George Kneale, 1850

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60       Andreas
The humble petition of Anne Kneale of Croggan in the parish of Andreas
relict of George Kneale deceased.
Sheweth:  That the said George Kneale your petršs late husband departed this
life to wit sometime in the month of November last past but first
duly made and published his last will and testament in writing and
thereof appointed your petitioner executrix and residuary legatee.
That your petitioner is desirous to renounce the executriceship in favor
of John Corlett of Ballamenagh in the parish of Lezayre and Robert
Kneale of Ballacry in the parish of Jurby.  That it has become necessary
that probate of the will should be granted with as little delay as
possible there being farm stock requiring to be disposed of and lands to
be let and cropped.
Wherefore your petitioner prays a speedy hearing hereof and that upon proof
of the matters aforesaid your Worship may be pleased to grant probate of the
said will and appoint and swear in the said John Corlett
and Robert Kneale executors in trust with the said will.
This is declared to be the last will and testament of me George Kneale
late of the town of Ramsey but now residing at Cronkane in the parish of
Andreas being of sound mind and memory at the making declaring and
publishing hereof.
First I commit my soul to God and my body to Christian burial.
Secondly I leave and bequeath to my son Frederick and to my daughters Ann,
Elizabeth, Jane, Catharine and Eliza equally share and share
Alike (and subject as hereinafter mentioned and expressed) all and
singular that and those lands to me belonging situate in the parish of
Andreas and which lands and premises were formerly bequeathed to me
by my uncle Patrick Kneale deceased and also that and those lands and houses
to me belonging situated in the town of Ramsey To have and to
hold the said several properties in Andreas and in the town of Ramsey to
them the said Frederick, Ann, Elizabeth, Jane, Catharine, and Eliza Kneale
my aforesaid children and their heirs and assigns for ever commencing
the possession of the same as hereinafter mentioned and subject to such
encumbrances and debts as may be made chargeable thereon in terms hereof and
as herein after expressed, that is to say, it is my will and I
do hereby desire and leave to my beloved wife Ann Kneale the whole of
the rents, issues and profits of the whole of the before mentioned
properties of lands and houses for the purpose of and the better to
enable her to support maintain cloth and educate my aforesaid children until
the youngest of them attains to the age of eighteen years at which time
namely on my youngest children (me surviving) attaining the age of eighteen
years.  It is my will and I do hereby direct that my children hereinbefore
named or those of them who shall be then living is and are
to possess the property left and bequeath to them as before mentioned
equally, share and share alike.  And it is hereby proved and to be
understood and I do hereby direct that my wife before mentioned renounced
the executorship of the same by ---------- in writing by her
duly executed and dated this day John Corlett and Robert Kneale at her
request are sworn well and truly to administer the personal estate and
effects of the deceased in trust for the executor in terms of the said
will and according to law to pay all just debts legacies and funeral
expenses of the decease so far forth as the goods will extend and the
law bind them and to return to the Archdeacons Registry a full true and
perfect inventory of the said estate with an accurate account of their acts
and proceeding in the premises when then unto lawfully required
and to these ends they have given pledges namely Wm Kelly and Patrick Kneale
who have in presence of the court executed the usual bond.
                          Probatum est  T. A. Corlett
The humble petition of John Corlett and Robert Kneale administrators of the
estate of George Kneale deceased.
Sheweth:  That the time allowed by law for entering and proving claims
against the said estate in the Eccl Courts has expired and your petrs
have administer the said estate by converting the whole of the personal
estate of the said Geo Kneale into cash but the same is greatly
insufficient to pay the claims proved against the said estate and it is
thereof necessary that a distribution should be made by the proper
officer of the assets in the hands of your petrs among the creditors of the
said  estate that have entered in and proved their claims.
Wherefore your petrs pray a hearing hereof and upon proof of the matters
aforesaid your  Worship may be pleased to order a distribution to be
made of the personal estate of the said deceadent among the creditors that
have entered and proved their claims and your petitioners will pray.
T. D. Lamothe for the petrs

Ordered that this petition do come on to be heard at a court to be holden at
Ramsey on Friday the 25th day of April inst whereof all proper parties are
to have due notice.
Given this 16th day of April 1851.  T. A. Corlett

At an Eccl Court held in Ramsey 25th April 1851.
Upon hearing this petition in presence of the petrs and Mrs Jane Quark
one of the creditors of the decease or their advocates and upon
consideration hereof and of what was otherwise pleaded, offered,
argued, and alleged by and on behalf of the parties respectively I am of
the opinion that the petrs have in their hands the sum of one hundred
seventy nine pounds twenty shillings and five pence half penny after
deducting all preferable claims to be distributed between the several
creditors of Geo Kneale decease who have established there claims and that
such distribution ought to be made by the Archdeacons Register
with all convenient speed and the same is therefore hereby so ordered
adjudged and decreed accordingly. T. A. Corlett

The Inventory and distribution of assests by Court not typed.