The testator is John Blake of Knights Enham and Charlou Dolan has named him as John Blake the Younger son of Robert Blake (who was a brother to Nicholas Blake and both I hypothesize are sons of Richard and Jone Blake and Richard a son of Robert Blake who left his will in 1521 (another son of Robert was Thomas who left his will in 1541 naming sons John and Thomas)).
I obtained this will from Family Search and it was on Film # 186879, Catalogue Reference H-892 and number 6 on the film with the date of probate 16 Apr 1572.
For the moment I am going to place this John into Robert’s family as his fourth son. His father Robert notes that he has a son John the elder and a son John the Younger. Edward is at least 21 as he is his father’s executor and no mention in the probate of him being replaced. I will hold any opinion on these wills and the families to which the members belong until I have transcribed all of the wills for the Blake families at Knights Enham/Andover etc.
Names mentioned in the will:
John Blake, testator, Knights Enham
Robert Blake, son
William Blake, son
Philip Tabate, tenant
Johne Richardes, tenant
Thomas Blake, son
Nicholas Blake, son
John Blake (son of Nicholas Blake), godson
Elizabeth, wife of Robert Blake, daughter
Robert Blake, cousin, son in law
Thomas Canon, son of Thomas Canon
Elline, wife of Robert Canon, daughter
Robert Canon, son in law
Edward Blake, son, executor
Nycholas Venables, overseer
Robert Blake, yeoman, Andover, witness, overseer
Thomas Goldinge, witness, appraiser
Nycholes Bolld, appraiser
William Goldinge, witness, appraiser
Mr. Cooke, land owner
Lord Sandye, land owner
Thomas Fraunces, witness
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 24 Feb 2014
Source: Family Search Film 186879, Catalogue H-892, number 6 or Hampshire Record Office 1587A/013
Testator: John Blake
Place: Knights Enham, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 14 Apr 1584, probated 21 Apr 1587
Condition: 16th century English, legible copy
[Wrapper]: 1587 Johannes Blake de Enh[a]m militis Archij
1 In the name of God Amen The xiiij th day Aprill in the xxvj th yeare of the Raigne of our most
2 Soveraigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god queen ofe England France and Ireland defendor
3 of the Faith etc I John Blake oft Knights Enham in the countie of South[amp]t[on] yeoman beinge sicke
4 in body And of good and p[er]fect memory doe ordaine And make this my last will And testament in
5 man[ne]r And forme followeinge First I bequeath my soule into the hands oft allmightie god my maker
6 And redeemer And my body to be buried in the Church Yard of Knights Enham It[e]m I give And
7 bequeath unto Robert blake my sonn fourtie sheepe And two kine It[e]m I give And bequeath to
8 William blake my sonn two littell ten[emen]ts belonginge to my Capitall messuage which was late in
9 occupa[t]ione of Phillip tabate And lately in the tenure of John Richards the land this which
10 my sonn doth occupie And In his occupa[t]ion all The yeares And terme whereof I have and houlde from
11 Mr Cooke And that my sonn William shall pay iiij d by the yeare And all duties it hath bine]
12 heretofore usually paid And allso one Cowe one bullock x sheepe x lambes And one bed
13 w[i]th the furniture to the same bed belonginge And also x q[uarter]s of wheate and x q[uarter]s of barley Item
14 I give and bequeath to Thomas blake my sonn fourtie sheepe ij kine ij horses one white and
15 the other a brown baye It[e]m I give and bequeath to Robert Blake my sonn x q[uarter]s of wheate x q[uarter]s
16 of barly It[e]m I give to Thomas blake my sonn twentie q[uarter]s of wheate and xx q[uarter]s of barley
17 It[e]m I give and bequeath to Nicholas blake my sonn x sheepe It[e]m I give to Johne blake the
18 sonn of Nicholas blake my godson v q[uarter]s of wheate v q[uarter]s of Barlye It[em] I give to Elizabeth my
19 daughter the wif of Robert Blake one Cowe one bullock and vj sheepe It[e]m I give to
20 Thomas Canon the sonne of Thomas Canon one sheepe It[e]m I give to Elline my daughter
21 the wif of Rob[er]t Canon one bullock one pear of canvas sheets It[e]m I give to my p[ar]ish church
22 of Enhame xij d It[e]m I give to the trinitee church of Winchester vj d It[e]m I appoint that my
23 executor shall paye unto Robert blake my sonn the one half of his legacy w[i]thin one whole
24 yeare Imediatly after my decease And the other half w[i]thin one whole year next after and
25 Imediatly Followeinge And my executor shall find him sufficient meate and drinke and
26 apparell until such time he hath made him full payment It[e]m I give to the poor xx s
27 to be given by my exec[ut]ors and overseers at their discretion the Rest of my goods not given
28 neyther bequeathed my detts and legacies p[er]formed and paid I give and bequeath to
29 Edward blake my sonn whom I ordaine and make my whole exec[uto]r of this my last will and
30 testament Overseers of this my last will and testament I appoint Nycholas Venables Nicholas blake my sonn
31 And Robert blake they to have for their paines eyther of them some v s
32 Witnesses to these p[rese]ntes Thomas
33 Golding Willm Golding Robert Blake
34 Thomas Fraunces John Blake [signed and sealed]
35 Probat[um] fuit ______ testam[entum] in forma cor[am] per
36 ______ Willimo Say Offilem Vic[ar] Archini
37 winton xxj die Aprillis 1587 Com[m]issaq[ue]
fuit Administraro bonor[um] etc Executor
38 sup nominate de bi et iurate p[]soler Salmo
39 iura ________________
40 Executor ______
41 Rob: blake de _______ Andev[er] yeoman
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43 An Inventory take the xviij th daye of Aprill
44 in the xxix th year of the raigne of this queens
45 maiestey that now is of all the goods and chattels
46 and cattellls of John blake of Knights Enhame
47 in the county of South[ampton] praysed by nic[ho]las
48 venables Thomas Goldinge nych[ol]es bolld
49 willia[m] Goldinge Rob[er]t blake
50 Imprimis vij for horss in the stables w[i]th thar inchplowe chaines vj harowes wuller shame ij Iron wedge xiij l vj s viij d
51 It[em] halfe a costlett vjs viij d
52 In the shed
53 It[em] a table ij tressells a forme a benche a sayned clothe iij s iiij d
54 It[em] xvij peeces of pewter iij brazen candellsticke iiij salt sellers xx s
55 In the chamber
56 It[e]m I fetherbedd and ij flockbedds w[i]th the coverings ij l
57 It[em] vj pear sheets all xx s
58 It[em] ij table cloth, pillwes ij table iiij wa__ vj s viij d
59 Ine the kichine
60 It[em] ij brasse potts to pans iij kneves a gridierne ij broches ij Andierines ij pott hanger I hede pott hooke Iron spengs horne irons a dripinge pan att ij s x d
61 It[em] iiij ledden waights ij s
62 It[em] ij kivers ij s
63 It[em] a hachett and ij axes xviij d
64 It[em] viij hogge bakon ij _vves beef iij s
65 It[em] ij kwers att ij s
66 It[em] ij kwes a p[ ]tinge vate a mesing vate att vij s
67 It[em] e doze chrrees ij tubbes ij boules iij trene platters att xl s
68 abroad w[i]thout envs
69 It[em] ij c sheepe xxx l
70 It[em] l lambes att iij l
71 It[em] kine x l
72 It[em] xl bullocks att v l
73 It[em] iiij q[uarter]s barly att iij l vj s viij d
74 It[em] viij q[uarter]s of wheate att x l 00 d 00 d
75 It[em] mault xvj s
76 It[em] q[uarter]s barly xvj s
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77 It[em] xxiiij acres of wheate upon the ground att xiij l vj s viij d
78 It[em] xxx acres barly att xv l
79 It[em] iij acres uotes att xx s
80 It[em] ij acres vaches x s
81 It[em] ij acres peases x s
82 It[em] xiiij acres wheat att charelltn vij l
83 It[em] xij acres barly vj l
84 It[em] iiij acres wolts xxvj s viij d
85 It[em] vj acres oacs xx s
86 It[em] x hogges and pigs xx s
87 It[em] iij ive kulidd ewts ij l
88 It[em] a grind regr pew[ ]r ij s
89 It[em] wod buchell of lime ij s
90 It[em] the wood about the gate xv s
91 It[em] iij ladders att xvij d
92 It[em] ij leas[e]s th[e ]one of my L: sande th[e ]other of Mr Cooke xx l
93 by me nycholas venables
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Will of Richard Blake, Linen Draper of Andover - The National Archives PROB 11/141/491, probated 15 May 1623
This will precedes the first will for Dorset because that will is for Elizabeth Blake second wife of Peter Blake who was a grandson of Richard Blake, Linen Draper of Andover.
Richard Blake, Linen Draper, of Andover left his will dated 10 Sep 1622 and it was probated by his wife Jone/Joane 15 May 1623. It is easy to tell who his children are as he names all of them and some of his grandchildren are also named. Unfortunately he does not name his siblings nor does he give a hint on his parent’s names. Naming his brothers in law as Nicholas Blake and William Smith is perhaps a clue to the ancestry of his wife Jone Blake as her surname was Blake before marriage.
