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	Robert Blake - LoveToKnow 1911
		ROBERT BLAKE (1599-1657), English parliamentarian and admiral, was born at Bridgwater in Somersetshire.
		Blake was the eldest son of a well-to-do merchant, and received his early education at the grammar school of Bridgwater.
		Blake, who had only twenty ships, sailed to meet them, and the battle took place off Dover on the 19th of May. The Dutch were defeated in an engagement of four or five hours, lost two ships, and withdrew under cover of darkness.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Robert_Blake (1385 words)

	Robert Blake - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Blake, Robert (1599-1657), English admiral, born in Bridgwater, and educated at the University of Oxford.
		Robert Blake (born September 18, 1933) is an American actor most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta as well as his alleged involvement in the 2002 murder...
		Robert Blake may be: Robert Blake (admiral) (1599–1657), English naval commander; Robert Blake (dentist) (1772–1822), pioneering Irish dentist; Robert Blake (Medal of Honor...
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	Robert Blake (admiral) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Blake (1599 – August 17, 1657) was one the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England, and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century.
		Blake was one of thirteen siblings born to a merchant in Bridgwater, Somerset, UK, where he attended grammar school.
		Blake's brother Benjamin Blake (1614-1689) served under Robert, emigrated to Carolina in 1682, and was the father of Joseph Blake, governor of South Carolina in 1694 and from 1696 to 1700.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Blake_(admiral) (1323 words)

	ROBERT BLAKE - LoveToKnow Article on ROBERT BLAKE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blake was the eldest son of a well-to-do merchant, and received his early education at the gran~mar school of Bridgwater~ In 1615 he was sent to Oxford, entering at first St Albans Hall, but removing afterwards to Wadham College, then recently founded.
		Blake, who had only twenty ships, sailed to meet them, and the battle took place off Dover on the I9th of May. The Dutch were defeated in an engagement of four or five hours, ]ost two ships, and withdrew under cover of darkness.
		In April 1657 Blake, then in very ill health, suffering from dropsy and scurvy, and anxious to have assistance in his arduous duties, heard that the Plate fleet lay at anchor in the bay of Santa Cruz, in the island of Teneriffe.
	90.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BL/BLAKE_ROBERT.htm (1615 words)

	Blake 350 News
		One Robert Blake emigrated from Somerset in 1873 to the Falkland Islands and Argentina to be a sheep farmer.
		Admiral Robert Blake - dubbed the Father of the Royal Navy and whose seafaring exploits in the 17th century helped to establish Britain's supremacy as a naval power - was baptised in St Mary's Church, Bridgwater, in 1599.
		Blake's most famous exploits on land were at the Siege of Bristol in July 1643, the Siege of Lyme in April 1644, the Siege of Taunton in 1645 and the Siege of Dunster in November 1645.
	www.blakemuseum.org.uk /page5.php (2629 words)

	Admiral Robert Blake
		Sometime after one Robert Blake of Chicago took the tombstone away to Chicago to help him establish a claim to the estate of Admiral Blake, who was a relative of our Captain Blake.
		Blake, Robert (1599 - 1657), English Parliamentarian and Admiral, born at Bridgwater in Somersetshire.
		Blake was elected to parliament for Bridgwater in 1640, as an opponent of the Court … As soon as it became evident that the contest between King and Parliament must be decided by arms, Blake seems to have been entirely concerned with raising troops to resist the royal forces.
	www3.telus.net /charlotte_taylor/Folder1/Admiral_Robert_Blake.htm (1060 words)

	Robert Blake 1599-1657
		Blake was then stationed with 500 men at the garrison of Lyme in Dorset, which was besieged by Rupert's brother Prince Maurice in April 1644.
		Blake suffered a setback at the end of November 1652 when Tromp appeared with 80 warships off Dungeness, determined to keep the Channel open for Dutch trade.
		Blake won his greatest victory in April 1657 when he attacked another Spanish treasure fleet which had docked in the strongly-defended harbour of Santa Cruz on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/blake.htm (1478 words)

	Robert Blake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Blake (admiral) (1599–1657), an English military commander of the 17th Century
		Robert Blake (folksinger), a folksinger from the Pacific Northwest who recorded a split LP with Erik Peterson
		Robert Harrison Blake, a character based on Robert Bloch from H. Lovecraft's short story "The Haunter of the Dark"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Blake (192 words)

