The testator is John Blake farmer at Upcott in the parish of Withington. He names his sons William, the eldest, and John. He has a grandson John son of John.
Where does this family fit into the Gloucestershire Blake families?
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Aug 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: John Blake, Farmer
Place: Upcott, Withington, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 4 Nov 1808; probated 5 Jul 1810
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament
2 of me John Blake of Upcott in the parish of Withington in
3 the County of Gloucester Farmer which I hereby make publish
4 and declare in manner following, that is to say, I give and
5 devise All that my freehold Messuage or Tenement Outhouses
6 buildings Garden Hereditaments and Premises with the
7 appurtenances thereto belonging situate lying and being in
8 Withington aforesaid and which I purchased of Michael
9 Holiday unto my Son John Blake for and during the
10 Term of his natural life And from and immediately
11 after his Decease I give and devise the same unto his
12 Son and my Grandson John Blake his Heirs and assigns
13 But in case of the death of my said Grandson in the
14 life time of his said Father then I give and devise the
15 same unto the next Son of my said Son John Blake his
16 Heirs and Assigns and so on to the Sons of my said Son
17 John Blake in Priority of Birth and Seniority of Age
18 And that in case of no male Issue I give and devise
19 the same to the eldest Daughter of my said Son John
20 Blake her Heirs and Assigns and son on to the female
21 Branch of his Family and in case of no Issue him
22 surviving I give and devise the same freehold property
23 unto my right Heirs and Assigns for ever And my
24 Will and Meaning is and I direct the same may be
25 observed and taken as this my Disposition that in case
26 my said Son John Blake shall at any time after my
27 decease sell transfer mortgage or in any other way
28 or method dispose of the said freehold property or
29 any part thereof That then I give and devise the
30 same unto my eldest son William Blake for and
31 during the Term of his natural life and that my
32 said Son John Blake shall be considered and he is
33 by this my Will forfeited by any such Sale transfer
34 mortgage or Disposition all his Right Title and
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35 Interest to such my said freehold property as given to him
36 for life as aforesaid And as to all the rest and residue
37 of my freehold and also of my personal property I give
38 devise and bequeath unto my eldest Son William
39 Blake To Hold to him my said Son William Blake
40 his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for ever
41 And I hereby revoke and make void all other Wills
42 by me heretofore made and declare this to be
43 my last Will and Testament and to the same I
44 nominate constitute and appoint my said Son
45 William Blake sole Executor In Testimony whereof
46 I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fourth
47 day of November in the year of our Lord one
48 thousand eight hundred and eight
49 John Blake’s X mark
50 Signed Sealed Published and
51 declared by the said Testator John
52 Blake as and for his last Will
53 and Testament in the presence
54 of us who in his presence
55 at his Request and in the presence
56 of each other have hereto
57 subscribed our Names as Witnesses
58 Witnesses
60 Richard Poole
61 Mary Poole’s X mark
62 William Belcher’s X mark
63 5 July 1810
64 The above named William Blake
65 the Executor was duly sworn before
66 me
67 Under £25
68 Tho: Rudge Sur:
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Jane Blake of Prestbury, Gloucestershire - probated 21 Dec 1822
The testatrix is Jane Blake widow with brother in law John Blake living in Wales. She names her present abode as Prestbury but mentions property in Withington which is 2 miles from Shipton and 5 miles from Cowley. Is this coincidence or Gloucester is just not that big an area. It is 6 miles to Bagendon, seven miles to Duntisbourne Abbots and 7 miles to Prestbury. Nine miles to Up Hatherley.
This will is very valuable for the Walker family of the widow as it names her siblings and their children.
William Blake and Jane Walker married 27 May 1798 at Withington, Gloucestershire, England ("England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NLSW-RYP : accessed 03 Jul 2014), William Blake and Jane Walker, 27 May 1796; citing Withington,Gloucester,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 856943.).
The will of Jane’s husband William is to come but does not add any details on the Blake family to which he belongs. There are other wills for the Blake family at Prestbury which may assist.
I should have done this for all the Gloucestershire wills from the Diocese of Bristol and will go back in and add it to the ones already done as time permits.
