John FAULL - Admon
John SHEEPSHANKS, Clerk, Master of Arts, Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry
of Cornwall, lawfully constituted, To our beloved the Rector, Vicar, Curate,
or Officiating Minister of the Parish or Chapelry where the Person making
the Affidavit, hereinafter mentioned, now resides; or in his absence, the
Rector, Vicar, or Officiating Minister of any adjoining Parish or Chapelry,
or to William VAWDREY, Clerk, Greeting, We hereby commit and impart to you,
jointly and severally, our power and authority to administer, in due form
of Law, the Canonical Oath subscribed to Henry FAULL, the brother and sole
executor named in the Last Will and Testament of John FAULL late of the Parish
of Gwinear within our said Archdeaconry, Yeoman, deceased, and also to swear
him to the truth of the Affidavit hereunto annexed; and what you shall do
herein you shall duly certify us, or some other competent judge in this
behalf, so soon as you can conveniently, together with these presents.
Given under the Seal of our Office, the twenty ninth day of September one
thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
John WALLIS, Registrar
2 shillings per quire
Extracted by Cha. HOOD? Proctor
Tenor of the Oath
You shall swear that the Paper Writing hereunto annexed contains the true
original last Will and Testament of John FAULL late of the Parish of Gwinear
deceased, so far as you know or believe; that you will well and truly perform
the contents thereof and pay first the Debts of the said deceased, and then
the Legacies contained in the said Will, so far as the Goods, Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased will thereto extend, and the Law charge you.
And that you will exhibit or cause to be exhibited, into the Office of the
Registry of the Archdeaconry Court of Cornwall a true and perfect Inventory
of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased,
which already have, or hereafter shall come to your Hands, Possession or
Knowledge; and yield and pass a true and just account thereof, when thereunto
lawfully required. And that the contents of the Affidavit hereunto annexed,
and to which you have subscribed your Name were and are true. So help
you God.
The Commission was duly executed, and the above name Henry FAULL was duly
sworn to the tenor of the above oath, and also to the Affidavit hereunto
annexed, the fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
Before me William VAWDREY Officiating Minister of the Parish of Gwinear -
one of the above Commissioners.
No.50
Transcribed by Jacqy FAULL, May 2000