Bond on Admion of William Jenkin Roberts 16th
December 1814
Ruanlanihorne
Bond upon the Admion of the Goods Ye of William Jenkin Roberts yeoman deced left unadministered by Elizabeth Roberts the Wife of the said deced Also deced, granted to Thomas Roberts the Son of the said deced
The Admion was Sworn before Nicholas Phillipps Clerk ?.L.Surrogate Ye
Saving Ye
No Inventory
Stp £30
No 301 A46
Know all Men by these Presents that We Thomas Roberts of the Parish of Ruanlanihorne in the County of Cornwall, Yeoman John Coppin of the Borough of Bodmin and Soloman Martin of the same place Yeoman are held and firmly bound unto the Worshipful William Short Clerk Doctor in Divinity Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall in the sum of Three Thousand Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said William Short or to his certain Attorney his Executors Administrators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves and every of us by himself for the whole our and each and every of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the sixteenth day of December in the fifty fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fourteen.
The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounden Thomas Roberts being as the Son admitted Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of William Jenkin Roberts late of the Parish of Ruanlanihorne deceased Elizabeth Roberts the widow of the said deceased and Administrator of the Goods Chattels and Credits do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands Possession or Knowledge of him the said Thomas Roberts or into the Hands or Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Archdeaconry Court of Cornwall at or before the last day of March next ensuing and the same Goods Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles 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 Thomas Roberts or into the hands and 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 Accompt of his said Administration at or before the last day of December 1815 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrations Accompt 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 a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second intituled an Act for the better settling of 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 Thomas Roberts 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 or else to remain in full Force and Virtue
Sealed and delivered
in the Presence of (signed) Thomas Roberts ʘ
(signed) Joshua Hocken (signed) John Coppin ʘ
(signed) Solomon Martin (signed) Solomon Martin ʘ
Transcribed by Carol Hughes