| Granville Harcourt Vernon,
Master of Arts, Commissary of the Exchequer Court of the most Reverend
Father in God, EDWARD, by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of York,
Primate England, and Metropolitan, To our well-beloved in Christ, The
Reverend William Snowden and Thomas Owston, Clerks jointly and severally,
Greeting: Whereas Ann Ackroyd late of Edlington in the Diocese of York
deceased having whilst living, and at the Time of her Death, Goods,
Chattels or Credits, in divers Dioceses or Juridictions, lately died
intestate. And whereas Joseph Ackroyd the husband and administrator of the
Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased now reside at a distance
from us, and, by reason thereof, cannot without great Expence come to our
Exchequer Court of York, for the Purposes herein after-mentioned. We
therefore in Aid of Law (Justice so requiring) do authorize and empower
you jointly or severally to Administer the Oath below, to the said Joseph
Ackroyd and also to take and see the Bond (hereunto annexed) duly executed
by him with sufficient Sureties, and further to do in the Premise as shall
be needful requesting that (such Oath being administered and the said Bond
executed as aforesaid) you duly transmit to us or our lawful Surrogate,
the said Bond, and the Whole Proceedings thereon, subscribed with the
proper Hand or Hands of one or more of you, immediately after the
Execution thereof, together with these Presents, so that Justice may be
administered in the Premises. Given at York, the eighth day of October in
the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
Extracted by S. R.
Fryer
Joseph Buckle
Proctor
York
Deputy Register
The Form of the Oath to the Administrator
laying his Hand on the Bible or New Testament.
Your Oath is, that above mentioned Ann
Ackroyd deceased made no Will, as far as you know or believe, and that you
will truly administer her Goods, Chattels and Credits by paying her Debts,
as far as the same will thereto extend and the Law charge you; and that
you will make a true and perfect Inventory of all the said Goods,
Chattels, and Credits, and exhibit the same into the Registry of the
Exchequer Court of York, at the Time assigned you by the said Court, and
render a just Account thereof when lawfully required; that the Whole of
the Goods, Chattels, and Credits, of the said Deceased, (within the
Diocese of York) do not amount to the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, and that
the Contents of the Affidavit hereto annexed, to which you have subscribed
you Name were and are true.
So help you God
Commission for Administration
The execution of this commission appears
by the certificate on the Bond hereunto annexed.
Witness my hand
Thomas Owston
Commissioner
Know all Men, by these Presents, that We
Joseph Ackroyd of Edlington in the County of York, labourer, William
Laycock of the same place, labourer, and Frederick Hawksley Cartwright of
Bawtry in the said County, Gentleman, do stand and are firmly bounden and
obliged unto the Worshipful GRANVILLE HARCOURT VERNON, Master of Arts,
Commissary of the Exchequer Court of the most Reverend Father in God
EDWARD, by Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England,
and Metropolitan, lawfully constituted, in the Sum of One Hundred Pounds,
of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid to him the said
Commissary, or his true and lawful Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or
Assigns, to the which Payment well and truly to be made, We bind us and
every of us jointly and severally, for and in the whole our and every of
our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them firmly by
these Presents, Sealed with our Seals. Dated the eleventh Day of the Month
of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty
two.
The Condition of this Obligation is such,
That if the above bounden Joseph Ackroyd the husband and Administrator of
all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Ann Ackroyd late of
Edlington in the Diocese of York deceased intestate 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 Joseph Ackroyd 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
Exchequer, Court in York, at or before the last Day of April next ensuing.
And the same Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and all other the Goods,
Chattels, and Credits of the deceased, at the time of her Death, which at
any time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the said Joseph
Ackroyd 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 last Day of October next ensuing, and all the Rest and
Residue of the said Goods, Chattels, and Credits which shall be found
remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the same being first
examined and allowed of by the Judge and Judges, for the Time being, of
the said Court, shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons
respectively, as the Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence,
pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of the Act of Parliament in that
behalf made, 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 Administrator above bounden being thereunto required do render and
deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of each 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.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the
Presence of
Thomas
Owston
The mark of seal of
Commissioner
Joseph Ackroyd
William Laycock
Frederick Cartwright
I do hereby certify that on the eleventh
day of October in the year of our Lord 1832 Joseph Ackroyd the husband and
administrator within named was sworn and this Bond duly executed by him
and his suraties by virtue and in pursuance of the commission hereunto
annexed.
Before me
Died 20th July
1825
Thomas Owston
Commissioner
Passed 13th October 1832 |
