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Bond relating to the Property of William Hooper,
dated 1 May 1844
Admon of William Hooper
St Enoder
1st May 1844
Bond
Upon the Administration
of the Goods etc of William
Hooper Farmer deceased granted
to Thomas Hooper the Son and
one of the next of kin of the
said deceased
The Administrator
was sworn before Charles
Grylls Clerk AB Surrogate
Effects sworn under £50
Died in May 1842
Stamp 10/- Preston Wallis
Know all men by these Presents that We Thomas Hooper of the
Parish of St Enoder in the County of Cornwall Farmer William
Hooper of same place Farmer and John Popham of Bodmin
in the said County yeoman are held and firmly bound unto the
Worshipful John Sheepshanks Clerk A.M. Archdeacon of Cornwall in the Sum
of one hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be
paid unto the said John Sheepshanks or to his certain Attorney his
Executors Administrators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to
be made We oblige ourselves and every of us by himself & themselves for
the whole our and each and every of our Heirs Executors and
Administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the
first day of May in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady
Victoria the first by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith etc. And in the Year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty four.
The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden
Thomas Hooper being as the son admitted Administrator of all and
singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of William Hooper late of
St Enoder Farmer 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 him the said Thomas Hooper or into the Hands and
Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do
exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Archdeaconry
Court of Cornwall at or before the last day of August 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 Thomas Hooper
or into the hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him
do well and truly administer according to Law And further do make or
cause to be made a true and just Accompt of his said Administration at
or before the Last day of May 1845 and all the Rest and Residue of the
said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the
said Administrators 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 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 late 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 entitaled 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 Thomas Hooper above bounden being
thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter 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
Sealed and delivered in the Presence of Thos. Avery
The mark or sign of Thomas Hooper
The mark or sign of William Hooper
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