MRP: Elias Vander Beke will

Elias Vander Beke will

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Abstract & context

Elias Vander Beke (b. ?, d. ca. 1666) was the brother and commercial partner of Arnold Vander Beke (b. ?, d. ca. 1675). The two brothers resided in St George Botolph Lane, and appeared there in the London 1666 Hearth Tax return in adjacent buildings:

Butolph Lane west

Arnoll Beake 9 hearths
Elias Beake 7 hearths

Elias wrote his will in 1653, circa fourteen years before his death. He mentioned children, but did not name them. Interestingly, he mandated that two thirds of his estate, after the payment of legacies, was to go to his children, and that this portion of the estate was to be distributed equally between his children, no matter their birth order or sex ("when the arrive at age, if there shalbe left alive more than one Child, each shall have his equall share, when they come of age and the one not more than the other")

Elias mentioned two married sisters - "?Macyke (OR, Maryke) now wife of ?Legier ?Pietters of fflushing") and Sarah Dolins, married to John Dolins, with whom he had commercial dealings.

Arnold Vander Beke died circa nine years after his brother Elias. The wording of his will suggests that he had been struggling with debts, though he still left reasonable legacies to a son and daughter- Whereas Elias did not name his childrem, Arnold Vander Beke mentioned his two sons, Samuell and Abraham, and an unmarried daughter, Sarah. His wife, Elizabeth, was living at his death.

The Vander Beke brothers appear relatively frequently in HCA records in the 1650s and 1660s. These records show that they were active in trading with Bourdeaux and other French ports, in commodities such as wine and vinegar.

Arnold Vander Beke appears also to have partnered commercially with Peter Mathews, a London merchant, also in trade between London and France,

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Suggested links

PROB 11/348 Dycer 52-105 Will of Arnold Vander Beke 22 July 1675

HCA 13/68: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Samuel Beake, sonne of Arnold Beake: Date: October 10th 1653
- Mentions Arnold Beake, his father, Mr Peter Mathews, and John Dolins, who were owners of the S:t John, which carryed 300 pigs of lead lead from London to Nantes, to be invested in wine and vinegar in Nantes, and then transported to Flanders
- The ship was captained by a Fleming, ?Roger Clauson, who may have been a subject of the king of Spain or of the United Provinces
- Mentions a ?Mircaut de ?Haze (OR, Michael de ?Haze) at Dover, Arnold Beake's correspondent
- Mentions Martyn and Henry Domez, Arnold Beake's factors and agents in France
- A Bill of Exchange was drawn on a Monsier de ?Founteyne of Paris

HCA 13/68: Case: XXXX: Deposition: 3. James Hedgethorne, Servant to M:r Arnold Beake, aged 17: Date: October 10th 1653
- James Hedgethorne, aged 17, was the servant of Arnold Beake
- Wine and vinegar from Nantes to be transported to Dunkirke in Flanders to Arnold Beake's Dunkirke correspondents, Joos ?ffreenXtt and William ?Cousnis

HCA 13/68: Case: The Clayme of Beake & Mathews: Deposition: Peter ?Som, Servant to M:r Peter Mathews, aged ?21: Date: October 14th 1653
- The ship the S:t John was bought by Arnold Beake and Peter mathews for 490-07-00 sterling, and paid with a bill of exchange drawn from Holland on Peter Mathews by order of one M:r Anthins de ?Sondt
- Peter ?Soen (OR, ?Som) was the servant and "cashere" of Mr Peter Mathews and saw his correspondence and books of accompt

HCA 13/127: 23 January 1654 The personal answers of Arnold and Elias Beake of this Citty of London Merchants
- Refers to the ship the St John the Baptist; John Claeson M:r. The St John the Baptist was a Dutch built ship, built in Holland or Zealand, taken as lawfull prize in late war between England and Dutch and sold by the Commissioners of the Prize Office. Arnold and Elias Beake and John Johns, all of London, merchants, bought the above ship ("Arnold & Elias Beake & Comp:ie"). The ship and goods were seized by the Black Raven, Robert Sedgwick M:r. The goods seized were for the greatest part of the growth & manufactory of France, and were laded aboard by the factors and correspondents of the Beakes at Bayon, France. The factors were either frenchmen or dutchmen, subjects of the King of France. The vessel and goods was taken ca. March 1653, but were never brought to any adjudication or triall according to lawe, and were worth ca. 3000 pounds. At the time of the seizure many English had been impressed, so the Beakes also employed some "strangers" in their ship ("believe they were all or most of them dansickers & Easterlings and such as were free persons"). The master of the ship "was a dansicker and in amity with this Comonwealth"

HCA 13/69: Deposition: Peter Parravacin, servant & apprentice of George Toriano, merchant: Date: June 3rd 1654
- "?Beake and company against XXX Piper and ?dustX"

