Elizabeth Blake is married to Nicholas Blake of Long Parish and it is possible that her maiden name was Sadler.
This will was in litigation C 6/21/94 (document at The National Archives) and is Kent versus Thomas with the plaintiff Richard Kent and the defendants Nicholas Thomas and other. This is the answer only to that litigation and it is dated 1662.
A second litigation C 6/48/53 (document at The National Archives) and is Goddard versus Kent with plaintiffs Katherine Goddard, Jane Goddard and Elizabeth Goddard and defendants (unknown) Smithe, Richard Kent, Nicholas Thomas, Mary Thomas wife of Nicholas and again the will of the deceased Elizabeth Blake. The document type is the bill and two answers and is dated 1664.
A third litigation C 6/48/99 (document at The National Archives) and is Pembridge versus Thomas with plaintiffs Jane Pembridge, Elizabeth Pembridge and Mary Pembridge with defendants Nicholas Thomas, Mary Thomas his wife and Richard Kent. The document type is answer and schedule. The date is 1651-1681 but would be at least 1662 – 1681 so is probably part of a larger package with these dates.
In an earlier will Richard Blake of Tower Ward London mentioned his godson Richard Blake of Long Parish (1643) and was blogged:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/02/richard-blake-will-of-23-mar-1643.html
Is this Nicholas Blake a son of Richard and Jone Blake of Andover. Richard died in 1622 and left his will in which he mentions property at Forton which he is giving to his son Nicholas. Forton is one of the townships in Longparish. This would mean that he is the Nicholas Blake baptized 27 Mar 1604 at Andover and buried at Andover 16 Mar 1677. I have not to date found a marriage for him but do not have the parish registers for Long Parish yet.
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/08/will-of-richard-blake-linen-draper-of.html
The sister of Nicholas Blake, Elinor Hinxman, mentioned her brother in her will of 1657 and he was living at Gavelacre which is in the vill of Forton thus placing him again in this area close to the time of the will of 1662. I have not published the Hinxman wills so must do that one of these days “…..And I nominate, and appoint my brother Mr Nicholas Blake of Galliger and my cozen Mr Peter Blake of Andover Overseers of this my last Will and Testament desiring them to be ayding and assisting to my Executor in the performance hereof ….”
British History Online has a write up for Richard Blake’s holding of property at Gavelacre in Forton:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56843
Richard Blake, who died in 1623[sic 1622], held a messuage called 'Chamberlaynes hold,' and others there, of Cecily Lady De La Warr as of her manor of Wherwell (fn. 42) ; and premises in Forton are repeatedly mentioned in the later conveyances of Longparish Manor. There is a lot of information on Nicholas Blake of Gavelacre which will be mentioned as I have a few indentures that refer to him. To date though, I have not yet found a will for him. There are a number of documents in which he is involved as trustee and grantee but no will thus far. The will could be attached to property that preceded directly to his right heir so no probate but there should be an entry showing the passage of the property from him to his heir or if he sold it. I do not have any children for Nicholas. Learning more about Nicholas could be helpful for my personal research as it is his nephew William to whom he first mortgaged property at Andover and later for a particular sum of 5 shillings cleared the mortgage of 50+ pounds in 1649. This was at East Field and West Field. William himself died in 1696 also not leaving a will.
This is an excellent will to learn about the family of Elizabeth Blake as she names her siblings and the children of her siblings.
Names mentioned in the will:
Mr Nicholas Blake, husband of the testatrix, Long Parish
Anthony Pembridge, great nephew
Jane Pembridge, great niece
Mary Pembridge, great niece
Elizabeth Pembridge, great niece
Mary Pembridge, niece
Edward Kent, great nephew
Richard Kent, great nephew
John Kent, great nephew
Joane Kent, great niece
Elizabeth Kent, great niece
Richard Kent, nephew, executor
Michaell Goddard, great nephew
Katherine Goddard, great niece
Jane Goddard, great niece
Elizabeth Goddard, great niece
Katherine Goddard, niece
Charitie Thomas, goddaughter
Mr Nicholas Thomas, kinsman
Samuel Collins
William Sadler, brother
Robert Sadler, brother
Anthony Pembridge, cousin (is this the husband of her niece Mary?)
Robert Goddard, cousin (is this the husband of her niece Katherine?)
Richard Kent, cousin (same as executor, husband of unnamed niece?)
Richard Miller, cousin
Anne Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
Joane Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
William Sadler, cousin (child of her brother?)
Martha Hopkins
John Hayes, clerk, witness
Elizabeth Gale, witness
Interesting that she has chosen the Church at Nether Wallop in which to be buried. An interesting set of wills for the Gore family of Nether Wallop which mentions “my brother in law Mr Robert Sadler” and was written 22 Jan 1655 and proved 29 Mar 1656.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/gore/messages/1757.html
There is apparently a pedigree for the Sadler family on page 163 in the Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. The children of Robert Sadler of Salthorp (sic Salthrop), Wiltshire married to Grace the daughter of Henry Sadler son of Radulphi Sadler, knight, are listed as Robert Sadler son and heir aged 15 years in 1623, Henry aged 13 years in 1623, William aged 12 years in 1623, Elizabeth aged 11 years in 1623 and Anna aged 10 years in 1623. If indeed this is Elizabeth’s family, then Elizabeth would have been born circa 1612 and 50 years of age when her will was written. She does not mention her sister Anna or brother Henry but does mention her brothers Robert and William. Salthorp is near Everleigh/Everley Wiltshire which is 5 miles north west of Ludgershall and the road from Andover passes through Everleigh. Queen Elizabeth gave the manor to Sir Ralph Sadler. Ralph is the grandfather of Grace who was the likely mother of Elizabeth wife of Nicholas Blake. Nether Wallop is thirteen miles from Everleigh and ten miles from Longparish.
My daughter has speeded up the publication of this blog as she helped me to find Salthrop.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB/11/307/513
Testator: Elizabeth Blake
Place: Long Parish, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 10 Jan 1661, probated 3 Apr 1662
Condition: 17th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]^m[ent]: Elizabethie
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen The tenth day of
2 January in the yeare of our Lord god one Thousand six hundred sixtie one
3 I Elizabeth Blake wife of Nicholas Blake of Long parish in the County of South[amp]ton
4 gentleman being weake in body but of perfect memory doe make this my last
5 will and testament in manner and forme as followeth Imprimis I bequeath
6 my soule to god and my body to be buried in the parish Church of Nether Wallop in
7 the County aforesaid Item I give unto Anthony Pembridge Jane Pembridge and
8 Mary Pembridge Elizabeth Pembridge child of my neece Mary Pembridge
9 twenty pounds apiece Item I give unto Edward Kent Richard Kent John Kent
10 Joane Kent Elizabeth Kent children of my nephew Richard Kent twenty pounds
11 a peece Item I give unto Michaell Goddard Katherine Goddard Jane Goddard
12 Elizabeth Goddard children of my Neece Katherine Goddard twenty pounds
13 a peece Item I give unto my goddaughter Charitie Thomas the daughter of
14 my kinsman Nicholas Thomas five pounds and my will is that the above
15 named Sommes may be paid unto the above named children at the age of
16 one and twenty yeares or at their day of marriage if the above said Sommes
17 shall by that tyme be raysed by Mr Nicholas Blake and by him paid unto my
18 Executor And my will further is That if any of the fower children of the above
19 named Mary Pembridge shall happen to dye before the tymes above mentioned
20 That then the respective legacies of the children soe dying may be equally de-
21 vided betwixt the surviving and soe likeness for the five Children of my Nephew
22 Richard Kent And the fower children of my neece Katherine Goddard And
23 my will further is that the daughters of the above named Mary Pembridge
24 Richard Kent and Katherine Goddard may have my lynnen brasse pewter and
25 bedding equally devided amongst them excepting one bed which is at Samuell Col-
26 lins his house And one bolster and yellow Coverlett one paire of sheets and
27 one paire of blanceates which are in the house of Mr Nicholas Thomas which
28 my will is to give to Martha Hopkins with five pounds in money And my will
29 further is that the five pounds be paid unto the above named Martha Hopkins
30 as soone as it shalbe received by my executor from Mr Nicholas Blake if shee
31 be then living Item I give unto the Church of Nether Wallop twenty shillings
32 And to the poore of the same parrish twenty shillings more Item I give unto the poore
33 of Long parrish twentie shillings Item I give unto my brother William and Sister
34 Sadler To my brother Robert and Sister Sadler the Lady Pawlett my husband
35 Mr Nicholas Blake my cousin Anthony Pembridge and his wife my Cousin Robert
36 Goddard and his wife my Cousin Richard Kent and his wife Mr Nicholas Thomas
37 and his wife twenty shillings a peece to buy each of them a ring Item I give
38 unto my Cousin Richard Miller and his wife my Cousin Anne Sadler my Cousin
39 Joane Sadler ten shillings a peece Item I give unto my Cousin William Sadler
40 twenty shillings And all the rest of my money and goods I give unto my Ne-
41 phew Richard Kent whome I make sole executor of this my last will and testam[en]t
43 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale the day and yeare
44 above written the marke of Elizabeth Blake Signed and Sealed in the presence
45 of John Hayes Clerke The marke of Elizabeth Gale
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Will of John Lywood, Esquire, Barton Stacey - The National Archives PROB 11/1776/81, probated 3 Sep 1830
John Lywood (testator) was married to Elizabeth Bennett 6 Dec 1798 at Froyle, Hampshire.