	Admiral Robert Blake
		Sometime after one Robert Blake of Chicago took the tombstone away to Chicago to help him establish a claim to the estate of Admiral Blake, who was a relative of our Captain Blake.
		Blake, Robert (1599 - 1657), English Parliamentarian and Admiral, born at Bridgwater in Somersetshire.
		Blake was elected to parliament for Bridgwater in 1640, as an opponent of the Court … As soon as it became evident that the contest between King and Parliament must be decided by arms, Blake seems to have been entirely concerned with raising troops to resist the royal forces.
	www3.bc.sympatico.ca /charlotte_taylor/Folder1/Admiral_Robert_Blake.htm (1060 words)

	Blake surname interest
		Admiral Blake came to Clunes at 49 years of age and married Eliza Ward when he was 50.
		A grandaughter of the Admiral, Mena Blake, married a Robbins and, as one of the Robbins married a Pickford, the Blakes, Robbins and Pickfords all became related.
		William Blake (the Admiral) aged 86 years, one of the oldest (?) settlers in Clunes, was brought up at the police (?) yesterday charged with lunacy.
	home.primus.com.au /slugdog/surnames/Blake.html (1253 words)

	Bridgwater Admiral Robert Blake
		Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Robert Blake was the eldest of eight surviving children of a prosperous West Country merchant.
		Blake was elected to the Short Parliament in the spring of 1640 as MP for Bridgwater, but lost his seat in the elections for the Long Parliament the following autumn.
		Blake's defence of Lyme and Taunton made him a popular hero in the west and he was elected MP for Bridgwater in the "recruiter" by-elections of 1646.
	www.bridgwateruk.com /blake.htm (1419 words)

	Robert Blake - MSN Encarta
		Robert Blake (1599 — August 17, 1657) was one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England, and one of the most famous English admirals of the...
		During the English Revolution, he commanded the Parliamentary fleet of Oliver Cromwell that in 1650 defeated and sank most of the Royalist fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.
		In 1652 and 1653, during the naval war brought on by English economic restrictions aimed at Dutch trade, Blake commanded the English forces that won a series of notable victories over the Dutch navy, including a fleet commanded by the famous Dutch admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566538/Robert_Blake.html (231 words)

	BLAKE HERITAGE
		Admiral Robert Blake: Robert was Commander of the Navy of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth and a 'General-at-Sea', and he became one of the most renowned seamen in English history.
		He defeated the Dutch Admiral Van Tromp in 1651 and he was responsible for introducing the 'Articles of War' which became the basis of Naval discipline.
		Robert and his brothers Benjamin and Humphrey, cousin Robert, M.P. for Taunton, brother Samuel killed in a duel with Royalists at Streachill in 1642 and John Blake of Pitminster killed at Taunton, all supported the Parliament, while Robert (Moroccan) Blake was hanged by Royalists at Abingdon in 1642 although he supported the King.
	groups.msn.com /BLAKEHERITAGE/fightingmen.msnw (452 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Blake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		George Blake, (1922-), a British spy, and double agent for the Soviet Union
		The Blake clan were among the most extensive landowners in Connacht from the 16th to the 19th century.
		Sir Richard Blake was the speaker of the Assembly of Confederate Catholics.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Blake (153 words)

	About Admiral Robert Blake
		Robert Blake, born in 1598, was the eldest child of the large family of well-to-do Bridgwater merchant and landowner Humphrey Blake - both Robert's father and grandfather had been mayors of Bridgwater, and two of his younger brothers were later to fill that office.
		In April 1640 King Charles I called his first parliament for eleven years and Robert Blake was elected as one of the members for Bridgwater.
		Blake was not re-elected to the parliament called in November 1640, supplanted by another candidate of higher social status.
	www.blakemuseum.org.uk /view/2 (274 words)

	Blake, Robert on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robert Mora Getty Images 04-22-2002 404311 26: Actor Robert Blake's attorney, Harland Braun (R), speaks to the media outside the Van Nuys courthouse for Blake's arraignment April 22, 2002 in Van Nuys, CA.
		Robert Blake L'acteur américain Robert Blake, célébre pour son interprétation de l'inspecteur "Baretta" à la télévision, a.
		Robert Mora Getty Images 05-01-2002 404790 34: Actor Robert Blake's attorney, Harland Braun, speaks to the media outside the Van Nuys Superior Court following a preliminary hearing for Blake and his bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, May 1, 2002 in Van Nuys, CA.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Blake-R1o.asp (925 words)

