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Actions	Blakes of Renvyle, Letterfrack, Co. Galway 1907-1966 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleBlakes of Renvyle, Letterfrack, Co. Galway 1907-1966 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGS09/02 Date1907- 1966 CreatorBlakes of Renyvle Production date 1907 - 1966 Scope and Content Bundle of documents primarily containing copy of wills, such as that of Dr Henry Edgar Valentine Blake (d.1910) (son of Captain Edgar Henry Blake and his wife Caroline Johanna, nee burke) and of his son Edgar Valentine Myles Blake (d.1959), income tax and mortgage interest receipts and copies of a Deed of Surrender of Tully Coast Guard Station (1966). -28 September 1907- December 1942: Copy of Probate and will of Dr Henry Edgar Valentine Blake, with annotation that the copy was made ‘by E.V.M Blake, in December 1942, from copy supplied by T Crozier & Son, December 1942). Noting that Blake, a physician and surgeon died on 20 May 1910 at the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, and that the administration of his estate was granted by the Court to his widow, Elizabeth Josephine Blake, Renvyle House. An affidavit for Inland Revenue confirmed the gross value of the personal estate within the United Kingdom amounted to £2,789.5.10, and that £70.16.4 Estate Duty and interest was paid. In his will Blake devised all his estate to the use of his trustees for the term of 100 years, to his wife for her own use until his eldest son Edgar Valentine Myles Blake reached 25 years of age, provided she was no longer living and remains unmarried but ‘subject to the obligation of maintaining and educating thereout such of my children as shall for the time being be minors and shall not have been married …’ (p2), when Edgar reaches 25 years the trusts shall be transferred to him for his own use and benefit, should he die before reaching 25 years then it passes to his 2^nd or other living sons. If no son reaches 25 years of age the trust premises are to be held by the trustees for his wife during her widowhood ‘with power to dispose of said trust premises in such manner as she shall by deed or will appoint in her lifetime amongst the daughter of daughters issue of my marriage’ Should Elizabeth remarry, and there only being a daughter or daughters then the trustees are directed to hold the trust premises for the daughter (s) in equal share ‘as tenants in common until she or they shall attain the age of 21 years or marry under that age’, and in the ‘event of failure of or determination of the trusts…and subject to the trusts powers and provisions herein before declared…my trustees shall hold the said trust premises and rents and profits thereof and the income derived thereout in trust for my mother Caroline Johanna Blake should she be then living’ and after her death in trust for his brother Robert Attersoll Blake and sister Julia Emily Martha Blaine in equal shares as tenants in common. An annuity of £50 is to be paid to his widow when his son Edgar or other son reaches 25 years of age. He also bequeath moneys from a Life Assurance policy to be invested ‘in any legally authorised security and to pay the income thereof not exceeding the sum of £70 per annum to my dear wife for her life so long as she remains unmarried and after her death as to the capital and income to pay over same to my said son Edgar V M B’ (p3). He bequeaths to his wife for her own use any other monies which may result from such policies which may be in place to cover an accidental death. He appointed Wallace Beatty, M.D., 38 Merrion Square, Dublin and George Jackson Jones, 7, St. Edward Terrace, Garville Avenue, Rathmines, Co. Dublin and his mother Caroline Johanna Blake his trustees, and appoints his wife sole Executrix. -11 September 1920: Copy of report by J Muldoon, Sergeant, RIC, Clifden, transmitted to Mrs Bessie Blake, 26 Wellington Road, Dublin, advising that he visited the evacuated Coastguard Station in Tullymore with Sergeant A O’Connor on 28^th August 1920 following a report that it had been ‘alleged maliciously burned’. Size 1p -18 January 1924: Letter from Thomas Crozier & Son, Solicitors, 14 Ely Place Dublin to Mrs Blake, 26 Wellington Road, Dublin regarding the sale of the estate under the Land Act 1923, and compilation of a schedule of existing tenants and their holdings, and the difficulty in proving the title to the estate owing to all the original Title Deeds and so on being ‘burnt in the fire in the Four Court….Had the unfortunate fire at the Four Courts not have occurred, of course everything would have been different’ (p2), estimating the purchase monies to amount to £11,451, and the percentage of fee the solicitors would expect. Size 3pp -5 June 1926 - 7 January 1931: Receipts issued by [E M] [Cartlan Mooney] to Mrs Blake for payment of a years or ½ years interest on a mortgage of £7,430.7.0. Size 8pp. -15 December 1927 - 14 