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Handwritten will of Matthew Flinders (FLI06) Page 4


To my half Aunt Penelope Procter of London
To my dear cousin Henrietta Newbald of Hull

twenty pounds
twenty pounds

To Mr Charles Hursthouse, and to John Newbald or
to their substitutes, on undertaking the trust

each twenty pounds

Seventh. I bequeath to the following persons
mourning rings of the value of two guineas each
and bearing the letters M.F. as a motto.
The Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bt.
Osborne Standert Esq. of London
Captain William Kent of the Royal Navy
Monsieur Paul Labauve of the Isle of France
Mons. Thomas Pitot, of do
Mons. Charles Desbassayons of the Isle of Bourbon
Mr John Flinders of Spalding, Lincolnshire
Mrs Henrietta Newbald of Hull, Yorkshire
and Miƒs Isabella Tyler of Beverley, do

Mourning
Rings £18

Eighth. My household goods, plate, clothes,
linen, books, and papers, I give to my dear
wife and executrix, Ann Flinders: She to
give out of them all manuscript books, and the
papers relating to my voyage; (with the ex-
-ception of letters) to my brother Samuel Ward
Flinders; and to dispose of the rest as she shall
see good.

Household pro-
-perty and books
to Ann Flinders

    If any of the legatees, mentioned in any of
the preceeding [sic] paragraphs, should be deceased
before me, then his, her, or their legacies, except
where the legacies are specified to descend to
children, shall go to increase the sums left
in the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth
paragraphs, the person therein mentioned being

Surplus pro-
-perty to be
divided


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Related people
Chappelle (Flinders), Ann
Hursthouse
Newbald, John
Flinders, Samuel
Flinders family
Harvey, James and Elizabeth
Flinders, Elizabeth
Flinders, Henrietta
Banks, Sir Joseph
Standert, A.
Kent, (Captain) William
Pitot, Thomas
Desbassayns, Charles
Tyler, Isabella (Belle/Bell)
Flinders, Matthew

Places
Ile de France (Mauritius)
Donington
Spalding
Beverley
Boston (England)
Ile de Bourbon
Tidd (Tydd)

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