Their children (and all are mentioned in the will below):
John baptized 7 Nov 1799 (born 4 Oct 1799) Andover
Elizabeth baptized 29 Sep 1803 (born 30 Aug 1803) Andover
Leonard baptized 23 Feb 1802 (born 18 Aug 1801) Andover
Mary baptized 25 Jul 1806 (born 4 Apr 1806) Andover
John Lywood married Elizabeth Dowling 1 Jan 1823 at Goodworth Clatford
Elizabeth Lywood married John Lewis 10 Jan 1822 at Barton Stacey
Leonard Lywood married Anne Courtney 9 Nov 1830 at Barton Stacey
Mary Lywood married Anthony Mist Lewis 7 Jul 1825 at Barton Stacey
There are four possibilities for the parents of John Lywood (Testator) on Find My Past (and the first one is eliminated by the last leaving two possibilities one at Knights Enham and one at Chawton):
John Lywood baptized 16 Aug 1752 and the son of Jesse and Mary Lywood at Nether Wallop (married 22 Dec 1760 Jesse Lywood and Mary Cook (widow) at Nether Wallop)
John Lywood baptized 15 Sep 1757 and the son of John and Mary Lywood at Knights Enham (married 21 Oct 1756 John Lywood and Mary Pearce at Knights Enham)
John Lywood baptized 9 May 1760 and the son of John and Ann Lywood at Chawton (married 10 Jul 1759 John Lywood and Ann Cousins at Chawton)
John Lywood baptized 2 Mar 1777 and the son of John and Ruth Lywood at Houghton (married 13 May 1776 John Lywood and Ruth Warwick at Nether Wallop)
Knights Enham is interesting being so close to Andover. However, Froyle where they married is only 4.3 miles NE of Chawton and Andover is 25 miles East of Froyle. So no guesses here on that one!
The will might give us some information on his origins if he mentions siblings. Barton Stacey is 5.5 miles south east of Andover just to place this location. He does not however mention any family other than his children and wife in his will below.
I have no ideas on the ancestry of this Lywood family but I vaguely recall Warwick mentioning that this Hampshire Lywood family may not share ancestry until back before the 1600s. I haven't spoken to him in at least seven years (via email) so he may have more information now and can be found on the Guild of one name studies website.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1776/81
Testator: John Lywood, Esquire
Place: Barton Stacey, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Oct 1826, probated 3 Sep 1830
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Lywood
[Margin]: Esquire
[Margin]: 54
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me John Lywoodof Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey in the County
3 of Southampton Esquire made in sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
4 as follows that is to say First I will and direct that all my just debts the expences of my
5 Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me herein
6 after given shall be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate And it is my will that
7 if such Residue of my personal Estate shall not be sufficient for that purpose the
8 deficiency shall be made good by my Children in equal shares and proportions out of the
9 Estates and property hereinafter devised and bequeathed to them Also I do hereby give and
10 bequeath unto the following persons the under mentioned specific Legacies that is to say To
11 my dear wife Elizabeth Lywood my Single Horse Chaire and Harness and such Horse as
12 shall have been usually driven therein a short time before or at the time of my decease
13 To my eldest Son John Lywood my Gold watch To my youngest Son Leonard Lywood
14 my Silver Watch my Silver Soup Ladle and my Silver Quart Tankard To my eldest
15 daughter Elizabeth Lewis one of my Silver pint Cups and one of my silver half pint
16 Cups To my youngest daughter Mary Lewis my other silver pint Cup and an other silver
17 half pint Cup Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife all my household Goods and
18 Furniture household Implements plate (not hereinbefore disposed of) Silver and China now
19 being or which at the time of my decease shall be in and about my present dwelling
20 house and premises at Barton Stacey aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my Son
21 Leonard Lywood all the household Goods and furniture household Implements plate not
22 hereinbefore disposed of Silver and China now being in and about my late dwellinghouse
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23 at Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and now in the permitted
24 possession of the said Leonard Lywood Also I give and bequeath unto my present Servant
25 William Hamborn whether he shall be in my Service at the at the time of my decease or not the
26 Legacy or Sum of Twenty pounds To Ann the wife of James Smith of Barton Stacey afores[ai]d
27 the Legacy or Sum of one guinea and to James Bower five pounds if in my Service or that
28 of my Son Leonard Lywood at the time of my decease And whereas my Son in Law
29 John Lewis is indebted to me Two hundred pounds Now I do hereby give and bequeath
30 one hundred pounds part of the said debt to the said John Lewis And I give and bequeath
31 one hundred pounds residue thereof to my Son in Law Anthony Lewis Also I give and
32 bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
33 nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned one annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds over
34 and besides all Taxes or Duties payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof
35 and free and clear from such duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
36 said Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds I do hereby charge upon and make
37 payable out of my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the
38 appurtenances situate at Upper Clatford in the said County of Southampton called Norman
39 Court Farm by four equal quarterly payments in every year that is to say the twenty fifth
40 day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the
41 twenty fifth day of December the first payment thereof to be made on such of the said
42 quarterly days of payment as shall first happen next after my decease Also I give and
43 bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
44 nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned One other Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty
45 pounds over and besides all Taxes or duties payable or to be payable for or in respect of
46 the same or any part thereof and free and clear from such Taxes duties and all charges
47 and deductions whatsoever which said last mentioned Annuity or clear yearly Sum of
48 Sixty pounds I do hereby charge upon and make payable out of my Freehold Messuages
49 Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Barton
50 Stacey aforesaid by the like four quarterly payments in every year by which the said last
51 mentioned Annuity of Ninety pounds hereinbefore charged upon the said hereditaments and
52 premises at Upper Clatford aforesaid to make payable provided always that if the said
53 annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds or either of them
54 shall be in arrear and unpaid in part or in all for the space of twenty one days next
55 over or after either of the said days of payment on which the same respectively ought to
56 be paid as aforesaid Then and in such case and as often as the same shall happen it shall
57 and may be lawful to and for my said wife Elizabeth Lywood and her assigns over and
58 besides all other remedies which she may be entitled to have or take for recovery of
59 the same to enter into and upon the said several Messuages Farms Lands Tenements and
60 hereditaments with the appurtenances charged with the payment of the same respectively
61 or any part thereof and distrain for such of the said respective annuity or annuities or
62 such part of parts thereof respectively which shall be so in arrear and unpaid as afores[ai]d
63 and the distress and distresses then and there find to impound take lead drive and carry
64 away sell and dispose of according to Law in like manner as in case of Rent in
65 arrear until such Annuity and Annuities respectively and all arrears of the same
66 together with all costs charges and expences attending the making keeping sale and disposal
67 of such distress or distresses shall be fully paid and satisfied provided also that when
68 and as soon as the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds
69 hereinafter given to my said Wife shall become payable and my said wife shall be in
70 the actual receipt and perception thereof by virtue of the bequest hereinafter contained
71 Then the said several Annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds and each of them
72 shall be no longer paid or payable to her and the same severally together with the powers
73 and remedies for recovery of the same respectively shall cease and be determined and void
74 provided also that the said two several annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds
75 and Sixty pounds and the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds
76 hereinafter given to my said Wife instead of and in lieu of the same in the event of the
77 death of Thomas Bennett Gentleman hereinafter named and as hereinafter mentioned
78 are given and bequeathed to her and shall be by her accepted and taken in full and entire
79 bar and satisfaction of all Dower and right and Title to Dower and Thirds at the
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80 Common Law which she may have or claim to have into or out of all or any or either
81 of my Freehold Estates but not of her widowhood or Freehold in any Copyhold Estate or
82 Estates which I may be seized or possessed of which it is my will and desire she shall and
83 may hold and enjoy over and besides the said several Annuities or such of them as
84 remain and shall be payable according to the custom of the respective Manor or Manors
85 under which the said Copyhold Estate or Estates are or may be held by me at the time
86 of my decease and subject to the first mentioned Annuity of clear yearly sum of Ninety
87 pounds and the remedies for the recovery of the same determinable nevertheless as herein
88 before and hereinafter mentioned I give and devise my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands
89 hereditaments and premises situate at Upper Clatford aforesaid unto and to the use of
90 my said eldest Son John Lywood his heirs and assigns for ever Also I give bequeath and
91 confirm unto my said Son John Lywood his executors administrators and assigns all the
92 live and dead Stock and Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other
93 my Farming Stock and Effects whatsoever now in the possession of the said John
94 Lywood and which have been for some time past or now art or may at the time of my decease
95 be in or upon or used by my said Son John Lywood by my permission in or about my said
96 Farm Lands hereditaments and premises or any part thereof at Upper Clatford aforesaid and
97 also all such monies as have arisen or been received by my said Son John Lywood or his
98 assigns or which shall or may arise or be raised by him or them by the sale and disposal
99 thereof and subject (as to the said Freehold premises charged therewith) to the said last one
100 mentioned annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty pounds and the remedies for recovery of the
101 same determinable nevertheless as hereinbefore and hereinafter is mentioned I give devise and
102 bequeath my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and also all and singular my Leasehold Titles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances which I hold under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester my Lease of
103 which or part of which I am about to renew with the said Dean and Chapter and all other
104 my leasehold property situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
105 unto and to the use of my said Son Leonard Lywood his heirs executors administrators and
106 assigns forever for and during my present or any renewed Estates or Estate and interest in the
107 same respectively according to the nature description and quality of the same Also I give
108 bequeath and confirm unto my said Son Leonard Lywood all the live and dead Stock and
109 Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other my Farming Stock and Effects
110 save and except such are hereinbefore specifically otherwise disposed of which have been for some
111 time past or now are or at the time of my decease may be in or upon or used by my said Son
112 Leonard Lywood by my permission in or about the Farms Lands and premises late in my
113 occupation and now in the occupation of my said Son Leonard Lywood at Newton Stacey and
114 in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid or any part thereof and also all such monies as
115 have arisen or been received by the said Leonard Lywood or his assigns or shall or may
116 arise and be received by him or them by the sale and disposal thereof Also I give and devise
117 unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several heirs and
118 assigns All that my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with
119 the appurtenances situate at or near Leckford in the County of Southampton To hold the
120 same with their and every of their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said daughters
121 Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally
122 share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants And whereas as heir at
123 Law of my late Sister Mary the late Wife of the said Thomas Bennett or otherwise I am
124 also entitled to an Estate of Inheritance in fee simple expectant upon the decease of the
125 said Thomas Bennett in and to several Freehold Messuages and a Freehold Estate Farm
126 Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate lying and being at or near Martyr
127 Worthy aforesaid Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth Lywood an annuity or
128 clear year Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds over and besides all Taxes and duties
129 payable or to be payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof and free and
130 clear of and from such Taxes duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
