Looking through some 18th century Durham Probate indexes, I notice the use of "will bond", "penal sum" and, occasionally, "administration bond". Can someone kindly explain the meaning/significance of these terms? Thank you Trevor (Melbourne)

On 20/01/2015 12:51, Trevor via wrote: > Looking through some 18th century Durham Probate indexes, I notice the use > of "will bond", "penal sum" and, occasionally, "administration bond". > > Can someone kindly explain the meaning/significance of these terms? > > Thank you > > Trevor > (Melbourne) > .. > Hi Trevor, You can find most of the answers here http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/NEI_probate.htm http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/NEI_records.htm -- Helen Oram

Many thanks, Helen. Trevor On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Helen via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> wrote: > On 20/01/2015 12:51, Trevor via wrote: > > Looking through some 18th century Durham Probate indexes, I notice the > use > > of "will bond", "penal sum" and, occasionally, "administration bond". > > > > Can someone kindly explain the meaning/significance of these terms? > > > > Thank you > > > > Trevor > > (Melbourne) > > .. > > > Hi Trevor, > You can find most of the answers here > > http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/NEI_probate.htm > > http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/NEI_records.htm > > -- > Helen Oram > > .. > Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please > introduce yourself at the top of every post. > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com <javascript:;> with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >