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Know all men by these
presents, that we Ellen Files of Rainford in the Parish of
Prescott, in the county of Lancaster, Widow, Thomas Files of
Bickerstaffe in the said County, Yeoman, & ThomasKnowles of
Upholland in the said County, Gentleman are holden and firmly
bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Edmund by divine
permission, Lord Bishop of Chester, in the sum of
One Hundred & fifty 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 each
of us severally for and in the whole, our heirs, executors and
administrators, and the heirs, executors and administrators of
each of us, firmly by these Presents. SEALED with our Seals, and
dated the twenty ninth day of September in the
sixth year of the reign of our sovereign lord Georg the
Third, by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and
Ireland, King, defender of the faith, and in the year of our Lord
God, one thousand seven hundred and sixty six.
The Condition of this
Obligation is such, that if Ellen Files lawful widow, Relict &
Administratrix of all and singular the goods, chattels,
and credits of John Files late of Rainford aforesaid, within the
Diocese of Chester, Husbandman, 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 her the said
Ellen Files or into the hands and possession of any other person
or persons for her and the same, so made, do exhibit, or
cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court
at Chester at or before the first day of April
next ensuing. And the same goods, chattels, and credits, and all
other 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 Ellen Files or into the hands or
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 first day of October which shall be
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty
seven. and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattels
and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said
administratrix’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 Ellen Files 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 and of none
effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Sealed and Delivered }
Ellen Files her mark
in the Presence of
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Willm Knowles Surrogate Thos Fyles T
Knowles
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