Will of John Blake, Esquire of New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire - The National Archives PROB 11/1386/193, probated 9 Feb 1803

John Blake is the testator and already know as the father of Ann Blake who left her will dated 11 Mar 1812 and blogged earlier:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-ann-blake-spinster-new-sarum.html

John, the testator, names his wife as Margaret whereas online trees suggest that the wife of John Blake was Sarah Cartwright (second name of the eldest son John was Cartwright) but John could have married a second time (could not locate any information in that regard). John identifies his children as John Cartwright Blake, Robert Blake, Ann Blake, Margaret (married to Edward Addicott Kitson) and Henrietta (married to Charles William Shuckburg stated in Ann’s will). This does prove that the book A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2, by John Burke was correct in naming Henrietta’s father as John.

A couple of items mentioned in the will below:

Map online of Brichin Lane and the Coffee Houses located thereon.

http://mapco.net/cornhill/fire.htm

The Carolina Coffee House can be found in “A Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of London, by Guildhall Library (Forgotten Books), page 4 (available online):

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFMQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenbooks.org%2Fdownload_pdf%2FA_Catalogue_of_the_Library_of_the_Corporation_of_London_1000291447.pdf&ei=VfypUoiYDsu9qAGa0oCIBA&usg=AFQjCNF-az_MXtbLN4P2GqK6tuf6nXcG9Q&sig2=Z8yefq9eNjFa_bya2C6Dcw&bvm=bv.57967247,d.aWM

How does this family link in with others at New Sarum? Are they a Wiltshire Blake family?

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 12 Dec 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1386/193
Testator: John Blake, Esquire
Place: New Sarum (Salisbury), Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 5 Jun 1798, probated 9 Feb 1803
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: John
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Esquire

