June 21st - 25th 1774
Samuel GARDNER, formerly of Blackley (sic), Northants late of the City of Oxford, Victualler.
Prisoner for Debt in the King's Bench Prison in the County of Surrey.
July 2nd - 5th 1774
The following Persons being Prisoners for Debt in the respective Prisons or Gaols (sic) hereafter mentioned. Prisoners in the Gaoltree of Northampton for the County of Northampton. First Notice William KIDDINGTON late of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, Weaver.Second and Third Notice appear in later issues.
September 26th - 30th 1780
Title Deeds lost or mislaidAll Persons who have any Demand on the Estate of William RATNETT late of Woodend in the Parish of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, Yeoman, deceased, are requested to send an Account in Writing of the same, to Mr HARRISON, Attorney, in Daventry, or to Messrs ADAMS and KINDERLY, Symonds Inn Chancery Lane, that they may be discharged, - And all Persons who have the Custody of any Deceased Writings relative to the Real Estate of the same William RATNETT of Woodend or Blakesley whether as Mortgage, Trustee, Relation, Friend of Confederate of the said William RATNETT or otherwise are requested to send such Deeds or Writings or such Abstract thereof in Three Weeks from the Date hereof to the same Mr HARRISON or Messrs ADAMS and KINDERLEY. 30 Sept 1780.
September 11th - 15th 1781
The following Person being Prisoners for Debt ----- ----- on or before the 1st January 1781 ---- ---- for
Sums not exceeding £500.
Prisoners in the Gaol of Northampton for the County of Northampton
First Notice
Thomas COWPER late of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, Blacksmith.
Second Notice September 18th - 22nd 1781.
Third Notice September 25th - 28th 1781.
July 28th - August 1st 1795 p 797
Martin WIGHT Northamptonshire
Whereas Henry WIGHT late of Blakesley Hall in the Parish of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, Esquire, made his Last Will and Testament in Writing bearing the Date the 22nd Day of February 1785, and proven in London the 16th of October 1793; and after reciting that, by the Settlement made previous to his Marriage with Susannah his Wife, he had settled upon her, as a Jointure a yearly Rent Charge of Three Hundred Pounds, for her Life, charged upon his Estate in Surrey and Sussex, he did, by his said Will, testify and confirm the said Settlement and gave and devised unto Susannah his Wife his Mansion House, Manors and Estates in or near Blakesley aforesaid, with the Appurtenances, for her life, and after her Decease unto her sister Dame Elizabeth HARINGTON, Widow, Her Heirs and assigns, for ever; and gave to Elizabeth WATTS, then or late of Blakesley Hall aforesaid, Spinster, One Annuity or clear yearly sum of Twenty Pounds, for her Life; and unto his Servant Thomas FORNACE One Annuity or clear yearly Sum of Fifteen Pounds for his Life; and charged his Estates in the County of Essex and Surrey with the payment of the said Annuities; and gave and bequeathed all his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in the said Counties of Essex and Surrey subject to the said yearly Rent Charge of Three Hundred Pounds and the said Annuities of Twenty and Fifteen Pounds, and also all his Tenements and Hereditaments in the City of London and all other His lands, Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever, (except the Manor Mansion House and Premises therein first delivered) unto his said Sister Dame Elizabeth HARINGTON for her Life, and after her Decease gave and devised. One Moiety of his said Hereditaments and Premises in the said Counties of Essex and Surrey (chargeable elsewhere except as aforesaid) unto Elizabeth WHITE, then of Edward Street near Cavendish Square in the County of Middlesex, Widow, for her life; and from and after her Decease gave the said Moiety unto John WIGHT of the Parish of St Nicholas at Guilford in the County of Surrey, Esquire for his life; and after the Decease of the Survivor of them gave the said Moiety unto his (the said Testator's) right Heirs: and gave the other Moiety of the said several Herediaments and Premises in Essex and Surrey (chargeable as aforesaid) and in London (except as aforesaid) from and immediately after the Decease of the said Dame Elizabeth HARINGTON unto Trustees, to the Use of William MARTIN, son of William MARTIN, heretofor of Blacksmiths Hall, London then deceased and his Assigns for his life, without Impeachment of Waste; Remainder to Trustees to preserve contingent Remainders; and from and after the Decease of the said William MARTIN the son, to the Use of all and every the child and Children of the said William MARTIN the son, as well Daughters as Sons, lawfully begaten or to be begotten equally to be divided between or amongst them (if more than one such Child) Share and Share alike; they to take as Tenants in common, and not as joint Tenants, and the several and respective Heirs of their respective Bodies, issuing and faitery Issue of any of the said Children, then as to the Share and Shares, as well accruing as original of such Child and Children where Issue should fail to the use of all and every other such Child or Children, equally to be divided between or amongst them, if more than one, as Tenants or common in like Manner, and the several and respective Heirs of their respective Bodies issuing; and in case all such Children, save one, should die without issue, or if there should be but one such Child, then to the use of such one or only child, and the Heirs of his or her Body issuing, with remainders over. And the Testator further willed, in the Words or to the Effect following, (that is to say) And in regard the said William MARTIN the Son went Abroad several Years ago, and hath not since been heard of, and it is uncertain whether he be living or dead, and also whether he left any Issue. I do hereby direct and declare my Will to be that in case neither he nor any Issue of his body lawfully begotten, shall be heard of in the Life-Time of my said Sister Dame Elizabeth HARRINGTON are known to be alive at the time of her Decease an Advertisement shall be inserted Ten Times in the London Gazette imparting the Benefit hereby intended him or them and requires him or them to make his or their Claims thereof within the Space of Twelve Calendar Months next after the Publication of the first of the said Advertisements in the London