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Summary:
Deceased:
Peter Pedder (1),
shoemaker, of
Preston
Bond signed: 3
May 1758
Administrator:
Philip Pedder(2),
cooper, of Preston
Bondsmen:
John Dickinson and James
Barton, both coopers of
Preston
Witnesses:
Robert Cooper and Ran.
Andrews
Probate:
granted 3 May 1758 to
Philip Pedder
Notes:
-
The deceased was
second son of Peter
Pedder, third son of
Richard Pedder of
Preston by his wife
Ellen,
-
It is easy to
confuse the deceased
with his father of
the same name; both
had brothers named
Philip; but the
father’s will, if he
made one, has not
survived.
Source:
Lancashire Record
Office, Preston, Wills
proved in the Consistory
Court of Chester,
Archdeaconry of
Amounderness (LDS FHL
Film 00992410
Text:
Cover:
Pedder. Peter late of
Preston, deceased,
administration bond.
Inventory ?resp above 40
[?pounds]
Bond:
Know all men by these
presents that we Philip
Pedder, Cooper, John
Dickinson, Cooper, and
James Barton, cooper,
all of Preston in the
County of Lancaster 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 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,
administrators, and the
heirs, executors, and
administrators of each
of us, firmly by these
presents, sealed with
our seals, and dated the
third day of May in the
thirty first year of the
reign of our sovereign
Lord George the second,
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 fifty eight.
The condition of this
obligation is such, that
if the above bounden
Philip Pedder, brother,
next of kin and
administrator of all and
singular the goods,
chattels, and credits of
Peter Pedder, late of
Preston in the county of
Lancaster and
archdeaconry of
Richmond, shoemaker,
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
administrator, 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 Court of
Richmond at or before
the third day of August
next ensuing, and the
same goods, chattels,
and credits, and all
other the 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
administrator or into
the hands or possession
of any other person or
persons for him, do well
and truly administer
according to the law;
and further do make or
cause to be made, a true
and just account of his
said administration at
or before the third day
of May which shall be in
the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred
and fifty nine, and all
the rest and residue of
the said goods, chattels
and credits which shall
be found remaining upon
the said administrators
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 (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 unto
the said court, making
request to have it
allowed and approved
accordingly, if the said
administrator 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 in
the presence of //
Robert Cooper // Ran.
Andrews //
[signed] // Phillip
Pedder // John Dickinson
// James Barton //
Probate:
3
May 1758
Philip Pedder within
bounden was sworn well
and truly to administer
the goods and personal
estate of Peter Pedder
within named, his late
brother, deceased and so
forth
Before me // Ran.
Andrews, Surrogate //
[no inventory or account
of Peter Pedder’s estate
have survived] |
