Born

Date calculated from age at burial

Married Thomas REAY in Haltwhistle.8

Birth of daughter Mary REAY in Ponteland.7

Licence obtained for marriage to James BLAKE.9

"Know all Men by their Presence That We, James Blake of the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and John Doe are hereby become bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Beilby by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of London in the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid to him the said Right Reverend Father in God, or his lawfull Attorney, Executor, Successor or Assigns; For the good and faithful Payment of which Sum, we do bind ourselves, and both of us, jointly and severally, for the Whole, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly by these Presents, Sealed with our Seals, Dated the sixth Day of May in the Year of our Lord 1791
The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if hereafter there shall not appear any lawful Lett or impediment, by reason of any Pre-Contract, Consanguinity, Affinity;  or any other lawful Means whatsoever; but that the above boundon James Blake a Bachelor and Mary Reay a Widow may lawfully solemnize Marriage together, and in the same afterwards lawfully remain and continue for man and Wife, according to the Laws in that Behalf provided; And moreover, if there be not at this present Time any Action, Suit, Plaint, Quarrel, or Demand, moved or depending before any Judge Ecclesiastical or Temporal, for or concerning any lawful Impediment between the said Parties: Nor that either of them be of any other Parish or Place, nor of any better Estate or Degree, than to the Judge at granting of the Licence is suggested. and by him sworn.
And lastly, if the said Marriage shall be openly solemnised in the Church or Chapel in the licence specified, between the hours appointed in Constitutions Ecclesiastical confirmed, and according to the For of the Book of Common Prayer, now by Law established, and the above bounden James Blake and Mary Reay do have harmless and keep indemnified the above mentioned Right Reverend Father in God, his Chancellor and Surrogates, and all other his Officers and ministers whatsoever, by reason of the Premises;  then this Obligation to be void, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of Edwd. Lovelock

(Signed) James Blake"

Married James BLAKE in Holborn, St Andrew.10,11

Information from the Parish Register :-
By licence
Groom - James Blake, bachelor, St Andrew Holborn
Bride - Mary Reay, widow, St Clement Danes
Witnesses :-
Rd Perry
James Horden

Death of daughter Mary REAY in St Katherine Cree Church.6

Mentioned in Will.1

Of Albany Wallis
Annotated as :-
"Mary Blake of Brompton"

Mentioned in Will.2

Of James Blake
"In the Name of God Amen I James Blake of Garden Row Camberwell so make this my last will and testement this seventeenth day of June 1803 viz. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Blake all my property and so (illegible) sole executrix to this my last will and testement. James Blake. Witness B. Rankin June 17 1803"

Executor.2

of the estate of James Blake
Sole Executor :-
Mary Blake, the widow the relict

Research Note :-
The probate sentence is in a side bar note at the bottom of the page and not underneath the paragraph about the signature being valid. It was obviously missed out!

Wrote will.3

"In the name of God Amen this is the last Will & Testement of me Mary Blake of Warwick Row Blackfriars Road in the county of Surrey widow ... ..."

Some names mentioned :-
1) "my grandson Albany Wallis Rankin"
2) "my nephew Edward Blake Beal"
3) "Edward Beal of Hart Street Covent Garden & Mary his wife father and mother of the said Edward Blake Beal"
4) "the said Mary Beal my niece"

Codicil to Will.3

First Codicil

Codicil to Will.3

Second codicil

"This is a Codicil to the last will and testement of me Mary Blake of Hanover Street Long Acre in the county of Middlesex widow ... ..."

Names mentioned :-
1) "under the will of my late uncle Albany Wallis"
2) "my grandson Albany Wallis Rankin who is since dead"
3) "my sister Jane (illegible) of Penrith in Cumberland widow"
4) "my said sister Mrs Mary Beals wife of Mr. Edward Beals of Rotherhithe"

Buried in Camberwell, St Giles.4,5

From the Parish Register :-
"Mary Blake / Saint Martins in the Fields / April 21st / 79 yrs / Robt C Crane Curate"

Signature on Will attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.3

by John Barker
Signature of Mary Blake formerly of Warwick Row Blackfriars Road in the county of Surrey but late of Hanover Street Long Acre in the parish of St Martins in the Fields in the county of Middlesex

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.3

of the estate of Mary Blake
Executors :-
Edward Beal
Mary Beal (wife of the said Edward Beal)