Names mentioned in the will:
Jone Blake, wife of testator
William Cooke, tenant
Mr. Palmes, land owner
Mr. Thomas Fittiplace, land owner
Sir Francis Neale, land owner
William Blake, eldest son
John Blake, son
Nicholas Blake, son
Richard Blake, son
Peter Blake, son
William Blake, grandson, second son of William Blake
Peter Blake, grandson, son of William Blake
Mr. Richard Venables, land owner
Jone Bayly, daughter
Dorothie Burmingham, daughter
Ellnor Hinxman, daughter
Margarett Savage, daughter
Mr. Peter Noyes the elder, cousin
Mr. Nicholas Blake, brother in law
Mr. William Smith, brother in law
Joseph Hinxman, son in law
Hugh Marshall, witness
Nicholas Blake, witness
John Elton, witness
Richard names his eldest son as William which is helpful since the parish registers for Andover have not yet begun when he is baptized.
Baptisms and marriages for the children at Andover:
William Blake married Dorothy Madgwick 6 Feb 1606 (likely born before 1586)
Jone Blake married Richard Bayly 6 May 1605 (likely born by 1585)
Elizabeth Blake married John Hapgood 18 Jun 1605 (likely born by 1585)
Dorothy Blake married Peter Burmingham Apr 1608 (likely born by 1588)
Elenor Blake baptized 23 May 1589, married to Joseph Hinxman 10 Dec 1610
Margaret Blake baptized 25 Apr 1592, married to Richard Savage Apr 1616
Richard Blake baptized 30 Sep 1593 (lived at Tower Ward, London)
Peter baptized 25 Jul 1596
Edward baptized 21 Feb 1598 and buried 2 Mar 1599
John baptized 25 Oct 1601
Nicholas baptized 27 Mar 1604
Alice buried 11 Sep 1613
Since the eldest children are likely born by 1585 the possible date of marriage for Richard Blake and Jone Blake would be circa 1584 or earlier. That would give a likely date of birth for Richard of the early 1560s. I believe this Richard to be the son of William and Elizabeth Blake with William Blake leaving his will in 1582 at Eastontown, near Andover. William does not mention grandchildren in his will but to place him in a family he does mention his brother and sisters. He is definitely the son of Nicholas and Margaret Blake of Enham.
Will blogged for William Blake probated 14 Nov 1582:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-william-blakeyeoman-of-andover.html
and he mentions his siblings which clearly places him in the family of Nicholas and Margaret Blake of Enham. His brother Edmund mentioned in his father’s and his mother’s will quite disappears from the records although said to have a son Stephen. William has a large family as seen in his will. It is this large family along with his cousin Robert’s family that form the nucleus of the Blake family in this area of Hampshire. Robert being a brother to Nicholas and named in their mother’s will and if I am right about Richard Blake who left his will in 1522 also named in his will.
Looking at the Visitation of Hampshire in 1686 which has been a rather confusing item in that Peter (a great grandson of William above (son of Richard the fifth son of William who left his will in 1582) Peter states that his father was William Blake of Andover and he has some sort of a legal action obt Ao 1647 mentioned and that he died before 11 Jul 1642 and was married to Dorothy Madgwick. He only mentions himself as a child of this couple and John the youngest brother who was apprenticed to Robert Mason of Southampton, merchant 11 Jul 1642. Peter states in the Visitation that the father of William married to Dorothy Madgwick was Richard Blake of Andover and that he had married Joane daughter of William Blake of Easton Town. He mentions only two of Richard’s children namely William (his father) and Richard of Tower Ward, London. This is the interesting part in that he moves back another generation and names William Blake as the father of Richard which is correct but this William Blake he has married to Anne daughter of Thomas Tutt of Chilbolton rather he should be naming William Blake of Easton-Town married to Margaret Hibberd because I am beginning to wonder if William Blake married to Anne Tutt and Jone Blake married to Richard Blake are siblings. Further I am wondering if William who left his will in 1582 was married twice otherwise I would be having Richard marrying his elder brother William’s daughter Jone so technically his niece. Not unheard of in this time frame but not very usual. The marriage records for this time period do not exist in the Parish Records at Andover so no help there as I have already transcribed them.
Peter Blake who wrote up the Visitation was baptized 5 Apr 1619. He would have been twelve years old when his grandmother Jone Blake died so presumably would have heard from her the ancestry of the family although William Blake and Ann Tutt were still likely living but their children were more than 10 years older than him. It remains an interesting dilemma why he has recorded his lineage in this way. But I continue to look for possible scenarios that could have resulted in him doing so. There is of course a second confusing marriage in this family where John the eldest son of William Blake (leaving his will in 1582) marries a Margaret Blake daughter of William Blake of Eastontown. This from the Blake Pedigree Chart which names John as the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley of Eastontown and Margaret (his wife) as the daughter of William Blake of Eastontown. This William at Eastontown is also said to have died in 1582 but the children of the two Williams do not match the will of 1582. If instead Margaret is the daughter of William married to Avis Ripley (and that William is said to be the son of Roger Blake and Mary Baynard of Pinhills, near Calne, Wiltshire) then it does simplify that chart. However, I digress. I am publishing the will of Richard Blake, linen draper of Andover, who left a charity which benefitted many many schoolchildren in Andover through the years.
On the other hand and a much simpler relationship would be that Jone Blake was descendant of Robert Blake (brother to Nicholas Blake of Enham). Indeed the eldest son of Robert Blake may be the Robert Blake who left his will in 1605 at Andover and one of my purchases will be this will. His possible children are Richard Blake and Nicholas Blake and two unknown daughters one of whom could be Jone and the other married to William Smith. But in that case the Visitation is entirely incorrect beyond Richard and one notes that the Visitation of London of 1633-34 which is quoted as the source for the material does not go back before Richard Blake married to Joane Blake (daughter of William Blake of Eastontown).
You definitely need to love mysteries to do genealogy!
While investigating the next will I came across an interesting item in Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, Volume 10, Frederic William Weaver and Charles Herbert Mayo, Sherborne: J.C. Satwell, published 1907 (pages 309-327):
http://archive.org/stream/notesqueriesfor05unkngoog/notesqueriesfor05unkngoog_djvu.txt
"William Rolfe, of Enford, married Sara, daughter of John Blake, of Estontown, Hants, who married his cousin, Margaret Blake, and had issue William Rolfe who died in 1646, having married Sarah Deane, and Sara Rolfe, who married George Dyer. Sara Rolfe (the mother), was married, secondly, to John Gerle, of Enford, who came from a well-known Hampshire family. He was one of the witnesses to George Dyer's marriage.
The will of John Gerle, of Long street in the parish of Enford, gentleman, is dated 26 Sep 1633 and proved 13 Feb 1633/34 (FCC 20 Seager). In his will he metions his niece Mary Dycke, his sons, Alexander and Thomas, son-in-law (stepson) William Rolfe, Esq., and William Tipper, of Seene (Seend): Witnesses, Henry Colepepper and others.
The complaint of Mary Dyke, of Chizenbury, Wilts, dated 14 June, 14 Car. I. states that John Gerle, late of Long street in the parish of Enford, gentleman, became on the 10 March, 6 Car. I, bound to the complainant for the payment of ___ at his decease, but in his will only ___ were left to her. He appointed Alexander Gerle, his son, executor. His estate was valued at _______ and more. The complainant sued Alexander Gerle in 1637, and obtained judgment against him, but in order to avoid payment he conveyed his estates to Robert Blake, of Estontown, Hants, gentleman, and George Dyer, of Heytesbury, Wilts, gentleman, in trust for his children.
George Dyer and Robert Blake deny the facts of the complainant's case except regarding the legacy, saying the estate was not sufficient to satisfy the claims on it. ......l..
On 28 Nov 1645, William Blake, citizen and vintner of London, complainant, William Dyer, of London, gentleman, and ...... Cross and Sarah, his wife, otherwise Sarah Blake, executors to the will of Thomas Gerle, gentleman, (dated 27 Mar 1643) who bequeathed his estate to his cousin William Dyer, his cousin William Blake, his cousin Sarah Blake, and John Walker, and they to be executors. Proved 2 May, 1643 (PCC 35 Crane). "
This continues on for several pages as the estate is contested into the 1700s. This I find very interesting as it is the first mention of a relationship between John Blake of Eastontown near Andover and his wife Margaret Blake. That they are cousins. I collected all the paperwork and will have a longer look at it.
Transcribed by: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22nd February 2008
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/141/491
Place: Andover, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Testator: Richard Blake, Linen Draper
Place: Andover, Hampshire, England
Dated: 10 Sep 1622, probated 15 May 1623
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, contrast medium
[Margin]: T[estament] Richardi
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of the eternall and everlivinge
2 God father sonne and holly ghost, In whose name I was baptized in whome only I hope and beleive
3 to bee saved Amen The tenth daie of december in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six
4 hundred and two and twentie And in the yeares of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord James
5 by the grace of god king of England France and Ireland, defender of the faith etc the twentith
6 and of Scotland the six and fiftieth I Richard Blake of Andever in the Countie of South[amp]t[on]
7 lynnen drapier aged of yeares being sicke in boddie but of good and perfitt memorie I thancks
8 my god the giver and preserver thereof doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament
9 as followeth Revokinge hereby both in deede and in lawe all former and other wills heretofore
10 made by mee And first with a free hart and willing mind I doe yield and render my soule
11 into thee hands o[f] father sonne and holye ghost I doe acknowledge with all my hart and doe
12 confesse I am a greate sinner and have neede of the grace mercy and favor of God and I hope
13 that I shall find both grace and merrit of god the father for his beloved Christs sake in him
14 I believe, hee is my redeemer hee liveth for ever and ever and maketh intercession for sinners
15 and this I knowe that now I am a corruptible body but I hope throughe Jesus Christ to rise an
16 Incorruptible boddie and I believe that the lord will have mercie uppon mee for hee first made
17 mee soe this I believe whether I live or dye I am the lords to whome bee all honor glory power and
18 dominion both now and for evermore Amen As concerning my boddie I bequeath itt to the earth
19 from whence itt came Item I give to Trynitie Church in Wynton – ij s vi d and to the church
20 of Andever xx s Item I give and devise to Joane Blake my loving wife my house wherein I
21 now dwell in Andever and all the lands w[i]th th[e ]appurten[a]nce thereunto belonging And all that
22 my house and lands thereunto belonging in Andever aforesaid heretofore called the Bleu Ancker and
23 is now called the Phenix in the possession of William Cooke And all other my lands and ten[emen]ts in
24 Andever aforesaid ^ w[hi]ch I purchased severally of Mr Palmes and of Mr Thomas Fittiplace and alsoe that house or tenement in Andever aforesayd wherein Walter Waight shoomaker now dwelleth And alsoe all that my messuage
25 or ten[emen]ts and one acre of land in Sopstreete alias Soplane in Andever aforesaid and allsoe
26 all that my mannor and farme of Cricklades with the water mill thereof in Andever
27 aforesaid and all the lands rents profitts and com[m]odities whatsoever thereunto belonging
28 And allsoe all that my messuage and Farme of Gallacre al[ia]s Gavellacre and all the lands
29 rents profitts and com[m]odities whatsoever thereunto belonging And allsoe all those my lands ten[emen]ts and
30 hereditaments which I purchased of Sir Francis Neale lyeing in Forton in the p[ar]ish of Longe
31 parish And all and ev[er]ie in the rents of the said sev[er]all mannors messuages lands tene[men]ts and p[re]misses
32 referred upon anie lease or leases thereof or of anie p[ar]te thereof made To have and to hould all
33 and singular the said mannor messuags farmes mill lands tene[men]ts and p[re]misses unto the sayd
34 Joane my wief for and during her naturall life if shee shall soe long continue and keepe her self sole
35 and unmarried And after her decease or marriage w[hi]ch shall first happen I devise and bequeath
36 all and singular the saide mannor messuags farmes mill lands ten[emen]ts and p[re]misses and the rev[er]cion
37 and remaynder of them and ev[er]ie of them in manner and forme following that is to saie I give and
38 devise unto Will[ia]m Blake my eldest sonne my saied dwelling house and all that my saied mannor and
39 Farme of Cricklades together with the mill thereof and all the lands thereunto sev[er]allie and respectively
40 belonging and all the houses and lands with theire appurten[an]ces which I purchased of Mr Thomas
41 Feffiplace aforesaide To have and to hould to him the saide Will[ia]m Blake and his heires for ever
42 And I give and devise unto John Blake my sonne All that my said messuage or ten[emen]te called
43 the Bleu Ancker or Phenix aforesaide and all other the messuags lands and ten[emen]ts w[hi]ch I purchased
44 of Mr Palmes in Andever aforesaide and alsoe all that my said house or ten[emen]te wherein Walter
45 Waight aforesaide now dwelleth and all the lands thereunto belonging To have and to hold unto
46 my saide sonne John Blake and to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of
47 such issue the Remaynder thereof to my said sonne Will[ia]m Blake ad his heires for ever
48 And I give and devise unto my sonne Nicholas Blake All those my lands ten[emen]ts and hereditaments
49 lyeing in Forton aforesaid w[hi]ch I lately purchased of Sir Frances Neale to have and to hold unto
50 [Page 2]
51 unto my saide sonne Nicholas his heires and assignes for ever Uppon this condition that my
52 saide sonne Nich[ol]as Blake and his heires shall paie to ev[er]ie of his brothers and sisters twenty pounds
53 apeece within two yeares next after the decease of Joane my saide wife And further I give and
54 devise unto my saide sonne Nich[ol]as Blake All that my messuage and Farme of Gallacre alias
55 Gavellacre and all the lands ten[emen]ts and hereditam[en]ts thereunto belonging and the rev[er]cion and Remaynder
56 thereof with their appurt[en[ancs To have and to hould unto my sayde sonne Nicholas Blake and
57 to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of such yssue the Remaynder thereof
58 to my sayde sonne Will[ia]m Blake and to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte
59 of such yssue the Remaynder thereof to him and his heirs for ever provided allwaies and my will
60 is that if itt shall happen my saide Farme and lands of Gallacre to come unto my sayde sonne
61 Will[ia]m Blake or to his heires for defaulte of heires of the boddie of my sayde sonne Nicholas lawfullie
62 begotten That then my saide sonne Will[ia]m Blake or his heire which att that time shalbe shall
63 paie unto Richard Blake my sonne two hundred pounds, to Peter Blake my sonne one hundred pounds
64 and to John Blake my sonne one hundred pounds of currant english money to bee paid w[i]thin two
65 yeeres nexte after the said land shall come unto my saide sonne Will[ia]m or to his heires as aforesaide
66 And yf my sayde sonne Will[ia]m or his heires to whome the sayde land shall happen to come for defaulte
67 of heires of the body of my said sonne Nich[ol]as shall make default of payment of the sayd sev[er]all
68 som[m]es of money unto my said sonnes Richard, Peter and John in manner as is aforesayd That
69 then I give and devise the saide Farme of Gallacre and lands thereunto belonging unto my sayde sonne
70 Richard Blake and his heirs uppon condition likewise that the said Richard Blake or his heires
71 shall paie unto my said sonnes Peter and John one hundred pounds apeece, And I give and devise
72 unto William Blake my grandchilde second sonne of my sonne Wyll[ia]m All that my saide messuage
73 or ten[emen]te in Soperlane al[ia]s Soperstreete aforesaid and one acre of land thereunto belonginge
74 and the rev[er]cion and Remaynder thereof To have and to holde unto him and to the heyres of his bodye
75 lawfully begotten and for defaulte of such yssue the Remaynder thereof to Peter Blake his brother
76 one other of my grandchildren and to his heires for ever Item I give and devise unto Jone Blake
77 my sayde wife All that my moyety p[ar]te and porcion of the Farme of Upclatford and the rents
78 thereof which I sometymes held together w[i]th Mr Richard Venables To have and receive the rents
79 and profitts thereof for and during all the estate and terme of yeeres therein yet to come
80 and unexpired (if shee shall soe long live and keepe her self widdowe and unmaryed and after
81 her decease or marriage which shall first happen I give and devise all my estate and terme of
82 yeares therein then to come and unexpired with the rents and profitts thereof unto my sayde
83 sonne John Blake his executors and assignes; provided my will and meaning is that my said
84 wief shall paie out of the rents and proffitts of the sayd Farme of Clatford unto my sayd sonne
85 John Blake for his mayntenance att Oxforde the some of xxiiiij li by the yeere yearly Item
86 I give and bequeath unto my sonne Richard Blake fower hundred pounds of currant
87 english money over and above all such moneys as hee hath allreadie had of mee to bee paied unto
88 him by my executrix in manner following viz [a vi]t one hundred pounds thereof within six months
89 next after my decease and soe within ev[er]ie six moneths next following one hundred pounds
90 untill the sayd some of fower hundred pounds bee fullie paied Item whereas I promised to
91 give unto my sonne Peter Blake upon his marriage with his now wief the some of Five
92 hundred pounds (Three hundred pounds whereof I have allreadie paied unto him my will is
93 that my executrix shall paye unto him one hundred pounds more within one yeere next
94 after my decease and in full satisfaction of the said Five hundred pounds I give unto my
95 sayd sonne Peter my lease and terme of yeares of the Salteren or Salthouse in or neere
96 the towne of Southampton if hee shall accept thereof in satisfaction of the sayd
97 500 li Item I give to ev[er]ie of the children of Jone Bayly my daughter x ls a peece
98 Item I give unto Dorothie Burmingham my daughter x li and to ev[er]ie of her children
99 40 s apeece Item I give unto Ellnor Hinxman my daughter one hundred pounds in
100 regard her porcion hath beene lesse then the rest of her sisters and to ev[er]ie of her children
101 40 s apeece Item I give unto Margarett Savage my daughter xx li and to ev[er]ie of her
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103 children 40 s apeece Item I give to ev[er]ie of my sonne William Blakes children 40 s apiece Item the residue
