I realized that I would really, on occasion, like to be able to pull up all the wills that I have transcribed by county as well as by surname. Hence I have now added to each will (hopefully didn't miss any!) the appropriate label - e.g. Devon Wills, Hampshire Wills, etc. I also noted that I had not always included the county in the labels for the will so added that when I noticed it.
Using the labels has made my "memory" very useful to me in that I can quickly go back and reread my thoughts for the day on a particular line. Especially helpful with the French Canadian research of our son in law and grandson which I hope to return to this fall. Also helpful with "great" questions that have prevailed in some of the Blake lines in particular the Charles Blake line in Hampshire/Wiltshire.
Showing posts with label Wills. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Blake wills in Devon
Although I have transcribed a number of wills for Blake in Devon, I have only just scratched the surface. There are over 300 wills for Blake in Devon that were destroyed during the bombing of the Exeter Record Office in WWII. Devon Genuki Wills has extracted from various publications all of the wills that ended up being mentioned as well as including the PCC wills and the IRW wills. One of my projects is to collect all the Blake wills from on the Inland Revenue Wills (IRW) film held by Family Search on our next trip to Salt Lake City.
These IRW wills (18 for Blake) were retained by the Estate Duty Office for the time period 1812 - 1857:
Blake Ann North Molton DEV 1816 W co IRW B 1007
Blake Ann Kenton DEV 1833 W co IRW B 1008
Blake James Diptford DEV 1854 W co IRW B 1009
Blake John Plymouth DEV 1814 W co IRW B 1010
Blake John North Petherwin DEV 1832 W co IRW B1011
Blake Josiah Stoke Damerel DEV 1856 W co IRW B 1012
Blake Mary Diptford DEV 1856 W co IRW B 1013
Blake Richard Woodbury DEV 1844 W co IRW B 1014
Blake Robert Sampford Peverel DEV 1851 W co IRW B 1015
Blake Samuel Devonport [Stoke Damerel] DEV 1841 W co IRW B 1016
Blake Thomas Kenton DEV 1824 W co IRW B 1017
Blake Thomas Little Torrington DEV 1832 W co IRW B 1018
Blake Thomas Woodleigh DEV 1842 W co IRW B 1019
Blake Thomas Symons Woodleigh DEV 1853 W co IRW B 1020
Blake William Tiverton DEV 1825 W co IRW B 1021
Blake William Holsworthy DEV 1828 W co IRW B 1022
Blake William Brixham [St Mary] DEV 1832 W co IRW B 1023
Blake William St Budeaux DEV 1833 W co IRW B 1024
They are listed on Film Number 1278811 and I could use the short-term microfilm loan and will think about doing that in the winter so that I can locate the page number for these wills. I will try to photograph them but it is possible to request a scan of the particular will from Family Search and have it emailed to you. They permit you to ask for five a month. I have already requested one for Hampshire from them and received it. The copy was excellent and I have transcribed that will already in as much as it was possible at the time. I shall revisit the will of Richard Blayke 1522 for Enham Hampshire one of these days!
I ordered a further five wills for Blake in Hampshire and I would be finished with Hampshire by the end of the year so could consider ordering them as well but first need to get the page numbers to help simply that search by them. The title of the film is: Wills for the Diocese of Exeter (County of Devon), 1812-1857.
I now have a flat file set up with all the Blake wills in Devon that I am missing and the various publications in which some mention is made of them. As I work through the family charts for Blake I will consider ordering these books from Family Search on Interlibrary Loan through their Research Centres. There still remain just under 300 wills for which the original will is no longer available.
These IRW wills (18 for Blake) were retained by the Estate Duty Office for the time period 1812 - 1857:
Blake Ann North Molton DEV 1816 W co IRW B 1007
Blake Ann Kenton DEV 1833 W co IRW B 1008
Blake James Diptford DEV 1854 W co IRW B 1009
Blake John Plymouth DEV 1814 W co IRW B 1010
Blake John North Petherwin DEV 1832 W co IRW B1011
Blake Josiah Stoke Damerel DEV 1856 W co IRW B 1012
Blake Mary Diptford DEV 1856 W co IRW B 1013
Blake Richard Woodbury DEV 1844 W co IRW B 1014
Blake Robert Sampford Peverel DEV 1851 W co IRW B 1015
Blake Samuel Devonport [Stoke Damerel] DEV 1841 W co IRW B 1016
Blake Thomas Kenton DEV 1824 W co IRW B 1017
Blake Thomas Little Torrington DEV 1832 W co IRW B 1018
Blake Thomas Woodleigh DEV 1842 W co IRW B 1019
Blake Thomas Symons Woodleigh DEV 1853 W co IRW B 1020
Blake William Tiverton DEV 1825 W co IRW B 1021
Blake William Holsworthy DEV 1828 W co IRW B 1022
Blake William Brixham [St Mary] DEV 1832 W co IRW B 1023
Blake William St Budeaux DEV 1833 W co IRW B 1024
They are listed on Film Number 1278811 and I could use the short-term microfilm loan and will think about doing that in the winter so that I can locate the page number for these wills. I will try to photograph them but it is possible to request a scan of the particular will from Family Search and have it emailed to you. They permit you to ask for five a month. I have already requested one for Hampshire from them and received it. The copy was excellent and I have transcribed that will already in as much as it was possible at the time. I shall revisit the will of Richard Blayke 1522 for Enham Hampshire one of these days!
