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Will of Nicholas Blake, Merchant of Plymouth, Devon
Proved 9 April 1646
© Crown Copyright
PROB 11/195/556, Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Transcribed by Bev Edmonds
In the name of GOD Amen this twentieth day of September in the third yeare of the reighn of our Soverigne Lord Charles by the grace of god Kinge of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Defender of the faith & A....? in one thousand six hundred twentie seven I Nicholas BLAKE of Plymouth in the County of Devon Merchant beinge of perfect health and memory praise and ...? be given to Almighty god for the same doe hereby make and ordeyne this my last will and Testanemt in writinge in manner and forme followinge ffirst and principally I..mitt? and Comend my soule into the handes of Almighty god my maker and to his only begotten sonne Jesus Christ my Saviour and redeemer hopinge and assurdly truthinge by his merritts death and passion only to have pardon and for remission of all my sinnes, And my body & ..itt [spiritt?] to the earth from whence it came to be buried in Christian buriall at the discrection of my Executors hereinafter named. And as .o[a]uchinge my worldy goods and estate which god of his infinate goodnes hath bestowed on me I give and bequeath as followeth . ffirst I give and bequeath unto Jane BLAKE my now wife the dwellinge house wherein I now dwell lyinge within the Borough of Plymouth in streete there called Whymple street with all the household goods in the same as it now standeth duringe hir naturall life. Also, I give and bequeath unto the said Jane my wife the rent of Oatdowne duringe hir naturall life with the reversion of the same if it fall by her life tyme to lett and sett at her best profit and behoove ? at a rent or fyne for the Lives or one and Twenty years in possession for as the Rent be reversed as it is now sett for unto my heire hereafter nominated in this my will, Also I give and bequeath unto Jane my wife all the profit duringe her naturall life either for the rent reserved if it be leased or in hand to grant thre Lives or one and Twentie yeares reservinge the old rent unto my said house and in possession, Also I give and bequeath unto the said Jane my wife [the said] the profits and benefitt of all these thre houses or Tenements at Britton side within the Burrough aforesaid sometimes the Landes of Perry for and duringe hir natural life, Also I give and bequeath unto the said Jane my wife the rent of one close of Land called Stonehouse peeke parke neare Stonehouse Mill poole now in the Tenure of John Nicholson with power to sett and lett the same reversinge the yearly Rent that now itt yeildeth if itt happen to fall duringe hir life for one two or thre Lyves or for one and twenty yeares and that in possession. Item I give unto Judeth Blake my oldest daughter the summe of Tenn pounds sterlinge. Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Blake my third sonne the summe of ffifty pounds sterlinge to be paid by my Executor hereafter named within two yeares after my death by Twenty five pounds per Annum, Item I give and bequeath unto Nicholas Blake my fourth sonne the summe of Tenn pounds sterlinge to be paid by my Executor within one yeare after my decease, Item I give and bequeath unto William Blake my fifth sonne begotten on the body of the said Jane my now wife my foresaid dwellinge house lyinge in Plymouth aforesaid in the said street called Whymple streete, And alsoe the aforesaid Tenement called Oatsdowne with all and regular the appurtances thereunto belonginge now in the possession of Phillip Andrew the elder of Plymouth aforesaid merchant his Assignee or Assignes together with house or tenement there alsoe beinge now in the possession of one Robert Ranche Shipwright which he holdeth in lease fromme?, And alsoe the third parte of all that the foresaid Tenement called Higher Towne with all and singular the Appurtences And likewise all the aforesaid house or Tenement at Britton side aforesaid sometimes the lands of the aforeasid Perry with all and singular the Appurtences thereunto belonginge, And also all that the aforesaid shale of Land called Stonehouse poole parke lyinge neare Stonehouse Mill poole, To have and to hold all and singular the aforesaid bequeathed premissed with there and every of theire Appurtences unto the aforesaid William Blake and to his heire and Assignes forever to his and there only proper ..? and behoove? for evermore, Reservinge the aforesaid perticualr estates bequeathed to my said wife in manner as aforesaid. And I doe hereby make and ordeyne the aforesaid William Blake my lawfull and whole Executor of this my last will and Testement. And I doe nominate and appoint my truely and welle loved friendes Thomas ffinch and Stephen Counter to be my Overseers in the execution of the same, And for theire painse in that behalfe I give to each of them Ten shillinge, In witness whereas I ...? hereunto sett my hand and seale in the presence of .. James Predis? Richard Clapper Richard Jisdon. Probatin Testamentum etc. granted 9 Aprili[u]s ? to Willm. Blake filij Executor etc. [9 April 1646] |