104 of all my goods credditts debts cattells and chattells whatsoever not given nor bequeathed moveable and un-
105 moveable I give and bequeath fully and wholly to Jone Blake my sayde wief whom I make and ordeyne to
106 bee my only and sole executrix of this my last will and testament to paie all my debts and discharge all
107 my legacies hereby given and bequeathed and to see my bodye decentlie buried Item my will is that all the
108 waynskott glasse benches shelves table bordes and ioynestooles of my dwelling house shall after my
109 sayd wifes decease remayne and bee unto my said sonne William unde[r]saied My overseers of
110 this my last will I desire to bee my Cossen Mr Peter Noyes th[e ]elder, my brother in law Mr Nich[ol]as
111 Blake my brother in law Mr Will[ia]m Smith and my sonne in law Joseph Hinxman and I
112 give unto each of them xx s a peece giving willing and graunting unto them and the longest li-
113 ver of them full power and authoritie to determyne decyde and end all ambiguities doubtes
114 questions and debates whatsoever which shall arise amongest my sayd children or anye of them
115 And further my will is that my executrix shall become bound by obligacion to my overseers as
116 they shall thincke reasonable before my will bee proved to p[er]fourme and paye all the legacyes be-
117 fore given and bequeathed w[hi]ch yf shee shall refuse to doe Then my will is that Will[ia]m Blake my
118 sonne shall bee my executor of this my last will becominge bound as aforesaide to perfourme
119 the same provided allwaies and my will is that yf itt shall happen after my decease anye of my
120 sonnes or anye other to whome I have limited to enioye anye p[ar]te of my lands or goods aforesaide
121 not to content himself or themselves with such porcion of lands or goods in such manner and
122 sort as I have before given and bequeathed the same or shall attempt practise or endeavour to
123 disturbe alter chaunge frustrate or made voide in anie respect or point this my last will
124 and testament and the contents of the same or anie p[ar]te thertoof that then my sayd sonnes he or
125 they and every other person and persons to whome I have given and graunted to have and enjoy anye
126 p[ar]te of my lands goods and chattells shall for ever lose the benefitt of this my last will to all
127 intents and purposes and the legacies to them or any of them by the same given and devised
128 And then I doe give and devise the same porcion of my lands and goods to the residue of my sayde
129 sonnes not soe offendinge to be equallie and indifferentlye divided amongest them Item my will
130 and meaning is that my sayde wief shall receive and have all the rents and p[ro]fitts of my
131 lands given unto her as is aforesayde towards the paiement of the legacies in this my will
132 contayned yf my goods and chattells shall not suffice to satisfie the same And lastely I give and
133 bequeath unto the corporacion of the towne of Andever and theire successors for ever Thirty
134 pounds of currant english money uppon condicion that the Baylief and approved men for the
135 time being of the sayde corporacion shall with the same money either purchase land in Fee
136 simple to the use of the poore people of the same towne accordinge to the proporcion of the sayd somme
137 of Thirtie poundes and paye the rent thereof yeerelye unto the sayde poore people or els that the
138 sayd Bailliffe and approved men shall give securitie unto my executrix and overseers or the s[ur]vivors
139 of them by rent chardge or otherwise by some other assurance as shal[l ]bee by my sayd executrix and
140 overseers or the survivor of them or theire counsell learned devised to paye unto the sayd poore
141 people such as have most neede and to soe manie of them as the sayd Bailliffe and approves
142 men shall thinke fitt the some of fourty shillings att the feast of St Thomas theapostle yerely
143 for ever And further I give towards the paving of the waye to the Free scoolhouse in Andever
144 the some of twentie shillings In witnes whereof I have to this my last will and testament sett
145 my hand and seale the daie and yere above written Richard Blake witnesses hereeunto Hugh
146 Marshall Nich: Blake John Elton
Richard Blake, Linen Draper, of Andover left his will dated 10 Sep 1622 and it was probated by his wife Jone/Joane 15 May 1623. It is easy to tell who his children are as he names all of them and some of his grandchildren are also named. Unfortunately he does not name his siblings nor does he give a hint on his parent’s names. Naming his brothers in law as Nicholas Blake and William Smith is perhaps a clue to the ancestry of his wife Jone Blake as her surname was Blake before marriage.
Names mentioned in the will:
Jone Blake, wife of testator
William Cooke, tenant
Mr. Palmes, land owner
Mr. Thomas Fittiplace, land owner
Sir Francis Neale, land owner
William Blake, eldest son
John Blake, son
Nicholas Blake, son
Richard Blake, son
Peter Blake, son
William Blake, grandson, second son of William Blake
Peter Blake, grandson, son of William Blake
Mr. Richard Venables, land owner
Jone Bayly, daughter
Dorothie Burmingham, daughter
Ellnor Hinxman, daughter
Margarett Savage, daughter
Mr. Peter Noyes the elder, cousin
Mr. Nicholas Blake, brother in law
Mr. William Smith, brother in law
Joseph Hinxman, son in law
Hugh Marshall, witness
Nicholas Blake, witness
John Elton, witness
Richard names his eldest son as William which is helpful since the parish registers for Andover have not yet begun when he is baptized.
Baptisms and marriages for the children at Andover:
William Blake married Dorothy Madgwick 6 Feb 1606 (likely born before 1586)
Jone Blake married Richard Bayly 6 May 1605 (likely born by 1585)
Elizabeth Blake married John Hapgood 18 Jun 1605 (likely born by 1585)
Dorothy Blake married Peter Burmingham Apr 1608 (likely born by 1588)
Elenor Blake baptized 23 May 1589, married to Joseph Hinxman 10 Dec 1610
Margaret Blake baptized 25 Apr 1592, married to Richard Savage Apr 1616
Richard Blake baptized 30 Sep 1593 (lived at Tower Ward, London)
Peter baptized 25 Jul 1596
Edward baptized 21 Feb 1598 and buried 2 Mar 1599
John baptized 25 Oct 1601
Nicholas baptized 27 Mar 1604
Alice buried 11 Sep 1613
Since the eldest children are likely born by 1585 the possible date of marriage for Richard Blake and Jone Blake would be circa 1584 or earlier. That would give a likely date of birth for Richard of the early 1560s. I believe this Richard to be the son of William and Elizabeth Blake with William Blake leaving his will in 1582 at Eastontown, near Andover. William does not mention grandchildren in his will but to place him in a family he does mention his brother and sisters. He is definitely the son of Nicholas and Margaret Blake of Enham.
Will blogged for William Blake probated 14 Nov 1582:
http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2012/09/will-of-william-blakeyeoman-of-andover.html
and he mentions his siblings which clearly places him in the family of Nicholas and Margaret Blake of Enham. His brother Edmund mentioned in his father’s and his mother’s will quite disappears from the records although said to have a son Stephen. William has a large family as seen in his will. It is this large family along with his cousin Robert’s family that form the nucleus of the Blake family in this area of Hampshire. Robert being a brother to Nicholas and named in their mother’s will and if I am right about Richard Blake who left his will in 1522 also named in his will.
Looking at the Visitation of Hampshire in 1686 which has been a rather confusing item in that Peter (a great grandson of William above (son of Richard the fifth son of William who left his will in 1582) Peter states that his father was William Blake of Andover and he has some sort of a legal action obt Ao 1647 mentioned and that he died before 11 Jul 1642 and was married to Dorothy Madgwick. He only mentions himself as a child of this couple and John the youngest brother who was apprenticed to Robert Mason of Southampton, merchant 11 Jul 1642. Peter states in the Visitation that the father of William married to Dorothy Madgwick was Richard Blake of Andover and that he had married Joane daughter of William Blake of Easton Town. He mentions only two of Richard’s children namely William (his father) and Richard of Tower Ward, London. This is the interesting part in that he moves back another generation and names William Blake as the father of Richard which is correct but this William Blake he has married to Anne daughter of Thomas Tutt of Chilbolton rather he should be naming William Blake of Easton-Town married to Margaret Hibberd because I am beginning to wonder if William Blake married to Anne Tutt and Jone Blake married to Richard Blake are siblings. Further I am wondering if William who left his will in 1582 was married twice otherwise I would be having Richard marrying his elder brother William’s daughter Jone so technically his niece. Not unheard of in this time frame but not very usual. The marriage records for this time period do not exist in the Parish Records at Andover so no help there as I have already transcribed them.
Peter Blake who wrote up the Visitation was baptized 5 Apr 1619. He would have been twelve years old when his grandmother Jone Blake died so presumably would have heard from her the ancestry of the family although William Blake and Ann Tutt were still likely living but their children were more than 10 years older than him. It remains an interesting dilemma why he has recorded his lineage in this way. But I continue to look for possible scenarios that could have resulted in him doing so. There is of course a second confusing marriage in this family where John the eldest son of William Blake (leaving his will in 1582) marries a Margaret Blake daughter of William Blake of Eastontown. This from the Blake Pedigree Chart which names John as the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley of Eastontown and Margaret (his wife) as the daughter of William Blake of Eastontown. This William at Eastontown is also said to have died in 1582 but the children of the two Williams do not match the will of 1582. If instead Margaret is the daughter of William married to Avis Ripley (and that William is said to be the son of Roger Blake and Mary Baynard of Pinhills, near Calne, Wiltshire) then it does simplify that chart. However, I digress. I am publishing the will of Richard Blake, linen draper of Andover, who left a charity which benefitted many many schoolchildren in Andover through the years.