December 1929: Counterfoil of demand for Income Tax -3 March 1930: letter from Joyce Mackie & Co., House, Estate & Insurance agents, Eyre Square, Galway to Mrs Bessie Blake, c/I National Bank, Baggot Street Bridge, Dublin enclosing annual account and vouchers’. Size 1p -21 July 1927 - 2 January 1931: File of Irish Land Commission vouchers in respect of deductions of Income Tax from Payment in lieu of rent relating to the Blake estate. The payee is Raoul Joyce [Agent], of Glenina, Galway. Also includes receipt in respect of payment relating to Miss Bessie Blake’s lands at Derryinver, Tenant Charlie Flahertie, payer Raul Joyce and amount in respect of costs of dismiss’ (5 March 1930). Size 9pp -8 December 1947 & 5 October 1959: Copy of Will of Edgar Valentine Myles Blake, 5 Colville Street, Nottingham, England, who died on 15 August 1959 in the River Trent at Nottingham. Noting that the administration of his estate was granted by the Court to his widowed sister, Joan Caroline Fanella Watkins, 30 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W9. An affidavit for Inland Revenue confirmed the gross value of the personal estate within the United Kingdom amounted to £2,770.18.7, and that the net value of the estate was £2,726.15.6. Blake appointed his sister and brother-in-law, Lt Col. Arthur Power Watkins, M.C, 68 Palace Court, Bayswater Road, W2 as trustees. He bequeath all his real and personal estate to his Trustees to sell and convert into money, and to invest the money, after payment of funeral and other expenses, in ‘any investments sanctioned by law for the investment of trust funds and to stand possessed of the investments and of all parts of my estate for the being unsold….upon trust to apply the income thereof and such sum or sums out of the capital as my Trustees shall in their absolute discretion deem proper and necessary for the maintenance educational advancement and benefit of my son John William Blake’ (p2). With regard to the expectant interest in the estate of my late father to which I am entitled upon the death of my mother upon trust for my said sister Joan Caroline Fanella Watkins absolutely into possession prior to my said son attaining the age of 21 my Trustees shall pay ….to my aid sister a sum of money or investments equivalent in amount or value to the money or investments which shall on my mother’s death have passed to me’ (p2). If Caroline pre-deceased him or died before 27 December 1951 the monies should be transferred to her husband. No provision is made ‘for my wife and my reputed daughter Marjorie Blake for the reasons set out in a statement signed by me’ (p3). Size 2 items / 6pp -16 March 1960 - 3 March 1961: Copy of Will of Elizabeth Josephine Blake, Marlborough House, 28/30 Victoria Road, norther, Southseas, Hampshire, who died on 23 November 1960. An affidavit for Inland Revenue confirmed the gross value of the personal estate within the United Kingdom amounted to £3,778.12.5, and that the net value of the estate was £3,731.3.11. Blake bequeath her estate to her daughter Joan Caroline Fanella Watkins and appointed her her sole Executrix. She requested that her body be cremated and ‘it is my wish that there shall be no flower at my funeral’. Size: 2pp -1^st December 1966: Copies of Deed of Surrender of Tully Coast Guard Station between the Minister for Finance (lessee) and Joan C. F. Graham, Square house, Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham, England (Reversioner). Reciting details of lease of 2 July 1881 wherein Caroline Johanna Blake, guardian of Henry Edgar Valentine Blake, a minor, and the Commissioners of the Office of Lord High Admiral of UK and Ireland where all the premises were demised to the Commissioners from 1 November 1879 for 90 years at a yearly rent of £10. Now all the rights & title of Henry Edgar are vested in the Reversioner and all the rights & title of the Commissioners are vested in the Minister for Finance. Whereas the lessee has agreed with the Reversioner for the surrender to her of the premises for the unexpired residue of the lease described as ‘All that part of the townland of Tullymore containing two acres two roods and twenty-six perches statute measure more or less ….and also that part of the townland of Gorteennaglogh marked on said map as Boat house….all which said premises are intended for the Coast Guard Service and are situate in the Barony of Ballinahinch …’ (p1). Size 2 items / 6pp ExtentCirca 36pp LanguageEnglish Archival historyMaterial obtained from private depositor who worked as a solicitor with a firm in Cheltenham, UK. When an old file relating to the Blakes, who had been clients of the firm many years before, was about to be shredded she rescued them. There was no possibility of contacting any Blakes as the one the firm acted for died many years ago. Persons keywordBlake SubjectCoastguard services, Landed Estates Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. Levelfile