HCA 13/76: Case: XXXX: Deposition: 1. Abraham Beake, son of Arnold Beake, aged 22: Date: October 29th 1666
- Abraham Beake was factor at Bordeaux for his father Arnold Beake, and for Elias Beake, his uncle
- Mentions his uncle Elias Beake
- Arnold and Elias Beake have "bin merchants of and dwellers in London (where they at present inhabit) and subiects of his Ma:tie and such ias have and doe drive a trade of merchandize betwixt England and ffrance upon their owne accompt for wine, brandy and vinager, andXXXX XXXX good quantities thereof XXXX them to London from ffrance for the proper acco:t of them the said Arnold and Elias Beake who were and are partners in ther trade and busines."
- Abraham Beake loaded brandy and vinegar on the ffortune at Bordeaux for Arnold and Elias Beake

HCA 13/76: Case: XXXX: Deposition: 2. Johannes Poplar, of St Salvatoris, Southwarke, yeoman, aged 26: Date: October 29th 1666
- Refers to Samuell Beake at Bordeaux

HCA 13/76: Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 2. Johannes Rainmorter, of North Yarmouth, sailor, aged 25: Date: November 13th 1666
- Refers to the producent Samuell Beake "a merchant of good quality and reputaccon and one that drives and hath driven a good trade in salt wines, and other ffrench Merchandizes for his owne acc:t from severall places in ffrance to the kingdomes of Ireland and England. And saith that the said Beake is to y:e best of his knowledge and as hee beleeveth an Englishman, the sonne of y:e aclate Arnold Beake"
- Samuell Beake was trading between Bordeaux and Dublin

HCA 13/76: Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 1. Johannes Rainmorter, of North Yarmouth, sailor, aged 25

HCA 13/76: Case: The Swedish Lyon: Deposition: 3. Arnoldus Beake, of Crutched ffryers, London, merchant, aged ?56 (OR, ?58): Date: November 16th 1666
- Arnold Beake was living "in Crutched ffryers London", aged ?56
- "Samuel Beake is this deponents sonne and was borne in the parish of S:t Buttolph ?Billensgate in this city of London, and here educated by this deponent his father and was and is a subiect of o:r soveraigne Lord y:e King and for such commonly accounted."
- "Samuel liveth at Bourdeaux as a merchant stranger and facto:r being an Englishman and a batchelour noe housekeeper but a lodger there, And that hath driven and doth drive a very considerable trade in merchandizing from Rochel, MoXXXX and other places in ffrance to Corke and other places in Ireland upon his owe acc:t And to that purpose keepes his factors at the respective places"

13/76: Case: XXXX: Deposition: Samuell Swynocke, of St Catherine Colman, ffanchurch street, London, merchant, aged 43: Date: November 16th 1666
- The Cumberland went on "a trading voyage from this port of London to Rochel from thence to Dublin in Ireland from thence back to Rochel and Bourdeaux.". At Bordeaux the Master of the ship, Peter Knight, sold the ship to Samuell Beake.

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Transcription

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I ELIAS VANDER BEKE Knoweing that there is nothing more certaine than Death and nothing more uncertaine than the XXXX XXXX time made this for my last will and Testament FIRST I comitt my Soule into the hands of God Alsoe I give out of the estate which I shall have unto theXXX of the XXX XXXXX here in London the summe of ffifty pounds Sterling, and to the poore of pur parish Olaves ffive pounds sterling. Alsoe I give unto my wife XXX house XX XXX Linnen and other things which at present are in our house
Ffurther I give unto my wife One third part of my moneys goods an
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ESTATE which shalbe found the Legacies hereafter mencconed being first satisfied or deducted

ITEM I give unto my children, That is to say XXX those are already borne, and those which hereafter may bee begotten ny mee and my wife the other two third parts of my Estate which I shall leave the Legacies here before specified being first deducted And if it should bee but one left THen my Wife shall have further One Sixth part of my Estate which with the aforemenconed 1/3 part will make the one halfe of my Estate And if it should please God to take all my Children out of this world before they should arrive to mens or womens estate in such case The halfe part going Estate which would have belonged unto my children shalbe given to the children of my Brother Arnold Vander Beke one fourth part of the said halfe to the Children of my Sister ?Macyke (OR, Maryke) now wife of ?Legier ?Pietters of fflushing One other ffourth part of the halfe to the Children of my Sister Sarah now wife of John Dolins another fourth part of the halfe and the remaining ffourth part unto my cozen Abraham Vander Beake Sonne of my deceased brother Isaac Vander Beke, and in case any of these parties shall die then the part portion of the decd shalbe equally devided amongst those which are liveing Alsoe my ffunerall Charges to bee deducted, and to the performance thereof I desire my Brother Arnold Vander Beake, and my Brother in Law John Dolins to see that this may bee performed according to my Will, and give them as Trustees for my Child or Children and give them just power to dispose of the moneyes and estate of my children for them and see them brought upp and when the arrive at age, if there shalbe left alive more than one Child, each shall have his equall share, when they come of age and the one not more than the other That is to say soe soone as the first shalbe at age his or her full share shall bee paid whatsoever their part or interest shall amount unto. The charges upon them Expended being first deducted And I give unto my said Trustees or Overseers for their trouble each Tenn pounds Sterling which shalbe taken out of the Generall Capitall or Stock