On the other hand and a much simpler relationship would be that Jone Blake was descendant of Robert Blake (brother to Nicholas Blake of Enham). Indeed the eldest son of Robert Blake may be the Robert Blake who left his will in 1605 at Andover and one of my purchases will be this will. His possible children are Richard Blake and Nicholas Blake and two unknown daughters one of whom could be Jone and the other married to William Smith. But in that case the Visitation is entirely incorrect beyond Richard and one notes that the Visitation of London of 1633-34 which is quoted as the source for the material does not go back before Richard Blake married to Joane Blake (daughter of William Blake of Eastontown).
You definitely need to love mysteries to do genealogy!
While investigating the next will I came across an interesting item in Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, Volume 10, Frederic William Weaver and Charles Herbert Mayo, Sherborne: J.C. Satwell, published 1907 (pages 309-327):
http://archive.org/stream/notesqueriesfor05unkngoog/notesqueriesfor05unkngoog_djvu.txt
"William Rolfe, of Enford, married Sara, daughter of John Blake, of Estontown, Hants, who married his cousin, Margaret Blake, and had issue William Rolfe who died in 1646, having married Sarah Deane, and Sara Rolfe, who married George Dyer. Sara Rolfe (the mother), was married, secondly, to John Gerle, of Enford, who came from a well-known Hampshire family. He was one of the witnesses to George Dyer's marriage.
The will of John Gerle, of Long street in the parish of Enford, gentleman, is dated 26 Sep 1633 and proved 13 Feb 1633/34 (FCC 20 Seager). In his will he metions his niece Mary Dycke, his sons, Alexander and Thomas, son-in-law (stepson) William Rolfe, Esq., and William Tipper, of Seene (Seend): Witnesses, Henry Colepepper and others.
The complaint of Mary Dyke, of Chizenbury, Wilts, dated 14 June, 14 Car. I. states that John Gerle, late of Long street in the parish of Enford, gentleman, became on the 10 March, 6 Car. I, bound to the complainant for the payment of ___ at his decease, but in his will only ___ were left to her. He appointed Alexander Gerle, his son, executor. His estate was valued at _______ and more. The complainant sued Alexander Gerle in 1637, and obtained judgment against him, but in order to avoid payment he conveyed his estates to Robert Blake, of Estontown, Hants, gentleman, and George Dyer, of Heytesbury, Wilts, gentleman, in trust for his children.
George Dyer and Robert Blake deny the facts of the complainant's case except regarding the legacy, saying the estate was not sufficient to satisfy the claims on it. ......l..
On 28 Nov 1645, William Blake, citizen and vintner of London, complainant, William Dyer, of London, gentleman, and ...... Cross and Sarah, his wife, otherwise Sarah Blake, executors to the will of Thomas Gerle, gentleman, (dated 27 Mar 1643) who bequeathed his estate to his cousin William Dyer, his cousin William Blake, his cousin Sarah Blake, and John Walker, and they to be executors. Proved 2 May, 1643 (PCC 35 Crane). "
This continues on for several pages as the estate is contested into the 1700s. This I find very interesting as it is the first mention of a relationship between John Blake of Eastontown near Andover and his wife Margaret Blake. That they are cousins. I collected all the paperwork and will have a longer look at it.
Transcribed by: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 22nd February 2008
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/141/491
Place: Andover, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Testator: Richard Blake, Linen Draper
Place: Andover, Hampshire, England
Dated: 10 Sep 1622, probated 15 May 1623
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, contrast medium
[Margin]: T[estament] Richardi
[Margin]: Blake
1 In the name of the eternall and everlivinge
2 God father sonne and holly ghost, In whose name I was baptized in whome only I hope and beleive
3 to bee saved Amen The tenth daie of december in the yeare of our lord god one thousand six
4 hundred and two and twentie And in the yeares of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord James
5 by the grace of god king of England France and Ireland, defender of the faith etc the twentith
6 and of Scotland the six and fiftieth I Richard Blake of Andever in the Countie of South[amp]t[on]
7 lynnen drapier aged of yeares being sicke in boddie but of good and perfitt memorie I thancks
8 my god the giver and preserver thereof doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament
9 as followeth Revokinge hereby both in deede and in lawe all former and other wills heretofore
10 made by mee And first with a free hart and willing mind I doe yield and render my soule
11 into thee hands o[f] father sonne and holye ghost I doe acknowledge with all my hart and doe
12 confesse I am a greate sinner and have neede of the grace mercy and favor of God and I hope
13 that I shall find both grace and merrit of god the father for his beloved Christs sake in him
14 I believe, hee is my redeemer hee liveth for ever and ever and maketh intercession for sinners
15 and this I knowe that now I am a corruptible body but I hope throughe Jesus Christ to rise an
16 Incorruptible boddie and I believe that the lord will have mercie uppon mee for hee first made
17 mee soe this I believe whether I live or dye I am the lords to whome bee all honor glory power and
18 dominion both now and for evermore Amen As concerning my boddie I bequeath itt to the earth
19 from whence itt came Item I give to Trynitie Church in Wynton – ij s vi d and to the church
20 of Andever xx s Item I give and devise to Joane Blake my loving wife my house wherein I
21 now dwell in Andever and all the lands w[i]th th[e ]appurten[a]nce thereunto belonging And all that
22 my house and lands thereunto belonging in Andever aforesaid heretofore called the Bleu Ancker and
23 is now called the Phenix in the possession of William Cooke And all other my lands and ten[emen]ts in
24 Andever aforesaid ^ w[hi]ch I purchased severally of Mr Palmes and of Mr Thomas Fittiplace and alsoe that house or tenement in Andever aforesayd wherein Walter Waight shoomaker now dwelleth And alsoe all that my messuage
25 or ten[emen]ts and one acre of land in Sopstreete alias Soplane in Andever aforesaid and allsoe
26 all that my mannor and farme of Cricklades with the water mill thereof in Andever
27 aforesaid and all the lands rents profitts and com[m]odities whatsoever thereunto belonging
28 And allsoe all that my messuage and Farme of Gallacre al[ia]s Gavellacre and all the lands
29 rents profitts and com[m]odities whatsoever thereunto belonging And allsoe all those my lands ten[emen]ts and
30 hereditaments which I purchased of Sir Francis Neale lyeing in Forton in the p[ar]ish of Longe
31 parish And all and ev[er]ie in the rents of the said sev[er]all mannors messuages lands tene[men]ts and p[re]misses
32 referred upon anie lease or leases thereof or of anie p[ar]te thereof made To have and to hould all
33 and singular the said mannor messuags farmes mill lands tene[men]ts and p[re]misses unto the sayd
34 Joane my wief for and during her naturall life if shee shall soe long continue and keepe her self sole
35 and unmarried And after her decease or marriage w[hi]ch shall first happen I devise and bequeath
36 all and singular the saide mannor messuags farmes mill lands ten[emen]ts and p[re]misses and the rev[er]cion
37 and remaynder of them and ev[er]ie of them in manner and forme following that is to saie I give and
38 devise unto Will[ia]m Blake my eldest sonne my saied dwelling house and all that my saied mannor and
39 Farme of Cricklades together with the mill thereof and all the lands thereunto sev[er]allie and respectively
40 belonging and all the houses and lands with theire appurten[an]ces which I purchased of Mr Thomas
41 Feffiplace aforesaide To have and to hould to him the saide Will[ia]m Blake and his heires for ever
42 And I give and devise unto John Blake my sonne All that my said messuage or ten[emen]te called
43 the Bleu Ancker or Phenix aforesaide and all other the messuags lands and ten[emen]ts w[hi]ch I purchased
44 of Mr Palmes in Andever aforesaide and alsoe all that my said house or ten[emen]te wherein Walter
45 Waight aforesaide now dwelleth and all the lands thereunto belonging To have and to hold unto
46 my saide sonne John Blake and to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of
47 such issue the Remaynder thereof to my said sonne Will[ia]m Blake ad his heires for ever
48 And I give and devise unto my sonne Nicholas Blake All those my lands ten[emen]ts and hereditaments
49 lyeing in Forton aforesaid w[hi]ch I lately purchased of Sir Frances Neale to have and to hold unto
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51 unto my saide sonne Nicholas his heires and assignes for ever Uppon this condition that my
52 saide sonne Nich[ol]as Blake and his heires shall paie to ev[er]ie of his brothers and sisters twenty pounds
53 apeece within two yeares next after the decease of Joane my saide wife And further I give and
54 devise unto my saide sonne Nich[ol]as Blake All that my messuage and Farme of Gallacre alias
55 Gavellacre and all the lands ten[emen]ts and hereditam[en]ts thereunto belonging and the rev[er]cion and Remaynder
56 thereof with their appurt[en[ancs To have and to hould unto my sayde sonne Nicholas Blake and
57 to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte of such yssue the Remaynder thereof
