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(74) Die Martÿ 3.o Martÿ 1673 Whereas Luke Gardner the Sole Surviveing Executor of Robert Cole late of S.t Clements Pray in the County of S.t Maries deceased at the request of Robert Cole Son and heire of the said deceased and Ignatius Warren who Mary the daughter of the said deceased was Cited to this Court to render on accompt of his Executorshipp Whereupon the said Luke the 17.th of October 1673 appeared and in presence of the said Cole and Warren delivered in his accompt of and concerning the execution of the said Estate last will and Testament in writeing signed with his hand of w.ch accompt the said Robert Cole the heire and the said Ignatius Warren prayed Coppyes and time till the tenth of November then next following to make their Exceptions to the said accompt which was then accordingly granted Att which said tenth of November appeared aswell the said Luke Gardner the Execut.r as the said Robert Cole and Ignatius Warren and the said Robert Cole the heire to the deceased delivered in his exceptions in writeing to the acc.t of the said Executor vizt in thirteen articles in particular to which the executor imediately made answers which were taken in writeing by the judge or Comissary Gen.ll for Testamentary causes which being read & considered off by the said Robert Cole and nothing further objected in particular materiall to hinder the passeing the said accompt The said judge would farther advise himselfe himselfe upon the said accompt in regard of the last exception in Generall to the said accompt made by the said Robert vizt the execut.rs accompt (of which he prayes allowance) being so imperfect in many the particulars there being no expresse time of the delivery or to whom or for what accompt whereby it is impossible for the said Robert to make his just exceptions to severall particulars Therefore recommends the said acc.o to the judgment of the judge in Testamentary businesse to rectifie the same as to his Hon.r seems meet and agreeable to Equity And therefore the said judge did take into his hands the acc.o of the said Luke and after mature consideration thereof and the exceptions to the same made caused the same to be rectified in many particulars not mentioned in the exceptions of the said Robert and upon the 14.th of February 1673 called the said Executor to make Oath to the particulars of his Own accompt that stood allowed by the said judge which the said Executor not being able to doe in comon forme but only in the Speciall manner as at the foot of the acc.o is annexed The said judge declared that in regard the said Luke Gardner never tooke out Letters Testamentary upon probate of the Will of the said Robert Cole deceased never tooke the Oath of Executor to make a true accompt nor never made Inventory or appraisment of the Goods Chattells rights and creditts of the said deceased nor hath kept such an accompt of his administracon of the goods Chattells rights and Creditts of the said Robert deceased as he does absolutely sweare to as an executor Ought to doe The said Luke hath lost all benefitt or advantage of an Executor and is punishable at the direction of the judge here but forasmuch as it appeares he hath improved the Stock of Cattle and hoggs to greater number then Robert Cole left at his departure for England and raised a Stock of horses for the Orphants where the Testator left none The said judge doth Order That the Orphants of Robert Cole deceased shall receive the houshold goods in the Condition they are in the Cattle and hoggs as they are shared to them and the horses to be divided amongst them after the said Luke Gardner hath chosen One Mare |
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