xliv INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. 



lowcth : first I do give twenty shillings yearly, to be spent by 

 the Major of Stafford, and those that shall collect the said rent, 

 and dispose of it as I have, and shall hereafter direct ; and that 

 what money or rent shall remain undisposed of, shall be im- 

 ployed to buy coals for some poor people, that shall most need 

 them, in the said towne ; the said coals to be delivered the first 

 weeke in January, or in every first weeke in February ; I say 

 then, because I take that time to be the hardest and most pinch- 

 ing times with poor people ; and God reward those that shall 

 do this without partialitie, and with honesty, and a good con- 

 science. And if the said Major and others of the said towne of 

 Stafford, shall prove so negligent, or dishonest, as not to im- 

 ploy the rent by me given as intended and exprest in this my 

 will, which God forbid, then I give the said rents and profits of 

 the said farme or land to the towne and chief magistrates, or 

 governors of Ecleshall, to be disposed of by them in such a man- 

 ner as I have ordered the disposal of it by the towne of Stafford, 

 the said farme or land being near the towne of Ecleshall. And 

 1 give to my son-in-law, Doctor Hawkins, whom I love as my 

 own son, and to my daughter, his wife, and my son lzaak, to 

 each of them a ring, with these words or motto, " Love my me- 

 " mory, I. IV. obiit " to the Lord 



Bishop of Winton a ring, with this motto " A mite for a mil- 

 " lion, I. IV. obiit " and to the friends here- 



after named, I give to each of them a ring with this motto, " A 

 " friend's farewell, I. W. obiit " and my 



will is, the said rings be delivered within forty days after my 

 death : and that the price or value of all the said rings shall be 

 thirteen shillings and fourpence a-piece. I give to Doctor Haw- 

 kins Doctor Donne's Sermons, which I have heard preached, 

 and read with much content. To my son lzaak, I give Doctor 

 Sibbs his Soul's Conflict ; and to my daughter his Bruised Reed, 

 desiring them to read them so as to be well acquainted with 

 them. And I also give unto her all my books at JVinchester and 

 Droxford, and whatever in those two places are, or I can call 



