[Page 1 - Admin:]
Kendal Sept 1688
Cauro -- Admtrone bono - Will
Rawes --p di Greate Langdale
defit
[Page 2 - Obligation:]
Obligation is in Latin and has not been transcribed. It is virtually a copy of the following.
The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Margret Raws
Administrat of all & singular the goods Chattells & Creditts of William Raws
late of Great Langdale deceased doe make or cause to be made a true &
perfect Inventory of all & singular the goods Chattells & Creditts of the sd decd which
have or shall come into the hands possession or knowledge of the sd Margret
Raws or unto the hands & poss: from of any other pson or psons
for her = & the same soe made doe exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry
of Richmond Court kept att Kendall at or before the fourteenth day of October
next ensueing & the same goods Chattells & Creditts & all other the goods Chattells &
Creditts of the sd decd at the time of his death which att anytime after shall
Come to the hands & possession of the sd Margret Raws
or into the hands & possession of any other pson or psons for her do: well & truly
administer according to Law, & further doe make or cause to be made ----- & just
accompt of her. sd Administration att or before the ffourteenth day of 7ber
which shall be in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred Eighty nine
& all the the rest & residue of the sd goods Chattells & Creditts which shall be found remaining
upon the said Administrated accounts the same being first examined & allowed
of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of the sd Court shall desired & pay unto
such pson or psons respectivey as the sd Judge or Judges by his or there decree
sentance & pursuant to the true intent & meaneing of the act shall limit & appoint
& if it shall heareafter appears that any last will & Testmt was by the sd
decd made & the executor or Executors therein named doe Exhibit the same into
the sd Court making request to have it allowed & approved accordingly if the sd
Margrett Raws above bounder being thereunto
required doe render & delivr the sd getters of Adm-ton approbation of such Testmts
being first had & made - in this Court. Then this obligation to be void otherwise in
force
Margret (her mark) Rawes
George (his mark) Robinson
William (his mark) Ginning
Sealed & delivered
in the presence of
James Moore [signed]
&
Jos Lambert [signed]
No -- Puby.
[Page 3 - Inventory:]
An Inventory of all ye goods & Chattels
of Willm Rawes of Thrang in great
Langdall & County of Westmorland
yeoman deceased Apprized ye Tenth
Day of July in ye yeare 1688 by
Thomas Masinson[?] Willm Groves
John Benson George Dixon George
Benson & John Dixon
l s d
Imp his Apparell 2 5 6
Ittm Brass & pewter 00 3 20
Ittm Wooden vessell 00 8 00
Ittm Bedding & bedstocks 00 18 00
Ittm Chists 00 7 00
Ittm a table furms & stools 00 15 00
Ittm husbandry goods 00 10 00
Ittm A grid iron & )
brand iron & other ) 00 8 00
household goods )
Ittm Six beafe 8 00 00
Ittm One maire & )
her furnitur ) 1 6 8
Ittm ffuell 00 2 00
Ittm A Case of boxes )
& other things ) 00 6 8
l s d
The sum of 15 7 10
In One Harriot 1 0 00
Debts he had owen ) l
at ye Day of his death ) 13 00 00
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28 7 10
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Extrs In l s
Paid forth in funerall ) 1 14 4
expences )
Debts he had owe at ) l
the day of his death ) 1 4 0
NOTES:
- Thrang is still a farmstead in Great Langdale.
- Unfortunately the administration does not state the relationship between William and Margaret Rawes.
Other people mentioned in the Inventory.
- George Benson.
- Georghe Dixon.
- John Dixon.
- William Ginning.
- William Groves.
- Joseph Lambert.
- Thomas Masinson.
- George Robinson.
Transcribed from the original by Julian Rawes, 2016