NLW Ref: LL/181/42
Know all me by these presents that we Mary Thomas of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth widow, Evan Jenkin of the City of Landaff and James Willton of Landaff aforesaid are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God Herbert by divine permission Lord Bishop of Landaff in the sum of four hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or to his certain attorney his executors administrators or assigns to which payment well and truly to be made. We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself for the whole our and each of our heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals dated twenty second day of …ember in the fifty ninth 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 &c and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Mary Thomas widow the lawful sister & next of kin & administrator of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of William Phillips late of Goytre aforesaid bachelor 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 her the said Mary Thomas or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for her and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited in the Registry of the Consistory Court of Landaff on or before the last day of June next ensuing and the same goods chattels and credits and all other the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased do well and faithfully administer according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts of the said deceased which he did owe at his death and then the legacies contained and specified in the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration so to be committed as far as his goods chattels and credits will thereto extend and the law charge and further do make or cause to be made a true and just accompt of her said administration when she shall be thereunto lawfully required. And all the rest and reside of the said goods chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrat accompt and not otherwise disposed of in the said Will the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges of the said Court for the time being shall distribute and pay in such manner and form as shall be limited by the direction of the said Judge. And lastly do at all times hereafter clearly acquit discharge and save harmless the within named Lord Bishop the said Judge and all other officers of the said Court against all persons having or pretending to have any right title or interest in the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue. The mark of Mary Thomas; James Willton
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of BLANK
22nd day of December 1818. Mary Thomas widow the lawful sister and next of kin of William Phillips bachelor deceased was sworn as usual and that the personal estate and effects of the deceased do not amount in value to the sum of two hundred pounds before me Benj Hall, Chancellor
In the Consistory Court of Landaff in the Goods of William Phillips deceased
Mary Thomas of the parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth widow
In order to the due Administration of the Personal Estate and Effects of the above named William Phillips late of the aforesaid parish of Goytre in the County of Monmouth who died on the BLANK Day of October 1817 maketh oath that she hath made diligent search and due enquiry after and in respect of the Personal Estate and Effects of the said Deceased, in order to ascertain the full amount and value thereof; and that to the best of her knowledge, information and belief, the whole of the Goods, Chattles, and Credits, of which the said Deceased died, possessed within the Diocese of Landaff (exclusive of what the Deceased may have been possessed of, or entitled to as a Trustee for any other Person or Persons, and not beneficially, but including the Leasehold Estates for years of the Deceased, whether absolute or determinable on Lives, and without deducting any thing on account of the Debts due and owing from the Deceased), are under the value of two hundred pounds. The mark of Mary (X) Thomas
Sworn on the twenty second Day of December 1818 Before me Benj Hall, Chancellor