Will of Reverend William Blake, Clerk of Crewkerne, Somerset - The National Archives PROB 11/1321/255, probated 22 Apr 1799

The Reverend William Blake Clerk at Crewkerne is the son of William Blake of Taunton who died in 1772 at Taunton whose will was blogged yesterday.

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/11/will-of-william-blake-of-taunton.html

William, the testator, is also the brother of the Reverend Malachi Blake whose will was blogged earlier:

http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2013/10/will-of-malachi-blake-esquire-taunton.html

This is a known collateral line of Admiral Robert Blake


Admiral Robert Blake [101] is the 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Reverend William-161 Blake [537]

                                Common Ancestor

                              * Humphrey-21 Blake [1]
                                  (Cir 1499-1558)
                                    * Agnis [2]
                                 (          -1585)
                                   Married  [1]
                                        |
                    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    |                                                                    |
                    |                                                                    |
     * John-27 (the elder) Blake [3]              * Robert-28 Blake [4]
          (Cir 1521-After 1576)                        (Cir 1523-Cir 1592)
               Johan [12]                                      Margaret Symonds [22]
            (          -1595)                                          (          -1600)
          Married Cir 1541 [4]                                   Married  [5]
                    |                                                                    |
                    |                                                                    |
         * William-39 Blake [18]                   * Humphry-43 Blake [25]
           (Cir 1559-Cir 1642)                               (Cir 1563-1625)
                Anne [84]                              Sarah Swithers formerly Williams [100]
            (          -1644)                                         (          -1638)
              Married  [21]                                  Married 5 Oct 1597 [26]
                    |                                                                   |
                    |                                                                   |
          * John-59 Blake [88]                           * Admiral Robert Blake [101]
               (1597-1645)                                             (1598-1657)
             Elizabeth [155]
              Married  [38]
                    |
                    |
          * John-86 Blake [158]
               (1629-1682)
           Mary Wilkins [276]
        Married 20 Jun 1648 [84]
                    |
                    |
   * Reverend Malachi-112 Blake [278]
               (1651-1705)
             Mary Mico [414]
             Married  [140]
                    |
                    |
        * William-140 Blake [419]
               (1688-1772)
           Jane A'Court [529]
               (1689-1769)
        Married 21 Oct 1712 [186]
                    |
                    |
   * Reverend William-161 Blake [537]
               (1730-1799)

It is in the will of Malachi Blake that a second daughter is mentioned for William namely Hannah but she must have died between the time of the writing of Malachi’s will and William’s will. Malachi was buried 13 Apr 1795 and the will of William was written 28 May 1795. Possibly the death of his brother spurred on the writing of his own will.

Although this is a lengthy will it mostly deals with William’s own family although he does remember his servants in his will.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 18 Nov 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1321/255
Testator: Reverend William Blake, Clerk
Place: Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 28 May 1795, probated 22 Apr 1799
Condition: 18th century English, legible copy

[Margin]: The Reverend
[Margin]: William
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: Clerk