I ordered a further five wills for Blake in Hampshire and I would be finished with Hampshire by the end of the year so could consider ordering them as well but first need to get the page numbers to help simply that search by them. The title of the film is: Wills for the Diocese of Exeter (County of Devon), 1812-1857.
I now have a flat file set up with all the Blake wills in Devon that I am missing and the various publications in which some mention is made of them. As I work through the family charts for Blake I will consider ordering these books from Family Search on Interlibrary Loan through their Research Centres. There still remain just under 300 wills for which the original will is no longer available.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Will of James Buller Esquire of Shillingham - The National Archives PROB 11/519/409, probated 7 Nov 1711
James Buller (testator) is the brother of Francis-4 and their father was Francis-3 married to the daughter of Sir James Rushout of Maynard's Green in Essex first and second to Mary Maynard and this Mary was the daughter of his stepmother Lady Katherine Maynard (wife of Sir John Maynard). Francis-3 married second to Dame Maynard had suffered forfeiture in 1666 and he had taken refuge with Dame Maynard at this time. Dame Maynard had married her daughter Mary to Francis-4 (eldest son of Francis-3) and settled her estates on this couple presumably thus avoiding forfeiture perhaps due to her marriage to Francis-3 Buller. A very complicated family line although as you write it all down it gradually smooths out.
From the Visitation of Cornwall it is stated that with the death of James Buller the estates mentioned in the Francis Buller wills then passed to the Morval Branch and this was presumably John Buller of Morval and the Isle of Thanet who married first Anne Coode of Morval and second Anne daughter of Walter Langdon of Keverell. I believe that all of the children of John Buller were born of his first wife Anne Coode and included Ann married to George Parker (whose name appears in this will), Thomasine, Elizabeth married to John Worth, Mary married to Thomas Dodson and the heir of John his son John who was MP for E. Looe during Commonwealth. This John was married to Mary Polloxfen the daughter of Sir Henry Polloxfen Knight who was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Their children were Mary Ann married to Christopher Harris and John Francis Buller (son and heir) who married Rebecca daughter and coheir of Sir Jonathan Trelawny Baronet and Bishop of Winchester. There is a lot of history in this family and Sir Jonathan Trelawny himself has an interesting history attached to him. John Francis Buller was thus the heir of John Buller married to Mary Polloxfen and his will is included in the group to follow in Cornwall.
The next set of Wills will be the Johannis-1 and Johannis-2 wills followed by the John-1 and John-2 wills and then the will of John Francis. I can not be sure that the Visitations list all children of these families and in particular sons since I am looking for parents for my Christopher Buller in London. Again I do not think this is my particular line; I am more inclined to think that they descend from the Somerset Buller family but for sake of completeness I will continue with my marathon of Buller wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/519/409
Testator: James Buller Esquire
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 7 Nov 1707, probated 7 Nov 1711
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Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Jacobi Buller
[Margin]: Arm:
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of me James Buller of Shillingham in the County of Cornwall Esq[uie]r
3 I give devise and appoint that my Executors herein after named
4 shall and do pay unto the proper hands of my Aunt Herle exclusive
5 of her present and of every or any husbands and husband which
6 she may hereafter marry the yearly sum[m]e of 60 li to be
7 paid her by Quarterly payments during her life. Item I give unto
