Cornelius Skelly, 1902

Submitted by: Paul Christian
Date: 4 May 2004
Original: LDS: 0106542

Cornelius Skelly Peel
In the High Court of Justice
Common Law Division

Will of Cornelius Skelly deceased of Marine Parade, Peel

Know all men by these presents that we Elizabeth Skelly of Marine parade, widow 
and Robert Henry Quayle of Marine Parade Peel and Thomas Cowley Kermode of 4 Athol 
Street Peel are jointly and severally and any two of us jointly bound unto your 
Sovereign Lord the King in the sum of under two hundred pounds to the payment 
whereof well and truly to be made to our said Lord the King, his heirs and successors, 
we bind and oblige ourselves jointly and severally, and any two of us jointly, our 
Executors and Administrators, firmly by these presents.

As witness our subscriptions the twenty fourth day of November in the year of Our Lord, 
one thousand nine hundred and two.

THE CONDITION of our obligation is such, that if the above named Elizabeth Skelly 
(hereinafter called “the executrix who seeks to obtain a grant of Probate 
of the last Will and Testament of Corneilus Skelly late of The Marine parade in 
the town of Peel but now deceased, who died at Peel on or about the 13th day of 
October 1902, do, when lawfully called on in that behalf, make or cause to be made 
a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the personal estate and effects 
of the said deceased, which have or shall come into her hands, possession, or knowledge, 
or into the hands of any other person for her and the same so made do exhibit, or 
cause to be exhibited, into the proper Registry in that behalf whenever required by 
law so to do : And the same personal estate and effects, of the said deceased, which 
shall at any time come into the hands or possession of the Executrix or into the 
hands of any other person or persons for her or which without default might have 
come into the hands or possession of the Executrix do well and truly administer 
according to law, that is to say, do pay the debts and liabilities of the said 
deceased so far as the said personal estate will extend and the law bind the Executrix, 
then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.

At Peel the 24 day of November 1902.

Elizabeth Skelly
Robert Henry Quayle
Thomas Cowley Kermode

The executing parties to the foregoing Bond acknowledged the same to be their Act and Deed.  Before me,

S. Stevenson Moore
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This is the last will and testament of Cornelius Skelly of the Marine Parade in 
the town of Peel Mariner.
I leave and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth all of my goods and effects both real 
and personal of every description and wheresoever situate for her own absolute 
use and benefit and hereby nominate and appoint my said wife whole and sole 
executrix of this my will as witness my name this the seventeenth day of April 
One thousand nine hundred and one.

Signed  by the said Cornelius Skelly as and for his last Will and testament in 
the presences of us who in his presence and present at the same time and at his 
request in the presences of each other have hereunder inscribed our names as witnesses
Edward Collister
Thomas Kermode

Signature of Cornelus Skelly 

Probate was granted by S Stevenson Moore, a judge of the Law Courts, on 24th November 1902


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