1    This is the Last Will
2    and Testament of me William Blake of Crewkerne in the
3    County of Somerset Clerk made and published this
4    twenty eighth day of May in the year of Our Lord one
5    thousand seven hundred and ninety five in manner
6    following (that is to say) First I will that all my just debts
7    and Funeral Expences shall be paid and satisfied and
8    I give and bequeath unto my Son Malachi Blake and
9    to his Wife Mary the Sum of fifty pounds a peece to
10    buy their Mourning and I hereby ratify and confirm
11    all and every Surrender and Surrenders that I have
12    lately made to my said Son Malachi of all my Lands
13    Tenements and hereditaments within and parcel of the
14    Manor of Taunton Deane Also I give and bequeath
15    unto my daughter Mary Blake the Sum of One
16    thousand two hundred pounds of lawful Money of
17    Great Britain to be paid her in one year after my
18    decease with Interest at the Rate of four pounds per
19    centum per Annum from my decease and which said
20    Legacy I will shall be paid her over and above the Sum
21    of one hundred pounds given her by her Grand Mother
22    Downings Will and charged on the Estate and Lands
23    called Yatford hereinafter mentioned and for payment
24    of the Said Sum of One thousand two hundred pounds
25    I hereby charge and subject all and every my Lands
26    Tenements and hereditaments residuary Estate and Effects both Real and
27    personal and I do hereby in pursuance and in Exercise
28    of the power and Authority given to and vested in
29    me in and by the last Will and Testament of my late Mother in Law
30    Betty Downing deceased and of all
31    other powers and Authorities whatsoever in thereto
32    enabling give devise and bequeath limit and appoint
33    unto my two Sons William and Downing Blake all
34    that Messuage dwelling house and Tenement and the
35    Outhouses Gardens Orchards Closes Fields hereditaments
36    and
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37    and premises thereto belonging with the appurtenances called
38    Yatfords and the Reversion and Remainder thereof situate in the
39    parish of Ilminster in the County aforesaid in the occupation
40    of Thomas Jugg as Tenant thereof to hold the same unto and
41    to the use of them my said Sons William and Downing
42    Blake their heirs and assigns for ever as Tenants in
43    Common and not as Joint Tenants charged and chargeable
44    nevertheless in and by the said Will of their Grandmother
45    Downing with the payment of the Sum of one hundred
46    pounds to my said Son Malachi and with the like sum
47    of one hundred pounds to my said daughter on her
48    attaining the age of twenty one years Also I do hereby
49    in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority
50    given to and vested in me in and by a certain deed of
51    Settlement bearing date on or about the eighth day of
52    August one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight
53    made after my Marriage with Hannah my late Wife
54    and of all other powers and authorities whatsoever me
55    thereto enabling give devise and bequeath limit and
56    appoint unto my said two Sons William and Downing
57    Blake all and every my Messuages dwelling houses
58    Outhouses Gardens Orchards Closes Lands Tenements and
59    hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances and
60    as well Freehold as Leasehold and Copyhold now in the
61    occupation of David Symes as Tenant thereof called Rapps
62    situate within the several parishes of Broadway Hilton and
63    Ashill in the County aforesaid or some or one of them
64    and all other my Lands Tenements and hereditaments
65    whatsoever within the said several parishes of Ilminster
66    Broadway Hilton and Ashill To hold the same unto and to
67    the use of my said Sons William and Downing Blake their
68    heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns according to the
69    Tenures- and natures of the said premises respectively as
70    Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and I give and
71    bequeath unto my said two Sons William and Downing
72    and to my daughter Mary all my household Goods
73    and Furniture plate China and Books equally to be
74    divided between them Share and Share alike all the rest and
75    residue of my Messuages Lands Tenements and heredit[ament]s
76    whatsoever and wheresoever and Also all the rest and
77    residue of my Monies and Securities for Money Mortgages
78    in Fee and other Mortgages debts sum and Sums of Money
79    personal Estate and Effects whatsoever I give devise and
80    bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my