8 my Godson Sir Erasmus Norwich one hundred pounds for a
9 point of plate to Sir Cholmely Derings Eldest Sonn Fifty pounds
10 for a peice of plate To my Sister Norwich one hundred pounds
11 To my Aunt Williams Fifty pounds To the poor of the parish of
12 St Stephens near Saltash Fifty pounds To the poor of Isleham
13 Tenn pounds to Mr. Smith of Probus Twenty pounds Item I give
14 to Sir Walter Moyle Kn[igh]t and Mrs. Pengelly Widow and Mr Sam:
15 Lyne my Steward a full Release and discharge from any Iarlier
16 trouble concerning their accompts hitherto produced To the
17 Servants that shall be with me at the time of my death Tenn
18 pounds each All the Rest and Residue of my Personall and
19 Testamentary Estate of what nature or kind soever after the
[Page 2]
20 charges of my Funerall all my just debts which I shall owe at
21 the time of my death are discharged and satisfied and my Legacies
22 herein or hereby given are paid I give unto Sir William Coryton
23 of Newton in the County of Cornwall Baronet Francis Wills of
25 Wivelscombe in the same County Esq[uie]r and William Hancock of
26 Hendra in the said County of Cornwall Esq[uie]r whom I make sole
27 Executors of this my last Will upon Trust nevertheles that they
28 stand possessed of the same To the use and for the benefit of such
29 person or persons as shall be intituled to my Capitall Mansion
30 house of Shillingham in the said County of Cornwall And my
31 Will and meaning is and I do hereby declare devise and appoint
32 that in case and if so be that my personall and Testamentary
33 Estate shall prove any ways defective or insufficient for the paying
34 satisfying and discharging my said Funerall Charges debts and
35 Legacies That in such case the said Sir William Coryton Francis
36 Wills and William Hancock shall raise such sum[m]es as shall be
37 necessary for those purposes out of the Term of 500 years
38 limited or mentioned in one Indenture Tripartite made or
39 mentioned to be made the 25th day of November 1707: betweene myself
40 of the first part the said Sir William Coryton Francis Wills and
41 William Hancock of the second part and George Parker and Walter
42 Moyle Esq[uie]rs of the 3d part and out of all or any the Mannors and
43 Lands therein comprized pursuant to the Trusts declared of the said
44 Term and by any the ways and means in the same Indenture
45 mentioned for the raising money out of the said Term of 500 years
46 In testimony that this is my last Will and Testament I have
47 hereunto set my hand and Seale this 7th day of November 1707:
48 of Feb 1708/09: Ja: Buller Signed and published in the presence of A: B:
49 C: D: E: F.
50 14th Septemb[er] 1710
51 Mr Bullers Will within written on two half sheets of paper was
52 declared and published by him to be his last Will and Testament this
53 day in presence of Jo: Buller, Fr: Pengelly, Wm Smyth, E. Hill, Leon:
54 Wetherley, S: Lyne
From the Visitation of Cornwall it is stated that with the death of James Buller the estates mentioned in the Francis Buller wills then passed to the Morval Branch and this was presumably John Buller of Morval and the Isle of Thanet who married first Anne Coode of Morval and second Anne daughter of Walter Langdon of Keverell. I believe that all of the children of John Buller were born of his first wife Anne Coode and included Ann married to George Parker (whose name appears in this will), Thomasine, Elizabeth married to John Worth, Mary married to Thomas Dodson and the heir of John his son John who was MP for E. Looe during Commonwealth. This John was married to Mary Polloxfen the daughter of Sir Henry Polloxfen Knight who was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Their children were Mary Ann married to Christopher Harris and John Francis Buller (son and heir) who married Rebecca daughter and coheir of Sir Jonathan Trelawny Baronet and Bishop of Winchester. There is a lot of history in this family and Sir Jonathan Trelawny himself has an interesting history attached to him. John Francis Buller was thus the heir of John Buller married to Mary Polloxfen and his will is included in the group to follow in Cornwall.
