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Title: Deciphering Will
Post by: rspltd on Sunday 30 May 21 16:18 BST (UK)

Can anyone decipher the Letters od Administration of John Adams 1712 Dilhorne Staffs?
Letter of Administation: Yes
Inventory of Goods: No
Additional Information
Repository: Staffordshire Record Office
Date Recorded: 4 Apr 1712
Court: Lichfield Consistory Court
Reference: B/C/11
Also on FindMyPast

Title: Re: Deciphering Will
Post by: Bookbox on Sunday 30 May 21 17:14 BST (UK)

Apud Cheadle 4 Aprilis 1712
Fiat Ad(ministrac)io bonoru(m) Joh(ann)is Addams nuper p(ar)o(chi)æ Dilhorne def(uncti)
Annæ Addams Relictæ d(i)c(t)i def(uncti)
Teste N Hinckes NP In(ventarium) infra 5^lb
Jurat(a) pr(æ)d(icta) Anna Cora(m)
Joh(anne) Husband Sur(rogato)

At Cheadle, 4 April 1712
Let there be administration of the goods of John Addams, lately of the parish of Dilhorne, deceased, to Ann Addams, relict of the said deceased.
Witness – N. Hinckes, notary public. Inventory under 5 pounds
The aforesaid Ann was sworn before John Husband, surrogate.

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Title: Re: Deciphering Will
Post by: rspltd on Monday 31 May 21 08:54 BST (UK)

Very many thanks - that is brilliant. I did appreciate that only those with an FindMyPast subscription could see the original (I assumed perhaps naively that most serious genealogists had one or the other) but I didn't want to run foul of copyright laws.

Title: Re: Deciphering Will
Post by: Bookbox on Monday 31 May 21 10:38 BST (UK)

It's acceptable to post snippets such as this for deciphering purposes.