81    said two Sons William and Downing Blake their heirs
82    Executors Administrators and Assigns equally to be divided
83    between them as Tenants in Common and not as Joint
84    Tenants to and for their own proper use and benefit but
85    charged and chargeable nevertheless with the said sum of
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86    one thousand two hundred pounds to my said daughter Mary
87    as aforesaid) and lastly I do hereby make and appoint my
88    said two Sons William and Downing Blake to be joint
89    Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
90    and making void all former and other wills by me made
91    In witness whereof I the said William Blake the Testator
92    have to ev[er]ie Sheet of this my last Will and Testament
93    contained in two Sheets of paper set my hand and Seal the
94    day and year first above written W[illia]m Blake Signed Sealed
95    published and declared by the said William Blake the
96    Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the
97    presence of us who have hereunto at his request in his
98    presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our
99    Names as witnesses hereto Samuel Sparks Joseph Kennaway
100    Isaac Sparks
101    I annex this as a Codicil to my last Will and Testament I
102    give to Susanna Morgan if she lives with me at the time of
103    my death the Sum of thirty pounds besides Mourning and it
104    is my Will that my Executors pay her the thirty pounds
105    within six Months after my decease besides any wages that
106    may be due to her at the time of my decease I give to
107    Joseph Mumford two Guineas and a Sack of my cloathes
108    and I give one Guinea to Sarah Stembridge the Wife of
109    John Stembridge and three of my old Shirts Witness my
110    hand this 29th of May 1795 W[ilia]m Blake
111    Whereas I have by my last Will and Testament
112    dated the twenty eighth day of May one thousand seven
113    hundred and ninety five given and bequeath the Sum of
114    one thousand two hundred pounds unto my daughter
115    Mary Blake and for payment thereof charged all my
116    Lands Tenements hereditaments residuary Estate and effects
117    both Real and personal and I do by this Codicil which I
118    direct Shall be added to and taken as part of my said last
119    Will and Testament annul revoke and make void the Sum
120    of one thousand pounds part of the said Legacy and do
121    direct that the remaining Sum of two hundred pounds
122    which I give and confirm to her shall not be paid or
123    payable to my said daughter until the expiration of three
124    years after my decease and paid without Interest and in
125    lieu of the said Sum of one thousand pounds hereby revoked
126    I give and bequeath to my said daughter Mary the Sum of
127    one thousand two hundred pounds stock which I have
128    in the three per cent Consolidated Annuities and
129    also the Sum of two hundred pounds which I have in
130    the four percent Annuities and do order the Executors of my
131    said Will to transfer the same to her immediately after my
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132    death but should I not have so much Stock as aforesaid at my
133    death then I direct my Executors to purchase so much as shall be
134    deficient of the said Stocks respectively and to transfer the same to
135    my said daughter who it is my Will shall be at the Expence of
136    buying Mourning for my Servant Susanna and not my
137    Executors and I do hereby confirm my said Will and this a
138    Codicil indorsed herein in every other respect In witness
139    whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the sixth
140    day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine
141    Wm Blake Signed Sealed published and declared by
142    the said William Blake as and for a Codicil to his last will
143    and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunder
144    subscribed our names in the presence of the said William Blake
145    Samuel Sparks Joseph Kennaway Isaac Sparks
146    This Will was proved at London with two Codicils
147    the twenty second day of April in the year of Our Lord one
148    thousand Seven hundred and ninety nine before the Right
149    Honourable Sir William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
150    keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
151    lawfully Constituted by the Oaths of William Blake and
152    Downing Blake the Sons of the deceased and Executors named
153    in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all
154    and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said
155    deceased having been first Sworn by Commission duly to administer

