Administration of Hester Luce 1857

14th., February 1857

On which day appeared personally George Luce of Swansea in the County of Glamorgan and alleged that Hester Luce late of Wottonunderedge in the County of Gloucester Spinster deceased died on the 22d. day of January now last Intestate without a Parent That he was the natural and lawful Brother and one of the next of kin of the said deceased That he would well and faithfully Administer the Goods chattels and Credits of the said deceased and pay her Debts as far as her Goods would extend and by law obliged and exhibit an Inventory and render an Account when thereunto lawfully called That all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased were under the value of Two Hundred Pounds and that she had no Leasehold Estate

Wherefore he prayed that all and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased might be administered y him and that Letters of Administration might be committed to him upon his giving good and sufficient Security and so forth

Let Admn. pass as prayed

Charles J. ??ink
???? Surrogate

Sworn Under £200

Know all Men by these Presents that We George Luce of Swansea in the County of Glamorgan Pensioner Anthony Adey of Wottonunderedge in the County of Gloucester Gentleman and William Guise Foxwell of the same place Accountant are held and firmly bound unto Charles by divine permission Lord bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and his Successors in the sum of Four Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Lord Bishop or his Successors or to his or their certain Attorney Executors Administrators or Assigns To which Payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each of us by himself in and for the whole our and each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with our Seals dated the fourteenth day of February in the twentieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith &c And in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty seven.

The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above bounded George Luce Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of Hester Luce Spinster deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands Possession or Knowledge of him the said George Luce or into the hands and Possession of any Person or Persons for him and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Consistory Court of Gloucester at or before the last day of July next ensuing and the same Goods Chattles and Credit and all other the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased at the time of her death which at any time after shall come to the hands or Possession of the said George Luce or into the hands and Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly administer according to Law And further do make or cause to be made a true and just Accompt of his said Administration at or before the last day of Febry 1858 and all the Rest and Residue of the said Goods Chattles and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompts 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 or Persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second entituled an Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates shall limit and appoint And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and 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 George Luce above bounded being thereunto acquired do render and deliver the said Letter of Administration Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court then this Obligation to be void or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.

Signed Sealed and delivered in the Presence of

Thos. Woodward Registry Gloucester

George Luce
Anthony Adey
Wm Guide Foxwell

Source: Consistory Court of Gloucester; Reference: 69789

Source: Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858