Gazette, and in case neither the said William MARTIN the Son nor any Issue of his Body lawfully begotten shall make his or their said Claim according to whether the said Twelve Months, then I hereby revoke and make void all the Uses, Estates and Limitations herein Contained for his and their Benefit; and declare the same shall be null and void: and then in such Case, my Will is, and I do hereby direct and declare that from and immediately after; the Decease of the said Dame Elizabeth HARRINGTON the last mentioned Moiety of the said Hereitaments and Premises shall go and remain and be considered as going and remaining to such Person or Persons, and for such Estate and Estates and such Course, Order and Manner or the same would have gone and remained in the case the same William MARTIN the Son has been then dead without Issue, any Thing herein contained to be Contrary thereof notwithstanding. And whereas the same Dame Elizabeth HARRINGTON and Elizabeth WHITE are both dead; and neither William MARTIN the Son nor any of his Issue, have been heard of in the Life Time of the said Dame Elizabeth HARRINGTON and were not known to be alive at her Decease. Notices in compliance therefore will be the Direction of the said Testator hereby given that the said William MARTIN the Son if he be now living, or the Issue of his Body lawfully begotten (if any) is and are hereby requested to make his or their Claim to the Benefit of the said Will intended him and them, within Twelve Calendar Months next after the Time of the Publication of this Advertisement in the London Gazette otherwise the Uses Estates and Limitations of the said Will contains for his and their Benefit will be revoked and made void; and the said Moiety of the said Hereditaments and Premises will go and remain and will be considered as going and remaining to such Person or Persons and for such Estate and Estates, and such Course, Order and Manner as the same would have gone and remained in case the said William MARTIN the Son were now dead without Issue. Dated this 24th Day of July 1795
Susannah WIGHTof Berkeley Square, Piccadilly, or Blakesley Hall only surviving Executrix of the said Will
This notice was repeated in the next nine issues of the Gazette.
July 9th 1825 p 1206
Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in cause wherein His Majesty's Attorney General (at the relationship of the Reverend Thomas LEIGH, Clerk, and another) is informants are Sir Charles MORDAUNT, Baronet and others are defendants, the Reverend William BAKER, Clerk, formerly the Vicar of Bidford in the County of Warwick. (who resigned the said living in or about the year 1786, or his next of kin and the next of kin of the Reverend Thomas FLESHER, Clerk, formerly Vicar of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, (who died in or about the year 1797), and in case any of such next of kin have since died then the personal representatives of him, her or them so dying, and are interested in certain funds now standing in the name of the Accountant General, of the High Court of Chancery, in trust in the said cause. Attorney General MORDAUNT are on or before the 26th of July 1825, by their Solicitors, to come in before James William FARMER, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, and prove their claims or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
September 17th 1825 p 1700
Pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery made in a Cause wherein His Majesty's Attorney General (at the relation of the Reverend Thomas LEIGH, Clerk, and another) as informant are Sir Charles MORDAUNT, Baronet and others as defendants, all persons interested or having claims upon certain funds now standing in the name of the Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery in trust in the said Cause, as the next of kin of any deceased Vicar or Vicars, of the Parish Churches of Bidford in the County of Warwick, and of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, all in case of any such next of kin have since died, then the Personal representatives of him, her or them since dying, are forthwith, by their Solicitors to come in before Mr John William FARNER, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, and prove their kindred and make out their claims, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
April 18th 1828
The Partnership between George Hack WALKER and James HACK as Carpenters and Joiners of Blakesley, Northants was dissolved 15th April 1828. - George Hack WALKER settles all accounts.
July 7th 1829 p 1288
Petitions of Insolvent Debtors to be heard at Northampton, Northants, on the 18th July 1829 at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. James Hapkins DURRAN, late of Blakesley, Northamptonshire, Watch and Clock Maker, and formerly of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, Watch and Clock Maker. October 15th 1850 p 2727 Repeated with more information
February 11th 1851 p 348
Northampton and Buckingham
To be Peremotorily sold, by auction pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in the case of LANGDON and others v WOODS with the approbation of Richard RICHARDS Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court by Messrs HARRISON and Son at the White Hart Inn in the town of Buckingham on Thursday the 6th day of March next, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
A freehold farm situate at Woodend in the Parish of Blakesley in the County of Northampton, containing about 75 acres of arable and pasture land, with farm house and suitable farm premises.
Also a freehold farm situate in the Parish of Little Kimble and Ellesborough in the County of Buckingham containing about 102 acres of arable and pasture land with farm house and suitable buildings and a rent charge of £42 11s per annum, out of lands in the County of Berks.
Printed particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) at the Chambers of Richard RICHARDS Esq. in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London: and of Messrs LIGHTFOOT, ROBSON and LIGHTFOOT, Solicitors, No. 26 Castle Street, Leicester Square, London; Messrs HARRISON and Son, the Auctioneers, Buckingham; Mr John AVIS of Oakley Bank, the tenant of Woodend farm, and of Mr John Pope FIRDOM, the tenant of Little Kimble farm, and at the place of sale, the George Hotel, Northampton, the Talbot Hotel , Towcester, and the Red Lion, Banbury and Brackley.
