Ah! In that case maybe it's the other way round? As you can see, it's largely guesswork with the incomplete text available. Maybe John Penny appeared and said that Agnes had been named executrix, but she was unwilling to act and had renounced the executorship. So Agnes was cited and summoned to court, where she was instructed to administer the estate regardless. If she was reluctant or incompetent, that might help explain why goods were left unadministered until so much later?