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me John Blake of the City of
3    New Sarum in the County of wilts Gentleman
4    whilst I am of sound and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding
5    which I make and ordain in manner following
6    (that is to say) I give to my Eldest Son John
7    Cartwright Blake the Sum of One hundred
8    pounds and my best Ring with a yellow Stone
9    set round with diamonds Also I give and devise
10    unto my Son Robert Blake and my Son in Law
11    The Reverend Edward Addicott Kitson all that
12    my Freehold Messuage or Tenement at
13    Twickenham in the County of Middlesex late in
14    my own occupation and also all my Freehold
15    and Leasehold Messuages or Tenements and
16    Gardens in the said City of New Sarum now
17    in my own occupation and also all that
18    Freehold Messuage or Ten[ement] called the Bell Inn
19    in
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20    in New Sarum aforesaid and also all my
21    Freehold and Leasehold Estates at West Grimstead
22    in the said County of Wilts and also all that my
23    Freehold Messuage at Brentford in the County
24    of Middlesex lately purchased by me of Charles
25    Woodcock Esquire To hold unto and to the use of
26    the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
27    Kitson their heirs Executors Administrators and
28    Assigns according to my Estate and Interest
29    therein respectively upon the Trusts hereinafter
30    mentioned Also I give and bequeath unto the
31    said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson
32    their Executors Administrators and Assigns all that
33    my Farm and Land at Hampton in Arden in the
34    County of Warwick which I hold by Lease under the
35    Crown and all my right and Interest therein To hold
36    unto the said Robert Blake and Edward Addicott
37    Kitson their Executors Administrators and Assigns
38    upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned (that is to
39    say) upon Trust to Convey Sell and dispose of the
40    same several Freehold and Leasehold Messuages or
41    Tenements and Premises hereinbefore mentioned
42    as soon as may be after my decease in such
43    manner and at such times as my said Trustees
44    shall see fit and as to the Money arising from
45    such several Sales upon Trust to apply the issue
46    in such manner and for such purposes as herein
47    after directed of and concerning the Residue of my
48    Personal Estate and I hereby direct that the Receipt
49    or Receipts of my said Trustees and the Survivor
50    of them his heirs Executors and Administrators
51    shall be good and sufficient discharges from time
52    to time to the respective purchasers of my said
53    Freehold and Leasehold Estates and all the respective
54    purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the
55    application thereof nor be answerable for the  nonapplication of misapplication thereof Also I give and bequeath to
56    my Wife Margaret Blake the Sum of three
57    hundred pounds to be paid her as soon as may be
58    after my decease Also I give and bequeath to my
59    said Son Robert Blake the sum of One hundred
60    pounds which stand insured on his life on
61    Policy Number sixty six in the Society of Annuitants
62    increasing by Survivorship kept at the Carolina
63    Coffee House in Birchin Lane Also I give to my
64    daughter Ann a life Sum of one hundred pounds
65    which stands insured on her life by a Policy
66    Number Sixty two in the said Society Also I give
67    to my daughter Margaret the like Sum of one
68    hundred pounds which I have put on her life in
69    the Richmond Bridge Tontine Also I give to my
70    daughter Henrietta the like Sum of one hundred
71    pounds which I have put upon her life in the
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72    Kew Bridge Tontine Also I give unto my said
73    Wife the two hundred pounds which I have placed
74    on her life in the same Tontine and the several
75    Annuities payable in respect thereof Also I give
76    unto my said Wife for her own use all my
77    Household Goods Furniture Books Prints Liquors
78    other things ready Money Bank and Bankers Notes
79    in and about my said dwelling house Also I give
80    and bequeath to Mr Charles Millett the Sum of
81    Fifty pounds as a token of my regard for him and
82    hope he will be assistant to my Trustees Also I give
83    devise and bequeath unto my said Trustees their heirs
84    and Assigns all that the Rectory and Manor of Poorstock
85    in the County of Dorset held by me for the lives of my
86    three daughters under a Lease from the dean and
87    Chapter of Sarum and all my Estate and Interest
88    therein To hold unto and to the use of the said Robert
89    Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson their heirs and
90    assigns upon the Trusts hereinafter mentioned
91    concerning the same (that is to say) upon Trust to pay
92    the Rents and profits thereof or otherwise permit and
93    Suffer the same to be received by my said Wife
94    Margaret Blake for and during her life and from
95    and after her decease Upon Trust to convey the said
96    Estate unto my said three daughters Ann Margaret
97    and Henrietta their heirs and Assigns equally to be
98    divided between them share and share alike provided
99    always and my Mind and Will is that if either of the
100    said three lives shall die in the life time of my said
101    wife it shall and may be lawful to and for my said
102    Trustees by and out of the Money arising from the
103    Sale of my other Estates hereby directed to be sold to
104    pay the Fine and Fees for adding a new life or lives
105    in the said Rectory and Manor of Poorstock upon
106    the Trusts hereinbefore mentioned concerning the same
107    Also I give and bequeath unto my said daughter
108    Ann Blake the Sum of two thousand pounds with
109    Interest for the same at five per cent per annum
110    from the day of my death and as to all the Rest
111    and Residue of my Personal Estate and of the
112    Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold and
113    Leasehold Estates hereby made Saleable after
114    payment of my Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences
115    I give and bequeath the same to the said Robert
116    Blake and Edward Addicott Kitson In Trust to
117    divide and pay the same unto and equally between
118    my said Son Robert Blake and my said three
119    daughters Ann Margaret and Henrietta and I
120    nominate and appoint my said Wife Margaret
121    Blake and my said Son and Daughter Robert Blake
122    and Ann Blake Executors of this my Will hereby
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123    revoking all other Wills by me before made and I
124    declare this to be my last Will and Testament In
125    witness whereof I the said John Blake have to this
126    my last Will and Testament contained in this and
127    the two preceding sheets of paper and also to a
128    duplicate thereof of the same tenor and date to
129    the two first sheets set my hand and to this third
130    and last Sheet thereof my hand and Seal the twenty
131    Fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord One
132    thousand seven hundred and ninety eight John
133    Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
134    by the said Testator John Blake as and for his
135    last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
136    have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in
137    the presence of the said Testator and of each other
138    Lewis Sansom Wm B____ S W Chubb
139    This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament
140    of me John Blake at the City of New Sarum
141    Gentleman whereas my Son Robert Blake is in a
142    very prosperous way of Business I therefore revoke the
143    bequest to him in and by my will of one fourth part
144    or share of the Residue of my Personal Estate and
145    of the Moneys arising from the Sale of my Freehold
146    and Leasehold Estates thereby made Saleable and I
147    do hereby will that the Trustees therein named shall
148    pay unto my Wife Margaret Blake the Interest
149    and proceeds of such fourth part of share during
150    her life and after her decease I give and bequeath
151    the same part of share unto my said Son Robert
152    Blake his Executors Administrators and Assigns
153    Also I revoke the bequest in  my said Will to my
154    Eldest Son of my best Ring with a Yellow Stone set
155    round with diamonds and I give and bequeath
156    the same unto my said Son Robert Blake In
157    Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
158    Seal the tenth day of February in the Year of our
159    Lord One thousand eight hundred and one John
160    Blake Signed Sealed Published and declared
161    by the Testator John Blake as and for a Codicil to
162    his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
163    who have subscribed our names as witnesses as
164    thereto in the presence of the said
165    Testator and of each other Jno Wm Carrington
166    Lewis Sansom Thos Chub
167    This Will was proved at London with a
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168    Codicil the ninth day of February in the year of
169    our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three before
170    the Right honourable Sir William Wynne Knight
171    doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the
172    Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted
173    by the Oaths of Margaret Blake widow the Relict
174    of the deceased Ann Blake Spinster the Daughter
175    and Robert Blake the Son of the said deceased and
176    the Executors named in the said Will to whom
177    Administration of all and singular the Goods
178    Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased was
179    granted they having been first sworn (that is to say)
180    the said Margaret Blake and Ann Blake by
181    Commission and the said Robert Blake Esquire
182    before the Worshipful John Sewell Doctor of Laws
183    and Surrogate of the said Commissary duly to Adm[iniste]r

