William HOLINSHEAD (1744 - 1813)

[Administration dated 10 Aug 1814]

Administration of the Goods of Mr William HOLINSHEAD Dated 10th August 1814

Charles by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, To our well beloved in Christ William HOLINSHEAD one of the natural and lawful Children of William HOLINSHEAD late of the Parish of Saint Michael in the Town of Saint Albans in the County of Hertford Farmer deceased Greeting Whereas the said William HOLINSHEAD 
						(as it is alledged) lately died Intestate; having whilst living, and at the time of his Death, Goods, Chattels, or Credits, in divers Dioceses or Jurisdictions; by reason whereof the sole ordering and granting Administration of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and also the auditing, allowing, and final discharging the Accompt thereof, are well known to appertain only and wholly to us, and not to any inferior Judge: WE being desirous that the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, may be well and faithfully administered, applied and disposed of according to Law, DO therefore by these Presents grant full Power and Authority to you, in whose Fidelity we confide, to administer and faithfully dispose of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, and to ask, demand, recover, and receive whatever Debts and Credits, which, whilst living, and at the Time of his Death, did any way belong to his Estate, and to pay whatever Debts the said Deceased, at the Time of his Death, did owe, so far as such Goods, Chattels, and Credits will thereto extend, and the Law requires: You having been already sworn 			well and faithfully to administer the same, and to make a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and to exhibit the same into the Registry of our Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on the before the last Day of February	next ensuing; and also to render a just and true Account thereof on or before the last Day of August which shall be in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifteen And We do by these Presents ordain, depute, and constitute you Administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of the said Deceased. Elizabeth HOLINSHEAD Widow the Relict of the said the deceased dying without having taken upon her the Letters of Administration of the Goods of the said deceased, Given at London the tenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fourteen And in the tenth Year of our Translation ------------ 
	
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Sworn under Five thousand pounds