 Following Blagge's death, he was replaced by Henry Gate as comptoller of petty custom as early as 27 June 1551.A further, but rather late, trace of his death in official records was the issue of a writ of "diem clausit extremum" to the escheator of Kent on 3 December 1551.Blagge married Dorothy Badby or Badbye, who was probably considerably younger and outlived him by several decades