Will of Thomas Blake, Gentleman, Sherborne, Dorset - The National Archives PROB 11/2195/292, probated 5 Aug 1854

Thomas Blake (the testator) is a cousin to Samuel Blake whose will was blogged two days ago.

Blog: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/09/will-of-samuel-blake-yeoman-of.html

Names mentioned in the will:

Eliza Blake, daughter
Samuel Hine of Thickenham, Somerset, executor and trustee
Benjamin Chandler junior, Lawyer, executor and trustee
Ann Denny, daughter
Samuel Blake, son
James Daniel, grandson
Jane Daniel, granddaughter
John Daniel, grandson
Mrs. Jane Daniel, deceased, daughter
E Williams, solictor's clerk, witness
Harriet Sansom, witness

A write up on the Benjafield Family has Thomas Blake, hatter of Sherborne, marrying a daughter (2nd) of Nathaniel Benjafield (proprietor of the Blandford Morning Post) and that the daughter was still living in 1773. Is this perhaps the father and mother of Thomas (present testator).

In this writeup on the will of Thomas Blake I intend to enter all the Blake baptisms, marriages and burials at Sherborne found on the OPC Dorset website for Sherborne.

An interesting document on the National Archives website:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=031-dffo_1&cid=-1&Gsm=2012-06-18#-1

[no title]  D/FFO/12/123  1800-1822

1 bundle

Contents:
John Blake of Parsons Green, Fulham, Middlesex
Deed of co-partnership, 1800. (T, J and S Blake as brandy merchants.) Dissolution of partnership, 1816.
Deeds re Bell Inn, Sherborne 1807, 1811. (Penny, Blake, Green). Draft assignment, house in Newland, Sherborne, 1809. (Hewlett, Blake). Castle Inn, Sherborne, 1808, (Blake Light). George Inn, Sherborne, 1812, (Blake, Bellin). Papers in dispute Blake v Bellin, 1812-1817 (for debt). Copy will of Sam Blake of Christchurch, 1811. Letters of administration, 1812. Draft assignment of Bell Inn and Wellington Inn, Sherborne, 1820. (Blake, Fooks). William Blake's release of his share in brewhouse in Long Street, Sherborne, 1820. Assignment of same, 1822. (Woodforde Blake and Cooper).

And another:

[no title]  D/FFO/12/125  1798

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Contents:
Samuel Blake of Romsey, Southampton. Articles of partnership between Samuel Blake the elder and John and Sam Blake, his sons. (Brewers).

[no title]  D/FFO/12/126  1818
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Contents:
Thomas Blake of Sherborne. Deeds of co-partnership between Thomas and William Blake and William Cooper, (Brewers).

These pertain to the will of Samuel Blake at Sherborne but this Thomas is his cousin. It may yet be possible to discover their mutual ancestor. It would appear that there was a Thomas Blake and a Samuel Blake at Sherborne prior to the sons of Samuel being there. A further proof of the linkage as the will of Samuel Blake of Christchurch is mentioned. Thomas’ brothers John and William are mentioned as well. It would appear that John may be living at Parsons Green, Fulham, Middlesex in 1800 – 1822.

