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Know all me by these presents that we Edward Smith of the parish of Chepstow
in the County of Monmouth Gent Robert Carr of the same parish
Gent and John Bradley of the Town of Cardiff in the county
of Glamorgan Inn Keeper
are become bound unto the Right Rev Father in God Richard (space) by diivine permission
Lord Bishop of Landaff in the sum of Four (? very smudged), thousand pounds
of good and
lawful money of great Britain to be paid to the said Lord Bishop or to his lawfull attorney
his exe(cutor)s ad(ministrato)rs or assigns for the good and faithful payments of which sum
well and truly to be made We bind our selves and each of us Jointly and Severally for
(smudge) whole our heirs Exe(cutor)s and admin(istrator)s firmly by these presents sealed with our seals
and Dated the twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand and seven hundred and eighty eight
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Edward Smith the
Cousin Germain next of kin and Curator or Guardian lawfully assigned to Vere Herbert Smith
A Minor the Natural and lawful Son and only next of kin of Vere Smith late of the parish of
Chepstow in the County of Monmouth and Diocese of Landuff widower deceased
^and^ admnistrator of
All and Singular the Goods Chattles and Credits of the said deceased for the use and benefit of the
said Minor during his Minority and Untill he shall attain to the age of twenty one years
Do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all Singular the Goods Chattles
and Credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the Hands possession or
Knowledge of the said Edward Smith ………………
Dated at the bottom
23 Dec(embe)r 1788
The above named Edward Smith was
sworn well and faithfully to administer
to exhibit an Inventory and
to render an Amount ?
Before me
Edward Smith, Robert Carr and John Bentley all sign
This bond then carries on in a similar vein. There is no more pertinent family information in it.
Image 2 is just the slip cover of the bond.
Image 3 & 4 is the Inventory which itemises his goods.
It's quite interesting,
You can probably make out a lot of the items.
The first item is
The Deceased's wearing apparel & House }
Furniture Valued and appraised at the }
sum of } 5 5 0
Lower down in the list he has Hay worth 200 pounds, Horses and Colts worth 104 pounds 6 shillings, Oxen worth 165 pounds 10 shillings, Cows calves and young cattle 352 pounds 13 shillings, and Sheep and lambs worth 200 pounds 8 shillings.
The total of his goods (on image 4) is 1898 pounds 13 shillings.
The rest of the images are the administration to Edward Smith. They repeat the information given about him in the first image of he bond. No further genealogical information.
