Will of John Blake, Gentleman, St Margaret, Rochester, Kent - The National Archives PROB 11/1513/439

John Blake, the testator has been a Clerk of Survey in the Army since he was in the Ordnance Department. He identifies his cousins living at West Tytherley in Hampshire as Roger Blake and John Blake and they are brothers. Are they descendants of Augustine Blake found there on the tax rolls in 1665 (Hearth Tax)? Augustine’s will was blogged:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/10/will-of-augustine-blake-yeoman.html

Augustine died at Lockerley Hampshire. The forename Augustine was still at West Tytherley in the 1700s.

Names mentioned in the will:

John Blake, testator, Clerk, Rochester, Kent
Dinah Morley, retired servant, Portsmouth, Hampshire
James Morley, carpenter, husband of Dinah, Portsmouth, Hampshire
John Blake, cousin, deceased, West Tytherley
Sarah Blake, wife of cousin John Blake,
Roger Blake, cousin, deceased, brother to John Blake
William Barber, deceased
Mrs Barber, Nursling, widow of William
Richard King, executor, farmer, Nursling
William Russell, Kingston, Poole, Dorset
Boswell Russell, reputed grandfather of William Russell
Thomas Ady, executor, mariner, Chatham, Kent, friend
Sarah Ady, spinster, daughter of Thomas
Mary Ady, spinster, daughter of Thomas
Jane Walsall, daughter of Thomas
Samuel Walsall, mariner, husband of Jane, Queenborough, Kent
Thomas Phipps, Royal Navy
Sarah Gates Phipps, executrix, spinster, Saint Margarets, Rochester, Kent
Maria Elizabeth Phipps, spinster, Saint Margarets, Rochester, Kent
Harriet Phipps, spinster, Saint Margarets, Rochester, Kent
Sarah Toombe, servant
Sarah Malion, servant
Sarah Barrow, spinster, Waltham Abbey, Essex
Francis Pellatt, Chatham, Gentleman, friend
Thomas Morley, dredgerman, Queenborough, Kent
Thomas Sturgeon, dredgerman, Queenborough, Kent
William Hopson, esquire, Rochester, Kent
Henry Seymour Matthews, Esquier, Waltham Abbey, Essex
John Huntingdon, Ordnance Dover, Esquier
Thomas Neurham, Upnor Castle, Kent, Gentleman
D B Lewis, clerk, witness
Charles Knowles, clerk, witness
Messieurs Twopenny, solicitors, Rochester
Elizabeth Spolding, daughter of Mr John Spolding
Maria Spolding, daughter of Mr John Spolding
Mary Spolding, daughter of Mr John Spolding
Ann Spolding, daughter of Mr John Spolding
Julia Spolding, daughter of Mr John Spolding
Harriet Spolding, daughter of Mr John Spolding
Mr John Spolding, Peterborough, Northampton, deceased
Sarah Chainey, witness

Checked out the individuals in Family Search and did find the children of William and Sarah Barber (C13668-1):

William baptized 17 Nov 1784
James baptized 31 May 1787 at Nursling
Sarah Frances baptized 23 Apr 1789 at Nursling
George baptized 17 Feb 1796 at Nursling

There was a marriage for William Barber of Bramshaw, Hampshire, bachelor, gent, 23 years of age to Sarah Bevard of Baddesley, Hampshire, spinster, 23 years of age with bondsman John Andrews, gent, Bramshaw (place of marriage not given) from Find My Past.

There was a marriage 19 Apr 1761 between Roger Blake and Hannah Cameis/Camies at Medstead Hampshire but this is not in the area of West Tytherley (25 miles).

There was a marriage 16 May 1773 between John Blake and Sarah Shears of West Tytherley, Hampshire.

