In the Supreme Court
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In re
Jacob Bishop
Deceased.

OATH OF EXECUTOR

Probate granted to Joseph James Bishop
on the 28 day of September
A.D., 1945

Value of Estate $2000.00

Vol 10
Folio 459

Fiat ???? J.
Sept. 28^th 1945
TO THE HONOURABLE THE SUPREME COURT OF NEWFOUNDLAND OR ONE OF THE HONOURABLE THE JUDGES THEREOF:

THE PETITION of JOSEPH JAMES BISHOP of St. John's

HUMBLY SHOWETH as follows:

1. Your Petitioner's father Jacob Bishop late of St. John's Tradesman died at that Place on the Third day of January 1933 after having first made his Last Will and Testament which is hereto annexed marked "A"

2. By his said Last Will the said Deceased appointed your Petitioner Executor Thereof.

3. The said Deceased left property within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court of the probable value of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) as more particularly appears in the Inventory hereto annexed marked "B”

4. NEITHER PROBATE TO ANY LAST WILL NOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION have as yet been Granted to any person.

YOUR PETITIONER THEREFORE HUMBLY PRAYS that the Honourable Court or your Lordship

May be pleased to grant him Letters of Probate to the Estate of the said Deceased

      AND AS IN DUTY BOUND HE WILL EVER PRAY

Joseph James Bishop

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland

In re Estate JACOB BISHOP late of St. John's, Tradesman, Deceased.

AFFIDAVIT OF JOSEPH JAMES BISHOP

NEWFOUNDLAND _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   SS.
ST. JOHN'S

      I, JOSEPH JAMES BISHOP of St. John's Make Oath and say I am the Petitioner named in the foregoing Petition and that the several matters and things therein contained are just correct and true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Before me:

Robert Alsop
Commissioner Supreme Court of
Newfoundland.

[25 CENTS NEWFOUNDLAND stamp]

PROOF OF WILL
D. R. Thistle King's Printer

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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IN THE ESTATE OF      JACOB BISHOP              DECEASED
I,       Jacob Brinton of St. John's, in the District of      St. John's East      in the island of Newfoundland,       make oath and say, that on the      [sic]       day of       [sic]      A.D., One thousand      [sic]      hundred and        [sic]       , I was present and did see       Jacob Bishop      Tradesman       late of       St. John's         in the District of St. John's East       , in the Island aforesaid, the Testator      named in the paper writing hereunto annexed, marked A, duly sign publish and declare the said annexed paper writing as and for his        last Will and Testament in my presence, and in the presence of       William Tulk       The other subscribing       witness thereto.         That I and said      Jacob Brinton [sic]        then and there signed our names to such Will as such Witnesses, in the presence of the said       Testator       And that at the same time of the said execution of the said Will of the said Testator       was of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Jacob Brinton

Sworn at      St. John's     on the
28^th    day of      September
A.D. 1945     , before me,
Robert Alsop
Clerk

[25 CENTS NEWFOUNDLAND stamp]

"A"        R.A

I,     Jacob Bishop, of St. John's do hereby make this my Last Will and Testament and dispose of my property as herein followeth:

1. To my Son, Lewis Ralph Bishop, the sum of $100.00
2. To my Son, Edward I. Bishop, the sum of $100.00
3. To my Daughter, Susannah (Bishop) the sum of $100.00
             Dorothy [sic]
4. To my Daughter, Minnie Wheeler, the sum of $200.00
5. To my Son, Joseph James Bishop I give and bequeath the residue of my Estate and personal effects absolutely.
6. My Wife to live with my son, Joseph James Bishop, Until her Death or re-marriage.

I hereby appoint my son, Joseph James Bishop, My Sole Executor.

Signed in the presence
of us both at one and               William Tulk
the same time and in the          Jacob Brinton
presence of each other.

DATED at St. John's this 6^th         day of      May          A.D. 1930.

"B"         R. A.

Inventory and Valuation

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland
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In the Estate of        Jacob Bishop
Deceased.

Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased.

I,             Joseph James Bishop             make oath and say that I am            the Petitioner             and that the above is, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, a just and true Inventory and Valuation of the Property of the said Deceased at the time of            his            death as far as I can at present ascertain.

Sworn at             St. John's            
this            [sic] day of September
A.D., 19            45            , before me

          Clerk          
* This Inventory and Valuation may be certified under Petition

Oath of Executor
D. R. Thistle, King's Printer

In the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.
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In the Estate of         JACOB BISHOP         Deceased
I,        JOSEPH JAMES BISHOP          of         St. John's         , in the District of          St. John's East        , make oath and say that         JACOB BISHOP          LATE OF                St. John's         , in the District of         St John' s East         Tradesman         deceased died with a Will, that I am                Executor          therein named; that I will well and faithfully administer the estate and effect of the testatator [sic] by paying         his        just debts and the legacies contained in          his        Will         so far as the same shall thereto extend and the law bind me, and by distributing the residue (if any) of the said estate and effects according to law; that I will exhibit under oath a true, full and perfect inventory of all and singular the estate and effects of the testatator [sic] ,         and render a just and true account thereof whenever required by law so to do; that the testaator [sic] died at         St. John's         on the Third day of        January                , one thousand nine         hundred         AND Thirty-three.         and that the gross value of the estate and effects of the said testator          is         Two Thousand Dollars          dollars, and no more, according to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Sworn at          St John' s
on 25^th day of September                                Joseph James Bishop
A.D. 1945 before me.

Robert Alsop
Clerk