Will of William Blake of Chilhampton, South Newton - SWRO P2/8Reg/125B, probated 1 Jun 1610

The last will of this series from the Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office.

The will of William Blake of Chilhampton South Newton names his sons John and Charles Blake and his daughters Edith, Dorathie, Anconett, Agnis, and Margaret. As I work on this will I realize I have not yet posted the will of Maud Blake although I did post it yesterday. They are in the same hand writing not that that is particularly significant but it is interesting. Maud is not the wife of William because she doesn't have any daughters and has sons Henry, Severan (sp), John and Robert. She does mention Charles as one of her overseers and perhaps he is this Charles who is a son of this William.

There was another image for a probate for a William Blake in 1616 again in the same handwriting as the will of this William and Maud. The probate doesn't offer much information other than that the William Blake lived at Ambrosbury and that is widow is Joanne Blake. Ambresbury/Ambrosbury was an earlier name for Amesbury which is 7 miles north of Salisbury so again the same general area and 7 miles north east of South Newton.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Oct 2012
Source:  Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8Reg/125B
Name of testator: William Blake
Place: Chilhampton, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 24 Nov 1609, probated 1 Jun 1610
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: early 17th century, middle English, bold script writing (some bleed through)
 [Margin] Blake 125B

1    In the name of God Amen The
2    fower and twenteth day of November Anno d[o]m[ini] one thousand
3    six hundred and Nine. I William Blake of Chilhampton
4    w[i]thin the p[ar]ish of Southnewton, beinge weake in body but
5    p[er]fect in memory (thanked be god for it) doe here make my
6    last will and testament in manner followinge First I comett
7    my sowle into the hands of almightie god my savior and redeemer
8    and my body to be buried in the Churchyarde of Southnewton
9    Item I give unto the Church of Southnewton twelve pence
10    Item I give to the poore of the p[ar]ish of Southnewton three
11    shillings and fower pence
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12    Item I give unto my sonne John Blake twoo bushells of wheate
13    and fower bushells of barley Item I give unto my sonne William
14    Blake twoo akers of wheate of tenentry land and twoo akers of
15    barley of tenentry land Item I give unto my daughter Edith
16    Blake twentie pounds in lawfull money my best cov[er]lett also
17    Item I give to my daughter Dorathie Blake twentie pounds
18    in lawfull money. Item I give all my lynnen unto my twoo
19    daughters Edith and Dorathie equally to be devided betwene them
20    at the discretion of my sonne Charles Blake. Item I give unto
21    my daughter Anconett Burges three shillings and fower pence
22    Item I give unto my daughter Agnis Henstitch three shillings
23    and fower pence. Item I give unto my daughter Margarett
24    Hayter three shillings and fower pence. Item I give unto William
25    Hayter my daughter's childe a sheepe worthe five shillinges
26    Item I give unto my sonne John his childe a sheepe worthe five
27    shillinges. Item I give unto William Burges my daughters
28    childe a sheepe worthe five shillings.  All the rest of my
29    goods unbequeathed I give unto my sonne Charles Blake
30    whome I make sole Executor of this my last will and testament
31    Also I appoynt Henry Blake my neighbour of Chilhampton
32    to be ov[er]seer of this my last will and testament to whome I
33    give twelve pence Item I give unto Thomas Good our Vicar
34    twelve pence Lastly I doe appoynt all those legacies to
35    be payd within one halfe yeare after my decease In Witnes
36    whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and
37    yeare first above written. Witnesses at then sealinge
38    Thomas Good vicar of Southnewton John Adlam his
39    marke Witnes George Symes, John Champion his marke
40    William Blake his marke

Will of Maud Blake of Stoverd, South Newton - SWRO P2/8 Reg/307, probated 28 Oct 1616

Maude Blake, widow, tells us a great deal about herself in this will but does not name her husband which would have been helpful She names her children Henry, Severan (possibly), John and Robert. She names Robert Blake with sons Thomas and John, William Blake with sons Henry and daughters Anne, Mary, Henry Blake with sons William and Henry and daughters Gyles and Francis, John Blake with daughters Elizabeth and Anne,

There is a William Blake who married Maude Downe 2 Nov 1591 at Great Wishford, Wiltshire (M15228-1 Family Search).  Since Maude is remembering a Robert Blake, a Henry Blake, a John Blake and a William Blake with various children, I wonder who all these men are with respect to her possible husband William Blake.There is a John Blake who married Mawde Heward Nov 1558 at Great Wishford (M15228-1 Family Search) but suspect that that would be too far back as Maude (testator) would likely have been around 20 at marriage or less thus having her born by or after 1538 and hence 78 when her will was written. Not impossible though so worth noting.

In the will of John Blake of Stoweford probated 20 Mar 1572 he names his sons John, William and Thomas with John having sons William and Thomas and Thomas with children unmentioned.

In the Will of John Blake husbandman of South Newton probated 6 Feb 1553/54 he mentions his sons Walter, Gylys, William, Edward and Robert. This testator had as witnesses to his will John Blake the elder and John Blake the younger.

The will of John Blake of Stooloford probated1545/46 has him married to Edyth with two sons Thomas and John. Thomas has a son Robert. The testator mentions Robert Blake carpenter at South Newton but no relationship stated.

This has possibilities in that the Blake males mentioned as sons of Maude were: Robert, William, Henry and John.

Still to come are the wills of Richard Blake, 1572, Thomas Blake 1550, 1565, 1573, 1584, William Blake 1538, 1545, and 1610. This set of wills has actually come along quite well. When I acquired them about eight years ago I found them very difficult reading. They are still difficult as wills in the 15th century seem to be using a different alphabet and language but having done so much in the 1500s and 1600s now I find it easier. Taking a course in Palaeography really worked very well for me.

I can see now that I could have separated these wills into locations and worked on them by year but my tendency is to be logical and so working alphabetically worked very well for me and I can still work back and forth looking at them. The advantage is time; each time I read one of these wills I see something else that helps me to look at them with the thought of finding something common between them. However, one can see that the Blake family at South Newton in particular is very very large in 1641 - 25% of the community roughly and this continues and in 1841 they are about 20% of the community.