Children baptized at West Tytherley:

Elizabeth daughter of John Blake 10 Oct 1773
John son of John and Sarah Blake 1 May 1775
Martha daughter of John and Sarah Blake 9 Nov 1777
Henry son of John and Sarah Blake 20 Mar 1785
Roger son of John and Sarah Blake 9 Mar 1788
Moses son of John and Sarah Blake 2 Jun 1793

There were 53 baptisms at West Tytherley between 1770 and 1810 for the Blake family. There were a number of Blake males baptizing children in this time frame including Laurence, Augustine, Henry, James, John but none for Roger.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Jan 2014
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/1513/439
Testator: John Blake, formerly Clerk of the Cheque and afterwards Clerk of the Survey in His Majesty’s Ordnance Department, Gentleman
Place:St Margaret, Rochester, Kent, England formerly Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 3 Aug 1807, probated 28 Jul 1810
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 24

1    This is the last Will
2    and Testament of me John Blake formerly Clerk of the Cheque
3    and afterwards Clerk of the Survey in His Majesty’s Ordnance Department
4    at Portsmouth in the County of Hants late of Chatham in the County
5    of Kent but now of Troy Town in the parish of St Margaret’s wi[t]hin
6    the City of Rochester in the said County of Kent Gentleman which I
7    make in manner following (that is to say) I do hereby give and bequeath
8    one annuity or clear yearly Sum of Ten pounds per annum unto my
9    old Servant Dinah Morley of Portsmouth afor[sai]d wife of James
10    Morley Carpenter for and during the term of her natural life by two
11    even and equal half yearly payments to commence from the Day of
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12    my decease and to be paid into her own hands for her own sole
13    and separate use and benefit and independent of the said James Morley
14    her present or any future husband with whom she may Intermarry
15    and not subject or liable to his or their debts Contracts or Engagements
16    and I do hereby declare that her receipt and receipts for the said Annuity
17    shall notwithstanding her Coverture be a good and sufficient discharge to
18    my Executors and Executrix hereinafter named and appointed and I direct
19    a proportionate part of the same annuity shall be paid to the Exors
20    or Admors of the said Dinah Morley from the last half yearly day of
21    payment next preceeding her decease up to her decease and I do hereby
22    give and bequeath unto the said Dinah Morley my Gold Watch and
23    Seal with the Metal Chain and which I desire may be Delivered to her
24    immediately on my decease and I do hereby give and bequeath the
25    Sum of one hundred pounds of lawful Money of England to Sarah
26    Blake the widow of my late Cousin John Blake of West Tuderley
27    commonly called Tytherley in the said County of hants husbandman
28    deceased and in case the said Sarah Blake shall die in my life time
29    then I give and bequeath the said Sum of one hundred pounds unto
30    all and every the Child and Children of my said Cousin John Blake
31    who shall be living at my decease to be equally divided between them
32    share and share alike and I do also give and bequeath the Sum of
33    one hundred pounds of like Money unto all and every the Child and
34    Children of my late Cousin Roger Blake deceased Brother of the said
35    John Blake of West Tuderly who shall be living at the time of my
36    decease to be equally divided between them share and share alike if
37    more than one and I also give and bequeath the Sum of one hundred
38    pounds of like Money unto the widow of William Barber late of
39    Nursling near the Town of Southampton Farmer deceased and in
40    case the said widow of the said William Barber shall die in my
41    life time Then I give and bequeath the said last mentioned Sum of
43    one hundred pounds unto all and every the Child and Children of the
44    said William Barber who shall be living at my decease to be equally
45    divided between them share and share alike if more than one and I do
46    hereby give and bequeath unto Richard King of Nursling afor[sai]d Farmer
47    the sum of One hundred pounds of like Money and all my pictures and
48    prints and in case of his decease in my life time then I give and bequeath
49    the said pecuniary and specific Legacies to the person or persons who shall
50    be deemed to be the next of kin of the said Richard King according to
51    the law of the distribution of the surplus of the personal Estate of
52    persons dying Intestate and I also give and bequeath unto William
53    Russell of Kingston near Poole in the County of Dorset the reputed
54    Grandson of Boswell Russell formerly of Portsmouth afor[sai]d Gentleman
55    deceased the Sum of one hundred pounds of like Money and in case
56    of the decease of the said William Russell before me then I give and
57    bequeath the said last mentioned Sum of one hundred pounds to the
58    person or persons who shall be devised to be the next of kin of the said
59    William Russell according to the Law of the distribution of the surplus
60    of the personal Estates of persons dying Intestate and I also give and
61    bequeath unto my good Friend Thomas Ady of Chatham afor[sai]d Mariner
62    the Sum of one hundred and Fifty pounds of like Money and to his
63    daughters Sarah Ady and Mary Ady Spinsters and Jane the wife of Samuel
64    Walsall of Queenbro’ in Kent Mariner the Sum of one hundred pounds
65    each of like Money and in case of the decease of all any or either of
66    them the said Thomas Ady Sarah Ady Mary Ady and Jane Walsall in
67    my life time then I give and bequeath the said respective Legacies of
68    him her or them so dying unto the person or persons who shall be
69    deemed to be the next of kin of him her or them so dying as last
70    afor[sai]d according to the law of the distribution of the surplus of the
71    personal Estate of persons dying Intestate and I do hereby give and
72    bequeath unto Thomas Phipps of His Majesty’s Royal Navy Sarah
73    Gates Phipps of the parish of Saint Margarets afor[sai]d Spinster Maria
74    Elizabeth Phipps of the same place Spinster and Harriet Phipps of
75    the same place Spinster the Sum of one hundred and Eighty seven
76    pounds and ten Shillings each of like Money for their respective
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77    own use and benefit and in case the said Thomas Phipps who is abroad
