Letters of Administration & Inventory of Richard Husserdine of Lapley , 1693

Description:Wills and their accompanying inventories of goods and chattels, are an excellent source of information for family, social and economic history. A will can provide all kinds of useful information about family relationships and the social and economic status of the testator, that is the person making the will. In addition before 1750, an itemised inventory of the goods of the deceased was drawn up by between two and five unbiased persons called appraisors, overseers or supervisors. The inventory includes all the moveable goods, including where appropriate household goods, clothing, stock-in-trade, farm stock, growing and cut corn, loose money and any rent and debts due but it does not include land.
Where the deceased did not make a will it was necessary to obtain letters of administration in order to deal with the disposition of his or her property.
This is just such an example.

"The Condicon of this obligacon is such that if Margery Husserdine Relict and Administrator of all and singuler the goods, chattles and credite of Richard Husserdine late of the Parish of Lapley deceased doe make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goodes chattells and credite of the said deceased which have or shall come to the handes possesion or knowledge of her the said Margery Husserdine or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for her and the same soe made doe exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Episcopal Court at Lichfield at or before the last day of May next ensuing And the Same goodes chattells and credite and all other the goodes chattells & credite of the said deceased at the time of his death which at any time after Shall come to the hande or possossion of the said Margery Husserdine or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for [ ] doe well and truely Adminster according to law And further doe make or cause to be made a true and Just accompt of the said Administration at or before the last day of March 1695 and all the rest and residue of the said goodes, chattells and credite which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrator’s accompt 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 desire orsentence { pursuant to their true intent and meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth yeares of the raigne of the Late Soveraigne Lord King Charles the second Intitules An Act for the better settling of Intestates Estates shall limitt and appoint And if it shall hereafter appeare that any last will and Testament was made by the said deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named doe exhibit the same into the said Court makeing request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Margery Husserdine above bounden being thereunto required doe 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 also to remaine in full force and vertue."

Copyright : Lichfield Record Office , B/C/11 1693 Husserdine , Richard

Reproduced by courtesy of the Lichfield Diocesan Registrar.

Attachments

Letters of Administration transcript of Richard Husserdine , 1693 (5 KB)

Inventory Transcript of Richard Husserdine of Lapley (6 KB)