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2012
Source:  Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8 Reg/307
Name of testator: Maud Blake
Place: Stoverd, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 1 Jul 1616, 28 Oct 1616
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: early 17th century, middle English, copy bleeding through
[Margin] Blake 307

1    In the name of
2    God Amen, I Maud
3    Blake of Stoverd in the p[ar]ishe of
4    Southnewton sicke in body but whole and
5    p[er]fect of mind thanks bee unto God doe
6    make this my last will and testament in manner
7    and forme following: First I give and committ my
8    soule into the hands of Allmightie God my
9    Creator and doe trust to bee saved throughe
10    his free mercy by the onely means and
11    merrits of Jesus Christ my savio[u]r and bequeathe
12    my bodey to bee buried w[i]thin the Churchyard
13    of Southnewton in sure and certeine hope of
14    a ioyfull resurrecton Item I give unto Joane
15    Adlame  five pounds thirtene shillings and fower
16    pence of good and lawfull money and one flockbedd
17    and a blew cov[er]led and one brasse panne the
18    best faveinge one and a bell skillett Item
19    I give unto Dorathe Adlame five pounds
20    thirtene shillings and 4 d in good and lawfull
21    money Item I give unto Mary Adlame
22    five pounds thirteene shillings and fower pence
23    of good and lawfull money to bee paide unto them
24    w[i]thin halfe a yeare after my decease: Item I
25    give unto John Blake the eldest sonne of
26    Robert Blake one redd cowe Item I give
27    unto Robert Adlam one sparked cowe. Item
28    I give William Blake the sonne of Henry
29    Blake the little white faced cowe. Item I
30    give unto Anne Blake and Mary Blake
31    twenty shillings a peece and each of them one
32    platter and one pottinger a peece of Item I
33    give unto Giles Blake and Francis Blake the
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34    daughters of Henry Blake twenty shillings a=
35    peece and each of them one platter and one pottinger
36    Item I give unto John Blakes two maydes
37    First I give unto Elizabeth Blake my feather
38    bedd and one bolster and my coffer standing at my
39    beds feete Item I give unto Anne Blake a
40    white cov[er]led the best and a blanket and two sheetes
41    a pillow and a lye for the pillow Item I give
42    unto Robert Blakes two sonnes I give Thomas
43    Blake one sheepe and unto John Blake one
44    sheepe Item I give unto Henry Blake the
45    sonne of Henry Blake one sheepe and one yeareling
46    bullocke Item I give unto my sonne Henry
47    Blake one aker of wheate and one aker of barley
48    growing in the field a cov[er]ledd a paire of blankets
49    and a paire of sheetes and a boulster and a brasse pott
50    and half my wooll in the backside and half my
51    wheate and halfe my maulte that is in the
52    howese at my decease and one little Cowle and a
53    beerell and an yearelinge bullchett one cov[er]ledd
54    that is upon the childrens bed and my greate
55    hogge pigge and a flitch of bacon and a muilinge pigge
56    a shede board bloke and each of your maides
57    one platter and a pottinger Item I give unto
58    John Blake my sonne all the thirds of my
59    corne growinge in the fielde and two meaweling
60    piggs and a flitch of bacon and a board bloke  Item
61    I give unto Soveran Blake a blacke trendell
62    and a bowell and a barrell and a brasse kittle and a brasse
63    skillett and a platter and a pottinger Item I give
64    unto my sonne John Blakes wife my best
65    gowen lyned w[i]th blew and a smocke and a double
66    kerrcher and a hollen apron Item I give unto
67    Henry Blakes wife my next best gowne and
68    a smocke and an apron and a kerrcher Item I
69    give unto Marrian Lane my best redd
70    petticoate and a smocke and a kerrcher and an apron
71    and a s[ki]llett and a meuling pigge Item I give
72    unto Lanes three children each of them one
73    sheepe Item I give unto the Cathedrall Church
74    of Sarum xij d Item I give unto my p[ar]ish of
75    Southnewton three shillings and fower pence
76    Item I give unto greate Wisheford church xij d
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77    Item I give unto Henry Blakes two maides
78    Francs and Gyles my three wearinge coates
79    twoo of them to Gyles and one to Francis
80    Item I give unto John the tacker my
81    best candlesticke. Item I give to Henry
82    Blakes two sonnes William Blake and
83    Henry Blake each of them one candlesticke
84    And I appoint George Symes John
85    Horne and Henry Plenty Ov[er]seers of this
86    my last will and testament and I doe give
87    them three shillings and fower pence apeece
88    Item I give unto Mawdelin Blake my
89    white fustian wascoate and to Thomas
90    Abbott my blew wascoate Item I give
91    unto Thomas Lane my best cloake All
92    the rest of my Goods moveable and unmoveable
93    I give and bequeath unto Robert Blake
94    my sonne whom I make my sole and onely
95    Executor of this my last will and testament
96    written the first of July 1616 Maude
97    Blake her marke Witnes George
98    Symes John Horne John Plentie