TitleBlakes of Renvyle, Letterfrack, Co. Galway 1907-1966

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGS09/02

Date1907- 1966

Production date 1907 - 1966

Scope and Content

Bundle of documents primarily containing copy of wills, such as that of Dr Henry Edgar Valentine Blake (d.1910) (son of Captain Edgar Henry Blake and his wife Caroline Johanna, nee burke) and of his son Edgar Valentine Myles Blake (d.1959), income tax and mortgage interest receipts and copies of a Deed of Surrender of Tully Coast Guard Station (1966).

-28 September 1907- December 1942: Copy of Probate and will of Dr Henry Edgar Valentine Blake, with annotation that the copy was made ‘by E.V.M Blake, in December 1942, from copy supplied by T Crozier & Son, December 1942). Noting that Blake, a physician and surgeon died on 20 May 1910 at the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, and that the administration of his estate was granted by the Court to his widow, Elizabeth Josephine Blake, Renvyle House. An affidavit for Inland Revenue confirmed the gross value of the personal estate within the United Kingdom amounted to £2,789.5.10, and that £70.16.4 Estate Duty and interest was paid.
In his will Blake devised all his estate to the use of his trustees for the term of 100 years, to his wife for her own use until his eldest son Edgar Valentine Myles Blake reached 25 years of age, provided she was no longer living and remains unmarried but ‘subject to the obligation of maintaining and educating thereout such of my children as shall for the time being be minors and shall not have been married …’ (p2), when Edgar reaches 25 years the trusts shall be transferred to him for his own use and benefit, should he die before reaching 25 years then it passes to his 2^nd or other living sons. If no son reaches 25 years of age the trust premises are to be held by the trustees for his wife during her widowhood ‘with power to dispose of said trust premises in such manner as she shall by deed or will appoint in her lifetime amongst the daughter of daughters issue of my marriage’ Should Elizabeth remarry, and there only being a daughter or daughters then the trustees are directed to hold the trust premises for the daughter (s) in equal share ‘as tenants in common until she or they shall attain the age of 21 years or marry under that age’, and in the ‘event of failure of or determination of the trusts…and subject to the trusts powers and provisions herein before declared…my trustees shall hold the said trust premises and rents and profits thereof and the income derived thereout in trust for my mother Caroline Johanna Blake should she be then living’ and after her death in trust for his brother Robert Attersoll Blake and sister Julia Emily Martha Blaine in equal shares as tenants in common. An annuity of £50 is to be paid to his widow when his son Edgar or other son reaches 25 years of age.
He also bequeath moneys from a Life Assurance policy to be invested ‘in any legally authorised security and to pay the income thereof not exceeding the sum of £70 per annum to my dear wife for her life so long as she remains unmarried and after her death as to the capital and income to pay over same to my said son Edgar V M B’ (p3). He bequeaths to his wife for her own use any other monies which may result from such policies which may be in place to cover an accidental death.
He appointed Wallace Beatty, M.D., 38 Merrion Square, Dublin and George Jackson Jones, 7, St. Edward Terrace, Garville Avenue, Rathmines, Co. Dublin and his mother Caroline Johanna Blake his trustees, and appoints his wife sole Executrix.

-11 September 1920: Copy of report by J Muldoon, Sergeant, RIC, Clifden, transmitted to Mrs Bessie Blake, 26 Wellington Road, Dublin, advising that he visited the evacuated Coastguard Station in Tullymore with Sergeant A O’Connor on 28^th August 1920 following a report that it had been ‘alleged maliciously burned’. Size 1p

-18 January 1924: Letter from Thomas Crozier & Son, Solicitors, 14 Ely Place Dublin to Mrs Blake, 26 Wellington Road, Dublin regarding the sale of the estate under the Land Act 1923, and compilation of a schedule of existing tenants and their holdings, and the difficulty in proving the title to the estate owing to all the original Title Deeds and so on being ‘burnt in the fire in the Four Court….Had the unfortunate fire at the Four Courts not have occurred, of course everything would have been different’ (p2), estimating the purchase monies to amount to £11,451, and the percentage of fee the solicitors would expect. Size 3pp

-5 June 1926 - 7 January 1931: Receipts issued by [E M] [Cartlan Mooney] to Mrs Blake for payment of a years or ½ years interest on a mortgage of £7,430.7.0. Size 8pp.