131 said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds I do hereby charge
132 upon and make payable out of my said Freehold Messuages Estate Farm Lands heredit-ament]s
133 and premises with the appurtenances at or near Martyr Worthy aforesaid To hold the
134 said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds unto my said wife
135 Elizabeth Lywood from and after the death of the said Thomas Bennett for and
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136 during the term of her natural life and to be paid and payable to her by the like quarterly
137 payments and with the like remedies and powers for recovery of the same as is hereinbefore
138 mentioned and expressed respecting the said several annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty
139 pounds herein before mentioned and subject to the said annuity or clear yearly Sum of one
140 hundred and fifty pounds to my said Wife during her life as aforesaid and to the remedies and
141 powers for recovery of the same I do hereby give and devise the said Freehold Messuages
142 Estate Farm Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances at or near
143 Martyr Worthy aforesaid unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and
144 their several heirs and assigns To hold the same with their and every of their appurtenances
145 unto and to the use of my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their
146 several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally share and share alike as tenants
147 in common and not as joint tenants Also I give and bequeath all the ready money and
148 cash Notes which I may have in m y house at the time of my decease unto and
149 amongst my said wife and children equally share and share alike to be divided between
150 them as soon as may be after my decease All the Rest Residue and Remainder of
151 my Monies Securities for Money and all other my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
152 not hereinbefore disposed of I give and bequeath unto my said wife and children upon
153 trust to apply the same and the produce thereof in and towards payment of my just debts
154 Legacies Funeral and Testamentary Expences and in case the same shall be more than
155 sufficient for that purpose to divide the surplus thereof to and amongst them my said
156 wife and children equally share and share alike And I do hereby nominate my said
157 Wife and Children Executors of this my last Will and Testament provided always and I
158 do hereby declare my will to be that in case the said Residue of my personal Estate
159 shall not be sufficient for payment of my pecuniary Legacies just debts and funeral and
160 testamentary expences that any deficiency which may happen or be in such residue of
161 my said personal Estate for the said purposes or any or either of them shall be paid
162 and made good by my said Children equally share and share alike out of the several
163 devised bequests and other provisions hereinbefore made for them respectively and that
164 the Estates property and Effects hereinbefore given to them respectively shall be chargeable
165 with and subject and liable to the payment of his her or their respective several shares
166 and proportions of such deficiency according to the intent and meaning of this my will and
167 that my said pecuniary Legatees or the pecuniary Legacies to them respectively given
168 shall not be affected thereby or any abatement made from the same in consequence of
169 such deficiency provided also that my said Executors or either of them shall not
170 be answerable or accountable for more of my Estate and Effects than what they shall
171 respectively receive nor with any loss which shall of may happen of the same or any
172 part thereof except such loss happen through their his or her wilful default or neglect
173 nor one of them for the other of them or the acts receipts defaults or disbursements of
174 the other of them and I declare it to be my will and intention that my said Executors
175 and each of them shall and may from time to time by without out of my personal
176 Estate retain and reimburse to himself herself and themselves and also pay to his her
177 or their co-executors all such costs charges damages and expences as they any or
178 either of them shall or may pay sustain lay out expend or be put unto in and about
179 the execution of this my will In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the
181 Testator have to two parts of this my last will and Testament each of them written and
182 contained in six sheets of paper to the first five sheets of each of the said parts set
183 my hand and to the last sheets thereof set my hand and seal the twenty eighth day of
184 October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six
185 John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator John
186 Lywood as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his
187 request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
188 our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Curate of Barton Stacey Robt Bird
189 Attorney at Law Winchester Charles Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
190 I the said John Lywood the Testator having since the date and
191 publication of my Will above written surrendered the Lease by which I hold my
192 Leasehold Tytles hereditaments and premises at Barton Stacey and in the parish
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193 of Barton Stacey in the County of Southampton under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester
194 given and devised by my said will to my said Son Leonard Lywood and taken a renewed
195 Lease of the saide premises for another Term of years in the said Renewed Lease mentioned I
196 do hereby give and devise the said Tytles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances
197 to the said Leonard Lywood his executors administrators and assigns during all my estate and
198 interest therein and in all other respects I do hereby confirm my said will In witness
199 whereof I have to this codicil to my said will set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of
200 december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six John Lywood
201 Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the Testator as and for a
202 Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence
203 and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
204 Robt Bird Jane Bird C Russell
205 I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the county of Southampton
206 Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my last Will and
207 Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty
208 six as follows whereas I have declared in and by my said will that all my just debts the expences
209 of my Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me therein
210 given should be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate and that if such residue of
211 my personal Estate should not be sufficient for that purpose the deficiency should be made
212 good by all my children in equal shares and proportions out of the Estates and properties
213 therein devised and bequeathed to them and I did in and by my said will further declare
214 that any deficiency which might happen or be in such residue of my said personal Estate
215 for payment of the same pecuniary Legacies just debts funeral and testamentary expences
216 should be paid and made good by my said children equally share and share alike out of
217 the several devised bequests and other provisions therein made for them respectively and
218 that the Estates therein given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject
219 and liable to the payment of his her of their respective several shares and proportions of
220 such deficiency Now I do hereby revoke and make void so much and such part and
221 parts only of the said declaration or declarations in my said will contained in which
222 it is declared to be my will that such deficiences should be made good by all my said
223 children equally share and share alike and that the Estates property and Effects therein
224 given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject and liable to the
225 payment of his her or their several shares and proportions of such deficiency and instead
226 and lieu thereof do hereby declare my will to be that such deficiency shall be borne paid and
227 made good by my said children in manner and by the proportions following that is to
228 say one third part thereof by my Son John Lywood one other third part thereof by
229 my Son Leonard Lywood and the remaining third part thereof by my daughters
230 Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis in equal shares and proportions and that such
231 deficiency shall be charged and chargeable upon the Estates property and Effects herein
232 before given to them the said John Lywood Leonard Lywood Elizabeth Lewis and
233 Mary Lewis in such shares and proportions hereby lastly above expressed accordingly
234 and I do hereby confirm my said Will and my other codicil made thereto on the
235 thirteenth day of december one thousand eight hundred and twenty six in all other respects
236 whatsoever In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the Testator have to this
237 codicil to my last will and Testament written and contained in two sheets of paper to the
238 first sheet thereof set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my hand a
239 seal this eighteenth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
240 and twenty seven John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the said
241 John Lywood the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
242 presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
243 hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Robt Bird
244 C Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
245 I the above named Testator John Lywood do make this further codicil to
246 my will that is to say I revoke and make void the Legacy by my said will given to
247 my Servant Ann Smith and in all other respects confirm my said Will Witness my hand
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248 this ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
249 Lywood
250 I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the County of
251 Southampton Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my
252 last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight
253 hundred and twenty six as follows whereas in and by my said Will I gave unto Ann
254 the wife of James Smith of Newton Stacy in the Parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
255 the legacy or sum of one guinea Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said legacy
256 and whereas in and by my said Will after writing that my Son in Law John Lewis
257 was indebted to me two hundred pounds I gave and bequeathed one hundred pounds
258 part of the said debt to the said John Lewis and one hundred pounds residue thereof
259 to my Son in Law Anthony Mist Lewis thereby called Anthony Lewis and whereas the
260 said John Lewis is about to pay off the said debt and it is my intention thereupon
261 to give one moiety of the said Two hundred pounds to the said John Lewis and
262 the other moiety to the said Anthony Mist Lewis for their immediate advancement
263 Now I do hereby declare that in case such my intentions shall be carried into effect
264 during my life that the said bequest of the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to the said
265 John Lewis and the said Anthony Mist Lewis in the proportions aforesaid shall be
266 void and of none effect And I confirm my said Will in all respects wherein the same is
267 not altered by this or any other codicil thereto In witness whereof I have to this
268 further codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of
269 October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
270 Lywood signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the testator
271 as and for a further codicil to his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at
272 his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
273 Names in Witness thereto Robt Bird Attorney at Law Winchester C Russell
274 Clerk for Mr Bird
275 Proved at London with 4 Cod[ici]ls 3rd Sept 1830 before the Judge by the oaths of John
276 Lywood and Leonard Lywood the Sons two of the Executors to whom Admon was
277 granted having been first sworn by comm duly to adm[iste]r power reserved of making the
278 like Grant to Elizabeth Lywood widow the Relict Elizabeth Lewis (wife of John Lewis)
279 and Mary Lewis (wife of Anthony Mist Lewis) the daughters the other Executors when they or
280 either of them shall apply for the same
Their children (and all are mentioned in the will below):
John baptized 7 Nov 1799 (born 4 Oct 1799) Andover
Elizabeth baptized 29 Sep 1803 (born 30 Aug 1803) Andover
Leonard baptized 23 Feb 1802 (born 18 Aug 1801) Andover
Mary baptized 25 Jul 1806 (born 4 Apr 1806) Andover
John Lywood married Elizabeth Dowling 1 Jan 1823 at Goodworth Clatford
Elizabeth Lywood married John Lewis 10 Jan 1822 at Barton Stacey
Leonard Lywood married Anne Courtney 9 Nov 1830 at Barton Stacey
Mary Lywood married Anthony Mist Lewis 7 Jul 1825 at Barton Stacey
There are four possibilities for the parents of John Lywood (Testator) on Find My Past (and the first one is eliminated by the last leaving two possibilities one at Knights Enham and one at Chawton):
John Lywood baptized 16 Aug 1752 and the son of Jesse and Mary Lywood at Nether Wallop (married 22 Dec 1760 Jesse Lywood and Mary Cook (widow) at Nether Wallop)
John Lywood baptized 15 Sep 1757 and the son of John and Mary Lywood at Knights Enham (married 21 Oct 1756 John Lywood and Mary Pearce at Knights Enham)
John Lywood baptized 9 May 1760 and the son of John and Ann Lywood at Chawton (married 10 Jul 1759 John Lywood and Ann Cousins at Chawton)
John Lywood baptized 2 Mar 1777 and the son of John and Ruth Lywood at Houghton (married 13 May 1776 John Lywood and Ruth Warwick at Nether Wallop)
Knights Enham is interesting being so close to Andover. However, Froyle where they married is only 4.3 miles NE of Chawton and Andover is 25 miles East of Froyle. So no guesses here on that one!
