Page:James Smithson Handwritten Draft.djvu/1

 I James Smithson son to hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, & Elizabeth heiress of the hungerfords of Studley, & niece to Charles the Proud Duke of Somerset, now residing in Bentinck Street, cavendish square, do this twenty third day of October, one thousand eight hundred & twenty-six, make this my last will and Testament:

I bequeath the whole of my property of every nature & kind soever to my bankers, Messrs. Drummonds of Charing Cross, in trust, to be disposed of in the following manner; and I desire of my said executors to put my property under the management of the Court of Chancery.

To John Fitall, formerly my servant, but now employed in the London docks, and residing at No. 27, Jubilee Place, North Mile End, old town, in consideration of his attachment and fidelity to me, & the long and great care he has taken of my effects, & my having done but very little for him, I give and bequeath the annuity or annual sum of one hundred pounds sterling for his life, to be paid to him quarterly, free of legacy duty and all other deductions, the first payment to be made to him