Benefactors. 117 



1709. February 23. Dame Mary Sadleir, Relict of Dr. William 

 Croone. Founded the Croonian Lecture (see p. 126) by 

 bequest of One Fifth of the Clear Bent of a house at the 

 corner of Lambeth Hill, for that purpose. 



1710. March 17. Lord Halifax. 100. 



1710. December 14. Dr. Hans Sloane, Secretary R.S. 100. 



1710. December 14. Alexander Pitfield, Treasurer R.S. 100. 



1711. May 30. R. Balle. 50. 

 1711. June 26. T. Isted. 50. 



1711. June 26. Sir David Hamilton. 50. 



1712. April 8. Richard Waller. 100. Waller built the 

 " Repository " for the Society at a cost of 400 and accepted 

 300 as payment in full, on. condition that he should be 

 registered as a benefactor. 



1716. July 5. Francis Aston. Bequest of an estate at Mabel- 

 thorpe, in Lincolnshire, consisting of 55 acres, 2 roods, and 

 2 perches, and " half the overplus of his estate above Debts 

 and Legacies," realising 445 Os. 7d. 



1717. June 20. Sir Godfrey Copley, Bart. 100 in trust for the 

 Royal Society, "to be laid out in experiments, or otherwise, 

 for the benefit thereof, as they shall direct and appoint." 

 The will was dated October 14, 1704, and proved in the Pre- 

 rogative Court, April 11, 1709; first applied to the purchase 

 of a medal in 1736 (see p. 124). 



1717. October 24. S. Hill. 50. 



1717. October 24. Thomas Paget, D.D. Bequest of two houses 

 in Coleman Street, worth about 100 per annum. 



1719. October 26. Robert Keck. Bequest of 500 to the Society 

 " to support their forreign correspondence." 



1741. December 16. Martin Folkes. 100, as a present to the 

 Society " to assist them in the present low state of their 

 Revenue." 



1754. November 14. Samuel Hickman. Bequest of 100. 



1754. November 21. Martin Folkes. Bequest of 200 in money 

 and a portrait of Lord Bacon. 



1769. February 2. Robert Smith, D.D. Bequest of 100. 



1775. Henry Baker. Bequest of 100, the interest to be applied 

 for an oration or discourse in Natural History or Experi- 

 mental Philosophy (see Bakerian Lecture, p. 124). 



1786. July 27. Earl Stanhope. Bequest of 500. 



1796. May 5. William Benson Earle. Bequest of 210 "for the 

 purchase of Books for the Society's Library." 



1796. November 24. Count Rumford. Gilt of 1000 stock to 

 found the Rumford Medals (see p. 123). 



1828. December 11. William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. Gift of 



