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Know all men by these
presents that We William Augustus Emery of Portsea in the
County of Southampton Draper Fanny Ada Wood of Portsmouth
aforesaid Spinster and John Quintrell of Portsea
aforesaid Draper are held and firmly bound to Charles Richard by
Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Winchester in the sum of Two
thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be
paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain Attorney his
Executors Administrators or Assigns to which payment well and
duly to be made we oblige ourselves and each of us by himself
herself and themselves for the whole our and each of our heirs
executors and Administrators fairly by these presents sealed
with our Seal Dated the Seventh day of August in the twenty
first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the
Grace of God of the United Kingdom and Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Defender of the Faith and in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
The Condition of this
Obligation is such that if Helen Charlotte Emery the Wife
of the above bounden William Augustus Emery the
Administratrix of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of Jane Wood late of Portsea in the County of
Southampton aforesaid Widow 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 into the hands possession or knowledge of her the said
Helen Charlotte Emery or unto the hands or possession
of any person or persons for her and the same so made do exhibit
or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory
Court of the said Lord Bishop at or before the Seventh day of
February next ensuing and the said Goods and Chattels and all
the Goods Chattels and credits of the said Deceased at the time
of her decease which at any time after shall come to the hands
or possession of the said Helen Charlotte Emery or into
the hands 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 perfect account of her said Administration
at or before the seventh day of February next ensuing and all
the rest and residue of the said Goods Chattels and Heredits
which shall be found remaining upon the said Administration
accrued the same being first examined and allowed by the Judge
or Judges for the time being of the said Court shall deliver and
pay unto such person and persons respectively as he the said
Judge or Judges by his or their decree or sentence pursuant to
the true intent and meaning of the late Act of Parliament made
in twenty second and twenty third year of the Reign of the late
Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second entitled “An Act for the
better settling Intestate effects” 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 altered
and approved accordingly if the said Helen Charlotte Emery
being hereunto required do render and deliver the said Letter of
Administration approbation of such Testament being first hand
and made in the said Court then this Obligation to be void or
else to remain in full force and virtue
Signed sealed and
delivered William Augustus Emery
in the presence
of Fanny Ada Wood
John Quintrell
John Knapp
Surrogate
On the Seventh Day of
August One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven Administration
of all and singular the goods chattels and credits which were of
Jane Wood late of Portsea in the County of Southampton
and Diocese of Winchester Widow deceased was granted and
committed to Helen Charlotte Emery the Wife of William
Augustus Emery of Portsea aforesaid Draper the daughter of
the said Deceased she having been first duly sown well and
faithfully to administer. And she further mad Oath that the
said deceased died on the twenty sixth day of July Last.
And that the goods
chattels and credits of the said deceased do not amount in value
to the sum of One thousand pounds.
Before me
John Knapp
Surrogate |
