PROB 5 / 4302 [Source : National Archives (Kew) - Transcribed RC July 2012]
A true and just accompt of Dorothy Whyte adminstratrix of all and singular the goods chattels and creditts of Mary Cromleholme late of Abbyscome in the County of Somerset widow deceased made by her as well of all her receipts? as disbursments in the administration of the goods chattels and creditsts of the said deceased made as following vizt.
The Charge
Imprimis This accomptant chargeth herselfe with the summe of Eight hundred ninety foure pounds nineteen shillings seven pence. …….. ? being the summe total of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which have come to ye hands and possession of this accomptant or into the hands and possession of any other person for her as the … ? is specified in the Inventory thereof made and herewith annexed ------ ……? £ Xjx : vij : o d ???
Suma …….? page 1
Item This accomptant declares that there is a desperate debt of three hundred pounds due to the said deceased from the …..? or executors of Mr Richard Cromleholme Bury of Ballinacargy in the County of Limericke and Kingdom of Ireland deceased (as is more particularly sett forth in the Inventory hereunto annexed) and that as soone as she this accomptant shall have received the same or any part thereof she will be ready to charge her selfe therewith.
The Discharge
Imprimis This accomptant craves allowance of the summe of
Eleven pounds eighteen shillings and a penny so …. ? being
by her paid to Mr John Darly ? a mourner ? for mourning
for the deceased her servants & for hatbands scarfes and other
necessitys used at the funeral of the said deceased. £ xj : xviii : j
Item This accomptant craves allowance of the summe of five
pounds fifteen shillings and two pence for nine ?
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dozen of gloves used at the funeral of the said deceased. £ v : xv : ij
Item Paid by this accomptant for one dozen of Port wine used
at the funeral of the said deceased xvj shillings
Item Paid by this accomptant for one dozen of …anary ? spent
also at the funeral of the said dec’d £ 1 : iij
Item Paid by this accomptant for ringing the Church Bell at the
funeral of the said dec’d x shillings
Item Given by this accomptant in Dole to the poore of the parish
where ye dec’d dyed the summe of forty shillings whereof she
craveth allowance £ ij
Item Paid by this accomptant for breaking up the ground in the
Church to bury the Body of the said dec’d £ vj : viij
Item Paid by this accomptant other small charges for burying the
said deceased in the .. ? church 10s
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Item Paid by this accomptant the summe of foure pounds three
shillings six pence for fourly dozen of cakes spent at the dec’ds funerall £iij iij s : vi
Item Paid by this accomptant for Beefe Lamb spice and sugar spent
at the funeral of the said deceased and for attendance of servants at that time. £ j o s
Item Paid by this accompatant to a woman that deales in Butter and
cheese a debt owed by the said deceased iij s
Item Paid by this accomptant for Potts, corks ? soape Candles ..olworts ?
and other small things and from the said deceased v s : ij d
Item Paid by this accomptant for two funeral sermons for the said
deceased, one at the parish Church of Abbycome, and the other at
ye conventicle (secret meeting – esp for dissenters) where the dec’d frequented £ j
Item Paid by this accomptant for burying the dec’d in Linen £ v
Item Paid by this accomptant to George Davidge a debt due to him
from the said dec’d at her death. £ x
Item Paid by this accomptant to Thomas Davidge a debt due by the
dec’d at her death £ j
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Item Paid by this accomptant for a coffin for the body of the dec'd xij s
Item paid by this accomptant to ye woman who laid out the body
of the said dec'd and placed the same in the coffin and other necessarys
thereto relating x s
Item Paid by this accomptant for Malt and Cyder spent at the funerall
of the said deceased and for carriage of Letters to Sherborne xv s
Item Paid by this accomptant to the dec'd two maid servants their
wagesdue from the deceased £j : x s
Item Paid by this accomptant for charge ? given to the Ringers at the
funerall of the said dec'd iij s
Item this accomptant craves allowance of the summe of three pounds
so m....? being by her paid to the Lord Stourton ? for ...rriott due at the death
of said deceased for the Farm of Polsham £ iij
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Item This accomptant craves allowance of the summe of seven pounds
seventeen shillings for the Charges of two men and their horses for fourteen
days who went down to Abbyscome to looke after and preserve the Estate of
the said deceased, to gett the same appraised and also to dispose the ....eralls ?
of ye said dec'd ? £ vij : xvij s
Item Paid by this accomptant for taking out Letters of Adminstration
of the Estate of the said deceased in the Prerogative Court £j : iij s : vj d
Item Paid by this accomptant for carrying the dec'd goods from Abbycome
to Wincanton where the London Carryor lay vj s : vj d
Item Paid more by this accomptant the summe of Three pounds sixteen
shillings six pence for the carriage of the said goods from Wincanton to London £iij : xvj s vi d
Item Paid by this accomptant to Mr Tatham ? the apothocary a debt due
from the said deceased at her death vj s : x d
Item Paid by this accomptant to Mr Richard Mullott a debt due from
the said dec'd at her death ij s
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Item Paid by this accomptant for Coach hire to and from Doctors Commons
about the Estate of the said deceased £ iij
Item Paid by this accomptant for cartage and porterage for the deceased
marble table from Bartholomew Close ? £ ij : jxi s
Item Paid by this accomptant for carriage of Letters relating to the Estate
of the said deceased £ j : xj s
Item Paid by this accomptant for rent of the deceased house at Abbyscome
due by the said deceased at her death. £ ij : x s
Item This accomptant craves allowance of the summe of two & twenty
pounds so much being by her paid to Mr John Moxon a lawyer by agreement
for his getting a Chapman to buy the Estate of Polsham Farme ? of this
accomptant for six hundred and fifty pounds. By whose moanes ? the said farme £ xxij iij s
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was sold for one hundred pounds more than it was appraised at in the inventory
hereunto annexed, and also of the sumeee of two guineas expended more by her
about the sale of said farme, In all....
