The next three wills are the set of Richard-1, Richard-2 and Richard-3. This first will was written by Richard Buller in the month of November he says and in the year One thousand five hundred and fifty five. This Richard is the father of Francis-1 married to Thomasine Williams and Francis and Thomasine lived at Pelynt, Cornwall.
Richard-1 was married to Margaret Trethersse the daughter and coheir of Thomas Trethersse (and she was the widow of Edward Courtney of Landrake, and one of the coheirs of Edward Courtney last Earl of Devon). They had three children Francis-1, Peter and Mary the wife of Thomas Wise of Sidenham, Knight. Peter died without heirs so I know that this line at this point in Cornwall is not my line. I am still most interested in the Somerset line but wanted to be sure to eliminate all lines in Cornwall and Devon.
He links back to the Somerset family with his reference to his Uncle Thomas Buller. His sister Maria is married to Thomas Abington. His mother was Elizabeth Horsey hance the reference to the Horsey family I expect. His death is recorded on the Visitation as 9 Dec 1556 with the Inquisition postmortem being 2 and 3 Philip and Mary (1557/1558)
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 4 Feb 2013
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/38/36
Testator: Richard Buller
Place:, Cornwall, England
Date of document: Nov 1555, probated 12 May 1557
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Document quality: 16th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: T[estament]
[Margin]: Richardi Buller
1 In dei nomine Amen in the moneth of Novemb[e]r in the yere of o[u]r Lorde god A
2 Thousande fyve hundreth fiftie and fyve / I Rychard Buller of the Countie of Cornwall Esquier
3 being of hole mynde and parfitte memorye do ordeyn and make my testament contayning my
4 Last will in maner and forme folowing First I bequeth my soule unto Almyghtie god / and to all
5 the holy company of heaven / and my bodye to be buried in Christen buriall / and I do here declare
6 this my last will and Testament in maner and forme folowing / And of this my testament and last
7 will. I do constitute ordeyne and make my wief Margaret Buller my full and hole Executrx
8 And I do ordeyne and make my very frends S[i]r John Horsey and S[i]r William Goodolphen knights
9 Renald Mone John Buller John Trelawney John Reskymer Peter Corteney George
10 Keckeweche and Thomas Malet Esquyers my overseers for the p[er]formance of this my last will and
11 Testament / Also I give and bequethe unto my sonne Franncis Buller and to his heires and assignes
12 all those Lease which at the making hereof I do enjoie or have / the whiche leases I do will that
13 my said wief shall receave and enjoie the profitts thereof to the use and behove of my said sonne untill
14 he come to the age of xx th yeres / And if it happen that my said wief shuld dye before the said Franncis
15 come to the said age of xx yeres Then I do appoynte the fore named Sir John Horsey Sir William
16 Goodolphen knights Renald Mone John Buller John Trelawney John Reskymer Peter Corteney
17 George Keckewich and Thomas Mallet Esquiers to recyve the Rents Isues and profitts of the said
18 Leases to the use and behove of the said Franncis untill he come to the said age of xx yeres / And if it
19 happen the said Franncis to dye withoute yssue of his bodye lawfully begotten then my will is
20 the said Leases shall remayne unto Mary my dawghter and to her heires and assignes / And if it
21 happen the said Mary to dye without yssue of hir body lawfully begotten then my will is that
22 three of the said Leases that is to saye Spours Torton Stonemeade and Anthony shall remayne
23 unto my sonne in Lawe Edward Corteney and to his assignes / And the lease of Talent to remayne
25 to my cosyn John Buller and to his assignes being nowe the seconde sonne of my nephew John
26 Buller Esquier / And also I bequeathe unto Marye my dawghter twentie pounds in old gold and
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27 my best silver cuppe and my best silver salte and a dosen of my beste sylver spoones / And also I geve one
28 hundreth poundes of Lawful money of England towards the marying of the said Mary to be levied upon
29 the manors of Shillingham and Trelsan lyenge and being with in the countie of Cornewall and woodl-
30 and Roles in the countie of Devon / And also I do give unto my sonne in lawe Edward Corteney ten pounds
31 to be levyed upon my moveable goodes / And also I do give to every one of my servants his half yeres wage
32 Also I give my bracelet of gold being uppon my arme unto Mary my dawghter / Also I bequeth
33 unto my sister Albington half a dosen of silver spones and a ringe being in her kepinge / And also I give
34 and bequethe my best gown and my best set of velvet unto Edward Corteney / Also I give and bequethe
35 unto my uncle Thomas Buller my clothe gown furred with martens / And also I give to each godsonne
36 and goddaughter of myn vi s viij d / And also I do give to fowre of the next p[ar]isshes to my howse xiij s iiij d
37 equally to be devyded unto the poore people by the honest persons of the said p[ar]isshes / And all myn
38 other moveable and unmoveable goodes Before not bequeathed this my present testament p[er]formyd
39 fulfilled I give freely unto Margaret my wief to dispose them so as my children thereby may be
40 the better preferryed / And for the p[er]formance and good execution of this my last will and testament
41 I do give to every of my said overseers xl s / Also I give a Ringe with a Arras unto my sonne in
42 Lawe Peter Corteney / And my mynde is that my chayne of golde shal[l ]be disposed by my said wief
43 Also I give give my capp with Agletts unto my sonne Franncis / And my velvet hate with the broche
44 unto Edward Corteney Thies p[er]sons folowing bering witnes Raynald Monne henry chyverton
45 Thomas Malet and John Talcarne
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Will of George Blake, Gentleman, Portsea - The National Archives PROB 11/1470/354, probated 18 Dec 1807
George Blake is the testator in this following will and he lives at Portsea with no occupation mentioned other than Gentleman but he does hold land by freehold and by copyhold.
