec 1565

and a John Blake baptizing at Baldock namely(C07210-1 Family Search):

James Blake baptized Aug 1572

Baldock is interestingly enough just 11 miles south of Welwyn Hertfordshire.

There was a John Blake at Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire baptizing children namely (C07241-1 Family Search):

John Blake baptized 25 Jun 1587
Sara Blake baptized 1 Mar 1589
William Blake baptized 3 Mar 1593
Daniell Blake baptized Dec 1596

Hemel Hempstead is 6 miles NW of St Albans.

Marriages in the 1500s in Hertfordshire for Blake:

John Blake and Isabell Rolfe 31 Aug 1583 Great Gaddesden (M04738-2 Family Search)

Great Gaddesden is three miles from Hemel Hempstead.

From The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, 1899 (William Brigg)))  (http://www.archive.org/stream/hertsgenealogis00briggoog/hertsgenealogis00briggoog_djvu.txt) :
f. 55. JOHN WAGSTAFFE. {DaL 21 Jidy 1448). Bur. at
S^ Peters, viz. ^ in primo ingressu dicti Cimiterii sub capella
ibidem de ChameU'; Benedict Edryssh chaplain; Kobt.
Andrew ; The anchorites of S^ Peters & S^ Michaels ; John
Wortyng skinner ; Lawrence West ; Edw. West ; Eustachia
dau. of my wife ; John Blake ; The convent of the friars minors
of Ware ; The office of the Bursar of S* Albans &c ; Wife
Julian & Rich. Studeley exors. (Pr. 29 Aug. 1448).

This short excerpt is interesting in that it mentions John Blake prior to 1500 in Hertfordshire namely at Ware. Ware is 15 miles ENE of St Albans, 9 miles E of Welwyn  and 14 miles SSE of Baldock.

The will itself does provide us with details on the family of Thomas. He married a widow and his estate moved into the hands of the Hoo family through his stepson Thomas Hoo. He has a cousin Gregory Warren who received half of his estate. He had a daughter Jane (deceased) and an uncle Thomas Blake married to Margaret (both deceased).

The process by which I chose a will for Hertfordshire (I choose one for each county that had early wills for the Blake family) was I picked the oldest one when there weren't very many wills:

National Archives holds six wills for Blake at Hertfordshire (including the current one being transcribed not listed below):

Will of Susannah Blake, widow of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire probated 11 Jun 1850
Will of Ezekiel Blake, Wine and Spirit Merchant of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire probated 20 Aug 1833
Will of Samuel Blake, Wheelwright of Aldenham, Hertfordshire probated 7 Jan 1724
Will of John Blake, farmer of Hatfield, Hertfordshire probated 21 Sep 1831
Will of William Blake, gentleman of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire probated 7 Jun 1803

Looking at The Visitation of Hertfordshire 1572 for the Hoo family of Paul's Walden. Maud Bardolfe first married Thomas Hoo of Paul's Walden and it was her son Thomas Hoo who married (unknown) Newman with their son Thomas marrying Lucy Brockett  and it is he who has signed the Visitation for this family.

The 1634 Visitation of Hertfordshire lists Thomas Hoo married to Lucy Brockett with their son Thomas married to Helen Perient their son William married to Susan Stermont. This William living in 1635 has filled in the Visitation and has a son Thomas then 21 years old in 1634.

I did not find any Blake entries in the Visitations for Hertfordshire.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 29 Oct 2012
Source:  The National Archives, PROB 11/26/55
Name of testator: Thomas Blake, gentleman
Place: Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated 25 Nov 1536, probated 20 Feb 1536/37
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: light text, middle English writing, 16th century
[In margin] T[estator] Thome
[In margin] Blake

