Whereas Tho: Hall Esq late Citizen & Freeman of London died possess'd of a personal estate of 42000l over & above his debts & legacies & having by his Will in writeing bearing date the 14th day of February made Sr Isaac Newton Kt Hopton Haynes Esq, the Revd Mr Martin Rector of St Mildred Poultry, & Mr Richard Walter his Executors devising all his personal estate to his said Executors for 3 years in trust for the Payment of his debts & Legacies and for improveing the same for the use of his Son F. Hall to whom they are to be acomptable at the end of the said 3 years during which time he left his said son an Annuity ofnly of 200l a year to be paid to him quarterly by the said Executors with liberty nevertheless for them the said Executors with the consent & approbation of his good Friends Francis Earl of Godolphin, Dr Godolphin Dean of St Pauls, & Charles Godolphin Esq to advance & pay to & for his said son such other summs of money as they shall think fit for his benefit & advancement, & whereas the said F. Hall was the only Child left by the late Testator at the time of his death, & became thereby entitled immediately by yethe Custome of the City of London to one third of his fathers Personal estate notwithstanding the said Will, part of which third as much of as amounts to 14000l the said F. Hall being now upon a treaty of marriage iscontent should be vested in Trustees as a provision for his wife & children on such intended marriage as by a settlement agreed to be drawn up for this purpose may more fully appear now We the said F. Earl of Godolphin Dr Henry Godolphin Dean of St Pauls, Charles Godolphin Esq, Sr Isaac Newton Kt Hopton Haynes Esq, Mr Martin Rector of St Mildred Poultrey, & Mr Richard Walker having had it under our deliberation at the desire of the said F. Hall to consider what may be fit to be allow'd Further to the said F. Hall for his better accomodation & Equipment on his marriage, besides his own third part by the Custom of London agreed to be settled as afores'd have thought fit & determin'd pursuant to the clause in the said Will referring to our concurring consent & approbation for the benefit & advancement of the said F. Hall that there be paid & allow'd to him at present two thousand pounds more out of the said estate, which with his own third part of 14000l makeing up 16000l We think may be assign'd to him the sdsaid F. Hall in Tallies & orders belonging to this estate on the Land Tax & Malt amounting to the said sum of 16000l & that the Executors will & ought to be indemnified in paying to the said F. Hall the said sum of 16000l on his giveing distinct receipts for the 14000l. & the 2000l in due form as the specialty of the several payments requires and we are further of opinion that the said F. Hall should accept of these summs & the proceed thereof as all he expects out of the estate for his provision during the residue of the 3 years, & that the residue of the Estate remain in the Executors management to be improv'd for answering the intention of the Testators Will; but with notice to yethe sdsaid F. Hall from time to time how the account stands.