Baptisms (Parish Church)

Elizabeth Blake daughter of William and Grace 19 May 1651
Ann Blake daughter of William and Grace 10 Nov 1652
Sidney Blake son of William 10 Apr 1654
Thomas Blake son of William 14 Nov 1655

Methodist Baptisms

Eliza Blake daughter of John and Eliza 14 Nov 1796 (born 25 Jul 1796)
Sarah Blake daughter of Thomas and Ann 11 Mar 1798 (born 3 Nov 1797)
Maria Blake daughter of John and Eliza 6 May 1798 (born 1 Jan 1798)
Elizabeth Blake daughter of Thomas and Ann 2 Jun 1799 (born 7 Jan 1799)
Vernon Blake son of John and Elizabeth 23 Dec 1799 (born 3 Dec 1799)

Marriages

William Blake married Grace Whitehead 4 Feb 1638
John Blake (widower otp) married Abigail Jeffery (otp) 25 Aug 1675
Peter Britton (otp) married Ann C Blake (otp) 28 Dec 1685
Oliver Rowden (widower otp) married Abigail Blake (widow otp) 25 Dec 1698
George Blake married Mary Longburton (both otp) 23 Jun 1810
John Daniel of South Petherton, Somerset married Jane Blake (otp) 7 Oct 1828
James Blake (widower otp) married Ann Dibsdall (otp) 3 Jan 1835
John Burnett (otp) married Mary Ann Blake (otp) 2 Jan 1836
William Tucker of St Mary Magdalen Taunton married Sarah Blake (otp) 21 Oct 1836
John Marden of Beaminster married Sarah Blake (otp) 24 Jan 1837

Directory 1823 of Sherborne

Brewer on Long Street – Blake and Cooper
Hatter on Halfmoon Street - Thomas Blake

From Free BMD the marriage of Ann Blake and John Cockram Denny at Sherborne September quarter 1846. The daughter of Thomas Blake is mentioned in the will as Ann Denny.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 6 Sep 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/2195/292
Testator: Thomas Blake, Gentleman
Place: Sherborne, Dorset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 16 Jun 1847, probated 5 Aug 1854
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: Thomas
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 29