He is married to Ann Little 11 Apr 1777 at Saint Marys, Portsea.(M06261-2 Family Search).
Their first mentioned son Cornelius was baptized 11 Jan 1784 at Saint Thomas, Portsmouth (C06251-3).
Another son George was baptized 10 Oct 1779 at Saint Thomas Portsmouth and was buried 10 Feb 1782 (C06251-3 Family Search).
Another son Benjamin was baptized 3 Mar 1782 at Saint Thomas Portsmouth and buried 29 Dec 1782 (C06251-3 Family Search).
Likely the Benjamin mentioned second in the will was born 6 Aug 1788 and baptized 28 Sep 1788 at Saint Thomas Portsmouth (C06251-3 Family Search).
These were the only baptisms that I found for this couple in Family Search and does include the two sons Cornelius and Benjamin mentioned in the will and in 1798 when the will was written they are both under 21 as mentioned.
There is a George Blake baptized 29 Aug 1742 at Saint Marys, Portsea with father Thomas Blake (C06261-1 Family Search). However this family of Thomas Blake has likely been looked at with an earlier will and no mention of a brother George. I will have to wait until I pull together the families in this Portsmouth/Portsea/Gosport area to see if any of the wills do fit together and of course Fareham is not far away where Edward Blake, mariner, lived and left his will.
There are an interesting set of documents at the National Archives which concern George Blake and I quote them here :
Bargain and sale and release relating to Crown Tavern, Queen Street, Portsea X/1213A/3/9 28-29 Jun 1785
2 docs
Contents:
(a) Bargain and sale, 28 Jun 1785 Parcel of ground being the site of a messuage, tenement or public ale house and edifice lately pulled down and now rebuilt by George Blake on the north side at the lower or west end of Queen Street in Portsea; the public house previously known as the Nag's Head and lately the Crown; the messuage 26 feet tapering to 7 feet in breadth and 54 feet in length, bounded by the King's Highway on the north, with land lately of James Stuart but now of John Davidge on the east with Queen Street on the south and a way or passage leading from the King's Highway on the west, previously occupied by Mrs Newman, widow, formerly the estate of Henry McCreery and now vested in Edward Carey. Parties mentioned: i) John Brain of Portsea, broker ii) John Shean of Portsea, house carpenter iii) George Blake of Portsea, victualler Consideration: 5/- Term: 1 year Endorsement: Note of sealing and delivery (b) Release, 29 Jun 1785 Parcel of land formerly the site of The Nag's Head or Crown public house. Parties mentioned: i) John Brain of Portsea, broker ii) John Shean of Portsea, house carpenter iii) George Blake of Portsea, victualler iv) William Parmeter of Gosport, shipwright, trustee of George Blake Consideration: £600 Term: forever Endorsements: Receipt for £600 signed by John Brain and John Shean; note of sealing and delivery
Lease and release relating to Crown Tavern, Queen Street, Portsea X/1213A/3/10 20-21 May 1799
2 docs
Contents:
(a) Lease, 20 May 1799 New built messuage, tenement or dwelling house used as a public ale house or victualling house or tavern called the Crown, together with a spirit shop adjoining and other buildings erected by George Blake on the site of an old messuage or public house, lying on the north side of Queen Street, now in the occupation of Mr Joseph Dawes, tenant of Arthur Pink, bounded with a messuage of John Davage on the east with the King's Highway and area of Havant Street on the west with the Highway of H M Dockyard on the north and the area of Queen Street on the south. Parties mentioned: i) George Blake, late of Portsea, now of Botley, gentleman ii) William Parmeter of Gosport, shipwright, trustee of George Blake iii) Arthur Pink of Portsea, wine and spirit merchant iv) John Besant of Portsea, hairdresser, trustee of Arthur Pink Consideration: 5/- Term: 1 year Endorsement: Note of sealing and delivery (b) Release, 21 May 1799 New built messuage used as a public house called the Crown with adjoining spirit shop and other premises on the site in Queen Street. Parties mentioned: i) George Blake, late of Portsea, now of Botley, gentleman ii) William Parmeter of Gosport, shipwright, trustee of George Blake iii) Arthur Pink of Portsea, wine and spirit merchant iv) John Besant of Portsea, hairdresser, trustee of Arthur Pink Consideration: £2000 Term: forever Endorsements: receipt for £2000 signed by George Blake; note of sealing and delivery
Agreement relating to Crown Tavern, Queen Street, Portsea X/1213A/3/11 25 Mar 1823
1 doc
Contents:
