Wesley Corpus

Marriott, Stock-Broker, all of London, in trust, for the general Fund of the Methodist Conference, in carrying on the work of God, by Itinerant Preachers ; on condition that they permit the following Committee, Thomas Coke, James Creighton, Peard Dickenson, Thomas Rankin, George Whitfield, and the London Assistant, for the time being, still to superintend the printing- press, and to employ Hannah Paramore and George Paramore, as heretofore ; unless four of the Committee judge a change to be needful. I give the books, furniture, and whatever else belongs to me, in the three houses at Kingswood, in trust, to Thomas Coke, Alexander Mather, and Henry Moore, to be still em- ployed in teaching andmaintaining the children of poor Travel- ling Preachers . I give to Thomas Coke, Doctor John Whitehead, and Henry Moore, all the books which are in my study and bed- chamber at London, and inmy studies elsewhere, in trust, for the use of the Preachers who shall labour there from time to time. I give the coins, and whatever else is found in the drawer of my bureau at London, to my dear grand-daughters,Mary and Jane Smith. I give all my manuscripts to Thomas Coke, Doctor White- head, and Henry Moore, to be burned or published as they see good. I give whatever money remains inmy bureau and pockets, at my decease, to be equally divided between Thomas Briscoe, William Collins, John Easton, and Isaac Brown. I desire my gowns, cassocks, sashes, and bands, may remain in the chapel for the use of the Clergymen attending there. I desire the London Assistant, for the time being, to divide the rest of mywearing apparel between those four of the Travel- ling Preachers that want it most ; only my pelisse I give to the Rev. Mr. Creighton ; my watch to my friend Joseph Bradford ; my gold seal to Elizabeth Ritchie. I give my chaise and horses to James Ward and Charles Wheeler, in trust, to be sold, and the money to be divided, one half to Hannah Abbot, and the other to the members of the select society. Out of the first money which arises from the sale of books, I bequeath to my dear sister, Martha Hall, (if alive,) forty pounds ; to Mr. Creighton aforesaid, forty pounds ; and to the Rev. Mr. Heath, sixty pounds.