Will of John Blake, husbandman, Chilhampton, South Newton - P2/8 Reg/149, probated 20 Sep 1610

John Blake is the testator of this will which was written 26 August 1610. This is perhaps a grandson of the John Blake who left his will in 1572 at South Newton who had sons John, William and Thomas Blake. John continues to be a very common forename in the Blake family at South Newton. By 1641/42 there are nine Blake males over 18 (possibly one minor) at South Newton and in total 37 males sign the document so the Blake family there is about 25% of the male population.

There is a Thomas Blaake baptized 10 Mar 1592 at Great Wishford with father John Blaake (C15228-1 Family Search).

In the Protestation Returns for South Newton the following Blake males over 18 signed the return:

John Blake, senior
John Blake, junior,
John Blake, min. (perhaps minor)
Jeffrey Blake,
William Bake
Thomas Blake
Edward Blake
Henry Blake, senior
Henry Blake, junior

Other males at South Newton signing this return:

James Elderton
Robert Miles
Thomas Elderton
Phillipp Pearce
Thomas Austine
George Austine
Ames Durdoll
John Edmonds
Thomas Shergold
Henry Shergold
Charles Shergold
Robert Carpenter
Alexandr Pearcie
Peter Gynes
Peter Webb
Richard Sutton
Edward Holdway, Senior
Edward Holdway, junior
Thomas Beckett
John Bacon
John Noyes
Alexandr Beckett
John Godwin
Richard Watts
John Rawlins
Thomas Peirson
John Still
Christofer Whiteare

Are there a lot of Blake male descendants of the earlier testators at South Newton; it would appear so. Charles Blake is missing from this list and the name Charles always does rather interest me in the Blake family. Henry Blake senior is interesting since a Henry Blake brother is mentioned in the will. Would love to find information between John Blake testator in 1572 and this John Blake in 1610. This information on the Protestation Returns from the original return is kept in the House of Lords Library in England (I have images from the microfilm which I took at Salt Lake City).

Ancestry has 107 Blake entries at South Newton for the 1841 Census at South Newton. South Newton  has two Registration Districts (3 and 4) plus the Workhouse which is another District.

District 3
1. John Blake 30, Susanna Blake 30, Elizabeth Blake 4 and Mary 10 months
2. William Blake 45, Elizabeth Blake 40, Elias Blake 15
3. Stephen Blake 35, Louisa Blake 40, Herbert Blake 15, Mary Blake 13, Francis Blake 11, Harriett Blake 6
4. Rowland Blake 40
5. William Blake 40, Ann Blake 40, George Blake 15, Maria Blake 13, Mary Blake 12, William Blake 9, Henry Blake 7, Samuel Blake 11 mo and Jane Blake 30
6. William Blake 45, Ann Blake 45, Sarah Blake 20, James Blake 15, Eliza Blake 15, William Blake 13, Mary Blake 10, Leah Blake 8, Reuben Blake 6
7. Rachel Blake 15 (FS)
8. Elias Blake 25, Mary Blake 25, Joshua Blake 1
9. Sarah Blake 65
10. William Blake 40, Ann Blake 30, Harriett Blake 15, Sidney Blake 15, William Blake 10, Mary Blake 5, Lydia Blake 3, Henry Blake 2
11. John Blake 75, Mary Blake 70
12. Elizabeth Blake 80, John Blake 60, Ann Blake 20, William Blake 15
13. Mary Blake 13 (FS)

