186 THE SQUIEE AMONG HIS NEIGHBOURS. 



Hall, in the County of Salop, Esquire, Member of Parliament for 

 the Town and Liberties of Wenlock, in the same County, the 

 eldest son of my late uncle, Colonel Cecil Forester, deceased, to fix 

 upon and appoint six of those of my friends and companions in the 

 neighbourhood of Willey aforesaid, whom he knew to have been 

 intimate with, and respected by, me, to be Bearers of the Pall at 

 my funeral, and I request that my body may be carried to its 

 burial-place in the dusk of the evening. 



"And I do hereby direct that my chestnut horse, commonly 

 called the Aldenham horse, shall be shot as soon as conveniently 

 may be after my decease by two persons, one of whom to fire first, 

 and the other to wait in reserve and fire immediately afterwards, 

 so that he may be put to death as expeditiously as possible, and I 

 direct that he shall afterwai'ds be buried with his hide on, and that 

 a fiat stone without inscription shall be placed over him. And I 

 do hereby request my Cousin Cecil Forester and the said John 

 Pritchard, as soon as conveniently may be after my decease, to 

 look over and inspect the letters, papers, and writings belonging 

 to me at the time of my decease, and such of them as they shall 

 deem to be useless I desire them to destroy." 



His wishes, we need scarcely say, were carried 

 out to tlie letter. He was buried by torcbligbt in 

 the family vault in Willey Churcli, beneath the 

 family pew, to which the steps shown in our en- 

 graving lead. Founded and endowed by the lords 

 of Willey at some remote period, this venerable 

 edifice has remained, with the exception of its 

 chancel, the same as we see it, for many generations 

 past. It stands within the shadow of the Old Hall, 



