John Blacknall
English landowner and benefactor
About John Blacknall
Lived 1583 – 1625 (aged 41–42).
John Blacknall (1583 – 21 August 1625) was a landowner and benefactor to Abingdon-on-Thames.
Early life and education He was born in 1583, son of William Jr. His grandfather William Sr. was a wealthy landowner and owner of the Abbey mills. William Sr. had originally bought the Abbey land after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
He is believed to have been educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) and later studied at The Queen's College, Oxford.
Career He was a barrister-at-law and qualified from Middle Temple but decided not to practice.
Death and legacy He died of the plague on 21 August 1625 and has a Monument with effigies in St Nicolas Church, Abingdon. By his will dated 9 August 1625 he bequeathed 40 shillings per annum for the schoolmaster of Abingdon School. He left £16,000 (a fortune at the time) to his daughter Mary Blacknall.
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English landowner and benefactor
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John Blacknall was born in 1583.
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John Blacknall died on 21 August 1625.
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