58 to my sayde sonne Will[ia]m Blake and to the heires of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for defaulte
59 of such yssue the Remaynder thereof to him and his heirs for ever provided allwaies and my will
60 is that if itt shall happen my saide Farme and lands of Gallacre to come unto my sayde sonne
61 Will[ia]m Blake or to his heires for defaulte of heires of the boddie of my sayde sonne Nicholas lawfullie
62 begotten That then my saide sonne Will[ia]m Blake or his heire which att that time shalbe shall
63 paie unto Richard Blake my sonne two hundred pounds, to Peter Blake my sonne one hundred pounds
64 and to John Blake my sonne one hundred pounds of currant english money to bee paid w[i]thin two
65 yeeres nexte after the said land shall come unto my saide sonne Will[ia]m or to his heires as aforesaide
66 And yf my sayde sonne Will[ia]m or his heires to whome the sayde land shall happen to come for defaulte
67 of heires of the body of my said sonne Nich[ol]as shall make default of payment of the sayd sev[er]all
68 som[m]es of money unto my said sonnes Richard, Peter and John in manner as is aforesayd That
69 then I give and devise the saide Farme of Gallacre and lands thereunto belonging unto my sayde sonne
70 Richard Blake and his heirs uppon condition likewise that the said Richard Blake or his heires
71 shall paie unto my said sonnes Peter and John one hundred pounds apeece, And I give and devise
72 unto William Blake my grandchilde second sonne of my sonne Wyll[ia]m All that my saide messuage
73 or ten[emen]te in Soperlane al[ia]s Soperstreete aforesaid and one acre of land thereunto belonginge
74 and the rev[er]cion and Remaynder thereof To have and to holde unto him and to the heyres of his bodye
75 lawfully begotten and for defaulte of such yssue the Remaynder thereof to Peter Blake his brother
76 one other of my grandchildren and to his heires for ever Item I give and devise unto Jone Blake
77 my sayde wife All that my moyety p[ar]te and porcion of the Farme of Upclatford and the rents
78 thereof which I sometymes held together w[i]th Mr Richard Venables To have and receive the rents
79 and profitts thereof for and during all the estate and terme of yeeres therein yet to come
80 and unexpired (if shee shall soe long live and keepe her self widdowe and unmaryed and after
81 her decease or marriage which shall first happen I give and devise all my estate and terme of
82 yeares therein then to come and unexpired with the rents and profitts thereof unto my sayde
83 sonne John Blake his executors and assignes; provided my will and meaning is that my said
84 wief shall paie out of the rents and proffitts of the sayd Farme of Clatford unto my sayd sonne
85 John Blake for his mayntenance att Oxforde the some of xxiiiij li by the yeere yearly Item
86 I give and bequeath unto my sonne Richard Blake fower hundred pounds of currant
87 english money over and above all such moneys as hee hath allreadie had of mee to bee paied unto
88 him by my executrix in manner following viz [a vi]t one hundred pounds thereof within six months
89 next after my decease and soe within ev[er]ie six moneths next following one hundred pounds
90 untill the sayd some of fower hundred pounds bee fullie paied Item whereas I promised to
91 give unto my sonne Peter Blake upon his marriage with his now wief the some of Five
92 hundred pounds (Three hundred pounds whereof I have allreadie paied unto him my will is
93 that my executrix shall paye unto him one hundred pounds more within one yeere next
94 after my decease and in full satisfaction of the said Five hundred pounds I give unto my
95 sayd sonne Peter my lease and terme of yeares of the Salteren or Salthouse in or neere
96 the towne of Southampton if hee shall accept thereof in satisfaction of the sayd
97 500 li Item I give to ev[er]ie of the children of Jone Bayly my daughter x ls a peece
98 Item I give unto Dorothie Burmingham my daughter x li and to ev[er]ie of her children
99 40 s apeece Item I give unto Ellnor Hinxman my daughter one hundred pounds in
100 regard her porcion hath beene lesse then the rest of her sisters and to ev[er]ie of her children
101 40 s apeece Item I give unto Margarett Savage my daughter xx li and to ev[er]ie of her
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103 children 40 s apeece Item I give to ev[er]ie of my sonne William Blakes children 40 s apiece Item the residue
104 of all my goods credditts debts cattells and chattells whatsoever not given nor bequeathed moveable and un-
105 moveable I give and bequeath fully and wholly to Jone Blake my sayde wief whom I make and ordeyne to
106 bee my only and sole executrix of this my last will and testament to paie all my debts and discharge all
107 my legacies hereby given and bequeathed and to see my bodye decentlie buried Item my will is that all the
108 waynskott glasse benches shelves table bordes and ioynestooles of my dwelling house shall after my
109 sayd wifes decease remayne and bee unto my said sonne William unde[r]saied My overseers of
110 this my last will I desire to bee my Cossen Mr Peter Noyes th[e ]elder, my brother in law Mr Nich[ol]as
111 Blake my brother in law Mr Will[ia]m Smith and my sonne in law Joseph Hinxman and I
112 give unto each of them xx s a peece giving willing and graunting unto them and the longest li-
113 ver of them full power and authoritie to determyne decyde and end all ambiguities doubtes
114 questions and debates whatsoever which shall arise amongest my sayd children or anye of them
115 And further my will is that my executrix shall become bound by obligacion to my overseers as
116 they shall thincke reasonable before my will bee proved to p[er]fourme and paye all the legacyes be-
117 fore given and bequeathed w[hi]ch yf shee shall refuse to doe Then my will is that Will[ia]m Blake my
118 sonne shall bee my executor of this my last will becominge bound as aforesaide to perfourme
119 the same provided allwaies and my will is that yf itt shall happen after my decease anye of my
120 sonnes or anye other to whome I have limited to enioye anye p[ar]te of my lands or goods aforesaide
121 not to content himself or themselves with such porcion of lands or goods in such manner and
122 sort as I have before given and bequeathed the same or shall attempt practise or endeavour to
123 disturbe alter chaunge frustrate or made voide in anie respect or point this my last will
124 and testament and the contents of the same or anie p[ar]te thertoof that then my sayd sonnes he or
125 they and every other person and persons to whome I have given and graunted to have and enjoy anye
126 p[ar]te of my lands goods and chattells shall for ever lose the benefitt of this my last will to all
127 intents and purposes and the legacies to them or any of them by the same given and devised
128 And then I doe give and devise the same porcion of my lands and goods to the residue of my sayde
129 sonnes not soe offendinge to be equallie and indifferentlye divided amongest them Item my will
130 and meaning is that my sayde wief shall receive and have all the rents and p[ro]fitts of my
131 lands given unto her as is aforesayde towards the paiement of the legacies in this my will
132 contayned yf my goods and chattells shall not suffice to satisfie the same And lastely I give and
133 bequeath unto the corporacion of the towne of Andever and theire successors for ever Thirty
134 pounds of currant english money uppon condicion that the Baylief and approved men for the
135 time being of the sayde corporacion shall with the same money either purchase land in Fee
136 simple to the use of the poore people of the same towne accordinge to the proporcion of the sayd somme
137 of Thirtie poundes and paye the rent thereof yeerelye unto the sayde poore people or els that the
138 sayd Bailliffe and approved men shall give securitie unto my executrix and overseers or the s[ur]vivors
139 of them by rent chardge or otherwise by some other assurance as shal[l ]bee by my sayd executrix and
140 overseers or the survivor of them or theire counsell learned devised to paye unto the sayd poore
141 people such as have most neede and to soe manie of them as the sayd Bailliffe and approves
142 men shall thinke fitt the some of fourty shillings att the feast of St Thomas theapostle yerely
143 for ever And further I give towards the paving of the waye to the Free scoolhouse in Andever
144 the some of twentie shillings In witnes whereof I have to this my last will and testament sett
145 my hand and seale the daie and yere above written Richard Blake witnesses hereeunto Hugh
146 Marshall Nich: Blake John Elton
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Will of Nicholas Blake, Gentleman of Andover, Hampshire, National Archives PROB 11/188 Image Reference 126/114, probated 4 Feb 1642
Nicholas Blake of Eastontowne, Andover, Hampshire is a member of the well known (by me) Andover Hampshire family. Nicholas is the son of William Blake and Margaret Hibberd. William has left his will in 1606 and his mother Margaret Hibberd was buried 12 Sep 1613 at St Mary Parish Church, Andover, Hampshire. Margaret was the daughter of Robert and Alice Hibberd. William and Margaret had five children including Nicholas known by me: William who married Anne Tutt, Dorothy, Peter, and Thomas. The father of William who left his will in 1606 was William Blake married to Elizabeth and the first William Blake of this line to live at Eastontown. His father was Nicholas Blake of Enham (married to Margaret).