Messuage or dwelling house licensed and used as public house called Crown Tavern in Queen Street, Portsea occupied by Mary Dawes was purchased by William Friend along with equity of redemption from assignees of Arthur Pink of Portsea, wine and spirit merchant, bankrupt, on 11 August 1815. Mortgage of £1300 owed by Mary Dawes to William Jolliffe of Brading, Isle of Wight. Sums of £600 and £400 paid by Mary Dawes to William Friend leaving sum of £200 and interest for purchase price, and William Friend agrees to release and convey premises to Mary Dawes on payment of £200 and interest, subject to the payment of the principal sum of £1300 and interest to William Jolliffe. Parties mentioned: i) William Friend of Purbrook gentleman ii) Mary Dawes of Portsea, widow Note on third page dated 29 March 1823 that sum of £200 had been paid to William Friend, signed by William Friend.
These documents appear to indicate that George Blake is deceased by 1799 but the trustees have waited until his wife Ann has died in 1807 to probate his will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1470/354
Name of testator: George Blake, Gentleman
Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:27 Feb 1798, probated 18 Dec 1807
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Condition: 18th century, modern English, clear copy (few smudges)
[In margin] George
[In margin] Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me George Blake of the parish of Portsea in the
3 County of Southampton Gentleman whereby I give
4 devise and dispose of my Real and personal Estate
5 and Effects in manner following that is to say I
6 give and devise unto my good friends Joseph
7 Haskell of Newport in the Isle of Wight in the
8 said county Brewer and James Hancock of Portsea
9 aforesaid Gentleman all my freehold and copyhold
10 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
11 wheresoever situate To hold to them the said
12 Joseph Haskell and James Hancock and their
13 heirs and also all my Monies debts personal
14 Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever
15 the same may consist at my decease To Hold
16 to them their Ex[ecut]ors and Admors upon Trust in
17 the first place to pay unto my dearly beloved wife
18 Ann or permit her to have receive and take out
19 of my said Real and personal Estate and Effects
20 one clear Annuity or Sum of Two hundred
21 pounds during her Life free from all manner of
22 deductions to be paid her by half-yearly payments
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23 And thereby subject and charge my said Real
24 and personal Estate and Effects with and to the
25 payment thereof and I give my said wife
26 full power and authority to enter and distrain
27 on any part of my said Estate and Effects in
28 case of non payment of the said Annuity and
29 subject thereto To hold my said Real and personal
30 Estate and Effects to them the said Joseph Haskell
31 and James Hancock upon this further ge special
32 Trust and confidence to divide and give devise and
33 bequeath the same equally (subject to the said
34 Annuity) unto and between my two sons Cornelius
35 and Benjamin their heirs Ex[ecut]ors and Admors and I
36 nominate and appoint my good friends George Wise
37 of Newport aforesaid Brewer Gabriel Gellett of Upper
38 Guildford Street in the City of London Esquire and
39 William Friend of Portsea Gentleman
40 Executors of this my Will and Guardians to my said
41 Children during their Minority and hereby revoke all
42 former wills by me made In Witness whereof I have
43 to this my last Will and Testament contained in this and
44 the foregoing side set my hand to such foregoing side
45 and my hand and seal then to this Twenty seventh
46 Day of February in the year of our Lord one
47 thousand seven hundred and ninety Eight
48 George Blake [signed] [seal] Signed sealed published and
49 declared by the said Testator George Blake as and
50 for his last will and testament in the presence
51 of us who at his request in his presence and in
52 the presence of each other have hereto subscribed
53 our Names as Witnesses Wm Glendening [signed] A
54 Pink Sen[io]r [signed] Jos[ep]h Rupell [signed]
55 This Will was proved at London
56 on the Eighteenth day of December in the
57 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
58 and seven before the Right honourable Sir
59 William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
60 Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
61 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of
62 George Wise and William Friend two of the Ex[ecut]ors
63 named in the said Will to whom Admon was
64 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
65 and Credits of the deceased having been first
66 sworn by Commission duly to administer power
67 reserved of making the like Grant to Gabriel
68 Gillett Esquire the other Executor named in the
69 said Will when he shall apply for the same.
