1848 Probate of Administration – Coventry Freeman (White), Diocese of Lichfield & Coventry – Vicar General Legal Document

Description

This rare and original probate of administration document dated 1848 was issued under the authority of Edmund Outram, Doctor in Divinity, Vicar General of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. It grants permission to John Daffern, son of the deceased John Daffern of Bishopsgate Street, Birmingham, to administer his late father’s estate. The deceased is described as a freeman of Coventry, and he is noted to have died intestate (without a will).

This ecclesiastical legal document is a striking example of mid-19th-century Church of England probate administration, complete with handwritten calligraphy, red wax seal imprint, and formal printed sections. A significant find for genealogists, legal historians, and collectors of Victorian probate documents or Coventry family history ephemera.

🧾 Key Features:

• Date: 1848

• Jurisdiction: Diocese of Lichfield & Coventry

• Issued by: Edmund Outram, Vicar General

• Deceased: John Daffern, Freeman of Coventry

• Administrator: John Daffern (son)

• Location: Bishopsgate Street, Birmingham

• Legal Topic: Ecclesiastical probate, intestate estate

• Format: Printed and handwritten folio with original wax seal traces

• Language: English (formal ecclesiastical and legal phrasing)

📂 Condition: Very good vintage condition; clean parchment with legible ink and clear official layout
📐 Presentation: Folded folio format, ideal for framing, family tree research, or historical collections