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executor, yet My Lord was so far from making any 

 advantage by that trust, even in what the law 

 allowed him, that he lost 17,000/. by it; and after- 

 wards delivered up his trust to William Earl of 

 Pembrook, and Thomas Earl of Arundel, who both 

 married two daughters of the said Earl of Shrewsbury ; 

 and since his return into England, upon the desire 

 of Henry Howard, second son to the late Earl of 

 Arundel, and heir apparent (by reason of his eldest 

 brother's distemper) he resigned his trust and interest 

 to him, which certainly is a very difficult business, 

 and yet questionable whether it may lawfully be 

 done, or not? But such was My Lord's love to the 

 family of the Shrewsburies, that he would rather 

 wrong himself, then it. 



To mention some lawful advantages which My Lord 

 might have made by the said tnist, it may be noted 

 in the first place, that the Earl of Shrewsbury's estate 

 was let in long leases, which, by the law, fell to the 

 executor. Next, that after some debts and legacies 

 were paid out of those lands, which were set out for 

 that purpose, they were setled so, that they fell to 

 My Lord. Thirdly, seven hundred pounds a year was 

 left as a gift to My Lord's brother. Sir Charles Caven- 

 dish, in case the Countess of Kent, second daughter 

 to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, had no children. 

 But My Lord never made any advantage for himself, 

 of all these; neither was he inquisitive whether the 

 said Countess of Kent cut off the entail of that land, 

 although she never had a child; for My Lord's nature 

 is so generous, that he hates to be mercenary, and 

 never minds his own profit or interest in any trust or 

 employment, more then the good and benefit of him 

 that intrusts or employs him. 



But, as I said heretofore, these are but petty losses 