The will might give us some information on his origins if he mentions siblings. Barton Stacey is 5.5 miles south east of Andover just to place this location. He does not however mention any family other than his children and wife in his will below.
I have no ideas on the ancestry of this Lywood family but I vaguely recall Warwick mentioning that this Hampshire Lywood family may not share ancestry until back before the 1600s. I haven't spoken to him in at least seven years (via email) so he may have more information now and can be found on the Guild of one name studies website.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Apr 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1776/81
Testator: John Lywood, Esquire
Place: Barton Stacey, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 Oct 1826, probated 3 Sep 1830
Read: Electronic copy images
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Lywood
[Margin]: Esquire
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1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me John Lywood
3 of Southampton Esquire made in sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
4 as follows that is to say First I will and direct that all my just debts the expences of my
5 Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me herein
6 after given shall be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate And it is my will that
7 if such Residue of my personal Estate shall not be sufficient for that purpose the
8 deficiency shall be made good by my Children in equal shares and proportions out of the
9 Estates and property hereinafter devised and bequeathed to them Also I do hereby give and
10 bequeath unto the following persons the under mentioned specific Legacies that is to say To
11 my dear wife Elizabeth Lywood my Single Horse Chaire and Harness and such Horse as
12 shall have been usually driven therein a short time before or at the time of my decease
13 To my eldest Son John Lywood my Gold watch To my youngest Son Leonard Lywood
14 my Silver Watch my Silver Soup Ladle and my Silver Quart Tankard To my eldest
15 daughter Elizabeth Lewis one of my Silver pint Cups and one of my silver half pint
16 Cups To my youngest daughter Mary Lewis my other silver pint Cup and an other silver
17 half pint Cup Also I give and bequeath unto my said wife all my household Goods and
18 Furniture household Implements plate (not hereinbefore disposed of) Silver and China now
19 being or which at the time of my decease shall be in and about my present dwelling
20 house and premises at Barton Stacey aforesaid Also I give and bequeath unto my Son
21 Leonard Lywood all the household Goods and furniture household Implements plate not
22 hereinbefore disposed of Silver and China now being in and about my late dwellinghouse
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23 at Barton Stacey in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and now in the permitted
24 possession of the said Leonard Lywood Also I give and bequeath unto my present Servant
25 William Hamborn whether he shall be in my Service at the at the time of my decease or not the
26 Legacy or Sum of Twenty pounds To Ann the wife of James Smith of Barton Stacey afores[ai]d
27 the Legacy or Sum of one guinea and to James Bower five pounds if in my Service or that
28 of my Son Leonard Lywood at the time of my decease And whereas my Son in Law
29 John Lewis is indebted to me Two hundred pounds Now I do hereby give and bequeath
30 one hundred pounds part of the said debt to the said John Lewis And I give and bequeath
31 one hundred pounds residue thereof to my Son in Law Anthony Lewis Also I give and
32 bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
33 nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned one annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds over
34 and besides all Taxes or Duties payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof
35 and free and clear from such duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
36 said Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ninety pounds I do hereby charge upon and make
37 payable out of my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the
38 appurtenances situate at Upper Clatford in the said County of Southampton called Norman
39 Court Farm by four equal quarterly payments in every year that is to say the twenty fifth
40 day of March the twenty fourth day of June the twenty ninth day of September and the
41 twenty fifth day of December the first payment thereof to be made on such of the said
42 quarterly days of payment as shall first happen next after my decease Also I give and
43 bequeath unto my said wife for and during the term of her natural life determinable
44 nevertheless as hereinafter mentioned One other Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty
45 pounds over and besides all Taxes or duties payable or to be payable for or in respect of
46 the same or any part thereof and free and clear from such Taxes duties and all charges
47 and deductions whatsoever which said last mentioned Annuity or clear yearly Sum of
48 Sixty pounds I do hereby charge upon and make payable out of my Freehold Messuages
49 Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Barton
50 Stacey aforesaid by the like four quarterly payments in every year by which the said last
51 mentioned Annuity of Ninety pounds hereinbefore charged upon the said hereditaments and
52 premises at Upper Clatford aforesaid to make payable provided always that if the said
53 annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds or either of them
54 shall be in arrear and unpaid in part or in all for the space of twenty one days next
55 over or after either of the said days of payment on which the same respectively ought to
56 be paid as aforesaid Then and in such case and as often as the same shall happen it shall
57 and may be lawful to and for my said wife Elizabeth Lywood and her assigns over and
58 besides all other remedies which she may be entitled to have or take for recovery of
59 the same to enter into and upon the said several Messuages Farms Lands Tenements and
60 hereditaments with the appurtenances charged with the payment of the same respectively
61 or any part thereof and distrain for such of the said respective annuity or annuities or
62 such part of parts thereof respectively which shall be so in arrear and unpaid as afores[ai]d
63 and the distress and distresses then and there find to impound take lead drive and carry
64 away sell and dispose of according to Law in like manner as in case of Rent in
65 arrear until such Annuity and Annuities respectively and all arrears of the same
66 together with all costs charges and expences attending the making keeping sale and disposal
67 of such distress or distresses shall be fully paid and satisfied provided also that when
68 and as soon as the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds
69 hereinafter given to my said Wife shall become payable and my said wife shall be in
70 the actual receipt and perception thereof by virtue of the bequest hereinafter contained
71 Then the said several Annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty pounds and each of them
72 shall be no longer paid or payable to her and the same severally together with the powers
73 and remedies for recovery of the same respectively shall cease and be determined and void
74 provided also that the said two several annuities or clear yearly Sums of Ninety pounds
75 and Sixty pounds and the Annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds
76 hereinafter given to my said Wife instead of and in lieu of the same in the event of the
77 death of Thomas Bennett Gentleman hereinafter named and as hereinafter mentioned
78 are given and bequeathed to her and shall be by her accepted and taken in full and entire
79 bar and satisfaction of all Dower and right and Title to Dower and Thirds at the
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80 Common Law which she may have or claim to have into or out of all or any or either
81 of my Freehold Estates but not of her widowhood or Freehold in any Copyhold Estate or
82 Estates which I may be seized or possessed of which it is my will and desire she shall and
83 may hold and enjoy over and besides the said several Annuities or such of them as
84 remain and shall be payable according to the custom of the respective Manor or Manors
85 under which the said Copyhold Estate or Estates are or may be held by me at the time
86 of my decease and subject to the first mentioned Annuity of clear yearly sum of Ninety
87 pounds and the remedies for the recovery of the same determinable nevertheless as herein
88 before and hereinafter mentioned I give and devise my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands
89 hereditaments and premises situate at Upper Clatford aforesaid unto and to the use of
90 my said eldest Son John Lywood his heirs and assigns for ever Also I give bequeath and
91 confirm unto my said Son John Lywood his executors administrators and assigns all the
92 live and dead Stock and Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other
93 my Farming Stock and Effects whatsoever now in the possession of the said John
94 Lywood and which have been for some time past or now art or may at the time of my decease
95 be in or upon or used by my said Son John Lywood by my permission in or about my said
96 Farm Lands hereditaments and premises or any part thereof at Upper Clatford aforesaid and
97 also all such monies as have arisen or been received by my said Son John Lywood or his
98 assigns or which shall or may arise or be raised by him or them by the sale and disposal
99 thereof and subject (as to the said Freehold premises charged therewith) to the said last one
100 mentioned annuity or clear yearly Sum of Sixty pounds and the remedies for recovery of the
101 same determinable nevertheless as hereinbefore and hereinafter is mentioned I give devise and
102 bequeath my said Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid and also all and singular my Leasehold Titles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances which I hold under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester my Lease of
103 which or part of which I am about to renew with the said Dean and Chapter and all other
104 my leasehold property situate at Newton Stacey and in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
105 unto and to the use of my said Son Leonard Lywood his heirs executors administrators and
106 assigns forever for and during my present or any renewed Estates or Estate and interest in the
107 same respectively according to the nature description and quality of the same Also I give
108 bequeath and confirm unto my said Son Leonard Lywood all the live and dead Stock and
109 Implements of husbandry corn grain grass and hay and all other my Farming Stock and Effects
110 save and except such are hereinbefore specifically otherwise disposed of which have been for some
111 time past or now are or at the time of my decease may be in or upon or used by my said Son
112 Leonard Lywood by my permission in or about the Farms Lands and premises late in my
113 occupation and now in the occupation of my said Son Leonard Lywood at Newton Stacey and
114 in the parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid or any part thereof and also all such monies as
115 have arisen or been received by the said Leonard Lywood or his assigns or shall or may
116 arise and be received by him or them by the sale and disposal thereof Also I give and devise
117 unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several heirs and
118 assigns All that my Freehold Messuages Farms Lands hereditaments and premises with
119 the appurtenances situate at or near Leckford in the County of Southampton To hold the
120 same with their and every of their appurtenances unto and to the use of my said daughters
121 Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally
122 share and share alike as tenants in common and not as joint tenants And whereas as heir at
123 Law of my late Sister Mary the late Wife of the said Thomas Bennett or otherwise I am
124 also entitled to an Estate of Inheritance in fee simple expectant upon the decease of the
125 said Thomas Bennett in and to several Freehold Messuages and a Freehold Estate Farm
126 Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances situate lying and being at or near Martyr
127 Worthy aforesaid Now I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said Wife Elizabeth Lywood an annuity or
128 clear year Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds over and besides all Taxes and duties
129 payable or to be payable for or in respect of the same or any part thereof and free and
130 clear of and from such Taxes duties and all charges and deductions whatsoever and which
131 said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds I do hereby charge
132 upon and make payable out of my said Freehold Messuages Estate Farm Lands heredit-ament]s
133 and premises with the appurtenances at or near Martyr Worthy aforesaid To hold the
134 said annuity or clear yearly Sum of One hundred and fifty pounds unto my said wife
135 Elizabeth Lywood from and after the death of the said Thomas Bennett for and
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136 during the term of her natural life and to be paid and payable to her by the like quarterly
137 payments and with the like remedies and powers for recovery of the same as is hereinbefore
138 mentioned and expressed respecting the said several annuities of Ninety pounds and Sixty
