By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jachson. 



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this lie left in tail to his son, remainder to his daughter, his brother 

 Charles Gore, and Charles and Thomas Scrope, his deceased sister's 

 sons. Thomas Gore his son to be his sole executor on reaching 21 

 years. The will then proceeds : — 



" And I do hereby declare unto my said son and daughter that I 

 have unto them a tender fatherly affection and a great hope and 

 confidence in them that (by the good assistance of their gardians to 

 whose advice I enjoy ne them to sub mitt) they and after them, in 

 case they shall decease as aforesaid without Issue, my deare brother 

 aforenamed will diligently and faithfully perform this my will in all 

 points according to the true intent and meaning thereof. And I 

 desire, or rather by the authority of a Father strictly charge and 

 enjoyne each of my said children in the words of David to Solomon 

 his son, I. Chron. xxviij., 9. c Know thou the God of thy Fathers 

 and serve him with a perfect heart and willing minde : for the Lord 

 searcheth all hearts and under standeth all imaginations of the thoughts. 

 If thou seek Sim he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake Him, 

 he will cast thee off for ever/ And in the words of The Preacher, 

 Eccl : xii., 1, ( Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth 33 &c. 

 And seeing wee live in such unhappy dayes that we see the Proverbe 

 verified, c Concordia fratrum car a est, 3 1 shall add that of the Apostle, 

 Heb. xiij., 1, ' Let Brotherly Love continue. 3 O let it be impossible 

 for any to seperate them in affection who are so linked together in 

 Nature ! " 



His Exors. in Trust were his " much honoured and well-beloved 

 friends and near relations John Jacob, Esq., of Norton [the next 

 parish], Charles Gore, Esq., of Aldrington alias Alderton, his 

 brother, John Jacob the younger, and George Weare of Hinton in 

 Dyrham, Co. Gloucester/'' to each of whom he bequeathed " Five 

 pounds a-piece to buy every of them " a Ring which I desire may be 

 inscribed with this Motto or Poesy: c Sit tibi cura Pupilli: earnestly 

 requesting them to have in his stead a tender and fatherly care of 

 the children committed to their faith. And faithfully to direct and 

 assist my said daughter in disposing of her self in marriage, that 

 she may by the good counsell of his friends and Relations the Exors. 

 in Trust, (if God so provide) be married without disparagement, 

 and according to her condition. 33 



