Episcopal Wills 1755 Maughold #3, of James Kneale

(from MM GL 710 / LDS 0106382 )

Kk Maughold Novr 3d 1755
James Kneale perished by sea on the coast of
Scotland on or about the 18th of Sepr last intestate
whereupon the court has decreed his two
children namely John & Isabel Kneale, joint
adminors of all his goods & chattells moveable
& imoveable whatsoever, who being both under
age their uncle by the father's side namely John
Kneale is sworn supervisor & consents that the
deads part of the children & their goods be
comitted to the widow, as also that in case the
sd children should die underage their goods to
be equally between him & sd widow she the sd
widow is accordingly sworn to bring to the registry
a perfect inventory, as also for payment of debts
pledges for her in form of law are Jas Kneale
of Kk Maughold & Robt 
Kneale of Lezayre
decretum est
solvit 2s 7d
Ro Radcliffe
Matths Curghey

Nov 3 Ewan Gill enters a claim agt the admrs of 
Jas Kneale for 6 10 0
1736 Feb 17 Capt Wm Callow claims for £2 13 0
June 1st Thos Kneale claims for £1 4 6

At a chapter court holden at Lezayre June 25 1760
Whereas Cath the relict & widow of James Kneale within
mentioned was about six months after the decease of her
sd husband (& about four months subsequent to the date of
the within decree) bought to bed of a posthumous daughter
named Elizth for whom no provision was made in the
sd decree ; and that Isabel Kneal one of the Adminors
in sd decree mentioned
departed this life in her minority about the
month of March 1758 - the court having intelligence
hereof now decrees that the sd Elizth Kneale & her brother John
Kneale joint adminrs of all the goods & chattels of
their father James Kneale & sister Isabel Kneale share
& share alike - sd John & Elizth being both under age
John Kneale the uncle by the father's side is sworn
supervisor in form of law & consents that the tuition
of the deads part of the children & their goods remain
in the hands of their mother as within mentioned who
has before given pledges in form of law
decretum est
Ro Radcliffe
Matths Curghey

A true inventory of the goods of James Kneale of
Ballacowill in the parish of Kk Maughold (who lately was
perished at sea) and having been apprized by four men sworn
by the sumner, vizt Thomas Stoal, John Cowle, Edward Corrin
and John Cowin is as follows
...

one of 9 mariners whose deaths are given as 18 Sept 1755