1    This is the last Will and Testament
2    of me Thomas Blake of Sherborne in the County of Dorset Gentleman
3    whereby I revoke all other wills and testamentary dispositions by me at any
4    time heretofore made and do declare this only to be my last Will and
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5    Testament I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza Blake all the plate linen
6    glass china books pictures liquors provisions household goods furniture and effects
7    which at the time of my death shall be in or belonging to my dwellinghouse
8    at Sherborne aforesaid and whereas under and by virtue of an Indenture of Settle
9    ment bearing date the day next before the day of the date of this my will and made
10    or expressed to be made between myself of the one part and Samuel Hine of Thick[en]ham
11    in the County of Somers[e]tt and Benjamin Chandler the younger of Sherborne afore-
12    said of the other part I have assigned a Policy of Assurance effected on my life in the
13    West of England Life Fremance Society and have in and by the same Indenture
14    settled and declared certain trusts as well of the said policy and of the monies to become
15    payable thereon as of a certain mortgage debt or sum of £1300 therein mentioned to
16    have been assigned by me and which trusts are for the benefit of my three children
17    Ann Denny the said Eliza Blake and Samuel Blake Now I hereby give and be-
18    queath all the money securities for money rights credits goods chattels and effects not
19    herebefore specifically disposed of and all my Personal Estate and Effects
20    whatsoever of or to which I now am or at the time of my decease may or shall
21    be possessed or entitled either at law or in equity for any estate or interest of which
22    I have power to dispose by this my Will unto the said Samuel Hine and Benjamin
23    Chandler their executors administrators and assigns upon trust that the said
24    Samuel Hine and Benjamin Chandler and the survivor of them and the execu-
25    tors or administrators of such survivor and their or his assigns do and shall as
26    soon as conveniently may be after my decease call in sell and dispose of and convert
27    into money all such and such part of my said personal estate hereinbefore bequeath-
28    ed to them as shall not consist of ready money and do and shall stand and be
29    possessed of and interested in the monies to arise from such calling in sale and dis-
30    position and conversion of and in the ready money of or to which I shall be pos-
31    sessed or entitled at the time of my decease upon trust that the said trustee or trus-
32    tees for the time being of this my will be and shall by and out of the same in the
33    first place pay and discharge my funeral and testamentary expences and all and singu-
34    lar my just debts of every sort and kind and do and shall in the next place retain and
35    pay all the costs charges and expences inexecuted to or to incurred in and about the
36    execution of the trusts of this my will and in the next place in case from any cause
37    whatever any insufficiency or deficiency should occur in the amount of the monies
38    to be received by the trustees of the said Indenture of Settlement so made by me as
39    aforesaid by reason whereof there shall remain after payment of all the costs and
40    expences professional or otherwise to be incurred by the said trustees of the said Inden
41    ture of Settlement any less sum than the clear sum of two thousand three hundred
42    pounds to be held on the trusts thereof then that my said trustee or trustees do and
43    shall set apart such a sum of money as shall be necessary to make good and such
44    insufficiency or deficiency such money to be raised free from legacy duty and every
45    other deduction whatsoever and to be paid in preference to any other other legacy be-
46    foret given or bequeathed it being my meaning and desire that the clear sum of
47    Two thousand three hundred pounds at the least should be held on the trusts of
48    the bond Indenture of Settlement and subject as aforesaid upon trust in case my said
49    son Samuel Blake shall at the time of my decease receive under the trusts of the
50    said Indenture of Settlement any less sum than the sum of Five hundred pounds
51    clear that my said trustee or trustees to and shall set apart and pay to my said son
52    such a sum of money as shall together with ____ ___ to unite as my said son
53    shall so receive as aforesaid under the said Indenture of Settlement make up the
54    full amount of Five hundred pounds and in case my said son shall not at the
55    time of my decease receive any monies under the trusts of the said Indenture
56    Settlement then that my said Trustee or Trustees do and shall pay my said Son
57    the clear sum of five hundred pounds and I direct that whatever sum shall be
58    paid to my said son with the bequest hereinbefore mentioned shall be paid in
59    clear by the said
60    Trustee or Trustees of this my Will not from Legacy duty and in preference to any
61    other legacy hereinafter by me given or bequeathed and upon this further trust
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62    that my said trustee or trustees do and shall pay to my three grandchildren James
63    Daniel Jane Daniel and John Daniel the children of the late Mrs Jane Daniel the
64    sum of Fifty pounds apiece which I hereby bequeath unto them and subject as aforesaid
65    do and shall stand and be possessed of and interested in all the residue of the said trust
66    Monies and premises In trust for my said son Samuel Blake and my said daughters
67    Ann Denny and Eliza Blake in equal shares yet so nevertheless that the share of
68    the said Ann Denny therein shall be held upon such and the same trust and sub-
69    ject to such and the same powers provisoes agreements and declarations for the be-
70    nefit of the said Ann Denny and her children or other issue born or to be born in
71    my lifetime including the power of appointing by will in favor of any husband of
72    the said Ann Denny as are in and by the said hereinbefore mentioned Indenture of
73    Settlement expressed and contained concerning the sum of one thousand pounds there
74    by settled in trust for the said Ann Denny for her separate use and for her children or
75    other issue as therein mentioned and I hereby nominate and appoint the said
76    Samuel Hine and Benjamin Chandler Executors of this my will and do au-
77    thorise and empower the executors or executor for the time being acting in the
78    execution of this my Will to pay and satisfy any debt owing or claimed to be owing
79    by or from me or my estate and any liabilities to which For my estate may be sub-
80    ject or allowed to be subject upon any evidence they or he may think proper and to
81    Accept any composition or any security real or personal for any debt owing to me or
82    my estate and to allow such time for the payment of any such debt of composition
83    for debt wether with or without taking security for the same as to such acting exe-
84    cutor or executors shall deem reasonable and also to compromise and compound or
85    submit to arbitration and adjust and settle all debts accounts transactions matters
