Cheescombe appears to be the name of the estate where the Townsend family lives. The testator is Ann Blake who works for the Townsend family at Cheescombe. A marriage settlement at the National Archives Names Alexander Townsend of Cheescombe parish Minchimhampton esquire and Mary Clayfield of Bristol as the two people intended to marry.
Not enough information to determine any Blake family lines here.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 10 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1832/171
Testator: Ann otherwise Anne Blake, Spinster
Place: Cheescombe, Gloucestershire, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Sep 1832, probated 5 Jun 1834
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Ann otherwise Anne
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 5
1 This is the last Will and Testament of
2 Ann Blake of Cheescombe in the County of Gloucester Spinster I give and
3 bequeath unto my Nephew William Lusty the sum of Ten pounds Also to my
4 Nephew Joseph Lusty the sum of Ten pounds I also give unto my Nephew
5 George Lusty the sum of Five pounds to my half Brother Joseph Blake I give
6 and bequeath the sum of Five pounds Also to my Great Neice Mary Ann
7 daughter of my late Nephew Benjamin Lusty I give the sum of Five pounds
8 I give unto Ann Browning daughter of Thomas Cave of Stanley in the
9 County of Gloucester the sum of Five pounds Also to Richard Nuote Gardener to
10 A Townsend Esq[uie]r the sum of Five pounds I direct that all the above required
11 Legacies be paid within six months after my decease Also all the rest Residue
12 and Remainder of my Goods Chattels Monies and securities for money Clothes
13 Estates or Effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereinbefore given or disposed
14 of subject nevertheless to the payment of my just debts Legacies and Funeral
15 expences I hereby give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto
16 Elizabeth Neeuis my dear Friend and fellow Servant and I appoint the said
17 Elizabeth Neeuis sole Executrix of this Will revoking all former Wills and
18 declaring this writing to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof
19 I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the thirtieth day of April in the year
20 of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four Ann Blake
21 Signed Sealed and published by the said Ann Blake as her Will in the
22 presence of us who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other
23 have hereunto set our hand as witness Ann Coffin Sarah Hookway
24 This is a Codicil to my Will of the Legacy of Ten
25 pounds left me by my late Mistress Mrs Townsend I leave to John Hodge the sum
26 of Five pounds Also to Joseph Blake my Brother I leave the other remaining five
27 pounds to be paid him in the sum of two shillings per week as he shall require
28 it by my Executrix Elizabeth Neeuis and at her discretion I also leave my watch to
29 the wife of my Nephew Joseph Lusty Anne Blake Mark Witnessed by us
30 Louisa Godde Clayfield X Sarah Chambers marke May 8 1834
31 Proved at London with a Codicil 5th Jun 1834 before a Judge by the Oath
32 of Elizabeth Neeuis Spinster the sole Executrix to whom was granted having been
33 first sworn by Com[missi]on duly to administer
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