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Title deeds and family papers of the Blake family relating to the Danesbury estate,...
Catalogue reference: DE/B987
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DE/B987
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Title (The name of the record)
- Title deeds and family papers of the Blake family relating to the Danesbury estate, Welwyn, 1650 - 1923
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1650-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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These title deeds relate to the Danesbury estates in Welwyn and the surrounding parishes, which were purchased by William Blake between 1824 and his death in 1852. Further property was added by his son, John William Blake, who died in 1875: the property then passed to a nephew of J.W. Blake, Arthur Maurice Blake. Other deeds relate to property in Derbyshire, Northants, Leics, Rutland and Essex, the Darker estates, which came to William Blake by his marriage with Mary Nash, granddaughter of John Darker. The Portland Place property was the London home of the Blakes.
The few settlements and probates relate to the Blakes, and also to the Hankey family to whom they were connected by marriage
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>Other family settlements and probates of the Blake family were deposited in 1956 (DE/B965). In 1963 and 1964 a collection of family and estate papers, 1776-1899 was presented (D/EX 69)</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <famname>Blake family of Welwyn, Hertfordshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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[Accession 766]
Presented 1958
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7b76e2fc-577a-45e0-b0b8-5f0c3ed9bfac/
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Title deeds and family papers of the Blake family relating to the Danesbury estate, Welwyn, 1650 - 1923