This will helped to link together the Blake lines at Andover correctly as he refers to his near Blake family there. Although I blogged this will over a year ago I have decided to repeat it looking at it with respect to the Blake family of Hampshire. Interestingly he makes reference to a kinswoman who lived in Southampton, Hampshire. Nicholas mentions his brother William of Eastontown (they are sons of William Blake and Margaret Hibberd), He refers to nephew as cousin; namely William the son of his brother William with son William and to his cousin William (he does not mention that he is the son of his Uncle Richard) with son Richard which is my line. He also mentions the children of his nephew William (son of William Blake and Anne Tutt)'s son William's children namely: Nicholas, Thomas, Sara, Anne and Mary.
He asks that William and his son Richard along with Joseph Hinxman another cousin to maintain a legacy for the Hibberd sisters (possibly nieces of his mother but does not state any relationship). This will reinforces the will of his grandfather William Blake married to Elizabeth (unknown) because it verifies the relationships between the children of this couple, their grand children and great grandchildren. How William Blake and Avis Ripley fit into this picture is unknown to me and perhaps part of it lies with the assumption that I have made that the eldest son of William Blake and Elizabeth was the John Blake who married Margaret Blake. My other assumption is of course that the Wiltshire Pedigree Chart of the Blake family has one small error in it. That John Blake who is named as the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley and Margaret also named as a child of William Blake and Avis Ripley but only mentioned in the information in the chart (no linkage shown other than to her husband John) is actually incorrect and that the correct version is that Margaret is a daughter of William Blake and Avice Ripley and John the son of William Blake and Elizabeth (unknown) and that they are indeed two different Blake lines and their mutual ancestry if any is unknown thus far. Unfortunately William in his will of 1582 does not mention his grandchildren with enough detail to determine if I am correct.
Nicholas in his will does not mention his Uncle John at all but then he didn't mention his Uncle Richard, Uncle Thomas or Uncle Peter. All of these men have been dead for at least a generation and in some cases more. his Aunts married Rombold, Jarvis, Kynton, Beale, and Rigges and for the most part are somewhat distant from Andover during their married lives although they left very large families in some cases.
The one other clue in this will is the mention of Mary Warberton as his kinswoman along with her children (she is widowed) living at Southampton. I have not yet discovered any information on Mary. Nicholas' also mentions a sister Dorothie Smith and brother in law William Smith who is his executor although I did not find a mention of Dorothie in his father's will. That too is a mystery to be solved in this family.
Nicholas' will is below and I would have estimated him to be in his eighties when he died. The priest does not record an age for anyone dying in the Parish Registers at Andover in the time period 20 Nov to 4 Feb 1641/42. The Register itself is difficult to read and a number of entries have not yet been determined to precise name but rather a few letters here and there.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 February 2011
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/188 Image Reference 126/114
Place: Eastontowne, Andover, Hampshire, England
Testator: Nicholas Blake, Gentleman of Andover, Hampshire
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 20 Nov 1641 and probated 4 Feb 1642
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, contrast medium
T[estator] Nicholas Blake
1 In the name of the eternall and everliveing
2 God the father the sonne and the holy ghost in whose name I was baptized
3 and in whome only I hope and beleeve to be saved Amen, The twintith
4 day of November Anno D[o]m[n]i 1641 and in the seaventeenth yeare of the raigne
5 of our Soveraigne Lord Charles King of England Scotland Fraunce and
6 Ireland defender of the faith and etc I Nicholas Blake of Eastentowne w[it]hin
7 the parrish of Andever in the County of South[amp]ton gent being at the
8 makeing whereof sicke in body yet in good and p[er]fect remembrance for w[hi]ch as
9 for all the other good blessinges and benefits w[hi]ch yt hath pleased him to
10 bestowe uppon me I doe yeeld and give unto his divine nature most humble
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11 and hear to thankes beseeching him of his great mercie and goodnes to
12 pardon and forgive me all my sinnes and to receave my soule into his heavenly
13 kingdome And I doe make and declare this p[re]sente to be my last will and
14 Testament revokeing all former wills and Testaments And first and principally
15 I comend my soule into the hands of god the father the sonne and the holy
16 ghost by whose mercifull promises and by the only merrits death and
17 passion of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer I hope to be
18 saved and to be made an inheritor of his heavenly kingdom My body yf
19 comend[ed] to be buried unto the earth in the Church of Andever neere unto the place where
20 my Ancestors have beene buried Item I give to the Church of Andever
21 thirty shillings Item I give to the Church of Knights Enham twentye
22 shillings Item I doe make my cosen William Blake of Eastentowne
23 aforesaid eldest sonne of my elder brother William Blake of Eastentowne
24 aforesaid my sole executor of this my last will and Testament Item I give
25 to all my godchildren twenty shillings a peece to be payed w[i]thin six months
26 after my decease they requireing the same Item I give to the poore people
27 of Andever such as are most ancient and have most need fourtye
28 shillings to be delivered to them at my funerall Item I give to Winnifred
29 Hibberd and her foure other sisters tenn pounds to be payed by my executor
30 unto my cosen Joseph Hinxman senior and Joseph his sonne and unto my cosen
31 William Blake of Andever and Richard Blake his sonne or to some of
32 them whome I doe desire soe to dispose and ymploy the same to at yt may
33 Be p[re]served and kept in stocke to keepe them in worke Item I give to
34 widow Hibberd their mother five shillings Item I give to Nicholas
35 Blake and Thomas Blake two of the sonnes of my cosen William
36 Blake of Eastontowne aforesaid fyftie pounds a peece to be payed unto
37 them when they shall attaine to the age of twenty one yeares Item I
38 give unto Sara Blake Anne Blake and Mary Blake three of the
39 daughters of my said cosen William Blake of Eastontown fyftie
40 pounds a peece to be payed unto them when they shall attayne to the
41 age of twenty one yeares or att such tyme as they shal[l ]be married
42 And my will and meaneing is that yf any of the Children of my said
43 cosen William Blake to whome I have by this last will given my
44 legacie unto shall happen to depart this life before such legacie shal[l ]be
45 growe due and payable then the legacie or legacies of him her or them
46 soe dyeing shal[l ]be paid and equally distributed amongst the survivors of
47 them Item I give to my kinswoman Mary Warberton widdowe of the towne
48 and county of Southampton twenty pounds to be payed unto her within
49 six moneths after my decease Item I give to the five children of the
50 said Mary Warberton now liveing twenty pounds a peece to be payed unto
51 them when they shall severally attaine to the age of twenty one yeares
51 or be married And yf any of them shall happen to depart this life before
52 they shall attaine that age or shall be married And yf any of them shall
53 Then my will and meaneing is that the legacie or legacies hereby given to
54 him her or them soe dyeing shal[l ]be paed and equally devided amongst the
55 survivors of them. Whereas Mrs. Venables of Andever doth owe unto
56 me divers sommes of money as by specialty remayning in my custody and
57 otherwise doth and may appeare. My will and meaneing is that for so much
58 thereof as will discharge the severall legacies hereby given to the children
59 of my cosen William Blake of Eastontowne and to the Children of my
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60 said kinswoman Mary Warberton shall remaine and continue in the hands of
61 the said Mrs. Venables at six pounds p[er] centum until such tyme as the same
62 shall severally and respectively growe due and payable unto them and either of
63 them she the said Mrs. Venables giving sufficient secureties to my executor
64 before named for the true payment thereof together w[i]th the interest and
65 profite for the only use and benefitt of the said Children Item I give to my
66 Sister Dorothie Smithe peece of gould of twenty two shillings of Queene
67 Elizabeths Coyne nowe in my custody And I give to my brother in lawe
68 William Smithe desireing him as my overseer of this my
69 last will to ayd and assist my executor the best he can All the rest of
70 my goods and Chattles I doe hereby give and bqueath to my said executor
71 requireing and chargeing him to be carefull in the performance of this my
72 last will and testament. In witness that this shall stand and remaine my
73 last will I have hereunto sett my hands the daye and yeare first above
74 written Nich: Blake [signed] And the same daye and yeare first w[i]thin
75 written I the said Nicholas Blake doe hereby further declare my will
76 and meaneing in manner and forme followeing that is to saye Item I doe
77 forgive unto Mrs. Venables w[i]thin named the somme of one hundred
78 pounds of the moneys she oweth me by specialty and otherwise And
79 doe desire that this clause may be counted and taken as part and p[a]rcell
80 of my wish in written last will and testament And in witnes that this
81 is my will and meaneing I have hereunto sett my hands the daye and
82 yeare first w[i]thin written Nich: Blake [signed] Published in the p[re]sence
83 of William Smith The same Legacies given by the Testator wer
84 e desired a little before his death might be subscribed to this his last will
85 Will and be reputed as part and parcell thereof. To Mr Matkins
86 vicar of Andever twenty shillings To his brother Mr. William Blake in
87 gould for remembrance twenty shillings To Tho: Blake the son of the said
88 Mr William Blake fyve pounds To Elizabeth Cload that attended
89 him in his sicknes twenty shillings William Smith [signed]
This will helped to link together the Blake lines at Andover correctly as he refers to his near Blake family there. Although I blogged this will over a year ago I have decided to repeat it looking at it with respect to the Blake family of Hampshire. Interestingly he makes reference to a kinswoman who lived in Southampton, Hampshire. Nicholas mentions his brother William of Eastontown (they are sons of William Blake and Margaret Hibberd), He refers to nephew as cousin; namely William the son of his brother William with son William and to his cousin William (he does not mention that he is the son of his Uncle Richard) with son Richard which is my line. He also mentions the children of his nephew William (son of William Blake and Anne Tutt)'s son William's children namely: Nicholas, Thomas, Sara, Anne and Mary.