139 pounds herein before mentioned and subject to the said annuity or clear yearly Sum of one
140 hundred and fifty pounds to my said Wife during her life as aforesaid and to the remedies and
141 powers for recovery of the same I do hereby give and devise the said Freehold Messuages
142 Estate Farm Lands hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances at or near
143 Martyr Worthy aforesaid unto my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and
144 their several heirs and assigns To hold the same with their and every of their appurtenances
145 unto and to the use of my said daughters Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis and their
146 several and respective heirs and assigns for ever equally share and share alike as tenants
147 in common and not as joint tenants Also I give and bequeath all the ready money and
148 cash Notes which I may have in m y house at the time of my decease unto and
149 amongst my said wife and children equally share and share alike to be divided between
150 them as soon as may be after my decease All the Rest Residue and Remainder of
151 my Monies Securities for Money and all other my personal Estate and Effects whatsoever
152 not hereinbefore disposed of I give and bequeath unto my said wife and children upon
153 trust to apply the same and the produce thereof in and towards payment of my just debts
154 Legacies Funeral and Testamentary Expences and in case the same shall be more than
155 sufficient for that purpose to divide the surplus thereof to and amongst them my said
156 wife and children equally share and share alike And I do hereby nominate my said
157 Wife and Children Executors of this my last Will and Testament provided always and I
158 do hereby declare my will to be that in case the said Residue of my personal Estate
159 shall not be sufficient for payment of my pecuniary Legacies just debts and funeral and
160 testamentary expences that any deficiency which may happen or be in such residue of
161 my said personal Estate for the said purposes or any or either of them shall be paid
162 and made good by my said Children equally share and share alike out of the several
163 devised bequests and other provisions hereinbefore made for them respectively and that
164 the Estates property and Effects hereinbefore given to them respectively shall be chargeable
165 with and subject and liable to the payment of his her or their respective several shares
166 and proportions of such deficiency according to the intent and meaning of this my will and
167 that my said pecuniary Legatees or the pecuniary Legacies to them respectively given
168 shall not be affected thereby or any abatement made from the same in consequence of
169 such deficiency provided also that my said Executors or either of them shall not
170 be answerable or accountable for more of my Estate and Effects than what they shall
171 respectively receive nor with any loss which shall of may happen of the same or any
172 part thereof except such loss happen through their his or her wilful default or neglect
173 nor one of them for the other of them or the acts receipts defaults or disbursements of
174 the other of them and I declare it to be my will and intention that my said Executors
175 and each of them shall and may from time to time by without out of my personal
176 Estate retain and reimburse to himself herself and themselves and also pay to his her
177 or their co-executors all such costs charges damages and expences as they any or
178 either of them shall or may pay sustain lay out expend or be put unto in and about
179 the execution of this my will In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the
181 Testator have to two parts of this my last will and Testament each of them written and
182 contained in six sheets of paper to the first five sheets of each of the said parts set
183 my hand and to the last sheets thereof set my hand and seal the twenty eighth day of
184 October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six
185 John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator John
186 Lywood as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at his
187 request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed
188 our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Curate of Barton Stacey Robt Bird
189 Attorney at Law Winchester Charles Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
190 I the said John Lywood the Testator having since the date and
191 publication of my Will above written surrendered the Lease by which I hold my
192 Leasehold Tytles hereditaments and premises at Barton Stacey and in the parish
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193 of Barton Stacey in the County of Southampton under the Dean and Chapter of Winchester
194 given and devised by my said will to my said Son Leonard Lywood and taken a renewed
195 Lease of the saide premises for another Term of years in the said Renewed Lease mentioned I
196 do hereby give and devise the said Tytles hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances
197 to the said Leonard Lywood his executors administrators and assigns during all my estate and
198 interest therein and in all other respects I do hereby confirm my said will In witness
199 whereof I have to this codicil to my said will set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of
200 december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six John Lywood
201 Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the Testator as and for a
202 Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence
203 and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto
204 Robt Bird Jane Bird C Russell
205 I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the county of Southampton
206 Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my last Will and
207 Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty
208 six as follows whereas I have declared in and by my said will that all my just debts the expences
209 of my Funeral and all my testamentary expences as also the pecuniary Legacies by me therein
210 given should be paid out of the residue of my personal Estate and that if such residue of
211 my personal Estate should not be sufficient for that purpose the deficiency should be made
212 good by all my children in equal shares and proportions out of the Estates and properties
213 therein devised and bequeathed to them and I did in and by my said will further declare
214 that any deficiency which might happen or be in such residue of my said personal Estate
215 for payment of the same pecuniary Legacies just debts funeral and testamentary expences
216 should be paid and made good by my said children equally share and share alike out of
217 the several devised bequests and other provisions therein made for them respectively and
218 that the Estates therein given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject
219 and liable to the payment of his her of their respective several shares and proportions of
220 such deficiency Now I do hereby revoke and make void so much and such part and
221 parts only of the said declaration or declarations in my said will contained in which
222 it is declared to be my will that such deficiences should be made good by all my said
223 children equally share and share alike and that the Estates property and Effects therein
224 given to them respectively should be chargeable with and subject and liable to the
225 payment of his her or their several shares and proportions of such deficiency and instead
226 and lieu thereof do hereby declare my will to be that such deficiency shall be borne paid and
227 made good by my said children in manner and by the proportions following that is to
228 say one third part thereof by my Son John Lywood one other third part thereof by
229 my Son Leonard Lywood and the remaining third part thereof by my daughters
230 Elizabeth Lewis and Mary Lewis in equal shares and proportions and that such
231 deficiency shall be charged and chargeable upon the Estates property and Effects herein
232 before given to them the said John Lywood Leonard Lywood Elizabeth Lewis and
233 Mary Lewis in such shares and proportions hereby lastly above expressed accordingly
234 and I do hereby confirm my said Will and my other codicil made thereto on the
235 thirteenth day of december one thousand eight hundred and twenty six in all other respects
236 whatsoever In witness whereof I the said John Lywood the Testator have to this
237 codicil to my last will and Testament written and contained in two sheets of paper to the
238 first sheet thereof set my hand and to the second and last sheet thereof set my hand a
239 seal this eighteenth day of december in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
240 and twenty seven John Lywood Signed sealed published and declared by the said
241 John Lywood the Testator as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the
242 presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
243 hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto James Jolliffe Robt Bird
244 C Russell Clerk to Mr Bird
245 I the above named Testator John Lywood do make this further codicil to
246 my will that is to say I revoke and make void the Legacy by my said will given to
247 my Servant Ann Smith and in all other respects confirm my said Will Witness my hand
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248 this ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
249 Lywood
250 I John Lywood now residing at Barton Stacey in the County of
251 Southampton Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make this further Codicil to my
252 last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty eighth day of October one thousand eight
253 hundred and twenty six as follows whereas in and by my said Will I gave unto Ann
254 the wife of James Smith of Newton Stacy in the Parish of Barton Stacey aforesaid
255 the legacy or sum of one guinea Now I do hereby revoke and make void the said legacy
256 and whereas in and by my said Will after writing that my Son in Law John Lewis
257 was indebted to me two hundred pounds I gave and bequeathed one hundred pounds
258 part of the said debt to the said John Lewis and one hundred pounds residue thereof
259 to my Son in Law Anthony Mist Lewis thereby called Anthony Lewis and whereas the
260 said John Lewis is about to pay off the said debt and it is my intention thereupon
261 to give one moiety of the said Two hundred pounds to the said John Lewis and
262 the other moiety to the said Anthony Mist Lewis for their immediate advancement
263 Now I do hereby declare that in case such my intentions shall be carried into effect
264 during my life that the said bequest of the said Sum of Two hundred pounds to the said
265 John Lewis and the said Anthony Mist Lewis in the proportions aforesaid shall be
266 void and of none effect And I confirm my said Will in all respects wherein the same is
267 not altered by this or any other codicil thereto In witness whereof I have to this
268 further codicil to my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of
269 October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John
270 Lywood signed sealed published and declared by the said John Lywood the testator
271 as and for a further codicil to his last will and Testament in the presence of us who at
272 his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
273 Names in Witness thereto Robt Bird Attorney at Law Winchester C Russell
274 Clerk for Mr Bird
275 Proved at London with 4 Cod[ici]ls 3rd Sept 1830 before the Judge by the oaths of John
276 Lywood and Leonard Lywood the Sons two of the Executors to whom Admon was
277 granted having been first sworn by comm duly to adm[iste]r power reserved of making the
278 like Grant to Elizabeth Lywood widow the Relict Elizabeth Lewis (wife of John Lewis)
279 and Mary Lewis (wife of Anthony Mist Lewis) the daughters the other Executors when they or
280 either of them shall apply for the same
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Will of John Blake - National Archives PROB 11/14/155, probated 24 Apr 1504
This will written by John Blake in 1504 is often quoted and this John is the son of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop. We know that John is 40 years or more old when his mother's estate was examined under Inquisition Post Mortem circa 1474 so he was born circa 1434 or earlier. In 1504 he would have been at least 70 years old. John was married twice and he did not leave any male heirs carrying the Blake surname. Part of the fascination for me in all of this aside from information for my one name study of the Blake family is that he lived at the time that the father of Nicholas Blake at Enham lived. Living at Nether Wallop he was only seven miles south west of Andover and we passed through the area of the Wallops on our way to Upper Clatford (1 mile south of Andover or in truth just on the opposite side of the highway these days). There is Nether Wallop and one mile to the north west is Middle Wallop and two miles to the north west is Over Wallop. Then six miles to the north east is Goodworth Clatford and also Upper Clatford which are two continuous villages - you leave the one as you enter the other. As we drove these lanes I could imagine my great grandfather walking from his home to work each day as he did all of his life. Looking at the picture of him from 1898 I can see from whom I inherited my strabismus (lazy eye syndrome) for there it is forever captured in picture the one eye wandering about on its own whilst the other is fixed on you the viewer. Inherited by me from my father. My grandfather did not have strabismus but did pass it on to his son.