	Robert Blake: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/robert_blake (192 words)

	ROBERT BLAKE (1599-1657) - Online Information article about ROBERT BLAKE (1599-1657)
		Blake was the eldest son of a well-to-do See also:
		BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf.
		Monk were repulsed by Tromp; but on the second day the scales were turned by the arrival of Blake, and the Dutch retreated to the Texel.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BLAKE_ROBERT_1599_1657_.html (2255 words)

	Admiral Robert Blake « Jo’s Journal
		Admiral Robert Blake was born in 1599 in Bridgwater, the eldest of thirteen children born to a merchant in a little town house which is now the Admiral Blake museum.
		He attended the local Grammar School and became one of the most important military commanders of the British Commonwealth. He was one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th Century.
		A statue of Blake was erected in the town centre in the early 1900s.
	jo19.wordpress.com /2008/05/07/admiral-robert-blake (422 words)

	Westminster Abbey
		Robert Blake was baptised on 27 September 1598 at St Mary's church, Bridgwater in Somerset.
		Blake was unmarried and left his estate to his brothers Humphrey and Benjamin.
		The inscription, in red and fl, reads: In memory of Robert Blake Admiral and General of the Fleet, who trusting in God and in the valour of his countrymen wrought great victories for England at sea and worthily maintained the honour of the Nation.
	www.westminster-abbey.org /history-research/monuments-gravestones/people/30228 (519 words)

	Somerset Blakes
		Robert Blake is named in the Armada count of 1586, when he agrees to provided ‘ one light horse.’ Robert’s namesake and grandson, Robert, became the famous Admiral.
		Robert Blake was a Colonel in the Army before Cromwell made him General at Sea in 1649, at the age of 50 years.
		Anne Blake the daughter of John Blake the elder was also a granddaughter of Humphrey Blake.
	www.btinternet.com /~mary.mason/admiral/rr_toc.htm (494 words)

	JOHNSON DIGGINGS, BLAKE FAMILY Part 1
		The worst was claiming that Thomas was a grandson of Sir Robert Blake, the Admiral, and General of the Sea, of Cromwell.
		She appears to have confused the Admiral with his grandfather, Sir Robert Blake, the Mayor of Bridgwater, Somerset.
		Blake Cond.(?) 2 1750 NC, Granville Co., List of Titheables William Blake one tithe 1 17 Apr 1750 George Rollison to William Blake both of Granville Co., 250 acres on north side of Fishing Creek, being 1/2 of a grant of 500 acres, to John Alston, paid with VA money.
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	HISTORY
		For sure the most famous person to have been born here was the late Admiral Robert Blake in 1598.
		Also known for being on English Admiral who was a parliamentarian during the English Civil War, and pursued the royalist fleet to the Mediterranean Sea, where he defeated it in 1650.
		The Bridgwater Admirals and the Robert Blake Stadium took their names from this small town and from the man that it is famous for.
	bridgwater-admirals.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /page5.html (165 words)

	Robert Blake : Naval Leaders : History : Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robert Blake was the most distinguished admiral or general-at-sea during the Commonwealth period following Parliament's victory in the English Civil War.
		Blake was also largely responsible for improved naval tactics brought together in the Fighting Instructions, which were employed by the English fleet in 1653.
		Blake learned of the presence of the flota in the Canary Islands and destroyed it at the Battle of Santa Cruz on 20 April 1657.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server.php?show=nav.3873 (423 words)

	JOHNSON DIGGINGS, BLAKE of Wiltshire and Somersetshire
		This Blake family is believed to be ancestral to at least three Blake families that came to the English Colonies before 1700.
		William Blake of Pitminster, who went to Dorchester, in the Boston area; Thomas Blake of Bridgwater, who went to Isle of Wight Co., VA; and Joseph Blake of Plainsfield, who went to the Carolinas and became Colonial Governor of South Carolina.
		This is 14 years after Thomas Blake of Isle of Wight Co., VA, was granted headrights of 240 acres for transporting five persons to VA. The deficiency of 10 acres was corrected in 1670 while granting 150 more acres for transporting three more persons.
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