He asks that William and his son Richard along with Joseph Hinxman another cousin to maintain a legacy for the Hibberd sisters (possibly nieces of his mother but does not state any relationship). This will reinforces the will of his grandfather William Blake married to Elizabeth (unknown) because it verifies the relationships between the children of this couple, their grand children and great grandchildren. How William Blake and Avis Ripley fit into this picture is unknown to me and perhaps part of it lies with the assumption that I have made that the eldest son of William Blake and Elizabeth was the John Blake who married Margaret Blake. My other assumption is of course that the Wiltshire Pedigree Chart of the Blake family has one small error in it. That John Blake who is named as the son of William Blake and Avis Ripley and Margaret also named as a child of William Blake and Avis Ripley but only mentioned in the information in the chart (no linkage shown other than to her husband John) is actually incorrect and that the correct version is that Margaret is a daughter of William Blake and Avice Ripley and John the son of William Blake and Elizabeth (unknown) and that they are indeed two different Blake lines and their mutual ancestry if any is unknown thus far. Unfortunately William in his will of 1582 does not mention his grandchildren with enough detail to determine if I am correct.
Nicholas in his will does not mention his Uncle John at all but then he didn't mention his Uncle Richard, Uncle Thomas or Uncle Peter. All of these men have been dead for at least a generation and in some cases more. his Aunts married Rombold, Jarvis, Kynton, Beale, and Rigges and for the most part are somewhat distant from Andover during their married lives although they left very large families in some cases.
The one other clue in this will is the mention of Mary Warberton as his kinswoman along with her children (she is widowed) living at Southampton. I have not yet discovered any information on Mary. Nicholas' also mentions a sister Dorothie Smith and brother in law William Smith who is his executor although I did not find a mention of Dorothie in his father's will. That too is a mystery to be solved in this family.
Nicholas' will is below and I would have estimated him to be in his eighties when he died. The priest does not record an age for anyone dying in the Parish Registers at Andover in the time period 20 Nov to 4 Feb 1641/42. The Register itself is difficult to read and a number of entries have not yet been determined to precise name but rather a few letters here and there.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 16 February 2011
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/188 Image Reference 126/114
Place: Eastontowne, Andover, Hampshire, England
Testator: Nicholas Blake, Gentleman of Andover, Hampshire
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 20 Nov 1641 and probated 4 Feb 1642
Read: Electronic copy
Condition: scan, smudges, old English writing good, contrast medium
T[estator] Nicholas Blake
1 In the name of the eternall and everliveing
2 God the father the sonne and the holy ghost in whose name I was baptized
3 and in whome only I hope and beleeve to be saved Amen, The twintith
4 day of November Anno D[o]m[n]i 1641 and in the seaventeenth yeare of the raigne
5 of our Soveraigne Lord Charles King of England Scotland Fraunce and
6 Ireland defender of the faith and etc I Nicholas Blake of Eastentowne w[it]hin
7 the parrish of Andever in the County of South[amp]ton gent being at the
8 makeing whereof sicke in body yet in good and p[er]fect remembrance for w[hi]ch as
9 for all the other good blessinges and benefits w[hi]ch yt hath pleased him to
10 bestowe uppon me I doe yeeld and give unto his divine nature most humble
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11 and hear to thankes beseeching him of his great mercie and goodnes to
12 pardon and forgive me all my sinnes and to receave my soule into his heavenly
13 kingdome And I doe make and declare this p[re]sente to be my last will and
14 Testament revokeing all former wills and Testaments And first and principally
15 I comend my soule into the hands of god the father the sonne and the holy
16 ghost by whose mercifull promises and by the only merrits death and
17 passion of Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer I hope to be
18 saved and to be made an inheritor of his heavenly kingdom My body yf
19 comend[ed] to be buried unto the earth in the Church of Andever neere unto the place where
20 my Ancestors have beene buried Item I give to the Church of Andever
21 thirty shillings Item I give to the Church of Knights Enham twentye
22 shillings Item I doe make my cosen William Blake of Eastentowne
23 aforesaid eldest sonne of my elder brother William Blake of Eastentowne
24 aforesaid my sole executor of this my last will and Testament Item I give
25 to all my godchildren twenty shillings a peece to be payed w[i]thin six months
26 after my decease they requireing the same Item I give to the poore people
27 of Andever such as are most ancient and have most need fourtye
28 shillings to be delivered to them at my funerall Item I give to Winnifred
29 Hibberd and her foure other sisters tenn pounds to be payed by my executor
30 unto my cosen Joseph Hinxman senior and Joseph his sonne and unto my cosen
31 William Blake of Andever and Richard Blake his sonne or to some of
32 them whome I doe desire soe to dispose and ymploy the same to at yt may
33 Be p[re]served and kept in stocke to keepe them in worke Item I give to
34 widow Hibberd their mother five shillings Item I give to Nicholas
35 Blake and Thomas Blake two of the sonnes of my cosen William
36 Blake of Eastontowne aforesaid fyftie pounds a peece to be payed unto
37 them when they shall attaine to the age of twenty one yeares Item I
38 give unto Sara Blake Anne Blake and Mary Blake three of the
39 daughters of my said cosen William Blake of Eastontown fyftie
40 pounds a peece to be payed unto them when they shall attayne to the
41 age of twenty one yeares or att such tyme as they shal[l ]be married
42 And my will and meaneing is that yf any of the Children of my said
43 cosen William Blake to whome I have by this last will given my
44 legacie unto shall happen to depart this life before such legacie shal[l ]be
45 growe due and payable then the legacie or legacies of him her or them
46 soe dyeing shal[l ]be paid and equally distributed amongst the survivors of
47 them Item I give to my kinswoman Mary Warberton widdowe of the towne
48 and county of Southampton twenty pounds to be payed unto her within
49 six moneths after my decease Item I give to the five children of the
50 said Mary Warberton now liveing twenty pounds a peece to be payed unto
51 them when they shall severally attaine to the age of twenty one yeares
51 or be married And yf any of them shall happen to depart this life before
52 they shall attaine that age or shall be married And yf any of them shall
53 Then my will and meaneing is that the legacie or legacies hereby given to
54 him her or them soe dyeing shal[l ]be paed and equally devided amongst the
55 survivors of them. Whereas Mrs. Venables of Andever doth owe unto
56 me divers sommes of money as by specialty remayning in my custody and
57 otherwise doth and may appeare. My will and meaneing is that for so much
58 thereof as will discharge the severall legacies hereby given to the children
59 of my cosen William Blake of Eastontowne and to the Children of my
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60 said kinswoman Mary Warberton shall remaine and continue in the hands of
61 the said Mrs. Venables at six pounds p[er] centum until such tyme as the same
62 shall severally and respectively growe due and payable unto them and either of
63 them she the said Mrs. Venables giving sufficient secureties to my executor
64 before named for the true payment thereof together w[i]th the interest and
65 profite for the only use and benefitt of the said Children Item I give to my
66 Sister Dorothie Smithe peece of gould of twenty two shillings of Queene
67 Elizabeths Coyne nowe in my custody And I give to my brother in lawe
68 William Smithe desireing him as my overseer of this my
69 last will to ayd and assist my executor the best he can All the rest of
70 my goods and Chattles I doe hereby give and bqueath to my said executor
71 requireing and chargeing him to be carefull in the performance of this my
72 last will and testament. In witness that this shall stand and remaine my
73 last will I have hereunto sett my hands the daye and yeare first above
74 written Nich: Blake [signed] And the same daye and yeare first w[i]thin
75 written I the said Nicholas Blake doe hereby further declare my will
76 and meaneing in manner and forme followeing that is to saye Item I doe
77 forgive unto Mrs. Venables w[i]thin named the somme of one hundred
78 pounds of the moneys she oweth me by specialty and otherwise And
79 doe desire that this clause may be counted and taken as part and p[a]rcell
80 of my wish in written last will and testament And in witnes that this
81 is my will and meaneing I have hereunto sett my hands the daye and
82 yeare first w[i]thin written Nich: Blake [signed] Published in the p[re]sence
83 of William Smith The same Legacies given by the Testator wer
84 e desired a little before his death might be subscribed to this his last will
85 Will and be reputed as part and parcell thereof. To Mr Matkins
86 vicar of Andever twenty shillings To his brother Mr. William Blake in
87 gould for remembrance twenty shillings To Tho: Blake the son of the said
88 Mr William Blake fyve pounds To Elizabeth Cload that attended
89 him in his sicknes twenty shillings William Smith [signed]
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