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The Blaker Society © The Blakers of Sussex did not live in a vacuum, and will doubtless
BLAKER WILLS

Blaker references in the wills of relatives

relatives.
Lewes archdeaconry marriage licences survive from 1586 onwards:
have been referred to and given legacies in the wills of their immediate
these Blakers are found before 1700 :
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8 March 1588
Henry Blaker &
Agnes Gunne of Brythelmston, virgin
Surety: Henry Gunne of the same, yeoman

12 December 1597
Matthew Watkinson, mercer, &
Agnes Blaker of Portslade, virgin
Sureties: the said Matthew Watkinson,
John Tewpatt and
John Whiteheade of Lewes, yeoman

26 September 1601
William Clamper of Waldron, weaver, &
Joan Blaker of Chittinglie, widow
Sureties: the said William Clamper &
John Mittell of Waldron, yeoman

24 July 1624
John Hart of Arlington, husbandman, &
Joan Blaker of the same, maiden
Sureties: the said John Hart &
William Blaker of Berwicke, carpenter
At Lullington

12 April 1628
Edward Blaker of Portslade, gentleman, &
Susan Scrase of Blachington, maiden
Sureties: the said Edward Blaker &
Thomas Carver of Brithelmston, yeoman
At Blachington

24 January 1634
William Constable of Alfriston, carpenter, &
Elizabeth Blaker of Berwicke, maiden
Sureties: the said William Constable &
William Blaker of Alciston carpenter
At Berwicke

31 Sussex Record Society i, vi: missing 1643 to 1670
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