He is married to Ann Little 11 Apr 1777 at Saint Marys, Portsea.(M06261-2 Family Search).
Their first mentioned son Cornelius was baptized 11 Jan 1784 at Saint Thomas, Portsmouth (C06251-3).
Another son George was baptized 10 Oct 1779 at Saint Thomas Portsmouth and was buried 10 Feb 1782 (C06251-3 Family Search).
Another son Benjamin was baptized 3 Mar 1782 at Saint Thomas Portsmouth and buried 29 Dec 1782 (C06251-3 Family Search).
Likely the Benjamin mentioned second in the will was born 6 Aug 1788 and baptized 28 Sep 1788 at Saint Thomas Portsmouth (C06251-3 Family Search).
These were the only baptisms that I found for this couple in Family Search and does include the two sons Cornelius and Benjamin mentioned in the will and in 1798 when the will was written they are both under 21 as mentioned.
There is a George Blake baptized 29 Aug 1742 at Saint Marys, Portsea with father Thomas Blake (C06261-1 Family Search). However this family of Thomas Blake has likely been looked at with an earlier will and no mention of a brother George. I will have to wait until I pull together the families in this Portsmouth/Portsea/Gosport area to see if any of the wills do fit together and of course Fareham is not far away where Edward Blake, mariner, lived and left his will.
There are an interesting set of documents at the National Archives which concern George Blake and I quote them here :
Bargain and sale and release relating to Crown Tavern, Queen Street, Portsea X/1213A/3/9 28-29 Jun 1785
2 docs
Contents:
(a) Bargain and sale, 28 Jun 1785 Parcel of ground being the site of a messuage, tenement or public ale house and edifice lately pulled down and now rebuilt by George Blake on the north side at the lower or west end of Queen Street in Portsea; the public house previously known as the Nag's Head and lately the Crown; the messuage 26 feet tapering to 7 feet in breadth and 54 feet in length, bounded by the King's Highway on the north, with land lately of James Stuart but now of John Davidge on the east with Queen Street on the south and a way or passage leading from the King's Highway on the west, previously occupied by Mrs Newman, widow, formerly the estate of Henry McCreery and now vested in Edward Carey. Parties mentioned: i) John Brain of Portsea, broker ii) John Shean of Portsea, house carpenter iii) George Blake of Portsea, victualler Consideration: 5/- Term: 1 year Endorsement: Note of sealing and delivery (b) Release, 29 Jun 1785 Parcel of land formerly the site of The Nag's Head or Crown public house. Parties mentioned: i) John Brain of Portsea, broker ii) John Shean of Portsea, house carpenter iii) George Blake of Portsea, victualler iv) William Parmeter of Gosport, shipwright, trustee of George Blake Consideration: £600 Term: forever Endorsements: Receipt for £600 signed by John Brain and John Shean; note of sealing and delivery
Lease and release relating to Crown Tavern, Queen Street, Portsea X/1213A/3/10 20-21 May 1799
2 docs
Contents:
(a) Lease, 20 May 1799 New built messuage, tenement or dwelling house used as a public ale house or victualling house or tavern called the Crown, together with a spirit shop adjoining and other buildings erected by George Blake on the site of an old messuage or public house, lying on the north side of Queen Street, now in the occupation of Mr Joseph Dawes, tenant of Arthur Pink, bounded with a messuage of John Davage on the east with the King's Highway and area of Havant Street on the west with the Highway of H M Dockyard on the north and the area of Queen Street on the south. Parties mentioned: i) George Blake, late of Portsea, now of Botley, gentleman ii) William Parmeter of Gosport, shipwright, trustee of George Blake iii) Arthur Pink of Portsea, wine and spirit merchant iv) John Besant of Portsea, hairdresser, trustee of Arthur Pink Consideration: 5/- Term: 1 year Endorsement: Note of sealing and delivery (b) Release, 21 May 1799 New built messuage used as a public house called the Crown with adjoining spirit shop and other premises on the site in Queen Street. Parties mentioned: i) George Blake, late of Portsea, now of Botley, gentleman ii) William Parmeter of Gosport, shipwright, trustee of George Blake iii) Arthur Pink of Portsea, wine and spirit merchant iv) John Besant of Portsea, hairdresser, trustee of Arthur Pink Consideration: £2000 Term: forever Endorsements: receipt for £2000 signed by George Blake; note of sealing and delivery
Agreement relating to Crown Tavern, Queen Street, Portsea X/1213A/3/11 25 Mar 1823
1 doc
Contents:
Messuage or dwelling house licensed and used as public house called Crown Tavern in Queen Street, Portsea occupied by Mary Dawes was purchased by William Friend along with equity of redemption from assignees of Arthur Pink of Portsea, wine and spirit merchant, bankrupt, on 11 August 1815. Mortgage of £1300 owed by Mary Dawes to William Jolliffe of Brading, Isle of Wight. Sums of £600 and £400 paid by Mary Dawes to William Friend leaving sum of £200 and interest for purchase price, and William Friend agrees to release and convey premises to Mary Dawes on payment of £200 and interest, subject to the payment of the principal sum of £1300 and interest to William Jolliffe. Parties mentioned: i) William Friend of Purbrook gentleman ii) Mary Dawes of Portsea, widow Note on third page dated 29 March 1823 that sum of £200 had been paid to William Friend, signed by William Friend.
