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Will of Agnes Adamthwaite
(daughter of Thomas Adamthwaite of Hallbank
and his second wife, Agnes Lawrence – born 1758, buried on 4 dec 1780
age 22 yrs)
I Agnas Adamthwaite of
Halbank commend my soul to God who gavet and lik wis I give and bequeave
unto my mother forscor pound peing my furnel expences this is my will
ther unto I have have set my hand this twentet dey of number in the year
1780
Agnes
Adamthwaite
Witenes Bridget
Atkinson
Witness sariy
more
witenes x Susan
Guy hir x mark
This sad little Will was written on the back
of part of a piece of paper which had been used by her brother Thomas, I
think to practice his handwriting. Agnes signed it herself, but the
Will is written in a different hand – not her brother Thomas, but quite
similar to her mother Agnes’s signature which appears on the Admon.
click here to see an image of the Will
and also the image of the reverse of the parchment on which it was
written
Admon Bond with Will
1780
Adamthwaite Agnes late
of Hallbank in the parish of Sedbergh, sp deceased her will
…. Under £100
The 26th day
of December 1780
Agnes Adamthwaite
natural and lawful mother of Agnes Adamthwaite late of HallBank in the
parish of Sedbergh within the archdeaconry of Richmond, spinster,
deceased and minor sole Legatee named in the last Will and Testament of
the said Deceased appeared personally and was sworn, pursuant to the
directions of the said Will, well and truly to administer the Goods and
personal Estate of the said Deceased, and so forth, and that she
believes all the personal Effects the said Deceased … possessions of or
entitled to will not in their real value amount to the sum of one
hundred pounds. Before me W Bateman.
(the top right
corner of the following document is torn off)
Know all men by those
present that we Agnes ...
Thwaite Widow and
Thomas Adamt ...
Yeoman both of Hallbank
in the ...
Sedbergh and
Archdeaconry of ...
And Edmund Herd of the
Sd Pa...
Are holden and firmly
bound unto the Right Reverent Father in ...
… by Divine permission
Lord Bishop of Chester in two hund ...
Pounds of good and
lawful money of Great Britain to be paid un ...
Right Reverend Father
or to his certain attorney his Executors Administrators or assigns to
which payment well and truly to be made, We bind ourselves and each of
us our and each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by
these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the Twenty sixth day of
December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
The Condition of this
obligation is such, that if the above bounden Agnes Adamthwaite natural
and lawful mother and administratrix (with the Will annexed of the Goods
Chattles and Credits of Agnes Adamthwaite late of Hallbank in the parish
of Sedbergh aforesaid and within the Archdeaconry of Richmond, spinster,
deceased, shall and do well and faithfully administer the said goods and
personal estate of the said deceased in paying all the said Deceased’s
debts and legacys pursuant to the Directions of the last Will and
Testament of the said Deceased, so far as her Goods and personal Estate
will extend, and the Law shall bring her if also she do exhibit into
Court a true and perfect inventory of the said deceaseds goods and
personal estate and give a true and just accompt of her acting in the
premises when … she shall be thereunto lawfully called, That then this
obligation to be void or else in Force.
Sealed and delivered in
the presence of
W Bateman
Cath. Bateman
Agnas Adamthwaite – signed and sealed
Thomas Adamthwaite – signed and sealed
Edmund Herd – signed and sealed
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