NOVERINT universi per presentes Nos Johanem Ferniough de Marton Parochia de Prestbury in Com[mitatus] Cestriensis Agricola, et Hellenani Henshall de Macclesfield Parochia de Prestbury praedict viduam & Johnem Doe teneir & firmiter Obligari, Reverendo in Christo Patri & Domino Domino Samueli Permissione Divina Pestrich[?] Episcopo, in Octoginta libris bonae & legalis moneta Magnae Britanniae, solvendis eidem Reverdendo Partdi, aut suo certo Atturnato Executoribus Administratoribus vell assignaris suis, Ad quam quidem solutionem bene & fideliter facienam Obligamus nos & quemdibel[?] nostrum per se pro toto & insolidum, Heredes Executores & Administratores nostros & Cuiuilibyl[?] nostrum firmiter per praesentes sigillis nostris sigillatas, Datas vicessimo tertio Die Mensis Martii Anno Regni Domini nostri Gerogii Secundi Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae Francia & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensorie, &c. quinto Annoq D[omi]ni 1732
The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Hellen Henshall Widow, & Relict of Tho[ma]s Henshall late of Macc[lesfield] Administratrix of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Thomas Henshall late of Macclesfield aforesaid, & Diocese of Chester, 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 Helen Henshall or into the Hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for her do well and truly Administer according to Law; and further do make or cause to be made, a true and just Account of her said Administration at or before the first Day of December which shall be in the Year of our Lord 1733 And all the rest and residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administratrix her Account, the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the Time being, of the said Court, shall deliver and pay unto such Person of Persons respectively, as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence (pursuant to the true intent and meaning of an Act of Parliament made in the 22d and 23d Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King Charles the 2d. Entitled, An Act of the better settling Intestates Estates) shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear, that any last Will or Testament was made by the said Deceased, and the Executor or Executors therein named, do exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Hellen Henshall above bonnden be thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration, (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court) Then this Obligation to be void and of none Effect, or else to remain in full Forse and Vertue.
Hellen her X mark Henshall
John Ferniough
Sealed and Deliver[e]d in Presence of us
John Burscoe
Katherine Fletcher
March 19th 1732/3
The Inventory of Thomas Henshaw of Macclesfield of all his personal Estat both Quick and dead vallu[e]d and prais[e]d by John Ferniough and John Coppock both of Marton as followeth
Wareing apparill and money in purss vallu[e]d to £2 10s 0d
The Goods in the house vallu[e]d to £2 0s 0d
One Clock vallu[e]d to £2 5s 6d
Puter vallu[e]d to £3 0s 0d
Iron Ware and Brass potts vallu[e]d to £1 10s 6d
One Great vallu[e]d to £1 4s 6d
Eight Chairs vallu[e]d to £0 6s 0d
One Bon Boiler vallu[e]d to £0 11s 0d
Wooden vessels vallu[e]d to £1 10s 0d
Two Spinging Wheels vallu[e]d to £0 6s 0d
One Coffer vallu[e]d to £0 5s 0d
One bed Bedsteads one Chest and six Chairs £4 0s 0d
Old Lumber vallu[e]d to £0 2s 6d
One Bed and Bedsteads vallu[e]d to £3 0s 0d
One Bed and Bedsteads vallu[e]d to £1 15s 0d
One Chest boxes and Stools vallu[e]d to £0 16s 0d
One Horse, vallu[e]d to £4 0s 0d
Implements of husbandry and wheel timber £2 10s 0d
Bedsteads and other Lumber £0 11s 0d
Two pair of Chains and other old Gears £0 10s 0d
Totall aprais[e]d £32 13s 0d
John Ferniough
John Coppock
