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Richard Smith Master of Arts Commissary
and Walter Farquhar |
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Hook Clerk Doctor of Divinity Official in and through that part
of |
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the Archdeaconry of St Albans which was heretofore in the
Archdeaconry |
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of Huntingdon both lawfully constituted To our beloved in Christ |
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The Reverend Thomas Rawson Birks of Kelshall in the County |
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of Hertford Clerk Greening whereas William
Hagger late of |
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Kelshall aforesaid in the part aforesaid Victualler lately |
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died Intestate leaving Mary
Hagger his Widow and Relict Now |
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we do hereby empower you the said Thomas Rawson Birks |
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to swear the said Mary Hagger as Administratrix of the goods |
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chattels rights and credits of the said Deceased to the truth of
the |
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Allegation hereunto annexed and to see the Bond also hereunto |
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annexed signed sealed and delivered by her and by two sufficient |
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Sureties And further to do in the premises what shall be needful |
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you transmitting to us or our Surrogate the proceedings herein |
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subscribed with your proper handwriting on or before the last
day |
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of August next ensuing together with these Presents Provided |
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nevertheless that this commission shall be of no effect unless
so |
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transmitted. Given at Hitchin under the Seals of Office the
eighth |
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day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred |
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and forty eight |
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The twelfth day of July 1848 |
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On which day personally appeared |
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Mary Hagger of
Kelshall in the County of Hertford |
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Widow and alleged that William
Hagger late |
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of the same place and in that part of the |
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Archdeaconry of St Albans which was lately |
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in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon Victualler |
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deceased lately died Intestate Wherefore the |
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said Mary Hagger prayed that Administration |
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of all and singular the goods chattels and credits |
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of the said deceased might be committed to |
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her as the Widow and Relict of the said |
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deceased And the said Mary Hagger made |
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oath that the effects of the said deceased are |
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under the value of Twenty pounds |
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Know all men by these presents that we Mary |
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Hagger of Kelshall in the County of Hertford Widow |
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and Lavender Hagger the
Elder of Kelshall aforesaid |
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Shoemaker and Lavender
Hagger the Younger of Kelshall |
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aforesaid Blacksmith are held and firmly bound unto Richard |
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Smith Master of Arts Commissary in the Archdeaconry |
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of St Albans And also Walter Farquhar Hook Clerk & |
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Official in the same Archdeaconry both lawfully |
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constituted in Forty pounds of good and lawful money |
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of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Commissary |
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and Official or to their certain Attorney their executors |
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administrators or assigns to which payment well and |
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truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each of us |
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by himself and herself for the whole our and each |
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and every our heirs executors and administrators |
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firmly by these Presents Sealed with our seals dated |
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the twelfth day of July in the eleventh year of the |
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reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria by the |
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Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great |
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Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith |
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And in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight |
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hundred and forty eight |
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The Condition of the obligation is such
that if the |
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said Mary Hagger Administratrix of all and singular the |
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goods chattels and credits of William Hagger late of Kelshall |
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in the County of Hertford and in that part of the |
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Archdeaconry of St Albans which was lately in the |
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Archdeaconry of Huntingdon victualler deceased do make or |
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cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and |
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singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased |
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which have or shall come to the hands possession or |
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knowledge of her the said Mary Hagger or into the hands |
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and possession of any person or persons for her and the |
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same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the |
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Registry of the said Archdeaconry at or before the last day |
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of August next ensuing and the same goods chattels and |
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credits and all other the goods chattels and credits of the said |
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deceased at the time of his death which at any time after |
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shall come to the hands or possession of the said Mary |
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Hagger or into the hands or possession of any other person |
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or persons for her do will and truly administer according to |
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Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and |
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just Account of his said Administration at or before the last |
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