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Bond, dated 29 March 1832, relating to the property of John Hutchens

(On the Reverse)
 
29th. March 1832.
Deanery of St. Buryan
Bond on Administration to the Effects of John Hutchens late of St. Buryan decsd being granted to Mary Hutchens his Widow.
 
(Bond)
 
Know all Men by those Presents that We Mary Hutchens of the Parish of Saint Buryan in the County of Cornwall widow Sampson Hutchens of the Parish of Paul in the said County Farmer and John Wallis of the Parish of Ludgvan in the said County Farmer 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 Saint Buryan in the sum of Two Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope or to his certain Attorneys Executors Administrators or assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself and herself for the whole our And each and every of our Heirs successors and Administrators firmly by those Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the twentynineth day of March in the Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kindom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two.
 
The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden Mary Hutchens being as the widow Administratix of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of John Hutchens late of the parish of Saint Buryan aforesaid Carpenter deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands Possession or Knowledge of her the said Mary Hutchens 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 Saint Buryan at or before the last day of June next ensuing and the same Goods Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles 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 Hutchens 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 Account Of her said Administration at or before the last day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty one and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administratix Accout The same being first examined and allowed of by the judge or judges for the time being of the said bond shall deliver and pay unto 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 a later Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second intituled an Act for the better settling of Intestate 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 of Executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Court making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly of the said Mary Hutchens above bounden being thereunto required to render and deliver the said Letter of Administration of Appurtenances of such Instrument 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 Hutchens (seal)
(signed) Sampsn Hutchens (seal)
(signed) John Wallis (seal)

Signed and delivered in the Presence of Uriah Tonkin Surrogate

 
N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:-
LDS Film No. 2276076 Image Nos. 4046814_00056 and 4046814_00057

 
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