86    and things which shall at the time of my decease be owing or claimed to be owing
87    from or to me or my estate or be departing or arise between me or my said execu-
88    tors or executor and any other person and for any of the purposes aforesaid to enter
89    into give to and execute such deeds or instruments of composition bankrupts certificates
90    releases levies or instruments of submission to arbitration and other instruments
91    acts deeds and things as the said executors or executor for the time being acting
92    in the execution of this my will shall think expedient and to abide by observe and
93    perform or contest or dispute any instrument or transaction which may have been
94    made or entered into as aforesaid or any award to be made in pursuance of any
95    such submission to arbitration as aforesaid and generally to act in relation to the premises
96    in such manner as they or he shall think expedient without being liable for any
97    els which may be occasioned thereby provided always and I hereby declare my will
98    to be that if the said Samuel Hine and Benjamin Chandler or either of them or
99    any future trustee or trustees to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned shall die or be
100    desirous of being discharged from or refuse or become incapable to act in the trust
101    hereby in them reposed as aforesaid then and so often as the same shall happen it
102    shall be lawful for the surviving or continuing trustee for the time being (and for
103    this purpose any trustee or trustees retiring from or declining to act in the aforesaid
104    trusts shall if willing to act in the execution of this present power be considered a
105    continuing trustee or continuing trustees or for the executors or administrators of
106    the surviving trustee for the time being by any writing or writings to appoint
107    any person or persons to be a trustee or trustees in the stead of the trustee or trustees
108    so dying or desiring to be discharged or refusing or becoming incapable to act as
109    aforesaid and that upon every such appointment all the trust premises shall be as-
110    signed and transferred in such manner and so as that the same may be effectually
111    vested in the new trustee or trustees solely or jointly with the surviving or continu-
112    ing trustee or trustees as the case may require and that every such now trustee or
113    Trustees shall have such and the same powers and authorities and direction to all
114    intents effects constructions and purposes whatsoever as if he had been originally
115    named by these presents nominated trustee provided always and I do hereby declare
116    that the trustees hereby appointed to be appointed as aforesaid and their respect-
117    tive heirs executors administrators assigns shall be charged and chargeable
118    respectively only for such monies as they shall respectively actually receive by virtue
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119    of the trusts of this my Will and any one or more of them shall not be ans-
120    werable or accountable for the other or others of them of for any banker or other
121    person with whom or in whose hands any part of the said trust monies shall be
122    lodged for safe custody or otherwise or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any such
123    security or securities stock funds as aforesaid or for any other involuntary losses and
124    that it shall be lawful for the trustees to retain to and reimburse themselves all
125    costs and expences to be incurred in or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts or
126    in relation thereunto and lastly I do hereby expressly declare that any executor or
127    Trustee of this my Will who shall be of the profession of an attorney at Law or So-
128    licitor shall be entitled to make such and the like professional charges and to retain
129    and receive such and the like fees remunerations and allowances for all professional
130    business transacted in and about the execution of this my will and of the trusts there-
131    of respectively as he would be entitled to make and receive for such business so trans-
132    acted in case he was not in the character of a trustee or executor of my said Will
133    any rule of Law or Equity to the contrary notwithstanding In witness whereof I
134    the said Thomas Blake have to this my last Will and Testament contained in this
135    and the four previous sheets of paper set my hand this sixteenth day of June one
136    thousand eight hundred and forty seven Tho[ma]s Blake Signed by the said
137    testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same
138    time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
139    hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses J B Chandler
140    E Williams Clerk to Mr B Chandler S[enio]r Sol: Sherborne Dorset
141    This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me Thomas
142    Blake of Sherborne in the County of Dorset Gentleman which will bears date
143    the sixteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty seven Whereas by
144    my Will I have bequeathed all my personal estate and given certain powers to
145    Samuel Hine of Thick[en]ham in the County of Somerset and Benjamin Chandler
146    the younger of Sherborne aforesaid as Trustees and appointed them executors of my
147    Will and Testament the said Benjamin Chandler has since refused to all as such
148    trustee and executor as aforesaid Now I hereby revoke the appointment of the said
149    Benjamin Chandler and appoint my friend John Bice Best of Oborne in
150    Sherborne aforesaid Yeoman to be a trustee and Executor of my said Will in
151    the room and place of the said Benjamin Chandler so refusing to act as aforesaid
152    and I direct and declare that my said Will shall stand and construed in the
153    same manner and shall have the same operation and effect as if the name of
154    the said John Bies Best had been inserted therein instead of the name of the said
155    Benjamin Chandler And whereas I have lately given to my daughter Ann
156    Denny the sum of On hundred pounds previous to her departure from England
157    for Australia I hereby further declare it to be my will that the said sum of One
158    hundred pounds shall be deducted out of her share in that portion of my residue-
159    ary personal property which I have bequeathed her by my said will equally
160    and in equal proportions with my son Samuel Blake and my other daughter
161    Eliza Blake But I confirm my said will in all other respects In witness where-
162    I have hereunder set my hand this twenty ninth day of September one thou-
163    sand eight hundred and fifty two Tho[ma]s Blake Signed by the said
164    Thomas Blake as and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the pres-
165    ence of us also present at the same time who have in his presence hereunto subscri-
166    bed our names as witnesses  Harriet Sansom B Chandler J[unio]r
167    Proved at London with a Codicil 5th Aug 1854 before the Judge on the
168    oaths of Samuel Daniel (in the Will written Samuel Hine) the executor named
169    in the Will and John Bies Best the executor named in the said Codicil to
170    whom admon was granted having been first sworn by Commission duly
171    to administer.