Robert Lofthouse of Dallowgill 1835
Transcribed by Sheila K Douglas
29th April 1835.
Lofthouse, Rob’t of Dallowgill – Clogger
Adm’on, Bond
Poisoned by his wife Ursula, who was hanged at York March Assizes 1835
Robert Lofthouse, Dec’d
Margaret Lofthouse a Minor aged 1 yr 9 ms
Know all men, by these Presents, that we Ralph Lofthouse of Dallowgill
in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard in the County of York Farmer and
Henry Lofthouse of Masham in the same County Brewer are bound
and obliged to the Reverend and Worshipful George Waddington Clerk
M A Commissary or Official of the Peculiar and Special Jurisdiction of
the Church late of the Prebend of Masham in the County of York lawfully
constituted in the sum of twenty pounds of good and lawful Money of
Great Britain, to be paid to him the said Commissary or to his certain
Attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns; For the Payment whereof,
well and truly to be made, We oblige ourselves and every of us by
ourselves and for the Whole, and the full, our Heirs, Executors, and
Administrators, firmly by these Presents, sealed with our Seals. Given
the twenty ninth Day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and thirty five.
The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden
Ralph Lofthouse Administrat of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and
Credits of Robert Lofthouse deceased, do make or cause to be made a
true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits
of the said Deceased, which have or shall come to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge etc
(form not filled in, yet signed at the bottom!)
the mark of
Ralph Lofthouse
Signed, Sealed and delivered
in the Presence of
Henry Lofthouse
Joseph Burrill, Surrogate