'Henry Blysse was a member of "The Companye of M'sers, Wollendrap's, Taylers, Inkepers & fullers" of Daventry. After his death there appears in the records of this company, instead of his name, the name of Margaret Blisse, who paid ... dues in 1589, as a member of the company. That she came to be a member thereof through inheritance can scarcely be questioned. There is no direct record proof that she was the widow of Henry Blysse, the draper. Nevertheless the evidence, though merely of a circumstantial nature, is of sufficient merit to convince the careful analysist, after a study of all Bliss records, that she was Henry's widow and his successor in the linen drapery trade.'