Source Will #223,l Consistory Court of Gloucester, GDR/Wills/1822(223):
Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Jane Blake
Place: Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 11 Jan 1821; probated 21 Dec 1822
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Jane Blake of
2 Prestbury in the County of Gloucester Widow being of sound and disposing
3 mind memory and understanding First it is my Will and desire
4 that I be buried at Withington as near to my late dear Husband as
5 possibly, and that my funeral be conducted in as similar a manner
6 to his as circumstances will admit of And I give and devise unto
7 my Brother in Law John Blake now residing in Wales All those my
8 five Freehold Cottages or Tenements and a Rockery with the Gardens and
9 all other the appurtenances there to belonging situated in the parish
10 of Withington in the said County of Gloucester To hold to him and
11 his assigns for and during the term of his natural life without
12 impeachment of waste And from and after his decease I give
13 and desire the same Cottages or Tenements Rockery and
14 Hereditaments unto between and amongst all and every the
15 Child and Children of the said John Blake male and female
16 who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years and the
17 issue of such of them as shall die under that age (such issue to
18 take only the share or shares which his her or their Parent or
19 Parents would have been entitled to if living) equally to be
20 divided between and amongst them if more than one share
21 and share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint
22 tenants their several and respective heirs executors administrators
23 and assigns for ever and with benefit of survivorship between
24 and amongst them And if but one child shall live to
25 attain the said Age, and in default of Children of those so
26 dying I give and desire the same Cottages and Hereditaments
27 to such one or only Child his or her heirs executors administrators
28 and assigns for ever And I give and bequeath unto the two
29 Children now living of my Nephew John Hayden of
30 Miserdine Mill all and singular my Household furniture
31 plate linen china and all other my household effects which
32 shall be in upon or about the house and premises in which
33 I now reside at Prestbury aforesaid And I give and
34 devise unto my friends James Cooke Pinker Linen draper
35 The mark X of Jane Blake
36 Witnesses
37 Tho[ma]s Fletcher
38 Chas Bubb
39 John Bubb
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40 and John Finch Wheelwright both of Cheltenham in the
41 aforesaid County of Gloucester All that my Messuage or
42 Tenement in which I now reside Garden Hereditaments and
43 all other my real Estate situated in Prestbury aforesaid or
44 elsewhere To hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever
45 but nevertheless Upon trust as soon as conveniently may be
46 after my decease to sell the same by public Auction or private
47 Contract for the best price they can reasonably obtain And
48 after paying and satisfying the charges to which the same
49 are subjected in and by the Will of my late dear Husband
50 I direct that the surplus of the purchase money shall be
51 applied in payment of my debts funeral and testamentary
52 Expences and the Legacies hereinafter by me given And I
53 direct that the receipt or receipts of the said James Cooke
54 Pinker and John Finch or of the survivor of them his heirs or
55 assigns shall be a complete exoneration to the purchaser
56 or purchasers of the said Hereditaments or any part thereof
57 and that such purchaser or purchasers shall not be bound
58 to see to the misapplication or nonapplication of their his or her
60 purchase money or any part thereof And I give and bequeatrh
61 unto my aforesaid Nephew John Hayden of Miserdine Mill
62 the sum of Two hundred pounds to my nephew William
63 Hayden and Robert Hayden and to my Niece Elizabeth Walker
64 (daughter of William Walker of South Cerney the Sum of
65 Fifty pounds each. To my brother Edward Walker One hundred
66 pounds To my nephew Thomas Walker son of William Walker
67 Twenty pounds All which said several Legacies I do hereby
68 direct shall be paid by my Executors within twelve months
69 after my decease And I do hereby Will and direct that any
70 said Executors or the survivor of them shall and do within
71 twelve months after my decease invest the sum of Two hundred
72 and fifty pounds in their or his names or name in or upon
73 Government or real Security and pay the interest thereof half
74 yearly unto my Brother in Law William Wakefield and his
75 The mark X of Jane Blake
76 Witnesses
77 Tho[ma]s Fletcher
78 Chas Bubb
79 John Bubb
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80 assigns for his life And after his decease unto his wife for her life
