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JOHN SHEEPSHANKS Clerk Master of the Arts of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall lawfully constituted To owe beloved in the Christ Hugh Harry of the Parish of Saint Mabyn in the County of Cornwall Yeoman Whereas by Indenture bearing date the 5th day of November 1750 made between John Treise of Blisland Esquire of the first part John Pawley of the Parish of Simonward in the said County Yeoman of the second part and John Harry of the Parish of Saint Mabyn in the said Couty Gentleman of the third part the said John Treise by the direction of the said John Harvey assigned and transferred unto the said John Cawley his Executors Administrators and Assigns all and singular those to Tenements situate lying and being in the said Parish of Saint Mabyn in the village of Tregaddock commonly called or known by the name of Tuckers Tenement and Phillps Tenement and every part and parcel thereof part and parcel thereof with their appurtenances and all other the lands of the said John Harry within the said Parish of Saint Mabyn TO HOLD the same unto the said John Crawley his Executors Administrators and Assigns for the residue of a certain Term of 1000 years executed by an Indenture bearing date the 26th day of December 1733 then to come and unexpired In Trust for the said John Harry his Heirs and Assigns and to intend the Inheritance of the said premises AND WHEREAS by diverse mesne correspondence devises and other good and sufficient assurances in the Law John Kempe of the Borough of Fowey Clerk and William Cole of Boscastle Gentleman are now become entitled to the freehold and inheritance of the said premises and have also the sole and equitable right title and interest to the now residue of the said term And whereas it has been alleged on the part of the said John Kempe and William Cole that the said John Pawley died intestate and without making any Assignment of the said premises or the then residue of the said term of 1000 years and no Letters of Administration of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said John Pawley deceased may be committed and granted and thereof the said John Kempe and William Cole are unable to make a complete legal title to the said premises for want of a personal representative of the said John Pawley deceased and Whereas the said John Kempe and William Cole are desirous that Letters of Administration of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said John Pawley deceased may be committed and granted to the above named Hugh Harry limited only for the purpose of assessing the residue and remainder of the said Term of 1000 years so aforesaid vested in the said John Pawley deceased to the same person or persons In Trust to attend upon the reversion freehold and inheritance of the said premises for the purpose of protecting the same from mesne incumbrances We do therefore by these presents grant full power and authority to you the said Hugh Harry a person named by and on part and behalf of the said John Kempe and William Cole and in whose fidelity we confide to administer and faithfully dispose of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said John Pawley deceased limited so far as concerns all the right title and inheritance of herein the said John Pawley deceased in and to all those tenements and premises hereinbefore and in the said part recited Indenture of the 5th day of November 1750 more particularly described and the residue and remainder of the said term of 1000 years therein now to come and unexpired and all benefit and advantage to be had received and taken there from but no further or otherwise or in any other manner whatsoever you being first sworn upon the Holy Evangelist well and faithfully to administer the same and to make a true and perfect Inventory of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said John Pawley deceased limited as aforesaid and to be hereunto lawfully required And We do by virtue of these presents ordain constitute and appoint you the said Hugh Harry Administrator of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the sauid John Pawley deceased limited so far as concerns all the right tile and inheritance of him the said John Pawley deceased in and to all and singular the said Tenements and premises with the appurtenances hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described and the residue and remainder of the said term of 1000 years therein granted aforesaid and now to come and unexpired and all benefit and advantage to be had received and taken there from but no further or otherwise or any other manner whatsoever saving nevertheless the right of every other person given under the seal of our Office the 28th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1863
John Wallis Registrar

Extracted by
Preston Wallis Procto Bodmin

(Large seal of John Sheepshank attached)

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Contributed by Malcolm McCarthy, (Malc in Sunny Padstow), who has the original document.