The Enquirer

MR. FOX'S WILL.

Extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative Court, of Canterbury.

[From a late London paper.]

This is the last will and Testament of me, the Honourable Charles James Fox, of St. Anne's Hill, in the Parish of Chersey in the County of Surrey.

Whereas the late Mr. Redman, of Hatton Garden, did, by his Will, give and bequeath unto me a legacy of five hundred guineas, which sum I shall be entitled at some future time to receive, together with the interest that will become due for the same: Now I do hereby give and bequeath one moiety, or equal half part, of all such monies, unto my nephew, Henry Fox, son of General Fox; and the other moiety, or other half part thereof, unto Robert Stephen, a youth now living with Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, in America. And whereas I am entitled to one annuity, or clear yearly sum of one hundred pounds, lately granted to me by his Grace John Duke of Bedford, for and during the term of the natural life of Harriet Willoughby, in the grant thereof named; Now I do hereby give and bequeath the same annuity unto my wife Elizabeth Bridget, for and during the term of her natural life, if she, the said Harriet Willoughby, shall so long live; and from and after the decease of my said wife, unto the said Harriet Willoughby, for her own use and benefit. I give, devise, and bequeath, all the rest and residue of my personal estate, of what nature or kind soever, not by me before disposed of, and also all and singular my real estates, whatsoever and wheresoever, unto my said wife, Elizabeth Bridget, her Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns for ever; only I wish her to make presents in my name of any books, pictures, or marbles, that she thinks fit, as remembrances of me, to the following friends;—Lord Holland, General Fox, General Fitzpatrick, Lord Robert Spencer, Lord Fitzwilliam, Mr. Hare, the Bishop of Down, Lord John Townshend, Miss Fox, and M. Bougerie. There are many others whom I love and value to the greatest degree; but these are my oldest connexions. I nominate, constitute, and appoint my said wife, Elizabeth Bridget, sole Executrix of this my Will; and revoking all former Wills by me made, do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal. this twenty first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and two.

C. J. FOX, (L.S.)