Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Blake, Robert (1)
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Blake, Robert, of Somerset, pleb. St. Alban Hall, matric. 26 Jan., 1615-16, aged 17; B.A. from Wadham Coll. 10 Feb., 1617-18 (son and heir of Humphrey, of Bridgwater), M.P. Bridgwater 1640, captain of dragoons in the parliamentary army, governor and defender of Taunton and a colonel, a commissioner of the navy, warden of the Cinque Ports, one of the 'admirals' or generals at sea 1649, a member of the Council of State 1651, won a victory at Santa Cruz 1657, etc., died 17 Aug., 1657, buried in Henry VII.'s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, but disinterred 12 Sept., 1661, brother of William 1620. See Fasti, i. 369; Gardiner, 47; & D.N.B.