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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 : J 

 say theft, because I take that time to be the hardest and most 

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

 do this without partiality, and with honesty and a good conscience. 

 And if the said maior and others of the said towne of Stafford shall 

 prove so negligent, or dishonest, as not to imploy 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 manner as I have ordered the dis- 

 posal of it by the towne of Stafford, the said farme or land being 

 near the towne of Ecleshall. And I give to my son-in-law, Dr. 

 Hawkins, whom I love as my own son ; and to my daughter, his 

 wife ; and my son Izaak ; to each of them a ring, with these words 



or motto: "Love my memory. I. W., obiit . ;" to the Lord 



Bishop of Winton a ring, with this motto : "A mite for a million. 



I. W., obiit . ;" and to his friends hereafter 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 and value of all the 

 said rings shall be thirteen shillings and fourpence apiece. I give 

 to Dr. Hawkins " Doctor Donne's Sermons," which I have heard 

 preacht and read with much content. To my son Izaak 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 

 Winchester and Droxford, and whatever in those two places are or 

 I can call mine, except a trunk of linnen, which I give to my son 

 Izaak ; but if he do not live to marry or make use of it, then I 

 give the same to my granddaughter, Anne Hawkins. And I give 

 my daughter " Doctor Hall's Works," which be now at Farnham. 

 To my son Izaak I give all my books, not yet given, at Farnham 

 Castell ; and a deske of prints and pictures ; also a cabinett near 

 my bed's head, in which are some little things that he will value, 



