claimed as transported
Probable. Assessed by Cursor Grok 4.7 on 2026-10-15.
The abstract names Richard Walton among eleven persons transported. Blake and Flake are both printed for the patentee, and this import does not choose between them. The date is the patent date.
Assessment scalar: 0.74. Editorial weight, recorded with this assessment.
Richard Walton · Blake and Eldridge patent, 20 August 1650 claimed as transported by 20 August 1650, Isle of Wight patent to Blake or Flake, and Eldridge.
Documented
- The abstract, Patent Book 2, page 240, Isle of Wight County, 20 August 1650, names Richard Walton among eleven persons. The heading says Robert Blake and Samuell Eldridge. The body says Flake and Eldridge. It does not decide Blake or Flake, call Richard a servant, give a ship, or match him to any other Richard Walton.
Compiled
None recorded.
Inferred
- The patent date is read as a bound. The two patentee spellings are not reconciled.
Against
None recorded.