420 THE WEDGWOODS. 



Josiah Wedgwood ever wrote or made out, or caused to be written 

 or made out, such Schedules or Paper Writings, or either of them. 



" JOHN WEDGWOOD. 



" Sworn at Newcastle under Lyme, in the County of Stafford, the 

 29th day of June, 1795, Before me, JOHN LLOYD, a Commissioner. 



"Proved at London, 2nd July, 1795, before the Judge, by the 

 Oath of John Wedgwood, the Son, one of the Executors, to whom 

 Administration was granted, having been first sworn by Commission 

 duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to 

 Sarah Wedgwood, Widow, the Eelict, and James Caldwell, the other 

 Executors, when they shall apply for the same." 



It will be seen how, in this will, the kindliness of Wedg- 

 wood's disposition here and there cropped out. To his old 

 servant and associate, Alexander Chisholm, he left a gift of 

 ten guineas "as a testimony of my regard for him/' and 

 also an annuity of 20 a year for life, " recommending to 

 my son, Josiah Wedgwood, to give him any further assistance 

 that he may stand in need of to make the remainder of his life 

 easy and comfortable." To others lie left remembrances ; but 

 it is much to be regretted that his intention of leaving " to 

 the several persons whose names shall be mentioned and com- 

 prised in the schedule or list hereunto annexed, signed with 

 my name, and marked with the letter B, the mourning 

 rings, or other small legacies, or sums of money, which 

 shall be therein specified and expressed/' was defeated by no 

 such "list or schedule" having been found to exist. Me- 

 morial rings are, however, in existence, bearing the name of 

 the illustrious potter and the date of his death, one of which 

 is now in the bands of Mr. Hall. 



Wedgwood, during his lifetime, drew around him men of 

 talent and of learning, and they in return were only too glad 

 to cultivate his friendship, for he was at least their equal 

 in intellect and in philosophical and scientific acquirements. 



Dr. Priestley, an old friend of Wedgwood's, in the midst 

 of his troubles, after the disgraceful and savage riots at 

 Birmingham, was invited to make a stay at Etruria, and bis 



