Posted by Barry Burley on July 18, 19103 at 21:15:54:
On 21 December 1603, the administration of the goods of Thomas Bowlby of Helmsley, deceased, was granted to Anne Bowlby his relict. An inventory was exhibited, 5s. having been paid and a bond was entered.
Note:University of York
Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
States:
"Grants of probate and administration
Where a person died without leaving a will, and no probate file containing an administration bond and/or inventory exists, the only surviving record is normally the probate act book. These books cannot be photocopied, and there is not usually enough information in them to justify the cost of a photograph. In such cases, therefore, the Institute provides abstracts from the probate act books, translated from the Latin. This happens most often with the records of the Prerogative and Exchequer courts of York before about 1690, but can occur at other times and with other probate courts."