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| Name | Thomas Bready |
|---|---|
| Record Type | Probates |
| Death Date | 17 Sep. 1875 |
| Death Place | Bendigo |
| Occupation | Stonemason |
| Grant Date | 2 Mar. 1876 |
| Grant | Adm D B N C T A |
| Grant Recipient | Mary J Simons |
| Source Citation | Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591 |
| Source Information | Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2016. |
| Original data: | Wills and Probate Records. VPRS 28 (Probates) and VPRS 7591 (Wills). Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria. |
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
FEBRUARY 1876
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00016 and 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00017 | 15 February 1876 | Consent of Nicholas Simons to administration being granted to Mary Jane Simons his wife. |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00016 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Matter of the Will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Consent of Nicholas Simons to administration being granted to Mary Jane Simons his wife. 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00017 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. I consent to administration to my wife Mary Jane Simons of the Estate of her late Father Thomas Bready deceased Dated the 15th day of Feb 1876 – Nicholas Simons This is the exhibit marked “A” referred to in the annexed appoint of John Seymour Wright before me. |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| Cover page 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00002 | 21 February 1876 | Affidavit of Mary Jane Simmons |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00002 promising due performance of duties as an Administratrix In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Estate of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Affidavit of Mary Jane Simmons 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00003 I Mary Jane Simmons wife of Nicholas Simmons of Percydale in the Colony of Victoria Miner sister of Ellen Cooke deceased | the law wife of John Sturgeon Cooke of Amherst in the Colony aforesaid Miner Administratrix of the estate of my Father Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the aforesaid colony Stonemason deceased make oath and Say. -That I am seeking to obtain Letters of Administration with Will annexed of all and singular The unadministered Estate of the said Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased unadministered by the late Administrationhood Ellen Cooke aforesaid deceased -That if I obtain such letters of Administration with the Will annexed I will pay all the debts and Legacies of the said deceased so far as the property left will extend and the law bind me so to do to the best of my knowledge and ability the property lands and hereditaments goods chattels and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death or at anytime after 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00004. shall come to the power or control hands or proprietor in of me as her Administratrix or any other person or persons or persons for me that I will make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the property lands and hereditaments goods chattels and credits of the said deceased which shall have come to the hands possession or knowledge for me and the same so made will sign with my proper handwriting and will exhibit and deposited the same inventory in the office of the Master in Equity within three calendar months next ensuing the order granting such Letters of Administration and further that I will make or cause to be made a just and true account of the Administration of the Estate which I have undertaken as to my receipts and disbursements and as to what portion remaining uncollected and the same so made will sign with my proper handwriting and will exhibit or deposit or cause to be exhibited and deposited the same account an the said Office of the Master in Equity within fifteen Calendar months next ensuring the Order granting Administration. Mary Jane Simons Sworn at Avoca in the Colony of Victoria this Twentyfirst day of February 1876 Before Me – a commissioner of the Supreme Court for Taking of Affidavits |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00011 and 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00012 | 21 February 1876 | Affidavit of Mary Jane Simmons in support of application for Letters of Administration with Will annexed |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00011 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Estate of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Affidavit of Mary Jane Simmons in support of application for Letters of Administration with Will annexed 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00012 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Matter of the Will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. I Mary Jane Simons wife of Nicholas Simons Percydale in the Colony of Victoria Miner Sister of Ellen Cooke deceased the late wife of John Sturgeon Cooke of Amherst in the colony aforesaid Miner Administratrix of the Estate of my Father Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the aforesaid Colony Stonemason deceased make oath and say -That the abovenamed Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased departed this life on or about the seventeenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. -That he made his will dated the third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five which I believe is unrevoked and which Will signed with his proper handwriting and usual synaptics filed in the office of the Master in Equity and has been already identified by me before his Honour Mr Justice Molesworth in this Honourable Court. -That the said Will was executed in the presence of Michael Walsh then of Bendigo whose present whereabouts is unknown to me but who I am informed and verily believe is 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00013 dead and in the presence of Daniel Gill to my own knowledge since deceased. -That he died possessed of real property in the Colony of Victoria of the value of Four hundred pounds and that the personal property in the said Colony of which he was possessed did not exceed the sum of Five pounds. -That letters of Administration with Will annexed of this Estate were on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy five granted by this Honourable Court to my late sister Ellen Cooke the wife of John Sturgeon Cooke aforesaid and who departed this life on the third day of December past leaving the said Estate of the said Thomas Bready unadministered. Sworn at Avoca in the Colony of Victoria this Twentyfirst day of February 1876 Mary Jane Simons Before me -(signature of