78    in the service of his Country should be now dead or he or the said
79    Sarah Gates Phipps Marie Elizabeth Phipps and Harriet Phipps or
80    any or either of them should depart this life at any time in my
81    life time then I give and bequeath the Legacies or Legacies of him
82    her or them so dead or who may depart this life as last aforesaid
83    unto the person or persons who shall be deemed to be the next of kin
84    or him her or them so dead or dying as last afor[sai]d according to the
85    Laws of the distribution of the surplus of the personal Estate of
86    persons dying Intestate and I give and bequeath unto my Servants
87    Sarah Toombe now residing with me the Sum of Two hundred
88    pounds of like Money and to Sarah Malion also residing with me the
89    Sum of one hundred pounds of like Money for their respective use
90    and benefit and also I give and bequeath unto Sarah Barrow now
91    residing at Waltham Abbey in the County of Essex Spinster the
92    Sum of Fifty pounds of like Money for her own use and benefit and
93    I also give and bequeath unto my good Friend Francis Pellatt of
94    Chatham afor[sai]d Gentleman afor[sai]d Gentleman the Sum of Twenty five
95    pounds of like Money as a Testimony of my regard for his trouble
96    and attention to my concerns and I also give and bequeath unto Tho[ma]s
97    Morley of Queenborough afor[sai]d dredgerman the Sum of Thirty pounds
98    of like Money and to Thomas Sturgeon of the same place dredgerman
99    Twenty pounds of like Money and as a token of respect and esteem
100    I do hereby give and bequeath unto my dear Friends William Hopson
101    of Rochester afor[sai]d Esquire Henry Seymour Matthews of Waltham
102    Abbey afor[sai]d Esq[uie]r John Huntingdon of his Majesty’s Ordnance Dover
103    in the said County of Kent Esq[uie]r and Thomas Neurham of Upnor
104    Castle in the said County of Kent Gentleman the Sum of Five pounds
105    value of like money for a Ring and subject to and after the payment of all my
106    just debts Funeral and Testamentary charges and Expences and the annuity and
107    Legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed I do hereby give and
108    bequeath all and Singular my ready Money Money in the
109    public Stocks or Funds or due to me upon Bond Bill debt or
110    otherwise household Goods and Furniture plate Linen and China
111    and also all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and
112    Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature or kind
113    soever the same doth shall or may consist unto them the
114    said Richard King and Sarah Gates Phipps for their respective use and
115    benefit in and by equal parts shares and proportions as Tenants
116    in Common and not as joint Tenants and in case of the
117    decease of them or either of them in my life time then I give
118    and bequeath the part or share of such residue of him or her
119    so dying as last afor[sai]d to the person or persons who shall be
120    deemed to be the next of kin of him her or them so dying as
121    last afor[sai]d according to the Law of the distribution of the surplus
122    of the personal Estates of persons dying Intestate and I do hereby
123    Nominate Constitute and appoint them the said Richard King
124    Thomas Ady and Sarah Gates Phipps Executors and Executrix hereof
125    and hereby revoking all former and other will and Wills by me at
126    any time heretofore made do declare this only to be and contain
127    my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said John
128    Blake the Testator have to this my last will and Testament
129    contained in four Sheets of paper set my hand to the first three
130    sheets thereof and my hand and Seal to this fourth and last
131    Sheet the Third day of August in the year of our Lord one
132    thousand Eight hundred and Seven The mark of John Blake
133    The writing contained on these four Sheets of paper each written
134    on one side thereof only now carefully and correctly read to the
135    said John Blake the Testator his being afflicted with blindness and
136    now afterwards severally signed by him (by his making his mark)
137    and the fourth and last Sheet Sealed with his Seal and now all
138    published and declared by him to be his last Will and Testament
139    in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the
140    presence of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses
141    thereto D B Lewis Chas. Knowles Clerks to Messrs Twopenny
142    Sols Rochester
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143    This is a Codicil to the before or above written last Will
144    and Testament of me the before or above named John Blake and
145    which I desire may be deemed and taken as part thereof (that is to
146    say) I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Spolding Maria Spolding
147    Mary Spolding Ann Spolding Julia Spolding and Harriet Spolding
148    the daughters of Mr John Spolding late of Peterborough in the
149    County of Northampton deceased the Legacy or Sum of Twenty pounds
150    apiece to be paid to them respectively within six Months next after
151    my decease by the Executors named in my said Will and I do ratify
152    and confirm my said Will in all other points and respects In
153    Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Fifth
154    day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight
155    hundred and Seven The Mark of the x above named John Blake
156    This writing was carefully and correctly read to the said John
157    Blake the Testator he being afflicted with blindness and was
158    afterwards signed by him (by his making his mark) and Sealed
159    with his Seal and was published and declared by him to be a
160    Codicil to and part of his last Will and Testament in the
161    presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence
162    of each other have subscribed our Names as Witnesses as Witnesses
163    thereto D B Lewis Sarah Chainey
164    Proved at London with a Codicil 28th July 1810 before the
165    Judge by the oaths of Richard King Thomas Ady and Sarah Gates
166    Phipps Spinsters the Executors to whom Admon was granted they
167    having been first sworn to wit the said Richard King before the
168    Worshipful Samuel Pearce parson doctor of Laws and Surrogate and
169    the said Thomas Ady and Sarah Gates Phipps by Commission duly
170    to administer

Willl of Mary Blake, widow of Reading, National Archives PROB 11/666, Image Reference 12/11, probated 2 Jul 1734

The wills of the Blake family of Berkshire at the PCC in the oldest time period are my next interest. The first of these wills was written by Mary Blake widow and she mentions that her husband was Robert Blake and that they lived at Reading. The will was written 13 May 1733.

 The History and Antiquities of Reading by Charles Coates (St. Laurence's Church) mentions the memorial stone for Mary and her family: Here lyeth the body of Robert Blake, gent. twice mayor of this borough [Reading], who departed this life March 26, 1727, aged 65. Here also lie the bodies of Ann and Mary, daughters of the said Robert and Mary his wife, who departed this life Sept. 21, 1732, aged 24. Here also lieth the body of Mary, the wife of the aforesaid Mr. Robert Blake, who departed this life the 25th day of June, A.D. 1734, aged 65 years. Close by can be found: Here lie the bodies of John and Richard Wilder, late of this parish, 1727. Here lieth the body of Richard Wilder, coach-harness maker, citizen of London, and freeman, late of the parish of St James in the liberty of Westminster, who departed this life the 17th day of December, 1735, aged 47 years. Also John Wilder and Deborah, his father and mother. Also to the memory of William Wilder, who died Dec. 11, 1731. Richard Wilder is mentioned as a brother to Mary Blake, widow in the will below.

