Another Blake family will that mentions Walcot Bath. Clementia is the daughter of William Blake who left his will in 1792 and will be transcribed later.
Clementia Blake was buried 29 Sep 1815 at St Stephen, Bristol. She was 70 years of age giving her an estimated birth year of 1745. This is a transcription by Family Search (digital folder number 004242565, image number 15).
The marriage of Mary Blake to John Marsh took place in 1778 at St James Bristol (Family Search M17286-5).
Rebecca, the sister of the testatrix, could be the Rebecca Blake christened at Bristol 21 Apr 1759 (Family Search) and the daughter of William and Rebecca Blake). More will be learned from William’s will plus is this "possibly" a descendant line of Ambrose Blake of Pinhills?
The last couple of days I am coming to realize that many of these Gloucestershire Wills belong to the Blake family of Calne descendants. When I do the will of William Blake probated in 1792 I will attempt to bring all of these wills together and create a family tree for the descendants of Ambrose as shown by the wills. Finding more information on Ambrose would be interesting but this is a difficult period in England during the Civil War and then the Commonwealth under Cromwell when parish registers were forbidden and many items unrecorded.
Transcriber: Elizabeth Kipp
Recorded: 13 Apr 2014
Source: The National Archives, PROB 11/1574/256
Testator: Clementia Blake, Spinster
Place: Bristol, England
Type of Record: Will
Date of document: 18 Apr 1814, probated 16 Nov 1815
Condition: 19th century English, legible copy
[Margin]: Clementia
[Margin]: Blake
[Margin]: 12
1 By the Permission of God
2 I Clementia Blake of the City of Bristol spinster being of sound and
3 disposing mind memory and understanding do this eighteenth day of
4 April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen
5 make publish declare this my last will and Testament in manner
6 following that is to say I give and devise unto Daniel Taylor
7 Haythorne of the parish of Stapleton in the County of Gloucester Esq[uie]r
8 and Mr Richard Jones of the Parish of Saint Paul in the City of Bristol
9 Taylor their heirs all that my freehold messuage or Tenements situate
10 on the East side of Saint James’s Church now in the parish of Saint
11 James in the said City now or late in the occupation of William
12 Hammings patten maker to hold the same unto the said Daniel Taylor
13 Haythorne and the said Richard Jones and their heirs for ever to the
14 use and upon the trust herein after expressed and declared of concerning
15 the same that is to say to the use of my Friend Edward Cartor of the
16 City of Bristol Carpenter with whom I now reside in trust for the said
17 Edward Carter and for his sole use benefit and for the use benefit of
18 his heirs assigns for ever and to for or upon no other use trust
19 intent or purpose whatsoever which said messuage or Tenement I
20 give to the said Edward Carter in manner aforesaid from the great
21 regard I have form for him and for his late Wife Mary Carter for
22 the many kindnesses they hath shown me Whereas the sum of two
23 hundred seventy pounds or thereabout was placed out at interest in
24 the name of Mr Jeremiah Osborne a Trustee on that occasion
25 on security of a messuage being no 17 in Kingsmead street in the
26 parish of Walcot Bath in the County of Somerset now in the occupation
27 of Adam Hevor I give the said messuage or Tenement as far as I have
28 any power or control respecting the same unto the said Daniel Taylor
29 Haythorne and the said Richard Jones upon trust for the use and
30 benefit of the said Edward Carter during his life I also give him all rent
31 that shall at my decease be due to me for the said two messuages
32 or Tenements and from and after his decease I give devise the said
33 messuage or Tenement in Kingsmead street unto and to the use of the
34 three children of my late Brother William Blake equally between
35 them and their respective heirs and assigns for ever as tenants in
36 common also I give bequeath unto the said Edward Carter all and
37 every debt and debts sum sums of money if any that may at the time
38 of my decease be due or owing from him to me on any account
39 whatsoever or it being my will and intention that he shall never be
40 sued disquieted or questioned by any person whomsoever respecting any
41 receipts payments or other transactions relative to me or my concerns
42 now in my life time and whereas my late Father William Blake
43 by his Will gave to trustees therein named the sum of three hundred
44 pounds upon trust to invest the same in an annuity for my life and
45 for my use to be secured as therein mentioned but which annuity
46 hath not been purchased and I have hitherto received only commission
47 interest on the said Sum of three hundred pounds which sum
48 and other monies due belonging to me and now in the hands
49 or power of John Marsh now or late of Bath Esq[uire] as one of the
50 Trustees of my said late Fathers Will now I give the said sum
51 of three hundred pounds unto my nephew Henry Marsh son of
52 the said John March subject nevertheless to the payment thereout
53 of all my just debts funeral Expences and the cost of proving this
54 my will upon condition that lawful interest for the said Sum
55 be duly paid to me up to the time of my decease also I give the
56 sum of one hundred pounds to each of my two sisters Rebecca
57 Mogg and Mary Marsh out of the monies due to me as my share of
58 my late Fathers residuary Estate and now in the hands of said John
60 Marsh and as to all the residue remainder of my monies and Estate no herein
61 before disposed of I give the same to the three daughters of the said Mary
62 Marsh equally between them and I do hereby constitute and appoint my
63 said Friend Edward Carter sole Exor of this my will and revoke all former wills
64 by me made and declare this only to be my last In Witness whereof I
65 have hereunto set my hand and seal the day year first above written
66 Clementia Blake Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testatrix
67 Clementia Blake as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us
68 who in her presence at her request in the presence of each other have
69 subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto P Penton Jno Brady
70 Rd Jones
71 Proved at London 16 Novr 1815 before the Judge by the oath of
72 Edward Carter the sole Exor to whom admon was granted being sworn by
73 Comon to admr
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