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Will & Bond re John BUMPASS of Gagingwell
Will 17 Apr 1766 Bond 12 May 1766 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bond 12 May 1766 ... Benjamin Bumpass Administrator. Bond value £200. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nuncupative will. "Stonesfield slates" roofed much of the housing in a wide surrounding area, including Oxford Colleges. They are made from a type of Cotswold stone which splits easily into thin slabs. A "slate-maker" would have done that work. Admon was required because he named no Executor. The clerk appears to have used the wrong bond wording, ie that applicable to intestates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
... John Bumpass his will by word of mouth made and declared about five of the clock in the afternoon on Thursday [17th] April ...
We Benjamin Bumpass of Stonesfield, slate-maker [see Note], and William Drinkwater of Gagingwell, husbandman, acknowledge ourselves to be bound to the Lord Bishop of Oxford ... £200 to be paid to the said Lord Bishop or his [Assigns]. To the payment of which .... we bind ourselves, and .... our Heirs, Executors and Administrators. Sealed with our Seals, Dated 12 May 1766 ================================== Condition of this Obligation:
Bond value £200. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Bumpass his Will by word of Mouth made and Declared by him about Five of the Clock in the afternoon on Thursday the Seventeenth Day of April in the presence of us who have hereunto Subscribed our Names as Witnesses hereto My Will is that Ben shall have my House and all my Cloaths but no part or share of money My money that is out after my Debts be paid one halfe shall goe to William Drinkwaters Children and the other halfe to my Brothers and Sisters the seven and Forty Shillings which is due from Maning of Deddington to help towards Buriing me Witness to their Signing Neat Hitchman The marke of X Elizabeth Drinkwater The marke of X Catharine Bosburry The marke of X Eliz: Jackson Know all Men by these Presents that We Benjamin Bumpass of Stonesfield in the County of Oxford Slatmaker And William Drinkwater of Gagingwell in the County aforesaid Husbandman are held and firmly bound unto the right rev. Father in God John by divine permission Lord Bishop of Oxford in Two hundred pounds of good and lawfull money of Great Britain, to be paid to the said right reverend Father or to his certain Attorney his Executors, Administrators Assignes To which payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each 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 twelfth day of May in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third 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 One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Benjamin Bumpass Administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of John Bumpass late of Gagingwell aforesaid Farmer 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 Benjamin 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 Lord Bishop aforesaid at or before the last Day of November 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 Benjamin 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 May 1767 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 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, intitled 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 Benjamin Bumpass above bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letters of Admi= nistration (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 Benj- Bumpass in the presence of [No witnesses on photocopy] W'm Drinkwater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||