generous beneficent heart - Yorkshire, Guisborough
1705-1759 Thomas Spencer of London, merchant, who by his industry, candour and integrity acquired an affluent fortune with unblemished reputation. Happy in the acquisition but more happy in rendering it conducive to the happiness of others . By exercise of the dictates of his generous beneficent heart n the laudable virtues of friendship and humanity"
monument signed by "Gyl Tyler ..sculpt"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyler_(architect)
the memorial implies he left much to charity, but he willed his fortune to his family and friends.
Will of Thomas Spencer of St Mary, Bothaw, City of London. Merchant.
He left the bulk of his Estate to his sister, Esther Spencer, spinster: he left her all his possessions in the Manor of Weston in Holderness, Yorkshire, including Court Leet, Court baron, farms, etc. Also, £8,000.
He wishes his friends, James Norman, and John Cornwall, of London, merchants, and George Clifford his co-partner in trade – to be the Executors of his Will, but they declined in favour of the Testator’s sister, Esther when the time came.
His other property, situated in the County of York, and in the counties of Durham, Essex, Kent, and ‘elsewhere’ he left in trust to his 3 named Executors to whom £100 would be paid each, the arrangement being that his brother Richard Spencer & his heirs would enjoy these Estates.
To his niece, Dorothy Askew (late Boulby) now wife of Henry Askew - £5,000. (Dorothy & Henry were later to erect an expensive monument by Flaxman to his brother Richard Spencer 1784 at Hornchurch Essex www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5365Z9 )
Brother-in-Law, John Jefferson - £3,000.
Brother-in-Law, Adam Boulby Father of his niece, Dorothy Askew) - £200.
Uncle, Ralph Ward, Esq. - £200.
Cousin, William Gansell, Esq. - £200.
Cousins, Ralph, Thomas, and Rebecca Ward - £200 each.
Cousin, George Jackson - £200. And to his brother, Ralph Jackson, and three sisters, Esther, Hannah, and Dorothy - £100 each.
Cousin, Francis Fox - £500, and to his brother John Fox, and his sister, Mary Saunders - £100 each.
Cousin, William Manley, and his sister Rebecca - £100 each.
--- Cooper, spinster, residing in my house with my family/with my sister Esther Spencer - £1,000. Christian Poppe, my book-keeper (if in my service at the time of my decease) - £100.
To each clerk over 12 months in his service at the time of death - £50.
To the Poor of the Parish of Guisborough, Yorks., “where I was born” - £50
To Edward Dans, formerly of Riga, merchant, but now of Shottesbrook, Berks. One annuity of £50.
Will dated 7th October, 1758.
(Also he left all his Estates at Hornchurch, Essex, to his 3 named Executors ).
generous beneficent heart - Yorkshire, Guisborough
1705-1759 Thomas Spencer of London, merchant, who by his industry, candour and integrity acquired an affluent fortune with unblemished reputation. Happy in the acquisition but more happy in rendering it conducive to the happiness of others . By exercise of the dictates of his generous beneficent heart n the laudable virtues of friendship and humanity"
monument signed by "Gyl Tyler ..sculpt"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyler_(architect)
the memorial implies he left much to charity, but he willed his fortune to his family and friends.
Will of Thomas Spencer of St Mary, Bothaw, City of London. Merchant.
He left the bulk of his Estate to his sister, Esther Spencer, spinster: he left her all his possessions in the Manor of Weston in Holderness, Yorkshire, including Court Leet, Court baron, farms, etc. Also, £8,000.
He wishes his friends, James Norman, and John Cornwall, of London, merchants, and George Clifford his co-partner in trade – to be the Executors of his Will, but they declined in favour of the Testator’s sister, Esther when the time came.
His other property, situated in the County of York, and in the counties of Durham, Essex, Kent, and ‘elsewhere’ he left in trust to his 3 named Executors to whom £100 would be paid each, the arrangement being that his brother Richard Spencer & his heirs would enjoy these Estates.
To his niece, Dorothy Askew (late Boulby) now wife of Henry Askew - £5,000. (Dorothy & Henry were later to erect an expensive monument by Flaxman to his brother Richard Spencer 1784 at Hornchurch Essex www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5365Z9 )
Brother-in-Law, John Jefferson - £3,000.
Brother-in-Law, Adam Boulby Father of his niece, Dorothy Askew) - £200.
Uncle, Ralph Ward, Esq. - £200.
Cousin, William Gansell, Esq. - £200.
Cousins, Ralph, Thomas, and Rebecca Ward - £200 each.
Cousin, George Jackson - £200. And to his brother, Ralph Jackson, and three sisters, Esther, Hannah, and Dorothy - £100 each.
Cousin, Francis Fox - £500, and to his brother John Fox, and his sister, Mary Saunders - £100 each.
Cousin, William Manley, and his sister Rebecca - £100 each.
--- Cooper, spinster, residing in my house with my family/with my sister Esther Spencer - £1,000. Christian Poppe, my book-keeper (if in my service at the time of my decease) - £100.
To each clerk over 12 months in his service at the time of death - £50.
To the Poor of the Parish of Guisborough, Yorks., “where I was born” - £50
To Edward Dans, formerly of Riga, merchant, but now of Shottesbrook, Berks. One annuity of £50.
Will dated 7th October, 1758.
(Also he left all his Estates at Hornchurch, Essex, to his 3 named Executors ).