These documents appear to indicate that George Blake is deceased by 1799 but the trustees have waited until his wife Ann has died in 1807 to probate his will.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 15 Oct 2012
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1470/354
Name of testator: George Blake, Gentleman
Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated:27 Feb 1798, probated 18 Dec 1807
Read: Electronic file images
Condition: 18th century, modern English, clear copy (few smudges)
[In margin] George
[In margin] Blake
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me George Blake of the parish of Portsea in the
3 County of Southampton Gentleman whereby I give
4 devise and dispose of my Real and personal Estate
5 and Effects in manner following that is to say I
6 give and devise unto my good friends Joseph
7 Haskell of Newport in the Isle of Wight in the
8 said county Brewer and James Hancock of Portsea
9 aforesaid Gentleman all my freehold and copyhold
10 Messuages Lands Tenements and hereditaments
11 wheresoever situate To hold to them the said
12 Joseph Haskell and James Hancock and their
13 heirs and also all my Monies debts personal
14 Estate and Effects of what nature or kind soever
15 the same may consist at my decease To Hold
16 to them their Ex[ecut]ors and Admors upon Trust in
17 the first place to pay unto my dearly beloved wife
18 Ann or permit her to have receive and take out
19 of my said Real and personal Estate and Effects
20 one clear Annuity or Sum of Two hundred
21 pounds during her Life free from all manner of
22 deductions to be paid her by half-yearly payments
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23 And thereby subject and charge my said Real
24 and personal Estate and Effects with and to the
25 payment thereof and I give my said wife
26 full power and authority to enter and distrain
27 on any part of my said Estate and Effects in
28 case of non payment of the said Annuity and
29 subject thereto To hold my said Real and personal
30 Estate and Effects to them the said Joseph Haskell
31 and James Hancock upon this further ge special
32 Trust and confidence to divide and give devise and
33 bequeath the same equally (subject to the said
34 Annuity) unto and between my two sons Cornelius
35 and Benjamin their heirs Ex[ecut]ors and Admors and I
36 nominate and appoint my good friends George Wise
37 of Newport aforesaid Brewer Gabriel Gellett of Upper
38 Guildford Street in the City of London Esquire and
39 William Friend of Portsea Gentleman
40 Executors of this my Will and Guardians to my said
41 Children during their Minority and hereby revoke all
42 former wills by me made In Witness whereof I have
43 to this my last Will and Testament contained in this and
44 the foregoing side set my hand to such foregoing side
45 and my hand and seal then to this Twenty seventh
46 Day of February in the year of our Lord one
47 thousand seven hundred and ninety Eight
48 George Blake [signed] [seal] Signed sealed published and
49 declared by the said Testator George Blake as and
50 for his last will and testament in the presence
51 of us who at his request in his presence and in
52 the presence of each other have hereto subscribed
53 our Names as Witnesses Wm Glendening [signed] A
54 Pink Sen[io]r [signed] Jos[ep]h Rupell [signed]
55 This Will was proved at London
56 on the Eighteenth day of December in the
57 year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
58 and seven before the Right honourable Sir
59 William Wynne Knight Doctor of Laws Master
60 Keeper or Commissary of the prerogative Court
61 of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oaths of
62 George Wise and William Friend two of the Ex[ecut]ors
63 named in the said Will to whom Admon was
64 granted of all and singular the Goods Chattels
65 and Credits of the deceased having been first
66 sworn by Commission duly to administer power
67 reserved of making the like Grant to Gabriel
68 Gillett Esquire the other Executor named in the
69 said Will when he shall apply for the same.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Will of William Blake, Gentleman, Gosport Hampshire, National Archives PROB 11/561, Image Reference 112/104, probated 4 Dec 1717
Gosport is situated on the western side of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. The Blake family in Gosport could be descendant of the Wiltshire or the Hampshire Blake family or any other. The name Gosport came from the story of King Stephen being able to land there during a storm and he called it "God's Port" and so it became Gosport. We could see Gosport from our Ferry when we came back from the Isle of Wight on our tour of England. The cliffs are still substantial along the Hampshire coast and I was most impressed thinking that truly as elegant as the white cliffs of Dover until I saw the Dover Cliffs on our next trip to England. But still the cliffs along the Hampshire coast are quite spectacular.
