Admon cites executors as being Mary Ripper, widow, William Pollard of Paul (butcher) and William Sampson of Crowan (yeoman).
WILLIAM RIPPER WILL REDRUTH DIED 1761
WILL & PROBATE
REDRUTH 1st May 1761 Bond upon the admion of the goods etc of one William Ripper lately deceased intestate granted to Mary Ripper widow and relict of the said deceased
The administratrix was sworn before the Reverend Mr Samuel <....> Master of Arts
Know all men by these presents that we Mary Ripper of the parish of Redruth in the county of Cornwall widow, William Pollard of the parish of Paul in the same county brother (in-law) and William Sampson of the parish of Crowan in the same county yeoman are here and firmly bound unto the worshipful John Sleech clerk Master of Arts Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry of Cornwall lawfully constituted in the sum of five hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto the said John Sleech or to his retained attorney his executors administrators or assignes to which payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves and each of us by herself and himselfs for the whole one and each and every of our <---> executors and administrators firmly by these presents sealed with our seals dated the ffirst day of May in the ffirst year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King defender of the ffaith and so forth. And in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Mary Ripper the widow and administratrix of all and singular, the goods chattels and credits of William Ripper late of Redruth abovesaid deceased do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of her the said Mary Ripper or into the hands and possession of any person or persons for her and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the register of the Archdeaconry Court of Cornwall at or before the last day of August next ensuing and the same goods chattels and credits and all other goods chattels and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Mary Ripper or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her do well and truly administer according to law and further do make or cause to be made a true and just amount of her said administration at or before the last day of January next and all the rest and residue of the said goods chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrators attempt the same being the 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 decree or sentence pursuant to the true intent and meaning of a late Act of Parliament made in the two and twentieth and three and twentieth years of the reign of our late sovereign Lord King Charles the Second, instituted an Act for the better settling of intestate estates shall limit and appoint; And if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same into the said Court making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly if the said Mary Ripper above bounden being thereunto required do 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 or else to remain in full force and virtue.
The signs of Mary Ripper William Pollard William Sampson
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Henry Bennett