Confirmation Dative of A.B., who resided at [name and description of deceased]

The said A.B. had pertaining and resting owing to at the time of his [or her] decease.

[Take in inventory of estate to be confirmed.]

I, , Esquire, Commissary of the county of , considering that the said A.B. died at on , and had at the time of death his [or her] ordinary or principal domicile in the county of . And seeing that C.D., his [widow or son or daughter, or her son or daughter] has given up, on F1declaration , an inventory of the personal estate and effects of the said A.B., at the time of death, including the proceeds accrued thereon to date of F1declaration , situated in Scotland [England and Ireland as the case may be], amounting in value to , and has F2declared that the whole personal estate and effects of the said A.B. does not exceed in value F3£36,000, which inventory, as before written, has been recorded in my court books, of date F4.... Therefore I, in Her Majesty’s name and authority, decern, make, constitute, ordain, and confirm the said C.D. executor, [or executors] dative qua [relict or next of kin] to the deceased, with full power to to uplift, receive, administer, and dispose of the said personal estate and effects, and grant discharges thereof, if needful to pursue therefor, and generally every other thing concerning the same to do that to the office of executor dative qua is known to belong: Providing always, that shall render just count and reckoning for intromissions therewith, when and where the same shall be legally required. Given under the seal of office of the commissariot of and signed by the clerk of court at , the day of one thousand eight hundred and

Commissary Clerk.