As I complete the wills that I have thus far for Hampshire some of these families may or may not link together. I will do a summary post at the end as I look at all of them one after the other.
The Blake families in the Andover area were large in the 1500s and early 1600s. The younger sons may have moved towards the larger cities to the south of Hampshire but equally there was a gradual migration of Blake families down from the Calne Wiltshire area in this same time period moving into Salisbury and then down into the New Forest area and thence to Southampton and Christchurch and Portsmouth and area.
The helpful forenames of his close Blake family will probably help me zero in on this family eventually. His brother John with children John Junior, Henrietta and Bridget (wife was Bridget as well) and brother Thomas with children Elizabeth, Joanna and Martha. His wife's niece Mary Breder and nephew John Breder.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/561, Image Reference 112/104 (images by me)
Name of testator: William Blake, Gentleman now Purser of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of Gosport, Hampshire
Place: Gosport, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 29 Dec 1714, probated 4 Dec 1717
Read: Electronic file
Condition: 18th century, round script, dark
[In margin] Tm. Gulielmi Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 The Twenty ninth day of December in the first year
3 of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the grace of
4 God King of Great Britain France and Ireland defender
5 of the Faith etc And in the year of our Lord one Thousand
6 seven hundred and fourteen I William Blake of Gosport
7 in the County of South[amp]ton Gent now Purser of his Majestys
8 Ship Boyne being in good health of body and of sound
9 and disposing mind and memory and considering the
10 perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of
11 this transitory life doe for preventing controversies after
12 my decease make publish and declare this my present last
13 Will and Testament in manner and form following That
14 is to say my Soul I recommend to Almighty God that gave
15 it hoping through the meriterious passion and death of my
16 blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to have full and
17 free pardon and remission of my sins and to inherit
18 everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth or
19 Sea as it shall please God to order And as for and
20 concerning all such Temporal Estate it hath and shall
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21 please God to bestow on me I do give and dispose
22 thereof as followeth that is also to say First I will
23 that all lawful debts and funeral charges (if any) be paid
24 and discharged within convenient time after my decease
25 Item all that my Annuity or Stipend of fifty pounds per
26 Annum issuing and payable forth of his Majesties Exchequer
27 for all the residue and remainder of the Term of ninety
28 and nine years that shall be to come and unexpired at the
29 time of my decease I give devise and bequeath to my dearly
30 Beloved wife Jane To have and to hold to the said Jane Blake
31 and her Assignes for and during the term of her natural life
32 only and after her decease Then I give and bequeath the
33 said Annuity to John Blake Jun[io]r Henrietta Blake and Bridget
34 Blake the son and daughters of my welbeloved Brother John
35 Blake and to the Survivors and Survivor of them in even and
36 equal por[t]ions and if it shall hapen that the said John
37 Blake Jun[io]r Henrietta Blake and Bridget Blake do dye before
38 they or any or either of them be possessed of the said
39 Annuity then it is my Will and I do hereby ordain and decree
40 that the somme shall descend and come to my said brother
41 John Blake and in case of the death of the said John my
42 Brother before he's possessed of the Annuity aforesaid I do
43 hereby father ordain declare and decree that the same
44 shall descend and come to my Brother Thomas Blake and
45 his heirs Then I give and bequeath to my Brother John
46 Blake my diamond Rose Ring as also I give him and his
47 Wife Bridget and their Son John and their daughters Henrietta
48 and Bridget to each of them five pounds to buy Mourning
49 As also I give to my aforesaid Nephew John Blake Jun[io]r
50 my Silver Batch and Snuff Box Then I give to my Brother
51 Tho: Blake and to his wife and to his three daughters Blake
52 Elizabeth Joanna and Martha to each of them one Guinea
53 to buy a mourning Ringes Item I give to my Wife's Nephew
54 John Breder and to her Niece Mary Breder one guinea
55 to each of them to buy a Ring Item all and singular my
56 Tickets of and in any Publick or National Lottery or Lotterys
57 whatsoever whether domestick or Forreign all and every
58 the Interest advantages and produce whatsoever arising and
59 to arise by and from them and every or any of them I give
60 devise and bequeath to my said Wife Jane and to my Brother
61 John Blake to be divided in even and equal shares or
