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 | Administration Bond of Katherine Cullen Widow of Upton: 1705 Jim Cullen |
Written Jun 5, 1705 Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Culling of Upton near Southwell in the county of Nottingham yeoman and Gervase Culling Richard Gibson & John Chappell of Upton aforesaid yeomen are held & firmly bound to the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of the blessed Mary the virgin of Southwell in the county of Nottingham in three hundred pounds of legal money of England to be paid to the same Chapter their successors or assigns to which payment well & faithfully to be made we bind ourselves and every one of us by himself for the whole & in total our heirs executors & administrators and of every one of us firmly by these presents sealed with our seals Dated the fifth day of June in the fourth year of the reign of our Lady Anne by the grace of God of England &c and in the year of the Lord 1705. The condicon of this obligacon is such That if the above bound Thomas Culling Gervas Culling Richard Gibson & John Chappell Administrators of all & singular the goods chattels & credits of Catherine Culling late of Upton aforesaid widow decd do make or cause to be made a true & p'fect Inventory of all & singular the goods chattels & credits of the said deceased wch have or shall come to the hands possession or knowledge of them the said Thomas Culling Gervas Culling Richard Gibson and John Chappell or into the hands and possession of any person or psons for them and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the above named Chapt' at or before the 24th day of July next ensuing And the same goods chattels & credits and all other the goods chattels & credits of the said deceased at the time of her death wch at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Thomas Culling Gervas Culling Richard Gibson & John Chappell or into the hands & possession of any other person or psons for them do well & truly administer according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true & just Accompt of their said Administracon at or before the 23th day of June next following And all the rest & residue of the said goods chattels & credits wch shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt the same being first exaied & allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the said Cort shall deliver and pay unto such person or psons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence (psuant to the true intent & meaning of a late Act of Parliamt made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of the reign of or late Sovereign Lord King Charles the second entituled an Act for the better Settling of Intestates Estates) shall limitt & appoint And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will & Testamt was made by the said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Cort making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Thomas Culling Gervas Culling Richard Gibson & John Chappell above bounden being thereunto required do render & deliver the said letters of Administracon (Approbacon of such Testamt being first had & made) in the said Cort Then this obligacon to be void and of none effect or else to remain in full force & virtue. Sealed & delivered by the said Tho Cullen, Gervas Cullen, Richd Gibson, and John Chappell in the presence of Hen: Roper J: Brompter Joseph Clay Source: DGS#: 008862359, Image#: 153/611 Original record digitized by Family Search, a non-profit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |