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Bond, relating to the Property of Pascoe Ellis, dated 5 March 1835

(On the Reverse)
 
5 March 1835
Deanery of St. Buryan
Bond on the administration to the effects of Pascoe Ellis decd. being granted.
 
(Document)
Know all Men by those presents that we Mary Ellis of the parish of St. Buryan in the County of Cornwall Widow, Frances Maddern and John Williams both of the said parish of St. Buryan Farmers
are held and firmly bound unto the Honorable and Reverend Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope Clerk Master of Arts Dean of the Royal Peculiar and Exempt Jurisdiction of the Deanery of St. Buryan, in the sum of Six hundred pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope or his certain Attorney Executors Administrators or Assigns for which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us by himself and herself for the whole our and each and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these present, Sealed with our Seals Dated the fifth day of March in the fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
 
The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bounden Mary Ellis being, as the Widow, admitted Administratrix to all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of Pascoe Ellis late of the parish of St. Buryan aforesaid Mine Agent deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, which have or shall, come into the hands possession or knowledge of her the said Mary Ellis or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for her and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Deanery of St. Buryan on or before the last day of June next ensuing and the same Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, at the time of his death which, at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Mary Ellis or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for her, do well and truly administer according to Law and further do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Accompt of her Administration on or before the last day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty six and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattels and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administratrix’s Accompt (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Court) shall deliver and pay into such person, or persons, respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of an act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, entitled “An Act for the better Settling of Intestates Estates” shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased and the executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Court, making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Mary Ellis above bounden, being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration, (approbation of such Testament being first had and made) in the said Court, Then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue.

(signed) Mary Ellis (seal)
(signed) Francis Maddern (seal)
(signed) John Williams (seal)

Sealed and Delivered (being first duly sworn stamp’d in presence of
Benjn. Donninson clerk to Mr. Francis Paynter Register of the said Deanery (signed)

  
N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
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