His brother Robert acquires Penhills by this will (although not mentioned except in the line where it was said that Richard Dauntsey would inherit the properties in Southampton and Wiltshire with some exceptions and this was one of the exceptions) and it stays with this family up into the reign of Charles I when it was destroyed by the Royalists. A smaller manor was built from the original stones at Pinhills and the Blake family continued to live there into the 1700s.
This family can trace back on paper to the Blake family that is on the 1286 subsidy for Wiltshire and on the Pedigree Chart which is held by the Swindon Wiltshire Record Office. This rather large document (12 feet long by 4 feet wide) was commissioned by the Blake family in London, England to record their family line and was produced using primarily the Visitations but also other documents which I have not yet been able to determine. The College of Arms holds the original material for this chart and one day I will investigate the cost of receiving copies of the documents used. The College of Arms is located near St Paul's Cathedral in London just up from the London Millennium Footbridge. Something that should not be missed when visiting London is crossing on foot all of these bridges and wandering down both sides of the Thames River. The most we ever did was 18,000 steps per day and that took us from our hotel just south of Waterloo Station up into London and along the Thames to St Pauls Cathedral and back across the Thames and down into Bermondsey and then back to our hotel. A wonderful walk and we took about ten hours in total with lots of interesting stops along the way. You can take the Underground and it is a must to go to Kew, the Museums, Greenwich but to be in the City of London or Westminster the best way is to go on foot.
The Blake Pedigree Chart does have a male descendant for John Blake (son of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop). He is named David on the chart and was the son of his first wife Margaret Dyncham/Dinham/Denham. David married Joane Mallet and they had two children John Blake Abbot of Cirencester, Gloucester and William who married Margaret Browne of Wablyn. William and Margaret had two sons Martin who married Catherine Vaughan of Herefordshire and John who is said to be the ancestor of the Somerset Blake family and that Lord High Admiral Robert Blake was one of his descendants.
Robert Blake and Avis Wallop had seven children according to the Visitation. Their son Robert married Margaret Inglefield and their two children Roger and Anne married into the Baynard family. Roger married Mary Baynard. Roger and Mary are said to have a son William Blake of Eastontown who married Avice Ripley it is this William that I have been most interested in from the viewpoint of my own family at Andover/Upper Clatford. I am not entirely convinced that he is a son of Roger Blake and Mary Baynard. Roger only mentions his eldest son and his youngest daughter in his will however. These two items David a son of John Blake and William son of Roger and Mary Baynard must have other supporting documentation which I shall one day attempt to see. Their children of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop on the Visitation (Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623):
Gilbertus
Alexander
Robt
Elizabeth
Alice
Joane
John
Gilbert and Alexander both died without heirs. This visitation principally looks at Robert Blake descendants. Henry Blake is the individual living in 1623 at Pennells and just to place this manor it is to the WSW of Calne about 1 mile. That means it is about 29 miles from Nether Wallop (where John was to be buried) to Calne. John doesn't say in his will where he is located when he is writing his will.
John does mention his nephew Roger (son of his brother Robert although not as nephew but he is). He does mention his servants Robert Blake yeoman and John Blake (currently his servant). Servant could mean a number of things I suspect in those days. They could have been in training with him. It is just so close to Andover and Eastontown (where William Blake lived) from NetherWallop - only seven miles. Reading through the Inquisitions Post Mortem may assist with understanding the Blake family in this area even better.
Wallop is the area in which John's mother Avis Wallop lived. In the Post Mortem following her death in 1474 National Archives C 140/48/6 which I shall either purchase or have a look at when we are next there, the land that was feoffed to her and her daughter by her first husband was mentioned as well as John Blake her son being 40 years of age or more. Reading through this document could be quite interesting but the Inquisition Post Mortem for John might add more details for the Blake family.
There are a number of Inquisition Post Mortems for the Blake Family held at The National Archives:
Alice Blake, Somerset (circa 1600 - 1601) C 142/263/93 and WARD 7/26/116
Amice (probably Avice) Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1474 - 1475) C 140/48/6
Elizabeth Blake (wife of John Blake esquire (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire)) (circa 1459 - 1461) C 139/176/27
Humphrey Blake, Somerset (circa 1558 - 1559) C 142/119/163 and E 150/946/16 and WARD 7/102/34
Humphrey Blake, Somerset (circa 1625 - 1626) C 142/442/18 and WARD 7/74/197
Jasper Blake, Norfolk (circa 1614 - 1615) C 142/659/139
Jasper Blake, Norfolk (circa 1547 - 1548) C 142/85/21 and WARD 7/3/6
John Blake, Devon (circa 1572 - 1573) C 142/163/16 and E150/205/14
John Blake, Devon (circa 1576 - 1577) C 142/177/101(1) and WARD 7/18/10
John Blake, esquire, Hampshire (circa 1503 - 1504) C 142/18/37
John Blake, esquire, Wiltshire (circa 1503 - 1504) C 142/18/38
John Blake, Hampshire, (circa 1504 - 1505) E150/960/28
John Blake, Lincoln (circa 1539 - 1540) E 150/573/11
John Blake, Lincoln (circa 1557 - 1558) C 142/113/92 and E 150/590/57
John Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1394 - 1395) C 136/83/5
John Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1506 - 1507) C 142/23/264
Ralph Blake, Lincoln (circa 1557-1558) E 150/590/40 and C142/113/77
Richard Blake, Berkshire (circa 1590 - 1591) C 142/228/70
Richard Blake, Hampshire (circa 1623 - 1624) WARD 7/67/23 and C 142/408/89
Richard Blake, Somerset (circa 1613 - 1614) C 142/682/99
Richard Blake, Somerset (circa 1620 - 1621) C 142/784/43
Richard Blake, Sussex (circa 1611 - 1612) WARD 7/36/115 and C 142/323/103
Richard Blake, Sussex (circa 1619 - 1620) WARD 7/61/66 and C 142/379/51
Richard Blake, Sussex (circa 1620 - 1621) WARD 7/60/35 and C 142/379/33
Robert Blake, Somerset (circa 1592 - 1953) C142/236/56
Robert Blake, Somerset (circa 1627 - 1628) C 142/436/5
Robert Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1516 - 1517) C 142/31/53 and E 150/968/3
Simon Blake, Norfolk (circa 1489 - 1490) E 150/606/9 and C 142/5/82
Stephen Blake, Hampshire (circa 1624-1625) WARD 7/72/74 and C 142/625/22
Thomas Blake, Hampshire (circa 1608 - 1609) WARD 7/42/83 and C 142/410/93
William Blake, Hampshire (circa 1607 - 1608) WARD 7/39/174 and C 142/298/43
William Blake, knight, Middlesex (circa 1631 - 1632) WARD 7/81/226 and C 142/480/114
William Blake, Somerset (circa 1617 -1618) C142/689/62
William Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1619 - 1620) C 142/652/188
These documents were inquiries as the title indicates and were issued by the local "escheator" (official responsible for taking possession of the estate). These include date, names of manors held and details of service and also name, age and relationship of the heir or coheir. The letter code WARD refers to records where the heir was a minor. I plan to look at these document when next at Kew.
Another interesting document for this family F3/Box 1/283 1506 and the contents: Grant from Henry VII to Philip Baynard of the wardship of Richard Dauntesey son and heir of John Dauntesey, deceased and kinsman and heir of John Blake, deceased. 28 Nov 22 Henry VII (1506).