62 proportions betwixt them And in case of the decease of my said
63 Wife Jane then my said Brother John is to have all the said
64 Lottery Ticketts and benfit that shall arise from and on the
65 same And then all the Rest residue and remainder of
66 the summe and sums of money whatever due and to be due
67 and payable to me for and in respect of my Wages and
68 pay Allowance Bill of Bills Tobacco Sold and issues Prize money
69 and other claims and demands in any of his Majesties Ships
70 or Ship whatsoever and also all the rest and remainder of my
71 goods Chattells Implements of household stuff wearing apparel
72 both Linnen and woollen plate Matches Rings Jewells and Credits whatsoever
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73 wheresoever which shall be due owing and belonging or
74 of right to me appertaining of the time of my decease
75 I do give devise and bequeath the same one every part and parcell
76 thereof to my said Wife and to her heirs (note the diamond
77 Rose Ring which I have given to my Brother and the
78 Batch and Snuff Box which I have given to my Nephew
79 John they are so to have and not my Spouse or Wife) And
80 I do by these presents nominate constitute and appoint my
81 said Wife Jane Blake sole Executrix of this my said last
82 Will and Testament And also my said Brother John Blake
83 Trustee and Overseer of the same earnestly praying and
84 intreating his care and diligence in seeing and causing the
85 same to be duly and rightly executed according to the contents
86 purpose and true meaning thereof hereby also revoking and
87 making void all former and other Wills Testaments and Goods
88 of Gift By me at any time heretofore made either by word of
89 muth of in writing And I do ordain and ratify these presents
90 to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament
91 In Witness whereof to this my said Will contained in two
92 Sheets of paper I the said William Blake has set my
93 hand and seal the day and year first above written W[illia]m
94 Blake. Signed sealed and published in the presence of us
95 James Harkes Walter Kinkes Frances Sandgell
96 Mem[oran]d[um] the 26th day of March 1717 the Testator William
97 Blake did then recognize to have written the name W[illia]m
98 Blake against the seal hereunto affixed and did so now
99 publish and declare that these presents contained in two
100 sheets of paper to be his last Will and Testament in the
101 presence of us and sealed the same accordingly Mary
102 Fox W[illia]m Wise
As I complete the wills that I have thus far for Hampshire some of these families may or may not link together. I will do a summary post at the end as I look at all of them one after the other.
The Blake families in the Andover area were large in the 1500s and early 1600s. The younger sons may have moved towards the larger cities to the south of Hampshire but equally there was a gradual migration of Blake families down from the Calne Wiltshire area in this same time period moving into Salisbury and then down into the New Forest area and thence to Southampton and Christchurch and Portsmouth and area.
The helpful forenames of his close Blake family will probably help me zero in on this family eventually. His brother John with children John Junior, Henrietta and Bridget (wife was Bridget as well) and brother Thomas with children Elizabeth, Joanna and Martha. His wife's niece Mary Breder and nephew John Breder.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 May 2012
Source: The National Archives PROB 11/561, Image Reference 112/104 (images by me)
Name of testator: William Blake, Gentleman now Purser of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of Gosport, Hampshire
Place: Gosport, Hampshire, England
Type of Record: Will
Dated: 29 Dec 1714, probated 4 Dec 1717
Read: Electronic file
Condition: 18th century, round script, dark
[In margin] Tm. Gulielmi Blake
1 In the Name of God Amen
2 The Twenty ninth day of December in the first year
3 of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the grace of
4 God King of Great Britain France and Ireland defender
5 of the Faith etc And in the year of our Lord one Thousand
6 seven hundred and fourteen I William Blake of Gosport
7 in the County of South[amp]ton Gent now Purser of his Majestys
8 Ship Boyne being in good health of body and of sound
9 and disposing mind and memory and considering the
10 perils and dangers of the seas and other uncertainties of
11 this transitory life doe for preventing controversies after
12 my decease make publish and declare this my present last
13 Will and Testament in manner and form following That
14 is to say my Soul I recommend to Almighty God that gave
15 it hoping through the meriterious passion and death of my
16 blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to have full and
17 free pardon and remission of my sins and to inherit
18 everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth or
19 Sea as it shall please God to order And as for and
20 concerning all such Temporal Estate it hath and shall