81 halfyearly in case she shall survive him And after the
82 decease of the survivor of them Upon trust to pay and divide
83 the said principal sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds
84 between all and every the Child and Children of the said
85 William Wakefield (except Ann Robertson who it is my Will
86 shall not receive any part thereof) on the youngest of them
87 attaining twenty one years of age And as to all the rest
88 and residue of my real and personal Estate not hereinbefore
89 devised or bequeathed after payment of my debts funeral and
90 testamentary Expences and the legacies and bequests hereinbefore
91 by me given I give devise and bequeath the same unto the
92 aforesaid James Cooke Pinker and John Finch their heirs
93 executors administrators and assigns for ever equally as tenants
94 in Common discharged of and from any trust implied
95 constructive or otherwise howsoever And I nominate and
96 appoint the said James Cooke Pinker and John Finch
97 Executors of this my last Will and Testament I hereby
98 revoking all former Wills by me at any time here before
99 made In Witness whereof I the said Jane Blake the
100 Testatrix have to the two first Sheets of this my last Will
101 and Testament set my hand only and to this third and
102 last Sheet my hand and seal this eleventh day of
103 January One thousand eight hundred and twenty one
104 The mark of X Jane Blake
105 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the
106 said Testatrix Jane Blake as and for her last Will
107 and Testament in the presence of us who in her
108 presence ather request and in the presence of each
109 other have hereunto subscribed our names as
110 Witnesses
111 Tho[ma]s Fletcher
112 Chas Bubb
113 John Bubb
114 21st December 1822
115 The within named James Cooke
116 Pinker and John Finch the Executors
117 were duly Sworn before me
118 Under £2000 M Bishop Surrogate
This will is very valuable for the Walker family of the widow as it names her siblings and their children.
William Blake and Jane Walker married 27 May 1798 at Withington, Gloucestershire, England ("England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NLSW-RYP : accessed 03 Jul 2014), William Blake and Jane Walker, 27 May 1796; citing Withington,Gloucester,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 856943.).
The will of Jane’s husband William is to come but does not add any details on the Blake family to which he belongs. There are other wills for the Blake family at Prestbury which may assist.
I should have done this for all the Gloucestershire wills from the Diocese of Bristol and will go back in and add it to the ones already done as time permits.
Source Will #223,l Consistory Court of Gloucester, GDR/Wills/1822(223):
Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 3 Jul 2014
Source: Ancestry – Diocese of Bristol Wills
Testator: Jane Blake
Place: Prestbury, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Probate
Date of document: 11 Jan 1821; probated 21 Dec 1822
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Jane Blake of
2 Prestbury in the County of Gloucester Widow being of sound and disposing
3 mind memory and understanding First it is my Will and desire
4 that I be buried at Withington as near to my late dear Husband as
5 possibly, and that my funeral be conducted in as similar a manner
6 to his as circumstances will admit of And I give and devise unto
7 my Brother in Law John Blake now residing in Wales All those my
8 five Freehold Cottages or Tenements and a Rockery with the Gardens and
9 all other the appurtenances there to belonging situated in the parish
10 of Withington in the said County of Gloucester To hold to him and
11 his assigns for and during the term of his natural life without
12 impeachment of waste And from and after his decease I give
13 and desire the same Cottages or Tenements Rockery and
14 Hereditaments unto between and amongst all and every the
15 Child and Children of the said John Blake male and female
16 who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years and the
17 issue of such of them as shall die under that age (such issue to
18 take only the share or shares which his her or their Parent or
19 Parents would have been entitled to if living) equally to be
20 divided between and amongst them if more than one share
21 and share alike as tenants in Common and not as joint
22 tenants their several and respective heirs executors administrators
23 and assigns for ever and with benefit of survivorship between
24 and amongst them And if but one child shall live to
25 attain the said Age, and in default of Children of those so
26 dying I give and desire the same Cottages and Hereditaments
27 to such one or only Child his or her heirs executors administrators
