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Noverint Universi per
presentes Nos Thomam Files de Ormskirke in Com Lanc Agric &
Henricium Topping de Ormskirke parish? Agric teneri & firmiter
Obligari Reverendo in Christo Patri & Domino Domine Nicolao
Permissione Divina Cestriensi Episcoto in Octagint libris
bonae & legatis monetae Angliae, solvendis eidem Reverendo Patri aut
suo certo Atturnato, vel Successoribus suis: ad quam quidem
solutionen bene & fideliter faciendam, Obligamus nos & utiuma
nostrum per se pro toto & in solidum, Haredes, Executores &Administratores
nostros fermiter per presentes sigillis nostris sigillatas Datas
Vicesimo-tertio Die Mensis Novembris Anno Dom: 1699
The Condition of this
Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Thomas Files
natural & lawful Brother & Adminstrator of all and
singular the Goods and Credits of James Files late of Knowsley in
the County aforesaid deceased, do make or cause to be made a
true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattals,
and Credits of the said deceased, which have, or shall come to the
hand, possession or knowledge of him the said Thomas
or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for
his use And the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be
exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Chester,
at or before the twenty third day of January next
ensuing the date above written. And the same Goods, Chattals, and
Credits, and all other the Goods, Chattals, 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 or
into the hand and possession of any other person or persons for
him do well & 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 twenty fourth Day of
November which shall be in the Year of our Lord 1700. 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 off by the Judge
or Judges for the time being of the said Court, shall deliver & 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, Intitled, 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, & 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
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 vertue.
Sealed and Delivered
Thomas Files his mark
in the Presence of
Ralph Markland Henary Topping Tho: Rw?aife
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