person) a commissioner of the Supreme Court for Taking of Affidavits |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00014 and 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00015 | 29 February 1876 | Affidavit of John Seymour Wright verifying consent of Nicholas Simons |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00014 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Estate of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Affidavit of John Seymour Wright verifying consent of Nicholas Simons 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00015 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Estate of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. I John Seymour Wright of Number 84 Chancery Lane in the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria Law Clerk Managing Clerk to William Cuddy of the same place Gentleman Proctor for Mary Jane Simons the Administratrix of the Estate of the said Thomas Bready deceased make oath and say -That the signature attached to the Consent hereto annexed and marked “A” signed by Nicholas Simons, is the signature of and was written by the said Nicholas Simons and is in his usual and proper handwriting Sworn at the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria the twenty ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and sixty six – John Seymour Wright Before me -(signature of person) a commissioner of the Supreme Court for Taking of Affidavits |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00007 | 2 March 1876 | Brief |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00007 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Matter of the will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. BRIEF To move that Letters Admin of the unadministered estate of the deceased may be granted to Mary Jane Simons the wife of Nicholas Simons and only surviving daughter of the aforesaid deceased. Mr Fullerton Granted 2 March 1876 |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| Cover page 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00007 and 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00009, 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00010 | 2 March 1876 | Affidavit of Publication of Notice and Searches |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00008 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Matter of the Will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Affidavit of Publication of Notice and Searches Cuddy 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00009 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. I John Seymour Wright of Number 84 Chancery Lane in the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria Law Clerk make oath and say -That there appeared in the “Herald” newspaper printed and published in the City of Melbourne aforesaid on the fourteenth day of February last past an advertisement in words and figures following that is to say In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction – in the matter of the Will of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason, deceased, Notice is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the date hereof applications will be made to the Honourable Court that letters of Administration and Will annexed, of the above named deceased. Thomas Bready unadministrated by the late Administratrix, Ellen Cook deceased may be granted to Mary Jane Simons, the wife of Nicholas Simons, of Percydale in the Colony of Victoria, Miner, and daughter of the said deceased, Thomas Bready. Dated this 12th day of February AD 1876 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00010 William Cuddy 84 Chancery Lane, Melbourne. Proctor for the said Mary Jane Simons that I have searched in the Office of the Registrar General of this Colony and found that no will of the aforesaid testamores save and except the one already filed in this Honourable Court has been there deposited That I have this day searched in the proper Office of this Honourable Court and found that no caveat has been lodged in this matter. Sworn at the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria this second day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy six John Seymour Wright before me -(signature of person) a commissioner of the Supreme Court for Taking of Affidavits |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| Cover page 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00005 and 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00006 | 13 March 1876 | Affidavit of Robert Shaw |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00005 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Estate of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Affidavit of Robert Shaw 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00006 I Robert Shaw of Amherst in the Colony of Victoria Farmer make oath and say -That I am a householder residing at Amherst in the Colony of Victoria -That I am worth property further around of Four hundred pounds and upwards over and above what will pay all my just debts and liabilities. -That my property to the amount of the said sum of Four hundred pounds and upwards consists of Freehold land at Moonlight Flat in the Colony aforesaid -That I have for the last twenty years and upwards presided at Amherst and carried on my business as a farmer. Robert Shaw Sworn at Talbot in the Colony of Victoria this Thirteenth day of March 1867 Before Me -(signature of person) a commissioner of the Supreme Court for Taking of Affidavits |
| FILE NAME | DATE | WHAT IS IT |
| Cover page 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00000 and 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00001 | 18 March 1876 | Affidavit of John Bradley |
| 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00000 In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria in its probate jurisdiction / In the Estate of Thomas Bready late of Bendigo in the Colony of Victoria Stonemason deceased. Affidavit of John Bradley 00028-p0000-000173-0040-00001 I John Bradley of Percydale within Colony of Victoria Storekeeper make oath and say -That I am a storekeeper residing at Percydale in the Colony of Victoria -That I am with property to the amount of Two hundred pounds and upwards over and above what will pay all my just debts and liabilities -That my property to the amount of the said sum of two hundred pounds and upwards consists of my stock intact as a Storekeeper and further property situated of Percydale in the Colony of aforesaid. -That I have for the last three years and upwards carried on the said Business of Percydale aforesaid -Sworn at Avoca in the Colony of Victoria this Eighth day of March 1876 -Before me (signature of person) a commissioner of the Supreme Court for Taking of Affidavits |
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