Catherine Corteen als Stole, 1809

                             To the Reverend Thomas Cubbon 
                             and Nicholas Christian Vicars ~ 
                             General of the Diocese of Sodor and Man
                                         The humble petition of John 
                                         Corteen of Thallow Queen in the 
                                         Parish of Maughold ~

Sheweth / That Catherine Corteen of the said Parish 
                 who was the wife of your Pet'r departed 
                 this life on or about the Month of December
                 in the year of our Lord 1806 intestate or as 
                 your Pet is given to understand having first 
                 expressed some words purporting to be her 
                 last Will and Testament which words 
                 were some time afterwards committed to writing 
                 by the Witnesses present and were designed to be her 
                 last Will and Testament and to be considered 
                 and taken as such. ~
                      That your Pet. has good reason to 
                 apprehend and believe that the s'd paper 
                 writing is on certain grounds invalid and 
                 cannot be sustained or deemed as valid in 
                 the eye or notice of the Law as your Pet. trusts
                 may be made to appear. ~
                      That none of the persons interested in the
                 establishment of the said paper writing as a 
                 Will have taken any Steps or adopted any  
                 legal measures for the establishment of the 
                 same as and for the Will of the said Catherine 
                 Corteen notwithstanding the length of time 
                 which has since elapsed since the decease of 
                 the said Catherine Corteen. ~  
                     That your Pet. has experienced much 
                 inconvenience by reason of no representatives
                 Executor or administrator having been sworn on
                 the Estate of the said Catherine Corteen and that 
                 the said Estate required that some proper person 
                 or persons should be appointed and sworn Ex'or
                 or [Adm'or] of the same. ~
                     That your Pet. would further state that 
                 your Pet is not inclined to take upon him the 
                 burden of the said intended or pretended will 
                 of the said Catherine Corteen and that the same
                 ought to be set aside as null and void. ~

                       Wherefore our Pet. humbly prays a  
                       speedy hearing of this petition and 
                       authority to summon the children or        
                       collaterals of the said deceased, and that
                       upon oyer of the said paper writing and 
                       consideration of the matters beforestated
                       your Reverences may be pleased to grant 
                       administration of the Estate of the said 
                       Catherine Corteen unto your Pet. or grant 
                       your Pet. such other relief in the Premise 
         
                       As to your Reverences may [soon] meet
                          And your Pet. will ever [pray] 

Ordered that the matter of this Petition do 
come on to be heard before us at a Consistorial 
Court to be holden at the School house in the 
Parish of Kirk Michael on Thursday next the 24
November insistant Whereof all Parties and Witnesses 
to have notice.  Given at Kirk Maugh'd the 19 
November 1808 ~
                                               Thos. Cubbon
Nov. 24th 1808
           Continued to the next
           Consitory Court
                                 Thos. Cubbon


By virtue of the Rev'd Vicar Gen. Cubbon 
Rev'ce and Order on the Petition of John 
Corteen of the Parish of Kirk Maughold 
I charged Wm Corteen John Looney 
Jane Corteen Easther Corteen Elinor 
Corteen of S'd Parish to appear ~
before your rev'ce at a Consistory 
Court to be holden at Kirk Michael 
on the Thursday next by ten of the 
Clock in the forenoon to answer the 
Suit of S'd Johm Corteen this the 
18th March 1809    Thos. Kermeen 
Sumner of Maughold. my X  

Maughold
                The Consistory Court holden at Kirk Michael 
                23 March 1809
Catherine Corteen als Stole departed this life on or 
about the month of Dec'r 1806 Intestate, The Court 
having received Intelligence thereof had Decreed 
her seven children namely William, Isabel 
Catharine Jane Esther Elinor & Ann Corteen 
[Co-Adm'ors] of all her Goods Rights Credits Chattles & 
Effects moveable & immoveable whatever, the said 
William, Isabel Catharine Jane Esther Elinor & Ann 
being absent from Court, John Corteen their Father 
is sworn in trust for them well and truly to ad-
-minister the Estate of the said Intestate, to exhibit 
a full true and perfect Inventory thereof unto the 
Episcopal Registry to pay all the just Debts of the 
Intestate so far forth as the Goods will extend and 
the law bind him and to render a just account 
of his said administration when there unto law-
-fully required, and to these ends he hath given 
Pledges in form of Law namely Philip Quiggen 
& William Quiggen both of Kirk Michael
    Decretum est
    Thos Cubbon  
    Nicholas Christian