Robert Blake was mayor of Reading in 1710 and 1720 and William Wilder was mayor of Reading in 1703 and 1714. Robert's will is the next one to transcribe. He had at least two sisters one married to a Mr. Bird and the other to a Mr. Peach. He is likely the son of John Blake clothier and Burgess of Reading who was Mayor of Reading in 1671 and 1683. John chose not to have his pedigree in the 1665 Visitation of Berkshire. To the best of my knowledge no one has researched the Blake family at Reading. There is a Blake family at Reading into the 1800s appearing on the census there. There are over 140 Blake marriages in Reading between 1837 and 1951 although this amounts to less than one per year. In total 753 Blake marriages in Berkshire for the time period 1837 to 1951. Compare that to Hampshire where 2715 Blake marriages took place in a similar time period. I do wonder if the Blake family in Berkshire is descendant of the Hampshire or Wiltshire Blake family although the first will at the PCC was written in 1552 by William Blake, Yeoman of Speen, Berkshire. Speen being located 15 miles from Andover, Hampshire, 17 miles from Reading, Berkshire and 21 miles from Swindon, Wiltshire. William Blake at Speen is unlikely to be descendant of the Blake family at Andover but I would not cast that in stone as I am still learning about the Blake family there in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 28 Apr 2012
Source:  The National Archives PROB11/666, Image Reference 12/11  (images by me)
Name of testator: Mary Blake, widow of Robert Blake
Place: Reading, Berkshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 13 May 1733, probated 2 Jul 1734
Read: Electronic file
Condition: well formed letters, 18th century, bold copy

