Hugh Coffey, 1876

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HUGH COFFEY

BALLAUGH

 

1876 No 197 Episcopal

 

         To His Worship Richard Jebb Esquire    
         Vicar General

         The humble petition of Anne Coffey, 
         William Coffey, Eleanor Coffey, Hugh 
         Coffey, William Cain and Eliza Cain 
         (formerly Coffey his wife), Thomas 
         Barron and Ann Barron (alias Coffey) 
         his wife, William Kneale and Maria 
         Jane Kneale (formerly Coffey) his 
         wife and Henry Cannell and Isabella 
         Mary Cannell (formerly Coffey) his wife
Sheweth 

    That Hugh Coffey late of the parish of 
    Ballaugh departed this life on the 
    fifteenth day of December instant 
    Intestate and it is necessary that 
    Administration of his Estate and 
    effects should be granted to some 
    fit and proper person.

    That petitioners who are the only next 
    of kin of the said Hugh Coffey deceased 
    on this Isle are desirous that Administration 
    of his Estate should be granted to your 
    petitioner Anne Coffey the widow of deceased.

         Wherefore petitioners pray a hearing 
         hereof and that Administration of the 
         said Estate may be granted to the 
         said Anne Coffey and petitioners will 
         ever pray.
         CB Mcl????
         For petitioners.



Ordered that this Petition do come on to be heard at 
an Ecclesiastical Court to be held at Ramsey on Friday 
this 29th day of December 1876 at 11am whereof all 
proper parties and persons are to have due notice.

Given at Ramsey this 22nd day of December 1876.

                             R Jebb

 

Diocese of Sodor and Mann
At an Ecclesiastical Court held at Ramsey on the 22nd day 
of December 1876 upon hearing this petition in the presence 
of the parties or their Advocates and 

It being proved that Hugh Coffey, late of the Village in 
the Parish of Ballaugh, on or about the 15th day of December 
1876 departed this life & & & & & Intestate.

This Court hath decreed Ann Coffey, Widow, the Relict of 
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 the 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 William 
Coffey of Ramsey in the Parish of Maughold and Hugh Coffey 
of the Village in the Parish of Ballaugh who have entered 
into and executed the usual Bond in presence of the Court.

               Decretum Est      
                          R Jebb

 
Whereas, the Ecclesiastical Court of this Isle and Diocese of 
Sodor and Mann hath this day granted Letters of Administration 
of the Estate of Hugh Coffey late of the Village in the Parish 
of Ballaugh deceased to Ann Coffey Widow.

And Whereas, William Coffey of Ramsey in the Parish of MAughold 
and Hugh Coffey of the Village in the Parish of Ballaugh have 
agreed to become Pledges for the due and faithful Administrations 
of the said Estate by the said Ann Coffey according to Law.

Now, know all Men by these Presents, that we, the said William 
Coffey and Hugh Coffey hereby bind and oblige ourselves, jointly 
and severally, and our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, 
firmly by these presents, as pledges for the said Ann Coffey that 
she shall well and truly administer, all and singular, the 
Personal Estate and Effects of the said deceased, according to Law. 
And in her default we bind ourselves, and each of us, our Heirs, 
Executors, and Administrators, to be answerable and responsible 
for the whole to the said Court, and to all parties interested in 
the said Estate and Effects, or the administration thereof, in 
the place and stead of the said Ann Coffey.
Witness our Subscriptions this 22nd day of December in the Year of 
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy six.
            William Coffey 
                 my
          Hugh   X   Coffey
                mark 

At an Ecclesiastical Court held at Ramsey on the 22nd day of 
December 1876. The forgoing Bond and Obligation was duly signed 
and delivered and also acknowledged by the executing parties 
to be their proper Act and Deed.
                    Before me
                          R Jebb