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21 please God to bestow on me I do give and dispose
22 thereof as followeth that is also to say First I will
23 that all lawful debts and funeral charges (if any) be paid
24 and discharged within convenient time after my decease
25 Item all that my Annuity or Stipend of fifty pounds per
26 Annum issuing and payable forth of his Majesties Exchequer
27 for all the residue and remainder of the Term of ninety
28 and nine years that shall be to come and unexpired at the
29 time of my decease I give devise and bequeath to my dearly
30 Beloved wife Jane To have and to hold to the said Jane Blake
31 and her Assignes for and during the term of her natural life
32 only and after her decease Then I give and bequeath the
33 said Annuity to John Blake Jun[io]r Henrietta Blake and Bridget
34 Blake the son and daughters of my welbeloved Brother John
35 Blake and to the Survivors and Survivor of them in even and
36 equal por[t]ions and if it shall hapen that the said John
37 Blake Jun[io]r Henrietta Blake and Bridget Blake do dye before
38 they or any or either of them be possessed of the said
39 Annuity then it is my Will and I do hereby ordain and decree
40 that the somme shall descend and come to my said brother
41 John Blake and in case of the death of the said John my
42 Brother before he's possessed of the Annuity aforesaid I do
43 hereby father ordain declare and decree that the same
44 shall descend and come to my Brother Thomas Blake and
45 his heirs Then I give and bequeath to my Brother John
46 Blake my diamond Rose Ring as also I give him and his
47 Wife Bridget and their Son John and their daughters Henrietta
48 and Bridget to each of them five pounds to buy Mourning
49 As also I give to my aforesaid Nephew John Blake Jun[io]r
50 my Silver Batch and Snuff Box Then I give to my Brother
51 Tho: Blake and to his wife and to his three daughters Blake
52 Elizabeth Joanna and Martha to each of them one Guinea
53 to buy a mourning Ringes Item I give to my Wife's Nephew
54 John Breder and to her Niece Mary Breder one guinea
55 to each of them to buy a Ring Item all and singular my
56 Tickets of and in any Publick or National Lottery or Lotterys
57 whatsoever whether domestick or Forreign all and every
58 the Interest advantages and produce whatsoever arising and
59 to arise by and from them and every or any of them I give
60 devise and bequeath to my said Wife Jane and to my Brother
61 John Blake to be divided in even and equal shares or
62 proportions betwixt them And in case of the decease of my said
63 Wife Jane then my said Brother John is to have all the said
64 Lottery Ticketts and benfit that shall arise from and on the
65 same And then all the Rest residue and remainder of
66 the summe and sums of money whatever due and to be due
67 and payable to me for and in respect of my Wages and
68 pay Allowance Bill of Bills Tobacco Sold and issues Prize money
69 and other claims and demands in any of his Majesties Ships
70 or Ship whatsoever and also all the rest and remainder of my
71 goods Chattells Implements of household stuff wearing apparel
72 both Linnen and woollen plate Matches Rings Jewells and Credits whatsoever
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73 wheresoever which shall be due owing and belonging or
74 of right to me appertaining of the time of my decease
75 I do give devise and bequeath the same one every part and parcell
76 thereof to my said Wife and to her heirs (note the diamond
77 Rose Ring which I have given to my Brother and the
78 Batch and Snuff Box which I have given to my Nephew
79 John they are so to have and not my Spouse or Wife) And
80 I do by these presents nominate constitute and appoint my
81 said Wife Jane Blake sole Executrix of this my said last
82 Will and Testament And also my said Brother John Blake
83 Trustee and Overseer of the same earnestly praying and
84 intreating his care and diligence in seeing and causing the
85 same to be duly and rightly executed according to the contents
86 purpose and true meaning thereof hereby also revoking and
87 making void all former and other Wills Testaments and Goods
88 of Gift By me at any time heretofore made either by word of
89 muth of in writing And I do ordain and ratify these presents
90 to stand and be for and as my only last Will and Testament
91 In Witness whereof to this my said Will contained in two
92 Sheets of paper I the said William Blake has set my
93 hand and seal the day and year first above written W[illia]m
94 Blake. Signed sealed and published in the presence of us
95 James Harkes Walter Kinkes Frances Sandgell
96 Mem[oran]d[um] the 26th day of March 1717 the Testator William
97 Blake did then recognize to have written the name W[illia]m
98 Blake against the seal hereunto affixed and did so now
99 publish and declare that these presents contained in two
100 sheets of paper to be his last Will and Testament in the
101 presence of us and sealed the same accordingly Mary
102 Fox W[illia]m Wise
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