[In margin] T  Mary
[In margin] Blake

1    In the Name of God Amen
2    The thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord God one
3    Thousand seven hundred and Thirty and Three. I Mary Blake of
4    Reading in the County of Berks[hire] the widow and Executrix of the last
5    Will and Testament of my late dear husband Robert Blake late of
6    Reading aforesaid Gent deceased and who am also intituled in Law
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7    or Equity to the effects and personal estate of my late dear daughters Anne
8    Blake and Mary Blake late of Reading aforesaid Spinsters deceased.
9    Being of sound mind and memory praise be Almighty God therefore
10    doe make and declare my last Will and Testament in manner following
11    my soul I  recommend to God who gave it and my body to the Earth
12    to be decently buried in the Grave where my said two daughters lie,
13    interred, at the discretion of my Executor William Greenaway the
14    Elder of Reading aforesaid, Barge Master (being my particular
15    friend and by me appointed my Executor as hereinafter named)
16    And my desire is that no wine or anything else be drank by my
17    Relations and friends at the time of my burial and as to my Goods
18    Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever whereunto I am or shall be
19    in any wise intituled my will is as followeth Imprimis I do order
20    my Executor to lay out any sume of money (not exceeding in the whole
21    Thirty pounds) on the charge of my Funerall Item I give the sume
22    of five pounds to be paid to the churchwardens and overseers of the
23    parish of St Gyles in Reading aforesaid to be by them distributed
24    within one month next after my death by Twelve pence a peice to
25    one hundred poor widows of the same parish and do also give the
26    like sume of five pounds to the churchwardens and overseers of
27    the parish of St Lawrence in Reading aforesaid to be by them
28    distributed within one month next after my death by twelve pence
29    a peice to one hundred poor widows of the same parish But if
30    there should not be so many poor widows in each parish Then to
31    give so many of the Twelve pnces as in each respective parish shall
32    remain undispossed To such other poor people in each parish as they shall
33    think fit objects of charity Item I do order my said Executor forthwith
34    after my death to deduct and take out of my Effects the sume of Ten
35    pounds which I do hereby give unto him as some recompence for
36    his trouble in the Execution of the Trusts hereby in him reposed The
37    severall sumes aforesaid to be paid without any deduction or abatement
38    whatsoever Item I give to Richard Bird William Bird and Mary Bird Nephews
39    and Neice of my said husband Robert Blake the sume of Twenty
40    pounds a peice Item I give to my kinsman John Peach Nephew
41    to my said late husband the sume of Twenty pounds and also I
42    give unto him the said John Peach my said late husbands Coatch
43    Item I give to my Nephew William Truss one of the sons of my
44    sister Ann Truss the sume of Thirty pounds Item I give to my
45    Nephew Charles Truss one other of the sons of my said sister Ann
46    Truss the sume of thirty pounds Item I give to my Brother
47    Richard Wilder the sume of Sixty pounds Item I give to my said
48    sister Ann Truss Ten pounds Item I give to my sister Sarah Parker
49    the sume of fifty pounds and also all my wearing apparell as
50    well Linnen as Woollen Item I give to my Nephew Jacob
51    Parker son of my said sister Sarah Parker the sume of Twenty
52    pounds Item I give to my Neice Elizabeth Cross daughter of my
53    said Brother Richard the sume of five pounds Item I give to
54    my neice Sarah Smith the wife of William Smith the sume of Ten
55    pounds to be paid unto her by my Executor into her own proper
56    hands and for her own Seperate use exclusive of her said husband
57    and her own receipt for the same shall be a sufficient discharge to
58    my Executor notwithstanding her coverture Item I give to my
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59    Nephew John Wilder one of the sons of my late Brother John Wilder
60    deceased the sume of Ten pounds Item I give unto my Neice Sarah Wilder
61    one of the daughters of my said late Brother John Wilder the sume of
62    five pounds All and Singular which before mentioned Legacies which I
63    have before given to my Relations my Will is shall be paid with[in] one year
64    next after my death And in case by any unforeseen accidents and deficiency
65    shall happen in my Estate Then my will is that such deficiency shall be
66    born by my said Relations proportionably share and share alike
67    according to their aforesaid respective Legacies And as to the Legacy
68    of Sixty pounds above given to my said Brother Richard Wilder my
69    intent and will is that the same or any part thereof shall not be
70    Subject to the payment of any of the debts now owing by my said
71    Brother Richard but be a provision for buying him bread in his old
72    age and therefore my will is that untill my said Brother Richard shall
73    be sufficiently discharged from all his Creditors That the said sixty
74    pounds (Subject in case of deficiency to the aforesaid deduction) shall
75    remain in the hands of my said Executor for and towards the maintenance
76    of my said Brother Richard And my will is that if my said sister
77    Ann Truss shall die either before me or before her said Legacy shall
78    become payable Then I give her said Legacy of Ten pounds equally
79    to her said Two sons Item all and singular the rest and residue of
80    my Goods Chattels and personall Estate whereof or whereunto I
81    now am or shall be intituled (my debts Legacys Funerall and
82    Testamentary expences and all charges and Expences which shall be
83    Sustained by my Executor paid and discharged) I give devise
84    and bequeath to the said William Greenaway and I do make and
85    ordain the said William Greenaway full and sole Executor of this
86    my last Will and Testament In Trust nevertheless That if after
87    payment and discharge of my debts Legacies Funerall and
88    Testamentary Expences and all charges and expences which shall
89    be sustained by him my said Executor There shall be any overplus
90    of my personal Estate then remaining in his hands Then I do
91    hereby order and appoint and give such ovrplus to my said
92    Brother Richard Wilder and my said sisters Ann Truss and Sarah
93    Parker their respective Executors or Administrators equally share
94    and share alike. But that the share of such overplus as to my
95    said Brother Richard (if any there be) shall be subject to such
96    Restrictions in respett of his overplus thereof as are above men[t]ioned
97    in relation to his said Legacy of sixty pounds Item I do hereby
98    declare that what I have hereby given to my said Relations Is by
99    me meant and intended in full of all claims and demands which
100    they any or either of them my said Relations may have or pretend
101    to have forth of the personal Estates of my said late husband or self or
102    my said daughters or any or either of us and do enjoyn them my
103    said Relations or any of them to give such Releases and Discharges
104    accordingly as my said Executor shall require before payment of their
105    any or either of their respective Legacies which if they or any or
106    either of them refuse to do then the Legacy or Legacies of such of
107    them so respectively refusing shall become void and remain to my
108    said Executor for his own use and benefit And Lastly I do hereby revoke
109    all Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made and do publish and
110    declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I
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111    have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written
112    Mary Blake. Signed Sealed published and declared by the said
113    Mary Blake (the Testatrix) as and for her last Will and Testament in the
114    presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses hereto at the request
115    and in the presence of the said Testatrix, Ann House [signed] Eliz: Greenaway [signed]
116    Margarett Cane [signed] Jno Phipps [signed]
117    The Will was proved at London the second day of
118    July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and thirty four
119    before the worshipfull Edward Rinaston Doctor of Laws and Surrogate
120    to the Right Worshipfull John Bettesworth Doctor also of Laws
121    aster Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
122    lawfully constituted by the oath of William Greenaway the sole Executor
123    named in the said Will To whom Administration was granted of the Goods
124    Chattels and Credits of the said deceased he being first Sworne duly to
125    Administer