District 4
1. John Blake 54, Anne Blake 50, Solomon Blake 20, Louiza Blake 17, Charlotte Blake 14
2. John Blake junior 25, Ann Blake 25, Henry Blake 8, Jonas Blake 5, Maria Blake 3, George Blake 2
3. Anne Blake 14 (servant)
4. James Blake 38, Maria Blake 35, Samuel Blake 3, Jane Blake 5
5. William Blake 25
6. Simeon Blake 37, Harriet Blake 35, George Blake 16, Eliza Blake 13, James Blake 10, Percival Blake 7, Stephen Blake 4, Hurbert Blake 9, Maria Blake 1
7. Joseph Blake 53, Jane Blake 50
8. William Blake 66, Anne Blake 52, George Blake 18
9. Edward Blake 21
10. William Blake 25
11. Miriam Blake 22 (servant)
12. John Blake 77
13. James Blake 48, Sarah Blake 46, George Blake 20, Mitford Blake 16, Charles Blake 11, Solomon Blake 9, William Blake 6

District Wilton Union Workhouse
1. Henry Blake 70
2. Emma Blake 13
3. Eliza Blake 23

I found 97 entries (missed 10 or they might have been duplicates) for Blake in South Newton census of 1841 with a total of 22 separate families. The three people at the workhouse could be there for many reasons including health care as that was the only hospital often in an area outside of large cities. In 1811 the population of South Newton was 223, Little Wishford 8, Stoford 64, Chilhampton 64, Burden's Ball 112, and North Ugford 45 (total 516). If the population was similar in 1841 then the Blake family represented a sizeable portion of the population in this area roughly 20% which is interesting giving the 25% of Blake males in this area in 1641/42. An interesting webpage on the South Newton area in Wiltshire:
http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=204
The Testator John Blake mentions his wife Edith, son Richard and daughters Alice, Elizabeth, Annis and Edith. He also mentions his brother Henry Blake.

There was a marriage 28 Nov 1608 at South Newton of Henry Blake and Alice Walles (I06136-8 Family Search). There was a marriage between Henry Blake and Ellen Homans 20 Sep 1624 at South Newton (I06136-8 Family Search). There was a burial of Henry Blake 7 Oct 1638 at South Newton (I06136-8 Family Search).

Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22 Oct 2012
Source:  Swindon and Wiltshire Record Office P2/8 Reg/149
Name of testator: John Blake, husbandman
Place: South Newton, Wiltshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 26 Aug 1610, probated 20 Sep 1610
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 16th century, middle English, clear copy (few smudges)
[Margin] Blake 149

1    In the name of God Amen,
2    The six and twenteth day of Agust Anno Dom[i]n[i] 1610 I John
3    Blake of Chilhampton w[it]hin the p[ar]ishe of Southe Newton in
4    the Countie of Wilts[hire] husbandman, beinge weake in body but
5    p[er]fect in memorie (thankes be to god for it) doe here make
6    my last will and testament in manner followinge First I
7    bequeath my swole into the hands of our Saviour Jesus
8    Christ and my body to be buried in the Churchyard of
9    Southnewton. Item I give to the Church of Southnewton
10    twelve pence. Item I give to my daughter Alice fouer
11    pounds in monie. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth
12    fouer pounds in monie. Item I give to my daughter Annis
13    fouer pounds in monie to be paye unto these my children
14    by my executrix hereunder named, when they shall come
15    to the age of sixteene, yf  ev[er]y one of them doe or shall
16    live so longe. And yf any of them doe dye before they come
17    to the age of sixteene then theire portion or portions to
18    remayne to the longest liver. Item I give my sonne
19    Richard Blake one bushell of wheate and one bushell of
20    barley. Item I give my daughter Edith Guye one bushell
21    of barley. Item I give my daughter Annis cheldren x pence.
22    Item I give unto my daughter Edith her fouer children
23    each of them twelve pence. Item I appoynt my Execut[rix]
24    to pay unto William Able three shillings fouer pence
25    for a weanelinge calfe due unto him and twelve pence
26    for an old posnett. All the rest of my goods undisposed
27    I give unto my wife Edith Blake whome I doe make
28    sole Executrix of this my last will and testament. In
29    witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale
30    the day and yeare first above written. Then I appoynt
31    Henrie Blake my brother and George Simes and
32    Charles Blake ov[er]seers of this my last will and testament
33    unto whome I give twelve pence a peece. Witnesses
34    hereunto Thomas Good, Henrie Blake George Symes,
35    Charles Blake, Thomas Blake, William Crouch