The next set of Wills will be the Johannis-1 and Johannis-2 wills followed by the John-1 and John-2 wills and then the will of John Francis. I can not be sure that the Visitations list all children of these families and in particular sons since I am looking for parents for my Christopher Buller in London. Again I do not think this is my particular line; I am more inclined to think that they descend from the Somerset Buller family but for sake of completeness I will continue with my marathon of Buller wills.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/519/409
Testator: James Buller Esquire
Place: Shillingham, Cornwall, England
Date of document: 7 Nov 1707, probated 7 Nov 1711
Read: Electronic copy images
Document quality: 18th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[esta]m[ent]
[Margin]: Jacobi Buller
[Margin]: Arm:
1 The last Will and Testament
2 of me James Buller of Shillingham in the County of Cornwall Esq[uie]r
3 I give devise and appoint that my Executors herein after named
4 shall and do pay unto the proper hands of my Aunt Herle exclusive
5 of her present and of every or any husbands and husband which
6 she may hereafter marry the yearly sum[m]e of 60 li to be
7 paid her by Quarterly payments during her life. Item I give unto
8 my Godson Sir Erasmus Norwich one hundred pounds for a
9 point of plate to Sir Cholmely Derings Eldest Sonn Fifty pounds
10 for a peice of plate To my Sister Norwich one hundred pounds
11 To my Aunt Williams Fifty pounds To the poor of the parish of
12 St Stephens near Saltash Fifty pounds To the poor of Isleham
13 Tenn pounds to Mr. Smith of Probus Twenty pounds Item I give
14 to Sir Walter Moyle Kn[igh]t and Mrs. Pengelly Widow and Mr Sam:
15 Lyne my Steward a full Release and discharge from any Iarlier
16 trouble concerning their accompts hitherto produced To the
17 Servants that shall be with me at the time of my death Tenn
18 pounds each All the Rest and Residue of my Personall and
19 Testamentary Estate of what nature or kind soever after the
[Page 2]
20 charges of my Funerall all my just debts which I shall owe at
21 the time of my death are discharged and satisfied and my Legacies
22 herein or hereby given are paid I give unto Sir William Coryton
23 of Newton in the County of Cornwall Baronet Francis Wills of
25 Wivelscombe in the same County Esq[uie]r and William Hancock of
26 Hendra in the said County of Cornwall Esq[uie]r whom I make sole
27 Executors of this my last Will upon Trust nevertheles that they
28 stand possessed of the same To the use and for the benefit of such
29 person or persons as shall be intituled to my Capitall Mansion
30 house of Shillingham in the said County of Cornwall And my
31 Will and meaning is and I do hereby declare devise and appoint
32 that in case and if so be that my personall and Testamentary
33 Estate shall prove any ways defective or insufficient for the paying
34 satisfying and discharging my said Funerall Charges debts and
35 Legacies That in such case the said Sir William Coryton Francis
36 Wills and William Hancock shall raise such sum[m]es as shall be
37 necessary for those purposes out of the Term of 500 years
38 limited or mentioned in one Indenture Tripartite made or
39 mentioned to be made the 25th day of November 1707: betweene myself
40 of the first part the said Sir William Coryton Francis Wills and
41 William Hancock of the second part and George Parker and Walter
42 Moyle Esq[uie]rs of the 3d part and out of all or any the Mannors and
43 Lands therein comprized pursuant to the Trusts declared of the said
44 Term and by any the ways and means in the same Indenture
45 mentioned for the raising money out of the said Term of 500 years
46 In testimony that this is my last Will and Testament I have
47 hereunto set my hand and Seale this 7th day of November 1707:
48 of Feb 1708/09: Ja: Buller Signed and published in the presence of A: B:
49 C: D: E: F.
50 14th Septemb[er] 1710
51 Mr Bullers Will within written on two half sheets of paper was
52 declared and published by him to be his last Will and Testament this
53 day in presence of Jo: Buller, Fr: Pengelly, Wm Smyth, E. Hill, Leon:
54 Wetherley, S: Lyne
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Blake and Hinxman families - 3
I spent most of the day once again looking at the Blake families of Andover, Abbotts Ann and Upper Clatford amongst others. I had received a file of Blake wills that was 64 pages and I reduced it to 18 pages as I do not want to look at Wiltshire Blake wills at the moment. The Wiltshire Blake family moved south towards Christchurch and are found all along that line between Calne and Southampton with many of them in the New Forest and areas around the New Forest. However by the late 1700s I can not be quite so sure that they are not Blake family members from Andover and so I have to be cautious as I eliminate them from the list during and after this time period.
Did I learn anything new? Well by going through the list I know who has left a will now and some of them will be very interesting although may or may not help me with my quest which is basically to find more information for the linkage from Thomas (b 1709) to Thomas (b 1685) to John (b 1649) to William (b 1615). Is this a legitimate linkage? That is basically what I am looking at. There may possibly be a will for William that wasn't probated until 1702 (he died in 1696). This is unheard of so will pursue that will in any case.
Tomorrow I will continue looking at the Blake family. Now that my shoulder is much improved I can work ten hours a day easily. I want to get started writing papers. I have submitted one in the last month and hope to start doing one a month. I would like to carry on until I have published all the nifty things that I have found. I am glad that I enjoy working with other people and helping them to accomplish their work.
Did I learn anything new? Well by going through the list I know who has left a will now and some of them will be very interesting although may or may not help me with my quest which is basically to find more information for the linkage from Thomas (b 1709) to Thomas (b 1685) to John (b 1649) to William (b 1615). Is this a legitimate linkage? That is basically what I am looking at. There may possibly be a will for William that wasn't probated until 1702 (he died in 1696). This is unheard of so will pursue that will in any case.
Tomorrow I will continue looking at the Blake family. Now that my shoulder is much improved I can work ten hours a day easily. I want to get started writing papers. I have submitted one in the last month and hope to start doing one a month. I would like to carry on until I have published all the nifty things that I have found. I am glad that I enjoy working with other people and helping them to accomplish their work.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Hinxman and Blake Wills
I have now completely transcribed the will of Nicolas Blake who died before 20 June 1547 with will dated 31 May 1547 at Enham Hampshire England.
Test[at]or Nicolas Blake
1 In the name of God amen In the yere of our Lord god a Thousand fyve hundred
2 Fourtie and sevyn and the last day of May I Nicolas Blake of the p[ar]ishe of Enh[a]m in the Dioc[ese] of Wynchest[e]r
3 being sicke of body but of good and p[er]fite remembrance make and ordeyn this my last will and testament
4 in maner and fourme folowing First I Bequith my soule to almightie god to oure Blessed Lady and to all the
5 Blessed company of heaven. And my body to be buried w[i]t[h]in the Church of Saint Michaell Th[e ]archangell Item
6 I geve to the Trinite Church of Wynchester vj d Item I geve to the church of Andever oon quarter of whete
7 It[e]m I give to Enh[a]m Church a quarter of wheat Item I geve and bequeth to Will[ia]m Blake my eldest sonne
8 the halfe of the Farme of Andever of my Lord Sandys holding which Robert Boswell occupyeth Also I geve
9 and bequeth to the said Will[ia]m the Tenement in Kings Enham of my Lord Sandys holding w[i]t[h] all the La[m]mes
10 lande lying in Andever feld that the said William nowe occupieth and holdith Also I geve to the said Will[ia]m
11 Blake my sonne my Leasse of the Tenement of the Lord Sandys called the olde hall w[i]t[h] all the app[ur]ten[an]cs ther unto
12 belonginge or lying in Knyghts Enh[a]m Also I geve to the said William Blake my free holde in Knyights Enh[a]m w[i]t[h] all
13 the appurten[an]cs there unto belonging Item I geve and bequeth to Edmund Blake my sonne the Leasse of the
14 Farme of Andever called Semers Farme w[i]t[h] all the appurten[an]cs ther[e ]unto belonging and walworth of my
15 Lord Sandys holding And a leasse of a Tenement in Kyngs Enh[a]m which is John Catts gentilman holde w[i]t[h]
16 all the appurten[an]cs ther[e ]unto belonging Also I geve to the said Edmund my sonne my freeholde in Andever
17 with seven acres and a half of arable land that Thomas Wescombe now holdeth with all the rest of myn[e]
18 erable lands grains pastures and com[m]ons of pastures of what nature kynde name and degre soever they be
19 which I do holde and kepe of any man[ner] at the making of this my last wille and testament Also I wille that
20 the forsaid Thomas Wescombe shal[l ]have the forsaid house that he dwelleth in for the terms of thurtie yeres
21 next folowing paying yerely therfor and to agree w[i]t[h] Margaret Blake my wife and Edmund Blake my son[ne]
22 Item I geve to Elizabeth Blake my daughter one hundreth of shepe and Twentie poundes of money at the day of
23 her mariage and her apparill. Item I give and bequeth to Alice my daughter twentie shepe and fyve quarters of
24 barley to be delivered at Michelmas next commyng Item I give to Sir Thomas Upton my curate to pray for my soule
25 and all Christ[ai]n soules x s. Also yf that it fortune Edmund Blake my sonne to dye before he be of lawfull age Then I wille
26 that my freholde w[i]t[h] all the other leases geven and bequethed by me to the said Edmond to remayn to William Blake
27 my sonne his heires and assignes And the goods to remayne to Alice Goodwyn and Elizabeth Blake my daughters equally
28 to be devided betwixt them And if it fortune the said Alice and Elizabeth to dye Then I will the said goodes to be devided
29 betwene the children of William Blake my son Provided also I will that Margaret Blake my wife shall have and
30 kepe all my free landes tenements holds leases with all th[e ]appurtenancs to them belonging which I doe holde of any man[ne]r
31 of man[ner] at the making of this my last will and testament during the terme of her life The residue of my goods and
32 c[h]attalls not gevyn or bequethed I geve and bequeth to Margaret Blake my wife and Edmunde Blake my sonne
33 whom I make and ordeyn myn executors of this my last will and testament Also I make and ordeyn William
34 Hopkins and Willi[a]m Aldred my Overseers of this my last will and testament for to se it p[er]formed according to
35 my mynde above specified Witnesse to this Sir Thomas Upton Curate Stevyn Smyth Will[ia]m Blake w[i]t[h] other
36 Probatum fuit test[ament]um suprascripti defuncti h[ab]entis etc xxth die mensis Juinij Anno D[o]m[in]o Mill[es]imo quingen[tesimo]
37 xlvij [1547] Coram d[o]m[in]o apud London aucto[ritate] d[o]m[in]o n[ost]ri Regis etc Iurament[o] Margarete Relicte executoris in h[uius]mo[d]i test[ament]o no[m]i[n]at[i] In persona
38 Stephe[n] Smyth procur[atoris] sui in hac p[ar]te Ac approbatum et insinuatum Com[m]issa fuit admi[ni]stracio o[mn]i[u]m et singulorom bonorum Jurium
39 Et creditorum d[i]c[t]i defuncti prefat[o] executrici In p[er]sona die proc[urato]ris De b[e]n[e] et fidel[ite]r admi[ni]strando Ac de pleno et fideli In[venta]rio secondo die post
40 festum s[an]c[t]e Anne prox[imum] futur[um] exhibend[o] necnon de plano et vero compoto reddend[o] Ad s[an]c[t]a dei Ev[a]ngelia in debit iuris forma jurat
41 Reservata po[tes]tate Edmund Blake executori etiam in h[uius]mo[d]i test[ament]o no[m]i[n]at cum venerit etc
I have continued thinking about the Blake family and downloaded Ellener Blake Hinxman (sister to Richard3 Blake (William2 Blake, Nicholas1 Blake's will which does link her to her brother Peter and two sisters Jone Bayley and Margaret Savage. The will is written in 1657 so her brothers William and Richard are dead her sister Joanne Sedgewick is in America, her other sisters are not mentioned nor does she mention her other brother. No nieces or nephews are mentioned (unfortunately!). I have transcribed the first page and working on the second one. Although Ellener married into the wealthy Hinxman family and her daughters married into equally wealthy families the status of this family is about to be diminished in the next generation - possibly very large families although one grandson appears to be deeply in debt to his father.
Today I will continue transcribing the Hinxman will and do some goggling before I download anymore to see what I can learn. I found one Noyse will on line that explains about the debt of the son (grandson to Ellener Blake Hinxman above).
Test[at]or Nicolas Blake
1 In the name of God amen In the yere of our Lord god a Thousand fyve hundred
2 Fourtie and sevyn and the last day of May I Nicolas Blake of the p[ar]ishe of Enh[a]m in the Dioc[ese] of Wynchest[e]r
3 being sicke of body but of good and p[er]fite remembrance make and ordeyn this my last will and testament
4 in maner and fourme folowing First I Bequith my soule to almightie god to oure Blessed Lady and to all the
5 Blessed company of heaven. And my body to be buried w[i]t[h]in the Church of Saint Michaell Th[e ]archangell Item
6 I geve to the Trinite Church of Wynchester vj d Item I geve to the church of Andever oon quarter of whete
7 It[e]m I give to Enh[a]m Church a quarter of wheat Item I geve and bequeth to Will[ia]m Blake my eldest sonne
8 the halfe of the Farme of Andever of my Lord Sandys holding which Robert Boswell occupyeth Also I geve
9 and bequeth to the said Will[ia]m the Tenement in Kings Enham of my Lord Sandys holding w[i]t[h] all the La[m]mes
10 lande lying in Andever feld that the said William nowe occupieth and holdith Also I geve to the said Will[ia]m
11 Blake my sonne my Leasse of the Tenement of the Lord Sandys called the olde hall w[i]t[h] all the app[ur]ten[an]cs ther unto
12 belonginge or lying in Knyghts Enh[a]m Also I geve to the said William Blake my free holde in Knyights Enh[a]m w[i]t[h] all
13 the appurten[an]cs there unto belonging Item I geve and bequeth to Edmund Blake my sonne the Leasse of the
14 Farme of Andever called Semers Farme w[i]t[h] all the appurten[an]cs ther[e ]unto belonging and walworth of my
15 Lord Sandys holding And a leasse of a Tenement in Kyngs Enh[a]m which is John Catts gentilman holde w[i]t[h]
16 all the appurten[an]cs ther[e ]unto belonging Also I geve to the said Edmund my sonne my freeholde in Andever
17 with seven acres and a half of arable land that Thomas Wescombe now holdeth with all the rest of myn[e]
18 erable lands grains pastures and com[m]ons of pastures of what nature kynde name and degre soever they be
19 which I do holde and kepe of any man[ner] at the making of this my last wille and testament Also I wille that
20 the forsaid Thomas Wescombe shal[l ]have the forsaid house that he dwelleth in for the terms of thurtie yeres
21 next folowing paying yerely therfor and to agree w[i]t[h] Margaret Blake my wife and Edmund Blake my son[ne]
