Know all Men by these Presents, That We William Holden of Kirkby in the Parish of Walton on the Hill in the County of Lancaster Husnandman, William Stringfellow of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Ship-Wright, & Lot Mason of the same Place, Weaver are holden and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Edmund by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Chester in the Sum of Two hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid unto the said Right Reverend Father, his lawful Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, To which Payment well and truly to be made, We bind ourselves and Every of us severally for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and the Heirs, Executors and Administrators of Every of us firmly by these Presents. SEALED with our Seals, and dated the eighteenth Day of July in the first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty one.

The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden William Holden, Son in Law, & Adminstrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Jane Clarke of Kirkby aforesaid, & Diocese of Chester, Widow, Deceased, natural & Lawful Mother of Ellen Holden, (her only child & late Wife of the said William Holden) now also 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 to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge of him the said William Holden or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory at Chester at or before the eighteenth Day of January next ensuing. And the same Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and all other Goods, Chattels, and Credits of the said deceased, at the Time of her Death, which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said William Holden or into the Hands or 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 Account of his said Administration at or before the eighteenth Day of July which shall be in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty two. And all the rest and residue of the said Goods Chattels and Credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrator’s Account, 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 an Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King Charles the Second, Entitled, An Act for the better settling 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 William Holden 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 and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.

Sealed and Delivered } William Holden His Mark

   in the Presence of   }

H Wolstenholme   Jno Baines   William Stringfellow   Lot Mason

The eighteenth Day of July in the year 1761 The within named Wm Holden took the Oath of an Administrator in Common form before me

H Wolstenholme, Surrogate