Item Paid by this accomptant for drawing double copying and exhibiting
the inventory hereunto annexed upon the fourteenth day of November last at the
suit of Mr Samuel Bury - for Acts of Courts and proctors fees in the said cause
one pound sixteen shillings two pence £ j : xvi s ij d
Item Paid by this accomptant the sume of two pounds, three shillings, ten
pence for drawing and double copying this accompt exhibiting the same
acts of court and other charges thereunto indents ? £ij : iij s : x d
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Sume totall of the Disbursements is Eighty five pounds, six shillings,
eight pence £ Lxxxv : vj s : viij
Received by this accomptant as is at first sett forth in this accompt the
summe of Eight hundred ninety foure pounds, nineteen shillings
seven pence halfe penny £xjx : vij s vij d
Disbursed by this accomptant as above the summe of Eighty five pounds
six shillings, eight pence £ Lxxxv vj s " viij
In that there remaines in the hands of this accomptant the summe of
Eight hundred and nine pounds twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny
to be divided into six parts and distributed according to the Statute of
Distributions between Samuel Bury the only child of Samuel Burgess
a brother of the said deceased, deceased
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Samuel Clarke, Elizabeth Brooke, Anne Cornish and Benijamin Clarke
the children of Sarah Clarke deceased the sister of the said deceased;
This accomptant Dorothy White another sister of the said deceased; John
Bury, Mary Wakely ? Phineas Bury, Elizabeth Bury, Samuel Bury and
William Bury the children of John Bury dec'd another brother of the
said dec'd; Cohoone ? Samuel Watts, Elizabeth Morton, John Watts
Michael Watts, Mary Watts and Richard Watts the children of Elizabeth
Watts dec'd another sister of the said deceased; and also Thomas Bury
another brother of ye said deceased; Which said sume this accomptant
is ready to pay and distribute in persuance of the said Statute page 10
to the partys above mentioned as viz :
Imprimis This accomptant is ready to pay to Samuel Bury son of the
said Samuel Bury dec'd the summe of One hundred thirty four pounds
eighteen shillings, ten pence being one full sixth part of the said summe of
Eight hundred and nine pounds, twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny
the liquid estate of the said deceased which is to be distributed as aforesaid £ Lxxxiiij : xviij s x
Item this accomptant is ready to pay unto the said Samuel Clarke, Elizabeth
Brooke, Anne Cornish and Benjamin Clarke children of the said Sarah Clarke
dec'd the summe of one hundred thirty foure pounds eighteen shillings, ten
pence halfe penny being one full sixth part of the said summe of eight hundred
and nine pounds, twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny being the liquid
estate of the said deceased. £ Lxxxiiij : xviij s x
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Item this accomptant craves allowance to herself, a sister of the said deceased
of the summe of one hundred thirty foure pounds eighteen shillings, ten
pence halfe penny being one full sixth part of the said summe of eight hundred
and nine pounds, twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny being the liquid
estate of the said deceased. £ Lxxxiiij : xviij s x
Item this accomptant is ready to pay to the said John Bury, Mary Wakely
Phineas Bury, Elizabeth Bury, Samuel Bury and William Bury children of
ye said John Bury dec'd the summe of one hundred thirty foure pounds eighteen
shillings, ten pence halfe penny being one full sixth part of the said summe of
eight hundred and nine pounds, twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny
being the liquid estate of the said deceased. £ Lxxxiiij : xviij s x
Item this accomptant is ready to pay to the said Samuel Watts, Elizabeth
Morton, John Watts, Michael Watts, Mary Watts and Richard Watts children of
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Elizabeth Watts deceased the summe of one hundred thirty foure pounds eighteen
shillings, ten pence halfe penny being one full sixth part of the said summe of
eight hundred and nine pounds, twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny
being the liquid estate of the said deceased. £ Lxxxiiij : xviij s x
Item this accomptant is ready to pay to the said Thomas Bury a brother of the said
deceased the summe of one hundred thirty foure pounds eighteen
shillings, ten pence halfe penny being one full sixth part of the said summe of
eight hundred and nine pounds, twelve shillings eleven pence halfe penny
being the liquid estate of the said deceased. £ Lxxxiiij : xviij s x
7 January 1692
Dorothea White (signed) Dorothy White
Inrat ....... ? W Clements; Robto Peirson Cubi ... ?
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