SIR HANS SLOAN 



APPENDIX. 



WILL OF SIR HANS SLOANE.* 



" I, Sir Hans Sloane, of the parish of St George, 

 in Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, doctor in 

 physic and baronet, being in health of body and mind, 

 (thanks be to God,) but having before me, more than 

 most men, the great uncertainty of life : and having, 

 by the blessing of God, acquired a considerable real 

 and personal estate, requiring some law in the dis- 

 position of them, do make this my last will and 

 testament. 



" In the first place, I do very willingly resign my 

 soul unto my almighty, merciful, and wise Creator, 

 whenever it shall please him to remove me out of 

 this troublesome life; not doubting the forgiveness 

 of what failings or transgressions, either of omission 

 or commission, through passions, inadvertencies, or 

 otherwise, I may have been guilty of, and thereby 

 offended God or man ; firmly hoping for a better life 

 hereafter; having earnestly besought God, in this 

 dark and ignorant state, to direct my belief and 

 actions according to his will, and endeavoured to 

 inform my conscience, (as much as my necessary 

 affairs and civil duties would give me leave,) and to 

 conform my actions to it, and in doubtful cases 

 striving to make this my rule, to do to others as I 

 thought I should desire to be done to me in like 

 circumstances. 



" I will that my body shall be buried in a decent 

 manner, in the church-yard, at Chelsea, about noon, 

 or at a convenient time of the day. And I will that 

 there be invited to my funeral all such persons as I 



* We have been indebted to Faulkner's Historical and Topo- 

 graphical Description of Chelsea for this copy of the will. 



