Esther Stowell 1850

 
Esther Stowell
Braddan
1850

To the Worshipful Vicar General Corlett

The humble petition
of Eliza Clarke of the town of 
Liverpool.

Sheweth
	That Elizabeth[sic] [should read Esther] Stowell your Petitioners
	sister sometime since departed this
	life having first duly made and
	published her last Will  and Testatment
	where she appointed your Petitioner
	Executrix and Residuary Legatee.

	That the said will was duly
	seen by your Petitioner at a Court
	holden in Douglas on the 15th day
	of February last when your Worship
	was pleased to ...... your Commission
	...... to Thomas .... Moore of the
	Town of Liverpool Esquire ...... in your
	Petitioner to admin.(?) the said Will.

	That Petitioner on the 7th day 
	of March instant was accordingly
	sworn in to execute the said Will by the
	said Thomas ...... Moore and the said
	commission with the proceedings thereunder
	have since been returned to your
	Worship.

	That Petitioner is prepared 
	to give bail in the usual form 
	and proposes as such bail William
	Fine Moore and Edward Moore both
	of the Town of Douglas.

	Wherefore Petitioner prays
	a hearing hereof and that your
	Worship may be pleased to accept
	the said bails and Petitioner will
	pray.
			Ridgeway Harrison
			for Petitioner

At an Eccl. Court held in Ramsey the 22nd March 1850.

Upon hearing this Petition and reading the Certificate
returned to this Court by the Commissioners appointed
by Commission bearing date the 28th of Feby. last past
to administer the Oath appointed by Law to the
Executrix Elizabeth Clark and upon consideration
thereof I am of opinion that all has been duly
executed and that probate should be extended
in the usual form and be of the same force and
effect as if the Executrix had personally appeared
before me to be sworn to Execute the same
and the same is therefore hereby so ordered 
adjudged and Decreed accordingly.
				T.A. Corlett

At an Eccl. Court held in 
Ramsey the 22nd day of  March 1850

Ridgeway Harrison one of the subscribing witnesses to the
foregoing Will of Esther Stowell deceased (having at an
Eccl. Court held at Douglas on the 15th day of February last past)
made oath on the Holy Evangelists that the said Esther Stowell
when of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
duly signed and executed the same in this Deponents
presence and in presence of John Burke the other subscribing
witness thereto, as and for her last Will and Testament –
Administration of all and singular the Goods Rights Credits
Chattels and Effects of said Testatrix are thereupon committed
unto Elizabeth Clark the sole Executrix in said Will
named (she having been first duly sworn by Thos. D. Moore
Esq. of Liverpool by virtue of a Special Commission to him
in this case directed) well and truly to fulfil and execute said
Will according to Law, to pay all just Debts Legacies and 
Funeral expenses of the said Testatrix so far forth as
the Estate will extend and the Law bind her, and
to return to the Episcopal Registry of this Diocese a full
true and perfect Inventory of said Goods Rights Credits
Chattels and Effects with an accurate account of her
acts and proceedings in the premises when thereunto lawfully
required.  And to these ends she hath given pledges namely
William Fine Moore and Edward Moore who have executed
a Bond to that effect bearing date the nineteenth inst.
				Probatum Est.
				T.A. Corlett

The Worshipful Thomas Arthur Corlett, Esquire, Chancellor, Vicar General and Official Principal
of the Right Honorable and Right Reverend Father in God Robert John by Divine Permission Lord
Bishop of Sodor and Man.

To Thomas Durie Moore of Liverpool in County of Lancaster, Esquire.

Greeting

Whereas Esther Stowell Relict of the late Thomas Stowell, Esquire, Clerk of the Rolls Isle of Man
did on the fifth day of January 1849 make her last Will and Testatment, (which was duly
proved approved and decreed valid by us, at an Ecclesiastical Court held in Douglas on the 
15th instant) and therein nominate constitute and appoint her sister Elizabeth Clark sole
Executrix and Residuary Legatee thereof.  And whereas the said Elizabeth Clark resides in
Liverpool aforesaid and by reason thereof cannot without great inconvenience and expense
appear before us for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and she having prayed that a
Commission might be sped to you for the purposes hereinafter mentioned.  We therefore in aid
of Law (Justice so requiring) do hereby authorize and empower you the aforesaid Thomas 
Durie Moore to Administer the Oath below to the said Elizabeth Clark and further do in
the premises as shall be needful requesting that (such Oath being administered) you
duly transmit to us the whole proceedings thereon subscribed with your proper hand
immediately after the Execution thereof together with these presents so that Justice may
be administered in the premises.

Given under our hand and Seal of Office at Ramsey in the Isle of Man this
28th day of February in the year of our Lord 1850.

----------Oath to the Executrix laying her right hand on the New Testament----------

I Elizabeth Clark Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Esther Stowell late of the
Parish of Braddan in the Isle of Man deceased, do swear that I will well and truly
fulfil and execute the said Will, and administer the Goods, Rights, Credits, Chattels and
Effects according to Law, by first paying the Testatrixes just Debts and then the Legacies therein
contained as far as the same will thereto extend and the Law bind me, and that I will make
or cause to be made a full true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Rights 
Credits, Chattels and Effects of said Esther Stowell and and exhibit the same into the Episcopal
Registry of the Diocese of Sodor and Man.  And render a just account of my administration
thereof when thereunto lawfully required.  So help me God.

I hereby certify that on the 7th day of March 1850			)	Elizabeth Clark
I did duly administer the Oath at the foot of the above Commission	)
to Elizabeth Clark the Executrix therein named, by virtue and	)
in accordance of the said Commission.  Witness my hand.		)	.........................

		Thomas Durie Moore
		Commissioner

WHEREAS the Ecclesiastical Court of this Diocese hath this day granted probate of the Will of 
Mrs. Esther Stowell late of the
Parish of Braddan deceased, to Eliza Clark of the Town of Liverpool.

AND WHEREAS William Fine Moore of Cronkbourne 
in the Parish of Braddan and Edward Moore
of Barroule in the Parish of Conchan have agreed
to become pledges to the said Eliza Clark for the due administration
of the said Estate according to law.

Therefore know all men by these Presents, that we, the said William Fine Moore
and Edward Moore hereby bind and oblige
ourselves and our Executors and Administrators, as pledges to the said Eliza Moore 
for the due and faithful administration of the goods
and effects of the said deceased according to law.  And in her default we bind ourselves and our Executors
and Administrators to be answerable to all parties interested in the said Estate, or the Administration thereof.
Witness our subscriptions this nineteenth day of March 1850.

Witnessed by to the signature of W.F. Moore	W.F. Moore
Ridgway Harrison					Edwd. Moore
Witness to the signature of Edwd. Moore
Ridgway Harrison

Last Modified 24 February 2016