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Bond of Administration etc re Sarah FARRAN of Kingham Will none   Bond 3 Nov 1677
Source: OHC no. Bd. Acct. 165/2/21 Contributed by: Ralph Mann Archive Kingham Go to Translation Go to Transcript
Summary.
Bond of Administration & Accounts re Sarah Farran of Kingham, spinster ... Name Relationship [Comments] or Major Bequests Sarah FARRAN   Kingham Anne FORD Sister Administratrix Richard FORD Brother-in-law Surety Kingham William FARRAN Brother William TIMMS Surety Sibford Gower John TWYCROSSE Surety Oxford Henry HARDING Witness Thomas WOODWARD Witness Inventory value: £31 18s 6d (see Note) Bond: 3 Nov 1677 ... Anne Ford sister and Administratrix Bond value £100. Administration Account 26 Sep 1678 by Anne Ford, wife of Richard Ford, sister and Administratrix ... Income £31 18s 6d. Expenses £2 17s 6d. Surplus £29 1s to be divided as follows: £14 10s 6d to William Farran, brother of the deceased. £14 10s 6d to the accountant, [sister of the deceased].
Transcriber's and Editor's Notes
The Inventory is not available, but amounted to £31 18s 6d.
Translated and paragraphed. with some of the standard preamble and "legalese" removed. Go to Glossary
Bond of Administration & Accounts re Sarah Farran of Kingham, spinster ... We Richard Ford of Kingham, yeoman, his wife Ann Ford, William Tymes of Sibford Gower, scribe, and John Twycrosse of the City of Oxford, yeoman, acknowledge ourselves to be bound to John Baylie ... £100 ... to the payment of which .... we bind ourselves, and our Heirs, Executors and Administrators. Sealed with our Seals, Dated 3 Nov 1677 ================================== Condition of this Obligation: the above-bound Anne Ford, sister and Administratrix of the goods etc of Sarah Farran of Kingham, spinster deceased, must make a full Inventory of all her goods etc. She must exhibit that Inventory into the Registry of the Archdeacon's Court at or before 1st Jan next [1677/78]. She must Administer all her goods etc which at any time after shall come into her possession. She must make a true and just account of that Administration, at or before 1st Oct 1678. Any residue of the goods etc, after examination by the Judges of the Court, she must deliver to whomever the Judges tell her. If any Will shows up, and the named Executor(s) exhibit it to the Court asking to have it approved, and if she being asked delivers the Letters of Administration into the Court, then this Obligation is void. Signatures:   Richard X Ford; Anne X Ford; William Timms; John Twycrosse Witnesses:   Henry Harding; Thomas Woodward Bond: 3 Nov 1677 ... Anne Ford sister and Administratrix Bond value £100. Administration Account 26 Sep 1678 by Anne Ford, wife of Richard Ford, sister and Administratrix ... Income £31 18s 6d. Expenses £2 17s 6d. Surplus £29 1s to be divided as follows: £14 10s 6d to William Farran, brother of the deceased. £14 10s 6d to the accountant, [sister of the deceased].
As transcribed from a copy of the original document. Original line- and page-breaks are preserved as far as possible.
Noverint Universi per praesentes nos Rich'um fford de Kingham Com’ Oxon [deletion] yeoman et Annam fford ejus ux' Gulielmum Tymes de Sibford Gow’ Com’ Oxon p'd' Scribam et Joh'em Twycrosse Civitatio Oxon yeoma’ teneri et firm’er obligari Joh'i Baylie LL Bacc’ D'ni Archi'ni Archinat' Oxon officiali prin'li in Centum libris bonae & legalis monetae Angliae solvend. eidem Joh'i Baylie officiali Di'ni Archidiaconi Oxon p'dict' aut ejus certo in hac parte Attornato Executor. Administratibus sive Assignatis suis: ad quam quidem solutio- nem bene & fideliter faciend. Obligamus nos & quemlibet nostrum per se pro toto & in solido Heredes, Execut. & Administ. nostros firmiter per praesentes Sigillis nostris Sigillat. Dat. Tertio die mensis Novembris anno regni Dom. nostri Caroli Secundi Dei Gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensons &c Vicesimo Nono Annoq; Domini. 1677. The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Anne fford Sister & Administratrix of all & singular the goods ch’ells & creditts of Sarah ffarran late of Kingham in the Countie and Archdeaconry of Oxon Spinster Dec’d 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 her the said Anne or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for her and the same so made do exhi- -bit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Archdeacon’s Court of Oxon at or before the first day of January next ensuing, and the same goods chattles and credits and all other goods chattles and credits of the said deceased at the time of her death, which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Anne fford or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for her do well and truly Administer ac- cording to Law, and further do make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of her said Administration, at or before the ffirst day of October w’ch shall be in the yeare of o’r Lord God one thousand six hundred seaventy & eight and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattles and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administratrix’s accompt, the same being first examined and allow- ed 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, intituled an Act for the better setling of Intestates E- states, 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 & approved accordingly, if the said Anne fford above bounden being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administrati- on (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made) in the said Court, then this Obligation to be void, and none effect, or else to remain in full force and Virtue. Sealed and delivered                Sign’ in the presence of                Richi F fford Henrius Harding                   Sign' Tho: Woodward               Annae X fford John Twycrosse               William Timms The Accompt or Declaration of the Accompt of Anne fford Wife of Richard , Sister and Administratrix of all & Singular the goods Creditts & Ch’ells of Sarah ffarran late whilest she lived of Kingham in ye County & Arch-Deaconry of Oxford Spinster deceased made & rendered of & upon the Ad’on of the s’d dec’ds goods Creditts & Ch’ells & exhibited before [deletion] Nich: Vilett Batchel'r of Laws & Surrogate to ye right Wor’ll John Bayly Doct’r of Laws Officiall to the Arch-Deacon of Oxon at a Visitac'on holden at Chippingnorton the twenty sixt day of September Anno D’ni 1678 Inprimis This Accomptant chargeth her } selfe with ye goods Creditts & Chattells } of ye s’d Dec’d as they were prized or } valued in an Inventory thereof made } 31li 18s 6d Exhibited & remaineing in the Registry } of the Arch-Deacon of Oxon aforesayd } amounting to the sume of }       Whereof this s’d Accomptant dischargeth her       selfe and prayeth allowance for the necessary       Expences payments & charges as followeth (viz't) Inp’is this Accomptant prayeth allowance } li   s d for ye funerall Expences of ye s’d Dec’d } 1   0 0 Item for ye Letters of Ad’on under seale    } & exhibitinge and ingrossinge ye Inventory    } 0 14 0 Item payd for drawinge this Accompt and } passinge ye same with ye Quietus est under } 1   3 6 seale & other charges incident thereunto } Sum'a Expositor   2 17 6 Sic deductis deducendis et allocatis allocandis restat in manibus d’c’a Computantis Summa 29li1s0d quam summam D___s allocavit p[er] ut sequitur (viz't) 14li 10s 6d Gulielmo ffarran fratri d’c’ae def’cae et residuu' (viz't) 14li 10s 6d d’cae Compu- tanti. Et sic dum de dolo culpa vel fraude minime in hac p’te convinci poterit restat Quieta quoad Nos et Officin' n’rum (Salvo jure cujuscumq’) Approbamus hunc Computum et allocamus p’ ut supra       Nic: Vilett Surrogate