Another item: F3/Box 1/299 1542 and the contents: Letters Patent from King Henry VIII of messuages etc in London to Richard Dauntesey Esq and Marie his wife for their lives. 20 July 34 Henry VIII (1542)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/14/155
Name of testator: John Blake
Place: Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 24 Feb 1503, probated 24 Apr 1504
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: tiny letters, middle English writing, 16th century
[In margin] Testi[men]t
[In margin] Jo Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen The xxiij day of February the xix yere of our sov[er]eigne lorde kinge henry
2 the vij th I John Blake Esquier of good and hole mynde laude and praysing be to the Infinite mercy and grace
3 of all myghty god make and comend this my last Will and testament First I bequeth my sowle to almyghty
4 god and to owr blessed lady his mother and to all the company of he[a]ven And my body to be buried in the p[ar]ich
5 church of Saint Andrews in Nether Wallop wyth and next the sepulure of Margery late my wife now disse
6 ased Also I bequeth to my mother church of Saint Swythwyns in Winchester xl d Item to my saide p[ar]ich
7 church and vicar for my tithyngs forgoten xl d It[e]m to the church wardens of the same church towards
8 the edyfiing of the same church xl d Item to the Mother church of owr lady in New Sar[um] xl d Item to the
9 church and vicare of owr lady of Calne for tithynys forgoten xij d Item to the church wardens for the
10 edyfing of the same church vj s viij d Item to the chapell of Saint Janry's within the same church for meyn-
11 tenyng of the lightes in the same Chapell xl d Item to Master Richard Sclater Vicare of the said church
12 of Saint Andrews xx d Item to the parish prest of the same church xvj d Also I bequeth to Roger blake
13 xx s and to Jane Dawency cosyn to my wife x s and to Robert Blake yeoman lat[e] my srvant x s and I
14 respite and release the same Robert of jjj s now he owith me and to John Blake my servant xx s and
15 to John Walishman my tawney gown and x s and to William Blancherd my servant xl d And to Alys
16 Cleylesdon my new and last gowne made and xij d And to Richard Colnot xl s for his labor in makyng
17 this my testament and feoffment so that they and ev[er]y of them pray for my sowle
18 First as towching all my maners landis and tenementis I will that John dawntsey shal[l ]have the moyte
19 of all my man[er]s landis tenements rentis reversions and farms with the appurtenancs within the
20 cown[t]ies of South[hamp]ton and Wiltes[shire] or elswher excepte certen landis underwriten in Compton and Calne
21 to come to hym for terme of his life and after his decese to remane to Richard dawntsey sonne of the sayde
22 John d and Alice late his wife and dowgther to the saide John Blake and to the heyres of the body of the
23 same Richard lawfully begotten and for default of such issu the remayndre therof to Jane Wrowgtone
24 dawghter of the said John Blak and to the eyres of her body lawfully begoten and for defaut of such
25 the remayndre ther of to the ryght heyres of Robert Blake my brother for evermor And as to the
26 other moyte of all my Maners landis and tenements with the appurtenancs within the saide cownty
27 or els wher excepte before excepte I will that the said Jane my dowgther have them to her and
28 to the eyres of her body lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue the remayndre therof to
29 the said Richard Dawntesey and to the eyres of his body lawfully begotten and for defawt of such issue
30 the remaynder ther of to the right heyres of the saide Robert Blake my brother Also I will by this my p[re]sent
31 will that my feoffys of my mes[sag]es landys and tenements with appurtenance in Compton and of a
32 corne myll in Calne called Kew myll a Tenement which Robert Cubley now dwellyth yn In an
33 tenement with William Ostyter now dwellyth in Calne aforesaid w[h]ich is of the yerly valor of xj £
34 xiij s iiij d or ther abowt as owe all charges shallstand and be feoffed therof to this menr folowny
35 that is to say that thei shall suffer myn executors of this my present last will to take and preyve
36 the Issues and p[re]sents of the same Mes[sag]es landis in Compton and Calne aforesaid untill the tyme
37 that they have payd all my detts and legacyes p[er]formed and my finall exspensis done and
38 that the Issues theroff and profetts be taken for the salary and fyndyng of a prest by my said
39 executors duryng the terme of a yere to pray for my sowle and all my frendis and all cristen
40 sowles and that the same prest shalhave x marks for his salary and this done and executyd I
41 will that the saide feoffes stande and be feoffe of the said John Dawntesey for terme of his
42 life and after his disseace to remayne to the saide Richard Dawntsey and to his heyres of his body
43 lawfully begotten And for defaute of such Issue to remayne to the sayd Jane and to the eyres of
44 her body lawfully begotten And for defaut of such Issue the remayndre thereof to the ryght heyres
45 of the saide Robert Blake And as to the other moyte of the saide Mes[sag]es Landis and tenements in
46 Compton and Calne aforesaid to stand and be feoffes to the use of the said Jane and of the heyres of
47 her body lawefully begotten And for defaut of suche Issu to remayne to the said Richard Dawntesey
48 and to the eyres of his body lawefully begotten and for defaut of such Issue the remaynder thereof to the
49 sayde rigth heyres of the said Robert Blake And this estats to be evermore in forme abovesaid at in
50 goodly hast may be comemently and lawfully of this my testament and last Will I make my Exe
51 cutors Margery my wife and John Dawntesey her sonne and I make Robert Blak my brother to be
52 overseer of this my testament and that the same Robert to be aidyng and assisyng to my sayde
53 executors shalhave xl s The residue of all my goodes and cattals not spokin of in this my testament
54 not bequethed I geve and grante utterly in my life to the said Margery and John Dawntesey to ther own
55 p[ro]pur use and behese so that they for my sowle the better Thes being witness Robert Blake Richard Sufat
56 clerke Richard Gorre Richard Colnet and Sir John the p[ar]ish prest of Walop and many other mee In witnes
57 of this my present last will I have subscrebed with my nowne hande
58 Probatum fuit suprascriptu[m] testamentu[m] coram domini apud Lamebith xxiiij die mensis Aprilis Anno do[min]o
59 millesimo quingentesimo Quarto Juramento Johannis Pare procuratoris Margerie relict et John Dawtesey
60 executoris etc comissa fuit administracio omnium bonorum etc dicti executoris in p[er]sona supradicti pouratori__
61 De bene etc Ac de pleno Inuentario etc necnon de plano et vero compoto etc Ad scanta dei evangelia Jurate
His brother Robert acquires Penhills by this will (although not mentioned except in the line where it was said that Richard Dauntsey would inherit the properties in Southampton and Wiltshire with some exceptions and this was one of the exceptions) and it stays with this family up into the reign of Charles I when it was destroyed by the Royalists. A smaller manor was built from the original stones at Pinhills and the Blake family continued to live there into the 1700s.
This family can trace back on paper to the Blake family that is on the 1286 subsidy for Wiltshire and on the Pedigree Chart which is held by the Swindon Wiltshire Record Office. This rather large document (12 feet long by 4 feet wide) was commissioned by the Blake family in London, England to record their family line and was produced using primarily the Visitations but also other documents which I have not yet been able to determine. The College of Arms holds the original material for this chart and one day I will investigate the cost of receiving copies of the documents used. The College of Arms is located near St Paul's Cathedral in London just up from the London Millennium Footbridge. Something that should not be missed when visiting London is crossing on foot all of these bridges and wandering down both sides of the Thames River. The most we ever did was 18,000 steps per day and that took us from our hotel just south of Waterloo Station up into London and along the Thames to St Pauls Cathedral and back across the Thames and down into Bermondsey and then back to our hotel. A wonderful walk and we took about ten hours in total with lots of interesting stops along the way. You can take the Underground and it is a must to go to Kew, the Museums, Greenwich but to be in the City of London or Westminster the best way is to go on foot.
The Blake Pedigree Chart does have a male descendant for John Blake (son of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop). He is named David on the chart and was the son of his first wife Margaret Dyncham/Dinham/Denham. David married Joane Mallet and they had two children John Blake Abbot of Cirencester, Gloucester and William who married Margaret Browne of Wablyn. William and Margaret had two sons Martin who married Catherine Vaughan of Herefordshire and John who is said to be the ancestor of the Somerset Blake family and that Lord High Admiral Robert Blake was one of his descendants.
Robert Blake and Avis Wallop had seven children according to the Visitation. Their son Robert married Margaret Inglefield and their two children Roger and Anne married into the Baynard family. Roger married Mary Baynard. Roger and Mary are said to have a son William Blake of Eastontown who married Avice Ripley it is this William that I have been most interested in from the viewpoint of my own family at Andover/Upper Clatford. I am not entirely convinced that he is a son of Roger Blake and Mary Baynard. Roger only mentions his eldest son and his youngest daughter in his will however. These two items David a son of John Blake and William son of Roger and Mary Baynard must have other supporting documentation which I shall one day attempt to see. Their children of Robert Blake and Avis Wallop on the Visitation (Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623):
Gilbertus
Alexander
Robt
Elizabeth
Alice
Joane
John
Gilbert and Alexander both died without heirs. This visitation principally looks at Robert Blake descendants. Henry Blake is the individual living in 1623 at Pennells and just to place this manor it is to the WSW of Calne about 1 mile. That means it is about 29 miles from Nether Wallop (where John was to be buried) to Calne. John doesn't say in his will where he is located when he is writing his will.
John does mention his nephew Roger (son of his brother Robert although not as nephew but he is). He does mention his servants Robert Blake yeoman and John Blake (currently his servant). Servant could mean a number of things I suspect in those days. They could have been in training with him. It is just so close to Andover and Eastontown (where William Blake lived) from NetherWallop - only seven miles. Reading through the Inquisitions Post Mortem may assist with understanding the Blake family in this area even better.
Wallop is the area in which John's mother Avis Wallop lived. In the Post Mortem following her death in 1474 National Archives C 140/48/6 which I shall either purchase or have a look at when we are next there, the land that was feoffed to her and her daughter by her first husband was mentioned as well as John Blake her son being 40 years of age or more. Reading through this document could be quite interesting but the Inquisition Post Mortem for John might add more details for the Blake family.
