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shall do this without partiality, and with honesty, and a, good 

 conscience. And if the said major and others of the said town 

 of Stafford shall prove so negligent, or dishonest, as not to 

 imploy the rent by me given as intended and expres; in this 

 my will, which God forbid, then I give the said rants 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 manner 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 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 the 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 or value of all the sa'id 

 rings shall be thirteen shillings and fourpence a-piece. I give 

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

 heard preacht, and read with much content. To my son 

 Izaak, 1 give Dr 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 linen, 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 grandaughter, 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, though of no great worth. And my will and 

 desire is, that he shall be kind to his aunt Beachame, and his 

 aunt Rose Ken ; by allowing the first about fifty shillings 

 a-year, in or for bacon and cheese, not more, and paying four 

 pounds a year towards the boarding of her son's dyet to Mr 

 John Whitehead : for his aunt Ken, I desire him to be kind 

 to her according to her necessitie and his own abilitie ; and I 

 commend one of her children, to breed up as I have said I 



* This book was an instrument in the conversion of Mr Richard 

 Baxter. See Dr Calamy's Life of him, page 7. 