22 Item I geve to Elizabeth Blake my daughter one hundreth of shepe and Twentie poundes of money at the day of
23 her mariage and her apparill. Item I give and bequeth to Alice my daughter twentie shepe and fyve quarters of
24 barley to be delivered at Michelmas next commyng Item I give to Sir Thomas Upton my curate to pray for my soule
25 and all Christ[ai]n soules x s. Also yf that it fortune Edmund Blake my sonne to dye before he be of lawfull age Then I wille
26 that my freholde w[i]t[h] all the other leases geven and bequethed by me to the said Edmond to remayn to William Blake
27 my sonne his heires and assignes And the goods to remayne to Alice Goodwyn and Elizabeth Blake my daughters equally
28 to be devided betwixt them And if it fortune the said Alice and Elizabeth to dye Then I will the said goodes to be devided
29 betwene the children of William Blake my son Provided also I will that Margaret Blake my wife shall have and
30 kepe all my free landes tenements holds leases with all th[e ]appurtenancs to them belonging which I doe holde of any man[ne]r
31 of man[ner] at the making of this my last will and testament during the terme of her life The residue of my goods and
32 c[h]attalls not gevyn or bequethed I geve and bequeth to Margaret Blake my wife and Edmunde Blake my sonne
33 whom I make and ordeyn myn executors of this my last will and testament Also I make and ordeyn William
34 Hopkins and Willi[a]m Aldred my Overseers of this my last will and testament for to se it p[er]formed according to
35 my mynde above specified Witnesse to this Sir Thomas Upton Curate Stevyn Smyth Will[ia]m Blake w[i]t[h] other
36 Probatum fuit test[ament]um suprascripti defuncti h[ab]entis etc xxth die mensis Juinij Anno D[o]m[in]o Mill[es]imo quingen[tesimo]
37 xlvij [1547] Coram d[o]m[in]o apud London aucto[ritate] d[o]m[in]o n[ost]ri Regis etc Iurament[o] Margarete Relicte executoris in h[uius]mo[d]i test[ament]o no[m]i[n]at[i] In persona
38 Stephe[n] Smyth procur[atoris] sui in hac p[ar]te Ac approbatum et insinuatum Com[m]issa fuit admi[ni]stracio o[mn]i[u]m et singulorom bonorum Jurium
39 Et creditorum d[i]c[t]i defuncti prefat[o] executrici In p[er]sona die proc[urato]ris De b[e]n[e] et fidel[ite]r admi[ni]strando Ac de pleno et fideli In[venta]rio secondo die post
40 festum s[an]c[t]e Anne prox[imum] futur[um] exhibend[o] necnon de plano et vero compoto reddend[o] Ad s[an]c[t]a dei Ev[a]ngelia in debit iuris forma jurat
41 Reservata po[tes]tate Edmund Blake executori etiam in h[uius]mo[d]i test[ament]o no[m]i[n]at cum venerit etc
I have continued thinking about the Blake family and downloaded Ellener Blake Hinxman (sister to Richard3 Blake (William2 Blake, Nicholas1 Blake's will which does link her to her brother Peter and two sisters Jone Bayley and Margaret Savage. The will is written in 1657 so her brothers William and Richard are dead her sister Joanne Sedgewick is in America, her other sisters are not mentioned nor does she mention her other brother. No nieces or nephews are mentioned (unfortunately!). I have transcribed the first page and working on the second one. Although Ellener married into the wealthy Hinxman family and her daughters married into equally wealthy families the status of this family is about to be diminished in the next generation - possibly very large families although one grandson appears to be deeply in debt to his father.
Today I will continue transcribing the Hinxman will and do some goggling before I download anymore to see what I can learn. I found one Noyse will on line that explains about the debt of the son (grandson to Ellener Blake Hinxman above).
Monday, December 8, 2008
Routledge Wills
I spent my computer time on the 7th December looking at the Routledge Wills that I had received from the Routledge Research Group. This is a set of five wills from the late 1500s - early 1600s for five members of the Routledge family living in Bewcastle Parish. None of the wills were for the Oakshaw family from which both of my 3x great grandparents Thomas Routledge and Elizabeth Routledge were descended. However, Elizabeth has two lines of descent with her mother being descended from the Oakshaw family and her father from the Todholes Routledge family. One of these wills was for the Todholes family. Interestingly, William Routledge of Todholes is leaving behind an unborn child and a daughter Elizabeth Routledge. William has asked that if this is an unborn son that he receive his sword and otherwise it should pass to his sister's son Edward Routledge.
