John Radcliffe, 1876

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Maughold 
1876 
No 95
The humble petition of Isabella Radcliffe a widow.
Sheweth:
That petitioner's late husband John Radcliffe departed this life on the
17th day of April last intestate
That it is necessary that Administration of his Estate should be granted
to some fit and proper person.
That the next of kin of the deceased are his widow the petitioner and his
children namely John Radcliffe, Laxey, Ann Jane Logan wife of Edward Logan
off Island, William Radcliffe at Whitehaven, Mary Ellen Radcliffe
and James Radcliffe in Maughold also three children under age. Wherefore
petitioner prays a hearing hereof and that your Worship may be pleased
to grant administration of the estate of the said John Radcliffe to your
petitioner or to some other fit and proper person and she will pray
John C Lamothe for petitioner

Ordered that this petition do come on to be heard at an Eccl Court to be
held at Ramsey on Thursday next the 18th day of May instant at 10 O'clock in
the forenoon whereof all proper parties and persons are to
have due and lawful notice.
Given at Ramsey this 15th May 1876

At an Eccl Court held at Ramsey on the 18th of May 1876 
Upon hearing this petition in the presence of the parties or their advocates and it
being proved that John Radcliffe late of Dullan in the parish of Maughold
on or about the the 17th day of April departed this life intestate.
This court hath decreed Isabella Radcliffe, widow, the relict of the said
deceased Administratrix of all and singular the personal estate and effects
of said deceased and accordingly she is sworn well and truly to administer
the said estate and effects of the said deceased by paying his just debts
and funeral expenses so far forth as the said Estate and effects will extend
and Law bind her and distributing the residue thereof according to Law, and
to return to the Episcopal Registry of this Diocese
a full, true, and perfect Inventory thereof, with an accurate account of her
administration thereof when thereunto lawfully required;  and to
these ends she hath given pledges namely, John Radcliffe of Laxey in the
parish of Lonan and Daniel Robert Goldsmith of Laxey in the parish of Lonan,
who have entered into and executed the usual Bond in presence of the Court.
Decretum Est    R. Jebb