IN WITNESSE of the truth I have signed these psents in London the 24:th October 1653

signed Elias Van Beke (sic)

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Notes

Variant names

Beake, Beak, Beacke, Beck, Beeke, Becke, Beke

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French merchants

Report concerning French Merchants Goods seized, for being imported contrary to the King's Proclamation (January 1667)

"DIE Sabbati, 26 die Januarii. [1667]:...Report concerning French Merchants Goods seized, for being imported contrary to the King's Proclamation:"

Next, the Earl of Dorsett reported, "That the Committee have examined the several French Merchants sworn Yesterday; and they have answered punctually to the respective Votes of the House of Commons, in which they have given full Satisfaction to the Committee:

"1st, That the Goods in Question were the proper Goods of Englishmen, and no Part belonging to any of His Majesty's Enemies.

"2dly, That the said Goods were the Product of English Commodities, and native Growth, and not for Money sent out of England for them.

"3dly, That the said Goods were the first of them laden the 24th of October last, Stilo Novo; and the last the 30th of November, Stilo Novo.

"Lastly, That divers Persons were ready, to the Number of Twenty and upwards, to have been examined, and have given the same Satisfaction to their Lordships as the others did; but, by reason their Lordships conceived themselves bound up by the Order of this House, not to examine any more than were in the said Order, they could not proceed with them as they did with the other; but they being a Part of the List wherein the Ladings and Goods of others were mentioned, and a more considerable one, as being the better Half, their Lordships did conceive them fit Objects of their Commiseration as well as the other, because that they had only the Misfortune of coming too late to be sworn with the rest, not any Ways through their own Default."

Hereupon this House ORDERED, That these Persons should be sworn at this Bar, and be examined by the said Committee as the former Merchants were Yesterday, to the same Intents, and upon the same Grounds; and the Committee is to meet this Afternoon, at Four of the Clock.

And accordingly these Persons following were sworn at the Bar:

Witnesses concerning it to be examined.

Edward Sclater.
Arnold & Elias Bcake (sic).
John Loveroo.
John Dobie.
Thomas Dade.
Arnold Sautillon.
Robert Bendish, for himself and Abraham Castle and Company.
Nicholas Hayward, on Behalf of John Wadlowe.

Thomas Seaward.
John Mervin.
Joseph Tompson.
Edmond Warner.
James Nutmaker.
Richard Hitchman.
Nich'as Lowe.
Sam. Swynoch.
Joseph Batalier.
John Stone p Vicars.
John Dolins.

Thomas Cutler.
Thomas Fincham.
William Chambers.
Anth. Gronen.
William Coles.
Sam. Atkins.
William Carbonell.
John Foster.
Thomas Collect.
John Holman.
James Lane."

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Possible primary sources

TNA

C 6/206/4 Short title: Beake v Beake. Plaintiffs: Anne Beake widow, Elias Beake, Johanne Beake, Anne Beake and Sarah Beake. Defendants: Arnold Beake, Samuel Beake and Abraham Beake. Subject: money matters, Middlesex. Document type: bill, two answers. 1673
C 6/227/10 Short title: Beake v Hill. Plaintiffs: Samuel Beake, Philip Gawdy, Samuel Pycroft, Francis Michleburgh, Henry Cornwallis and William Cutlove. Defendants: John Hill and William Crane. Subject: property in Hales, Norfolk. Document type: bill, answer. 1676

C 9/137/18 Beake v. Beake 1692

C 10/3/51 Thomas Flood v Arnold Beake, Elias Beake and William Taylor: money matters, Middx 1649 Litigation
C 10/45/51 Edwards, Love v. Ruchworth, Beake, Elford: Middx 1653
C 10/105/106 Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Whittington. Jacob Luce, Katherine Santen widow, Anne Beake widow and Solomon Morris v John Norris, John Wood, George Myris and William Watts: money matters, Middlesex. Bill and answer. 01 January 1671 - 31 December 1671 Litigation
C 10/107/19 Beake v. Beake. 1671
C 10/176/15 Beak v. Beak: Middx. 1670
C 10/178/23 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1670
C 10/191/11 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1674
C 10/474/155 James Long and Benjamin Long v Arnold Beake: money matters, Middlesex. Bill only 1674
C 10/487/16 Beake v. Beake: Middx 1675
C 10/486/16 Beake v. Beake: Middx. 1675
C 10/486/17 Whittington. Beach v. Withers, Beake: Middx. 1676

PROB 11/311 Will of Abraham Dolins, Merchant of London 11 July 1663 Juxon 52-102
PROB 11/321/342 Elizabeth Vander Beake Widow Saint Swithin, City of London 31 July 1666
PROB 11/324/440 Elias Vander Beke or Vander Beak Saint Olave Hart Street. 03 July 1667
PROB 11/348 Will of Arnold Vander Beke XXXX 1675
PROB 11/381/426 Samuel Beake Merchant Saint George and Saint Mary at Hill, City of London. 02 December 1685

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