Administration
Derived from Dorset History Centre; Reference Number: Da/A/1690
Confirmation that Elizabeth Hancock is responsible for administering the estate of her husband George.
Date: 23rd September 1690.
Summary:
Elizabeth Hancock, relictThe surviving spouse of a deceased person, almost always the widow. The word appears frequently in probate documents, where a... In full. and Administratrix of all the goods chattels and credits of George Hancock late of Stalbridge Weston, is bound to make an inventory of those goods chattels and credits of George Hancock deceased and exhibit it into the Registry of the Archdeacon’s Court on or before 20th April 1691.
A full account of the administration should be presented by 14th September 1691.
If a will is discovered hereafter it should be exhibited to the Court requesting it to be allowed and approved accordingly, in which case this current obligation will be void and of no effect.
Signed: Elizabeth Hancock, Robert Hancock, William Miles
In the presence of: John Combe, William Horlocke