Tide Life Mr. RAY. 37 
There being the greateft Intimacy 
and Friendfhip contradled between 
Mr. IVillughby and Mr. Ray., from 
the Time of their being Fellow- 
Collegians at 'Trinity-College, Mr. 
TVillughhy, therefore, not only con- 
fided in Mr. Ray in his Life time, 
but at his Death alfo, leaving him 
one of the five Executors of his Will ; 
Sir Thomas Wendy, Mr. Barnard, 
Mr. Philip Skippoft (afterwards Sir 
Philip), and Mr. “Jeffop, being the 
other Four. And, as a fpecial Mark 
of his Friendfhip and Confidence, 
he left Mr. Ray Sixty Pounds a Year 
during his Life, and charged him 
with the Care of the Education of 
his Sons, Francis and Thomas, the 
elder of which, dying before he came 
of Age, the younger became Lord 
Middleton. Thefe two Gentlemen 
being then - very young (the eldeft 
not Four. Years of Age), Mr. Ray, as 
D 3 a faith- 