28 and assigns for ever And I give and bequeath unto the two
29 Children now living of my Nephew John Hayden of
30 Miserdine Mill all and singular my Household furniture
31 plate linen china and all other my household effects which
32 shall be in upon or about the house and premises in which
33 I now reside at Prestbury aforesaid And I give and
34 devise unto my friends James Cooke Pinker Linen draper
35 The mark X of Jane Blake
36 Witnesses
37 Tho[ma]s Fletcher
38 Chas Bubb
39 John Bubb
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40 and John Finch Wheelwright both of Cheltenham in the
41 aforesaid County of Gloucester All that my Messuage or
42 Tenement in which I now reside Garden Hereditaments and
43 all other my real Estate situated in Prestbury aforesaid or
44 elsewhere To hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever
45 but nevertheless Upon trust as soon as conveniently may be
46 after my decease to sell the same by public Auction or private
47 Contract for the best price they can reasonably obtain And
48 after paying and satisfying the charges to which the same
49 are subjected in and by the Will of my late dear Husband
50 I direct that the surplus of the purchase money shall be
51 applied in payment of my debts funeral and testamentary
52 Expences and the Legacies hereinafter by me given And I
53 direct that the receipt or receipts of the said James Cooke
54 Pinker and John Finch or of the survivor of them his heirs or
55 assigns shall be a complete exoneration to the purchaser
56 or purchasers of the said Hereditaments or any part thereof
57 and that such purchaser or purchasers shall not be bound
58 to see to the misapplication or nonapplication of their his or her
60 purchase money or any part thereof And I give and bequeatrh
61 unto my aforesaid Nephew John Hayden of Miserdine Mill
62 the sum of Two hundred pounds to my nephew William
63 Hayden and Robert Hayden and to my Niece Elizabeth Walker
64 (daughter of William Walker of South Cerney the Sum of
65 Fifty pounds each. To my brother Edward Walker One hundred
66 pounds To my nephew Thomas Walker son of William Walker
67 Twenty pounds All which said several Legacies I do hereby
68 direct shall be paid by my Executors within twelve months
69 after my decease And I do hereby Will and direct that any
70 said Executors or the survivor of them shall and do within
71 twelve months after my decease invest the sum of Two hundred
72 and fifty pounds in their or his names or name in or upon
73 Government or real Security and pay the interest thereof half
74 yearly unto my Brother in Law William Wakefield and his
75 The mark X of Jane Blake
76 Witnesses
77 Tho[ma]s Fletcher
78 Chas Bubb
79 John Bubb
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80 assigns for his life And after his decease unto his wife for her life
81 halfyearly in case she shall survive him And after the
82 decease of the survivor of them Upon trust to pay and divide
83 the said principal sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds
84 between all and every the Child and Children of the said
85 William Wakefield (except Ann Robertson who it is my Will
86 shall not receive any part thereof) on the youngest of them
87 attaining twenty one years of age And as to all the rest
88 and residue of my real and personal Estate not hereinbefore
89 devised or bequeathed after payment of my debts funeral and
90 testamentary Expences and the legacies and bequests hereinbefore
91 by me given I give devise and bequeath the same unto the
92 aforesaid James Cooke Pinker and John Finch their heirs
93 executors administrators and assigns for ever equally as tenants
94 in Common discharged of and from any trust implied
95 constructive or otherwise howsoever And I nominate and
96 appoint the said James Cooke Pinker and John Finch
97 Executors of this my last Will and Testament I hereby
98 revoking all former Wills by me at any time here before
99 made In Witness whereof I the said Jane Blake the
100 Testatrix have to the two first Sheets of this my last Will
101 and Testament set my hand only and to this third and
102 last Sheet my hand and seal this eleventh day of
103 January One thousand eight hundred and twenty one
104 The mark of X Jane Blake
105 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the
106 said Testatrix Jane Blake as and for her last Will
107 and Testament in the presence of us who in her
108 presence ather request and in the presence of each
109 other have hereunto subscribed our names as
110 Witnesses
111 Tho[ma]s Fletcher
112 Chas Bubb
113 John Bubb
114 21st December 1822
115 The within named James Cooke
116 Pinker and John Finch the Executors
117 were duly Sworn before me
118 Under £2000 M Bishop Surrogate
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