-15 December 1927 - 14 December 1929: Counterfoil of demand for Income Tax

-3 March 1930: letter from Joyce Mackie & Co., House, Estate & Insurance agents, Eyre Square, Galway to Mrs Bessie Blake, c/I National Bank, Baggot Street Bridge, Dublin enclosing annual account and vouchers’. Size 1p

-21 July 1927 - 2 January 1931: File of Irish Land Commission vouchers in respect of deductions of Income Tax from Payment in lieu of rent relating to the Blake estate. The payee is Raoul Joyce [Agent], of Glenina, Galway. Also includes receipt in respect of payment relating to Miss Bessie Blake’s lands at Derryinver, Tenant Charlie Flahertie, payer Raul Joyce and amount in respect of costs of dismiss’ (5 March 1930). Size 9pp

-8 December 1947 & 5 October 1959: Copy of Will of Edgar Valentine Myles Blake, 5 Colville Street, Nottingham, England, who died on 15 August 1959 in the River Trent at Nottingham. Noting that the administration of his estate was granted by the Court to his widowed sister, Joan Caroline Fanella Watkins, 30 Rodney Court, Maida Vale, London, W9. An affidavit for Inland Revenue confirmed the gross value of the personal estate within the United Kingdom amounted to £2,770.18.7, and that the net value of the estate was £2,726.15.6.
Blake appointed his sister and brother-in-law, Lt Col. Arthur Power Watkins, M.C, 68 Palace Court, Bayswater Road, W2 as trustees. He bequeath all his real and personal estate to his Trustees to sell and convert into money, and to invest the money, after payment of funeral and other expenses, in ‘any investments sanctioned by law for the investment of trust funds and to stand possessed of the investments and of all parts of my estate for the being unsold….upon trust to apply the income thereof and such sum or sums out of the capital as my Trustees shall in their absolute discretion deem proper and necessary for the maintenance educational advancement and benefit of my son John William Blake’ (p2). With regard to the expectant interest in the estate of my late father to which I am entitled upon the death of my mother upon trust for my said sister Joan Caroline Fanella Watkins absolutely into possession prior to my said son attaining the age of 21 my Trustees shall pay ….to my aid sister a sum of money or investments equivalent in amount or value to the money or investments which shall on my mother’s death have passed to me’ (p2). If Caroline pre-deceased him or died before 27 December 1951 the monies should be transferred to her husband.
No provision is made ‘for my wife and my reputed daughter Marjorie Blake for the reasons set out in a statement signed by me’ (p3). Size 2 items / 6pp

-16 March 1960 - 3 March 1961: Copy of Will of Elizabeth Josephine Blake, Marlborough House, 28/30 Victoria Road, norther, Southseas, Hampshire, who died on 23 November 1960. An affidavit for Inland Revenue confirmed the gross value of the personal estate within the United Kingdom amounted to £3,778.12.5, and that the net value of the estate was £3,731.3.11.
Blake bequeath her estate to her daughter Joan Caroline Fanella Watkins and appointed her her sole Executrix. She requested that her body be cremated and ‘it is my wish that there shall be no flower at my funeral’.
Size: 2pp

-1^st December 1966: Copies of Deed of Surrender of Tully Coast Guard Station between the Minister for Finance (lessee) and Joan C. F. Graham, Square house, Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham, England (Reversioner). Reciting details of lease of 2 July 1881 wherein Caroline Johanna Blake, guardian of Henry Edgar Valentine Blake, a minor, and the Commissioners of the Office of Lord High Admiral of UK and Ireland where all the premises were demised to the Commissioners from 1 November 1879 for 90 years at a yearly rent of £10. Now all the rights & title of Henry Edgar are vested in the Reversioner and all the rights & title of the Commissioners are vested in the Minister for Finance. Whereas the lessee has agreed with the Reversioner for the surrender to her of the premises for the unexpired residue of the lease described as ‘All that part of the townland of Tullymore containing two acres two roods and twenty-six perches statute measure more or less ….and also that part of the townland of Gorteennaglogh marked on said map as Boat house….all which said premises are intended for the Coast Guard Service and are situate in the Barony of Ballinahinch …’ (p1). Size 2 items / 6pp

ExtentCirca 36pp

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyMaterial obtained from private depositor who worked as a solicitor with a firm in Cheltenham, UK. When an old file relating to the Blakes, who had been clients of the firm many years before, was about to be shredded she rescued them. There was no possibility of contacting any Blakes as the one the firm acted for died many years ago.

Persons keywordBlake

SubjectCoastguard services, Landed Estates

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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