There are a number of Inquisition Post Mortems for the Blake Family held at The National Archives:
Alice Blake, Somerset (circa 1600 - 1601) C 142/263/93 and WARD 7/26/116
Amice (probably Avice) Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1474 - 1475) C 140/48/6
Elizabeth Blake (wife of John Blake esquire (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire)) (circa 1459 - 1461) C 139/176/27
Humphrey Blake, Somerset (circa 1558 - 1559) C 142/119/163 and E 150/946/16 and WARD 7/102/34
Humphrey Blake, Somerset (circa 1625 - 1626) C 142/442/18 and WARD 7/74/197
Jasper Blake, Norfolk (circa 1614 - 1615) C 142/659/139
Jasper Blake, Norfolk (circa 1547 - 1548) C 142/85/21 and WARD 7/3/6
John Blake, Devon (circa 1572 - 1573) C 142/163/16 and E150/205/14
John Blake, Devon (circa 1576 - 1577) C 142/177/101(1) and WARD 7/18/10
John Blake, esquire, Hampshire (circa 1503 - 1504) C 142/18/37
John Blake, esquire, Wiltshire (circa 1503 - 1504) C 142/18/38
John Blake, Hampshire, (circa 1504 - 1505) E150/960/28
John Blake, Lincoln (circa 1539 - 1540) E 150/573/11
John Blake, Lincoln (circa 1557 - 1558) C 142/113/92 and E 150/590/57
John Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1394 - 1395) C 136/83/5
John Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1506 - 1507) C 142/23/264
Ralph Blake, Lincoln (circa 1557-1558) E 150/590/40 and C142/113/77
Richard Blake, Berkshire (circa 1590 - 1591) C 142/228/70
Richard Blake, Hampshire (circa 1623 - 1624) WARD 7/67/23 and C 142/408/89
Richard Blake, Somerset (circa 1613 - 1614) C 142/682/99
Richard Blake, Somerset (circa 1620 - 1621) C 142/784/43
Richard Blake, Sussex (circa 1611 - 1612) WARD 7/36/115 and C 142/323/103
Richard Blake, Sussex (circa 1619 - 1620) WARD 7/61/66 and C 142/379/51
Richard Blake, Sussex (circa 1620 - 1621) WARD 7/60/35 and C 142/379/33
Robert Blake, Somerset (circa 1592 - 1953) C142/236/56
Robert Blake, Somerset (circa 1627 - 1628) C 142/436/5
Robert Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1516 - 1517) C 142/31/53 and E 150/968/3
Simon Blake, Norfolk (circa 1489 - 1490) E 150/606/9 and C 142/5/82
Stephen Blake, Hampshire (circa 1624-1625) WARD 7/72/74 and C 142/625/22
Thomas Blake, Hampshire (circa 1608 - 1609) WARD 7/42/83 and C 142/410/93
William Blake, Hampshire (circa 1607 - 1608) WARD 7/39/174 and C 142/298/43
William Blake, knight, Middlesex (circa 1631 - 1632) WARD 7/81/226 and C 142/480/114
William Blake, Somerset (circa 1617 -1618) C142/689/62
William Blake, Wiltshire (circa 1619 - 1620) C 142/652/188
These documents were inquiries as the title indicates and were issued by the local "escheator" (official responsible for taking possession of the estate). These include date, names of manors held and details of service and also name, age and relationship of the heir or coheir. The letter code WARD refers to records where the heir was a minor. I plan to look at these document when next at Kew.
Another interesting document for this family F3/Box 1/283 1506 and the contents: Grant from Henry VII to Philip Baynard of the wardship of Richard Dauntesey son and heir of John Dauntesey, deceased and kinsman and heir of John Blake, deceased. 28 Nov 22 Henry VII (1506).
Another item: F3/Box 1/299 1542 and the contents: Letters Patent from King Henry VIII of messuages etc in London to Richard Dauntesey Esq and Marie his wife for their lives. 20 July 34 Henry VIII (1542)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 25 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/14/155
Name of testator: John Blake
Place: Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 24 Feb 1503, probated 24 Apr 1504
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: tiny letters, middle English writing, 16th century
[In margin] Testi[men]t
[In margin] Jo Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen The xxiij day of February the xix yere of our sov[er]eigne lorde kinge henry
2 the vij th I John Blake Esquier of good and hole mynde laude and praysing be to the Infinite mercy and grace
3 of all myghty god make and comend this my last Will and testament First I bequeth my sowle to almyghty
4 god and to owr blessed lady his mother and to all the company of he[a]ven And my body to be buried in the p[ar]ich
5 church of Saint Andrews in Nether Wallop wyth and next the sepulure of Margery late my wife now disse
6 ased Also I bequeth to my mother church of Saint Swythwyns in Winchester xl d Item to my saide p[ar]ich
7 church and vicar for my tithyngs forgoten xl d It[e]m to the church wardens of the same church towards
8 the edyfiing of the same church xl d Item to the Mother church of owr lady in New Sar[um] xl d Item to the
9 church and vicare of owr lady of Calne for tithynys forgoten xij d Item to the church wardens for the
10 edyfing of the same church vj s viij d Item to the chapell of Saint Janry's within the same church for meyn-
11 tenyng of the lightes in the same Chapell xl d Item to Master Richard Sclater Vicare of the said church
12 of Saint Andrews xx d Item to the parish prest of the same church xvj d Also I bequeth to Roger blake
13 xx s and to Jane Dawency cosyn to my wife x s and to Robert Blake yeoman lat[e] my srvant x s and I
14 respite and release the same Robert of jjj s now he owith me and to John Blake my servant xx s and
15 to John Walishman my tawney gown and x s and to William Blancherd my servant xl d And to Alys
16 Cleylesdon my new and last gowne made and xij d And to Richard Colnot xl s for his labor in makyng
17 this my testament and feoffment so that they and ev[er]y of them pray for my sowle
18 First as towching all my maners landis and tenementis I will that John dawntsey shal[l ]have the moyte
19 of all my man[er]s landis tenements rentis reversions and farms with the appurtenancs within the
20 cown[t]ies of South[hamp]ton and Wiltes[shire] or elswher excepte certen landis underwriten in Compton and Calne
21 to come to hym for terme of his life and after his decese to remane to Richard dawntsey sonne of the sayde
22 John d and Alice late his wife and dowgther to the saide John Blake and to the heyres of the body of the
23 same Richard lawfully begotten and for default of such issu the remayndre therof to Jane Wrowgtone
24 dawghter of the said John Blak and to the eyres of her body lawfully begoten and for defaut of such
25 the remayndre ther of to the ryght heyres of Robert Blake my brother for evermor And as to the
26 other moyte of all my Maners landis and tenements with the appurtenancs within the saide cownty
27 or els wher excepte before excepte I will that the said Jane my dowgther have them to her and
28 to the eyres of her body lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue the remayndre therof to
29 the said Richard Dawntesey and to the eyres of his body lawfully begotten and for defawt of such issue
30 the remaynder ther of to the right heyres of the saide Robert Blake my brother Also I will by this my p[re]sent
31 will that my feoffys of my mes[sag]es landys and tenements with appurtenance in Compton and of a
32 corne myll in Calne called Kew myll a Tenement which Robert Cubley now dwellyth yn In an
33 tenement with William Ostyter now dwellyth in Calne aforesaid w[h]ich is of the yerly valor of xj £
34 xiij s iiij d or ther abowt as owe all charges shallstand and be feoffed therof to this menr folowny
35 that is to say that thei shall suffer myn executors of this my present last will to take and preyve
36 the Issues and p[re]sents of the same Mes[sag]es landis in Compton and Calne aforesaid untill the tyme
37 that they have payd all my detts and legacyes p[er]formed and my finall exspensis done and
38 that the Issues theroff and profetts be taken for the salary and fyndyng of a prest by my said
39 executors duryng the terme of a yere to pray for my sowle and all my frendis and all cristen
40 sowles and that the same prest shalhave x marks for his salary and this done and executyd I
41 will that the saide feoffes stande and be feoffe of the said John Dawntesey for terme of his
42 life and after his disseace to remayne to the saide Richard Dawntsey and to his heyres of his body
43 lawfully begotten And for defaute of such Issue to remayne to the sayd Jane and to the eyres of
44 her body lawfully begotten And for defaut of such Issue the remayndre thereof to the ryght heyres
45 of the saide Robert Blake And as to the other moyte of the saide Mes[sag]es Landis and tenements in
46 Compton and Calne aforesaid to stand and be feoffes to the use of the said Jane and of the heyres of
47 her body lawefully begotten And for defaut of suche Issu to remayne to the said Richard Dawntesey
48 and to the eyres of his body lawefully begotten and for defaut of such Issue the remaynder thereof to the
49 sayde rigth heyres of the said Robert Blake And this estats to be evermore in forme abovesaid at in
50 goodly hast may be comemently and lawfully of this my testament and last Will I make my Exe
51 cutors Margery my wife and John Dawntesey her sonne and I make Robert Blak my brother to be
52 overseer of this my testament and that the same Robert to be aidyng and assisyng to my sayde
53 executors shalhave xl s The residue of all my goodes and cattals not spokin of in this my testament
54 not bequethed I geve and grante utterly in my life to the said Margery and John Dawntesey to ther own
55 p[ro]pur use and behese so that they for my sowle the better Thes being witness Robert Blake Richard Sufat
56 clerke Richard Gorre Richard Colnet and Sir John the p[ar]ish prest of Walop and many other mee In witnes
57 of this my present last will I have subscrebed with my nowne hande
58 Probatum fuit suprascriptu[m] testamentu[m] coram domini apud Lamebith xxiiij die mensis Aprilis Anno do[min]o
59 millesimo quingentesimo Quarto Juramento Johannis Pare procuratoris Margerie relict et John Dawtesey
60 executoris etc comissa fuit administracio omnium bonorum etc dicti executoris in p[er]sona supradicti pouratori__
61 De bene etc Ac de pleno Inuentario etc necnon de plano et vero compoto etc Ad scanta dei evangelia Jurate
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