I extracted all the Routledge names and using the Protestation Returns for Bewcastle (1641-42) I went in and placed father's/uncle's names opposite the listed names since these children would then be adults in this time period (or would be deceased). There are 23 Routledge names on the Bewcastle return. Having now extracted all of the Eskdale Ward, I now know that almost all Routledge families are listed at Bewcastle with only a few in total in other parishes of this ward. One of the individuals, James Routledge of Baileyhead, writing his will has six sons in total and four of these names appear on the list (James, Richard, Rowland and Thomas). James Routledge of the Ash mentions his sons Francis and George. William Routledge mentions his nephew Edward Routledge. Rowland Routledge of the Nook includes his sons Adam and Thomas. John Routledge of Black dubs mentions his son Thomas. Also mentioned is Edward Routledge of Ash. Half of the names on the list appear to be these men who were mentioned in their father's wills between 20 and 40 years earlier. It allowed me to look at the list differently as I already know that some of the names are the men who were at Oakshaw (Cuthbert and William). I need to now purchase these Oakshaw Routledge wills to see if I can separate out more of the people in the list.
I have now removed the link between my Todholes and Oakshaw families (other than that Grace Routledge of Oakshaw married George Routledge of Todholes/Raw) showing two James Routledge now at the 8x great grandparent level. These wills have made it obvious that we also need to transcribe the manor records from this time period from the original latin to really have a clear understanding of these Routledge families. The first appearance of the Routledge families may be in Morayshire at a place called Redlatches. Tom Routledge (http://everymansprey.com/) has been researching our family lines (we are related on the Routledge and the Tweddle lines) in England and come up with some very interesting history.
I will set this aside for awhile to let it gel a bit as I did collect some interesting material on Bewcastle at Salt Lake City other than the protestation returns.
My new book "Adam's Curse" arrived and I have started reading that (four chapters finished). I had passed on reading it earlier but lately his views have been debated heavily on the DNA list so wanted to see what all the excitement was about. I have read his other books - The Seven Daughters of Eve and Saxons, Vikings and Celts. Both of these books were very interesting reads although not adding enormous amounts to the Science, his grasp of archaeological history is quite wide and, at the moment, the theoretical field is very wide open.
I extracted all the Routledge names and using the Protestation Returns for Bewcastle (1641-42) I went in and placed father's/uncle's names opposite the listed names since these children would then be adults in this time period (or would be deceased). There are 23 Routledge names on the Bewcastle return. Having now extracted all of the Eskdale Ward, I now know that almost all Routledge families are listed at Bewcastle with only a few in total in other parishes of this ward. One of the individuals, James Routledge of Baileyhead, writing his will has six sons in total and four of these names appear on the list (James, Richard, Rowland and Thomas). James Routledge of the Ash mentions his sons Francis and George. William Routledge mentions his nephew Edward Routledge. Rowland Routledge of the Nook includes his sons Adam and Thomas. John Routledge of Black dubs mentions his son Thomas. Also mentioned is Edward Routledge of Ash. Half of the names on the list appear to be these men who were mentioned in their father's wills between 20 and 40 years earlier. It allowed me to look at the list differently as I already know that some of the names are the men who were at Oakshaw (Cuthbert and William). I need to now purchase these Oakshaw Routledge wills to see if I can separate out more of the people in the list.
I have now removed the link between my Todholes and Oakshaw families (other than that Grace Routledge of Oakshaw married George Routledge of Todholes/Raw) showing two James Routledge now at the 8x great grandparent level. These wills have made it obvious that we also need to transcribe the manor records from this time period from the original latin to really have a clear understanding of these Routledge families. The first appearance of the Routledge families may be in Morayshire at a place called Redlatches. Tom Routledge (http://everymansprey.com/) has been researching our family lines (we are related on the Routledge and the Tweddle lines) in England and come up with some very interesting history.
I will set this aside for awhile to let it gel a bit as I did collect some interesting material on Bewcastle at Salt Lake City other than the protestation returns.
My new book "Adam's Curse" arrived and I have started reading that (four chapters finished). I had passed on reading it earlier but lately his views have been debated heavily on the DNA list so wanted to see what all the excitement was about. I have read his other books - The Seven Daughters of Eve and Saxons, Vikings and Celts. Both of these books were very interesting reads although not adding enormous amounts to the Science, his grasp of archaeological history is quite wide and, at the moment, the theoretical field is very wide open.
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