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Proving of the Will of Robert Hooper
 

By the Tenor of these presents we George Moore Clerk master of Arts archdeacon of the Archdeaconery of Cornwall lawfully constituted DO make known to all men THAT on the 18th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1800 before Edmund Gilbert Clerk Master of Arts or Official or Principal Surrogate the last Will and Testament of Robert Hooper late of the Parish of Bodmin within our said Archdeacon Yeoman deceased hereunto annexed was proved approved and registered and Administration of all and Singular the goods Chattels and Credits of the deceased and anyway concerning the said will was by us granted to Joanna Hooper the widow of the said deceased and surviving Executor named in the said will being first sworn upon the Holy Evangelist well and faithfully to administer the same and to make a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said goods chattels and credits and to exhibit the same in the Registry of the Archdeaconery Court of Cornwall on or before the last day of November next ensuing and also to render a Just and true account thereof when thereunto lawfully required (saving nevertheless the right of every other person) GIVEN under the seal of Office the day and year first above written
 
John Wallis
Registrar
Edmund Gilbert
Official

£50 penalty for not proving a will or taking an Admission within 6 months after the death of the deceased .

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Contributed by Malcolm McCarthy, (Malc in Sunny Padstow), who has the original document.