Episcopal Wills 1734 Marown #1, of Robert Kelly

(from MM GL703 / LDS 0106373)

KK Marown May 14 1734
Capt Robt Kelly departed this life
about the 16th of April last intestate
whereupon the court has decreed
his 3 children Cath Wm & Robt
Kelly sole and joint admrs of all his
goods & chattles whatsoever; the next
relations Tho Anne Mary & Cath
Kelly supervisrs & a legacy to the 
widow upon sight of the inventory.
Decretum est & solvit 2s 11d

The widow & Tho Kelly, Anne Christian als Kelly, with Edwd Christian
husband of Mary Kelly are sworn
in court: & the sd overseers have
surrended to the widow the children
& their goods, who gave in
pledges the Revd Mr Philip Moore
& Robt Kelly of Ballabrew
The overseers have reserv'd for the childrens
use the profits of half the estate e.e.e.

July 1 1734 Tho Kelly enters a claim agt the
Admrs of his brother Capt Robt Kelly for
a parcel of household goods, deal-boards, goats,
sheep & geese, with some cash all to the
value of £30 0 0
& craves the law
Jan 17 1734 Margt xxxx for £1 10 0
Feb 20 1734 Wm Cubon £20 0 0
March 12 1734 Jo: Oates £1 0 0

Inventory
...
total 29 6 4.5
asdded the following
part of a mortgage in the estate of Ballakilley viz the Revd Mr Christian vicar of Kk Marown £50 0 0
Dec 8 1738 more added the moiety of a mortgage of a house in Douglas from Catharine Christian 10 0 0

His brother Thomas's claim is found in a later court

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At Douglas 21st Octr 1734

Edwd Christian of Brauminaghag (?) & Phil Corlet of Ballamoansh (?) have in court surrendered their right to the profits of the lands of their bror in law Robt Kelly of Marown to their bror in law Thos Kelly
before us John Woods John Cosnahan

Kk Marown 1734

We whose names are subscribed being a jury of four farmers sworn and charged by vertue of the ecclesiastical power to view half of the Rocks tenement in ye parish of Kk Marown what it is worth yearly having view'd the tenemt do find it to be worth the value of three pounds annually, and if ye tenenat to make & repair all the fences (the Lord's rents dues customs, suits and services payable out of the sd £3) and this we return for our answer according to our best judgment this is truth as witness our hands and marks October 24 1734 John Kelly his mk X
Willm Cottier X
Gilbt Gell X
Thos Kelly X
1734 Novr 11 The above jury have delivered this verdict to me John Cosnahan

At a consistory court in Kk Michael the 14th Novr 1734

A jury of four farmers having viewed & valued the tenemt of the Rock in Marown and returned the sum of three pounds for the annual of the deads pt of the same - Lords rents, boons & services to be thereout deducted - Mr Mat Xtian uncle of the orphan[] on the mothers side has for the benefit offered double the value for the sd estate as also to keep the houses & fences in good repair & the sd tenemt in its due course of husbandry and to maintain & educate the hier as becometh referring himself to the discretion of the court for such allowance out of the goods & profits as shall be adjudged reasonable in his hands for the use of the sd heir - he the sd Mr Mat Christian further obliging himself that the relict his sister shall settle her part of a certain meadow purchased by the decd upon the sd heir and whereas Thos Kelly the uncle on the fathers side has utterly refused to take the managemt of the deads part of the sd estate upon any other terms than as returned by the jury, beside that the court finding the above Mr Maths Christian to be much more capable of tthe charge & that such proposals are for the childs safety & good usage, the same are hereby accepted and the sd Mr Maths Xtian is required to attend at the next consistory to oblige himself wth security for performance
John Woods, John Cosnahan, Edw Moore

At a consistory court held at Kk Michael July 4 1735

Thos Kelly having entered claim agt the admr of his brother Capt Robt Kelly for sundry particulars to the balance of thirty pounds the matter was this day heard, when the claimr has proved the sum of fifteen shills & three pence to be due from the decd for goods had out of his shop as per bill, which sum he declares is the cash mentioned in his claim ; as to the other bill annexed the particulars whereof he alledges to be part of what fell to him as exr of his father & mother that the household goods were by him pledg'd to his sd brother for six guineas& the rest left in the estate - forasmuchas it appears by the inventory of all the effects of his sd father & mother decd 1724 brought in by vertue of his oath, that the household goods were sold to his brother & there is no mention in the sd inventory of any deal boards, goats, sheep or geese the other parts of his claim - we cannot admit of his demand further than the above sum of fifteen shills & three pence, the deads part whereof is hereby order'd to be paid by the admr sub pana confinemt in St German's prison until she pay the same wth all fees Dat ut sipra

John Woods, John Cosnahan

To the sumner of Kk Marown who is to call for a soldr in case of disobedience