1    In the name of god amen the xxv ti daye of Novembre in the yere of o[u]r lorde god a thousand
2    five hundrethe xxxvj I Thomas Blake of the towne of Saint Albans in the Countie of Hertf[ordshire]
3    gentleman of hole mynde and good remembrance lauding and praising be unto Almightie god
4    make and ordayne this my p[re]sent Laste will and testament in man[ner] and forme folowing First
5    I comende my soule unto Almightie god and to o[u][r blessed Lady and to all the holy company of
6    hevin and my bodie to be buried w[ith]in the Churche of Saint Petir in the Chapell of o[u]r Ladye
7    It[e]me I give and Bequithe to the highe aulter for my tythes forgoten xij d It[e]m to Saint Albanes
8    chryme xij d It[e]m I will that a Graveston be Bought and laide upon me It[e]m I will
9    threescore lodis of stones be laide in the hyghe weye bitwen the the Charwell Chapell and wotehall
10    It[e]m I give and bequethe unto Gregory Waren th[e ]elder my Cosen after my deceas and my wiffes
11    all the yeres of my lease and farme that I have of the monastery of Saint Albanes called Gimberds
12    Wall th[e ]appurtenancs thereto belonging on and my said wife discharginge moneys x s or so s of my
13    bonds that I am bounden in to the Abbot and Convent of the said monastery Also I give and bequethe
14    my lease and ferme called the p[ar]songe of Abbots Walden unto Thomas Hoo and to his wife and
15    unto the longer liver of them Bothe aftir my deceas and my wife And as it happen any of the
16    yeres of the said lease and ferme to be undetermyned aftir the deceas of the said Thomas Hoo and
17    his wife that then thes yeres soo undetermyned shall remayne to Thomas Hoo the younger
18    my godsonne Also I give and bequeth unto the said Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder after my deceas and my
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19    wiffes all suche farmes bushells scotells shovilles dungeforks cartes and cartladders and longe ladders
20    that belongethe to the barne after the deceas of me and my wif Alsoe I give to the said Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder my
21    grounde that I have of Stagenhoo and alsoe a close that I have By copie sometyme Willia[m] Hannswis
22    Item I will that Maude mywif aftir my deceas shal[l ]have the occupa[t]ion of the hous or tent that I
23    dwell in here w[ith]all the bedde hangingis sperwers capelles formes stoles cubberds coffers all
24    the brasse laten and pewter w[i]t[h] all other ymplements and necessaries whate so ev[er] they bee except
25    myne napery and my plate during hir lif And half the brasse and half the pewter latten before
26    expressed And twoo fetherbeddis w[i]t[h] their apparell my wife to have to give and dispose at hir
27    pleasure, the other half of the brasse pewter and latten w[i]t[h] all the bedding except the spervers
28    testers and hangingis the oon half thereof to remayne to my cosen Gregory Waren th[e ]elder
29    and the other half to Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder and Thomas Hoo the younger All houshold and
30    necessaries as is before reherced aftir the deceas of me and my wif Except before except I give to
31    my cosen Gregory Waren th[e ]elder holy to remayne to hym w[i]t[h]oute let of any man And as to the
32    disposi[c]ion of my plate masers and spones aftir my deceas I will it shal[l ]be solde, except  five m[ar]kes
33    worthe of the same plate my wif to have and to give at her pleasure And the Residue of the said
34    plate comyng to fynd a prise to singe for me and my wif my father soule and mother soule my
35    doughter Jane's soule my uncle Thomas Blake soule and Margaret his wife and all other s[hres]ten souleis
36    Item I give and bequethe xx li in money for an yerely obite to be kept w[i]t[h]in the church of Saint
37    Peter by the space of xx ti yeres aftir my deceas yerely to be kept and thereat to be expended xx s  And
38    the said preste to sing oon yere at Saint Peters in Saint Albanes and at other yere at Abbots
39    Walden and there to praye for the soules afore named Item I bequethe to Abbots Walden churche
40    five marks in money Item I will that xx li over and above the funding of a prist above said shall
41    alsoe goe to the finding of a prist to singe as is afore appoynted Item I give to Edmond Newsome
42    aftir my deceas all suche bedding brasse and pweter that I have at my barne at Abbots
43    Walden except my bedd that I lie on, the whiche bed I will remayne to the bedding of my ho[u]ses
44    that I dwell in Item I give and bequeth unto my woman s[er]vante Blanche Gowtson oon
45    fetherbed w[i]t[h] a Bolster oon paire of blanckets of lynnen oon paire of shetes oon cov[er]let that
46    which was Grayns Item I give and Bequeth 10 li to be bestowed in the hyghe weye
47    under Threfferengrove Item I give and Bequeth unto Elizabeth Penyfather at the tyme
48    of her mariage x s Item I give and Bequethe to Richard Raurrigge my s[er]vant vj s vij d Item I
49    give and Bequethe unto Thomas Catelyn when he is maried xx s and ij paire of shetis Item
50    I give and Bequethe to Thomas Hethe a cote clothe of Russet, and also to the same Thomas
51    in money vj s viij d Item I doe forgive and remyt unto William Myles and Agnes his wife vj li
52    whiche they doe owe me Item I doe forgive and remyt unto Rauf Etevyason all suche money
53    as he dothe owe me Item I give and Bequethe unto B Thomas Smythe my prist my gowne furred
54    w[i]t[h] foxe Item I give and Bequeth unto the said B Thomas a paire of shetis Item I will that Mawde
55    my wif have a paire of floxen shets to give and dispose at hir pleasure And the Residue of all my
56    napery the oon half thereof I give to Gregory Waren th[e ]elder my cosen and his children And
57    the other half to remayne to Thomas Hoo th[e ]elder and Thomas Hoo the younger Item I give and
58    bequethe unto Agnes Myles the wif of William Myles aftir my decease xx s Item I give to
59    mother Barnarde during her life xx s to be paide quarterly Item I will that all suche willes
60    bequests and legacies made by me Thomas Blake bering date any tyme before this my p[resen]t
61    laste will shall from thensforthe be frustrate voide and of none effect to all intents And this
62    my p[re]sente laste will to be in strengthe and of good effect The Residue of all my goods not
63    bequethed aftir my detts paid and this my last will executed and fulfilled I putt it to the
64    discre[c]ion of  my Executors to bestowe for my soule and for the soules of them aforenamyd, as they
65    shall thinke most beste aftir their discre[c]ion And I doe make and ordeyn myne executors to the
66    p[er]formance of this my present laste will Gregory Waren th[e ]elder Thomas Knyghton and Thomas
67    Hoo th[e ]elder gentlemen and I doe give to ev[er] oon of my said Executors for their diligent labo[ur]s
68    xx s In Witnes whereof I the said Thomas Blake to this my present laste will have putte my seall
69    the daye and yere above said Theis bering witnes John Cowley Thomas Chipwith gentleman
70    Br George Penton prist Br Thomas Smythe prist George Rufford Thomas Stawonton John
71    Spenser John Burley more and other