Kirby, R. S. [Editor]; Kirby, R. S. [Oth.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. V.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

SINGULAR WILLS.

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IN THE WILL OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY EARL OF
STAFFORD. PROVED, JULY 1/19.
I give to the worst of women, (except being a w-o-e)>
who is guilty of all ills, the daughter of Mr. Gramont, a
Frenchman, who I have unfortunately married, five and
forty brass halfpence, which will buy her a pullet for her
supper, a greater sum than her father can often make her;
for I have known when he had neither money or credit for
such a purchase, he being the worst of men, and his wife
the worst of women, in all debaucheries:—Had 1 known
their character, I had never married their daughter, nor
made myself unhappy.
IN THE WILL OF WILLIAM BLACKETT, ESQ. LATE GOVERNOR
OF PLYMOUTH. PROVED, 1782.
I desire that my body may be kept as long as it may not
be offensive, and that one or more of my toes or fingers may
be cut off, to secure a certainty of my being dead : I also
make this further request to my dear wife, that as she has
been troubled with an old fool, she will not think of marry-
ing a second.
IN THE WILL OF CATHARINE WILLIAMS, LATE OF LAMBETH,
IN THE COUNTY OF SURRY. PROVED, JULY 1796.
To Mrs. Elizabeth Paxton, ten pounds, and five pounds
a-year, to be paid weekly, by my husband, to take care of
my cats and dogs, as long as any of them shall live; and
my desire is, that she will take great care of them, neither
let them be killed or lost. To my servant boy, George Smith,
ten pounds, and my Jack ass, to get his living with, as
he is fond of traffic.