Stephen Bishop
          1895

Estate of Stephen Bishop 1895
From LDS Microfilm #2057393

AFFIDAVIT
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In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND }
          To Wit               } I do swear that I believe that Stephen Bishop late of Bay Roberts 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 of which he died possessed, within the jurisdiction of this Court, do not, according to the best of my knowledge, judgment and belief, amount to the value of Six hundred dollars.

So help me God

Sworn before me, at Harbor Grace,                    ??? ? Bishop
this 16^th day of May A.D. 1895

Andrew F. Drysdale
Commissioner of Affidavits
Supreme Court

Estate of Stephen Bishop
late of Bay Roberts
in the Northern District
Fisherman deceased

Admin granted to
Mary Ann Bishop
of Bay Roberts

Dated
29^th May 1895

Sureties Wm. Greenland and
     John Greenland

Estate sworn under $600.00

Certificate

I hereby certify that the notice on the other side hereof written has been posted in the office of the chief clerk of the Supreme Court from the date thereof to the present and that no Caveat or other objection has been entered thereto.
          St. Johns May 10^th, 1895
Jos. P. Carty
ACSC

Notice

Three days from the date hereof application will be made to the Honorable the Supreme Court or one of the Honorable the Judges thereof for Letters of Administration to the Estate of Stephen Bishop late of Bay Rob-erts Fisherman deceased to be granted to Mary Ann Bishop of the same place widow of said deceased.
          St. Johns May 7^th 1895
Chas. H. Hutchings
Solicitor
(Initials in margin) J.C.P.

   To the Hon. Sir F.B.T. Carter K.C.M.G. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or one of the Hon. the Assistant Judges thereof.

          The Petition of Mary Ann Bishop of Bay Roberts in the Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland, widow.

Humbly Sheweth

          That your Petitioner's husband, the late Stephen Bishop late of Bay Roberts aforesaid Fisherman died at that place on the sixth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety three, intestate.
          That the said late Stephen Bishop left him surviving as next of kin his widow your petitioner and no children living.
          That at the time of his death the said Stephen Bishop was possessed of property and money of the probable value of Five hundred Dollars.
          That previously to his death the said deceased occupied a fixed place of abode at

Bay Roberts in the Northern District aforesaid
          That no Probate or Administration has hitherto been granted to the said Estate by this Hon. Court.
          Your Petitioner therefore prays that Administration to the said Estate may be granted to her.
          And as in duty bound she will ever pray &c

Hr. Grace
May 5^th/96                                                  Mary Ann Bishop

In the Supreme Court

Newfoundland
Harbor Grace
To Wit          I Mary Ann Bishop of Bay Roberts in the Northern District of the Island of Newfoundland the ??th ?? September make oath and say that the contents of the foregoing Petition are correct and true
Sworn before me at
Harbor Grace this 4^th
day of May AD 1895                                       Mary Ann Bishop

W.J. Lynch
Commissioner SC

Sup Court

In re

Petition of Mary
Ann Bishop for
Admn to her
late husband's Estate

Fiat
May 10 / 95

J. S. Winters
J

Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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Be it Remembered That on this 16^th day of May in the          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 ninety five personally appeared Mary Ann Bishop, John Greenland, & William Greenland of St John's in the Central District and did acknowledge themselves to be held and firmly bound to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal sum of One thousand 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 Mary Ann Bishop as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of the late Stephen Bishop of Bay Roberts in the Northern District 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 her the said Mary Ann Bishop as such Administratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person, or persons, for her and the same so made do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, at or before the 16^th day of November 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 her the said Mary Ann Bishop as such Administratrix or to the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her shall well and truly administer according to Law, and further shall make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of her said Administration, on or before the 16^th day of May which will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six and afterwards from time to time as she 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
in the presence of
Thomas? Walsh
Solicitor                                                 Mary Ann Bishop
                                                                William Greenland
                                                                John Greenland