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Miscellaneous Deeds, Grants, Petitions & Wills
(S)
Richard Sholwell

 

(Throughout this document the surname of the deceased alters often between Sholwell and Holwell - Transcriber)

Richard Sholwell
          1888

Estate of Richard Sholwell 1888
From LDS Microfilm #2057239

 

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
---------------

ST. JOHN'S }
To Wit          } I do swear that I believe that Richard Sholwell late of St. John's Fisherman deceased, died without a Will; and that I will well and truly administer all and every the Goods of the said deceased and pay his debts, so far as his Goods will extend: and that I will exhibit a true, full and perfect Inventory of the said Goods of the deceased, and render a true account of my Administration into the Registry of the said Court, within six months from the date hereof, or when I shall be thereunto lawfully required; and that the whole of the Goods, Rights, Chattels, Assets, Credits and Effects of the said deceased which he died possessed of, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of two hundred dollars.

Sworn before me, at St. John's,
the 17th day of                                                  M. Holwell
October A.D.1888.
(the same having been first
read over and explained)

Jos. P. Carty
Commissioner of Affidavits

 

 

1888

Estate of Richard Sholwell
late of St. Johns
in the Central District
Fisherman deceased

Dated 23rd October
AD 1888

Admin granted to
Matthew Holwell of
St. Johns fisherman

Sureties John B. Curran
             Nicholas Worsley

Estate sworn under
             $200.00

 

 

Notice

Three days after the date hereof I will apply to the honourable the Supreme Court or to one of the honourable the judges thereof for letters of administration to the Estate of Richard Holwell late of St. John's in the Central District fisherman deceased to be granted to Matthew Holwell son of said deceased.
          St. John's July 31 : 1888
          Herbert L. Knight
Proctor for said Matthew Holwell

(Inserted in left margin seal of Registrar's Office
Dated July 31, 1888)

 

 

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice written on the other side hereof has been posted in the Clerk's Office since the day of the date hereof and that no caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. John's August 6 : 1888
Prescott Emerson
Reg?

(Inserted in right margin seal of Registrar's office
dated Aug 6, 1888)

 

 

To the honourable the Supreme Court
or to one of the honourable the
judges thereof

          The Petition of Matthew Sholwell of St. John's in the Central District Fisherman

Humbly Sheweth

          That Your Petitioner's father, Richard Holwell, of Saint John's in the Central District Fisherman, died on the seventh day of March AD 1883 intestate, leaving him surviving as next of kin a son (Your petitioner) and a daughter, Jane Holwell, since deceased.
          That the said Richard Holwell was possessed at the time of his death of property within the jurisdiction of this honourable Court which did not amount in value to the sum of two hundred dollars.
          That no probate of any will or letters of administration to the estate of the said Richard Holwell deceased have been granted or applied for.
          Your Petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Administration to the estate of the said Richard Holwell be granted to him.
          And, as in duty bound, Your Petitioner will ever pray, &c.
          St. John's August 2 : 1888

his
Mathew X Holwell
mark

 

 

To the Supreme Court
Probate Side

Newfoundland }
St. John's ??     }
Matthew Sholwell of St. John's aforesaid Fisherman maketh oath and saith that the Contents of the foregoing petition are just correct and true in every particular to the best of his knowledge information and belief
Sworn before me this
6th day of August                                                  his
A.D. of 1888 at St. John's                    Matthew X Holwell
aforesaid having been                                          mark
first read over and explained
Prescott Emerson
Comm'r

 

 

In the Supreme Court
Probate Side

In the matter of the Estate of
Richard Holwell late of St. John's
in the Central District Fisherman
deceased

Petition for Letters of Administration
to be granted to Matthew Holwell

(Seal of Registrar's Office
dated Aug 6, 1888, St. John's
Newfoundland)

Fiat
F.B.T. Carter
CJ

Filed August 8th : 88

I.P.C

 

 

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
---------------

Be it Remembered That on this seventeenth day of October in the 52nd Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight personally appeared Matthew Holwell of Saint John's Fisherman John B. Curran of St. John's Commission Merchant and Nicholas Worsley Commission Merchant and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal Sum of Four Hundred Dollars to be had, made and levied on his Goods, Chattels and Effects, jointly and severally, if Default is made in any of the conditions following :---

Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Matthew Holwell as Administrator of the Estate and Effects of Richard Holwell late of St. John's aforesaid, Fisherman deceased, do make or cause to be made, a just, true, and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of him the said Matthew Holwell as such Administrator or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for him and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the seventeenth day of April next ensuing the date hereof; and the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects of the said deceased, at the time of his death, or which at any time afterwards shall come into the hands or possession of him the said Matthew Holwell or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his said Administration, on or before the seventeenth day of October which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-nine and afterwards from time to time as he shall be lawfully required. And all the rest, residue, and remainder of the said Goods, Chattels, Credits and Effects, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administration Account, the same being examined and allowed by the said Supreme Court of Newfoundland, shall and do pay and dispose of in due course of Administration, or in such a manner as the said Court shall direct; then this obligation to be void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Signed and sealed                              M. Holwell
in the presence of                              Jno. B. Curran
Jos. P. Carty                                     Nicholas Worsley
Comm'r

 

 

Page Transcribed by Gordon Bennett

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Saturday March 10, 2018)

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