BLACKER OF DONCASTER

The will of Raphe Blacker of Doncaster, proved in 1582, mentions “Robt blacker and Walter my brethren”.[1] The names of these brothers suggest the likelihood that the testator was a son of John Blacker of Sandal Magna who died in 1560, leaving a will naming sons Rawffe, Robert and Walter.[2] An account of the ancestry of John Blacker was given by J.W. Walker.[3]

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BLACKER

RAPHE BLACKER of Doncaster, Yorkshire, glover, was buried in February 1581/82 at Doncaster.[4] He married CHRISTIAN.[5] She was buried on 6 September 1604 at Doncaster.[6] After the death of Raphe Blacker, she married, on 10 July 1582 at Doncaster, James Morehouse.[7]

Children of Raphe Blacker:

i ALICE BLACKER, bap 30 May 1561, Doncaster,[8] bur 6 Nov 1605, Doncaster;[9] m 21 Nov 1586, Doncaster, JOHN MARTIN.[10]

ii ELLEN BLACKER, bap 15 Aug 1563, Doncaster,[11] bur 14 Dec 1628, Doncaster;[12] m 6 Jul 1591, Doncaster, ROBERT WELLS[13] (see here).

iii ROGER BLACKER, bap 29 Jul 1565, Doncaster,[14] bur 30 Jun 1575, Doncaster.[15]

iv AGNES BLACKER, bap 13 Jul 1567, Doncaster.[16]

v ISABEL BLACKER, bap 22 May 1569, Doncaster,[17] bur 29 Mar 1610, Doncaster;[18] m 15 Sep 1589, St Mary le Wigford, Lincoln, GREGORY COOKE.[19]

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[1] Will dated 22 Jan 1581, proved 16 May 1582 (Borthwick Institute).

[2] Will dated 28 Jun 1560, proved 23 Jul 1560 (Borthwick Institute).

[3] J.W. Walker, “The Blackers of Blacker”, The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, 35(1943):235-60.

[4] Doncaster parish registers; will dated 22 Jan 1581, proved 16 May 1582 (Borthwick Institute). The exact date of burial is unclear. It may be 3 Feb or 8 Feb, but if so, the entry is out of order with the others in the same month.

[5] The will of Raphe Blacker names his wife Christian.

[6] Doncaster parish registers.

[7] Doncaster parish registers; Doncaster Archives, AB5/1/8.

[8] Doncaster parish registers.

[9] Doncaster parish registers.

[10] Doncaster parish registers.

[11] Doncaster parish registers.

[12] Doncaster parish registers.

[13] Doncaster parish registers.

[14] Doncaster parish registers.

[15] Doncaster parish registers.

[16] Doncaster parish registers.

[17] Doncaster parish registers.

[18] The Doncaster parish registers give the individual buried as “Margarett the wyf of Gregory Cooke”. The forename given for her appears to be an error. There seems to have been some confusion about it as the bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk) have a blank space left for her forename and refer only to “the wife of Gregory Cooke”.

[19] St Mary le Wigford, Lincoln, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Gregory Cooke later lived at Doncaster. His will, dated 12 Dec 1624 and proved 30 Apr 1625 (Borthwick Institute), leaves “unto Ellen wife of the said Rob[er]te Welles a gowne that was my former wives”.