Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

1660.] HER WILL. 119
jewels, being those I found in his father's cabinet, expressed
in a note of them, to be delivered unto him, or to some
fit trustee for him. My other jewels, and all things else
remaining after my death, properly belonging to me, I
leave to the Queen my mother, so as my debts and
servants' arrears and wages, in the first place, be duly paid
and satisfied, as also the legacies, hereafter specified, to my
servants and others. For which ends all my covenants,
dues, and remaining affairs, claims, dues, profits, and
accounts, may be well recovered and settled. I do hereby
desire the Duke of York, my dear brother, to afford his aid
thereunto, likewise the Lord Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans,
Willis Nicholas Oudart, my secretary, counsellor to my son,
his commissioner here, who hath long and faithfully served
my royal brother, his majesty now being, and myself.
These three, whom his majesty is by me desired, as afore-
said, to authorise and give power to them and their
sufficient substitutes, as the executors of this, my last will
and testament ; and of all further action, rights, claims,
dues, and demands of mine, whether in and about the
tutelage of my son, in Holland, or other provinces of the
United Netherlands, and my quality of Regent in Orange.
My portion yet unpaid in England, with the interest thereof,
or other matters in my remaining desolate family ; com-
mending to their majesties both my women and men-
servants, to the end that they may be honoured with some
competent provision, for their better support and mainte-
nance, as my good meaning was to do for them, had I
longer lived. This I declare to be my last will and
testament, declared at the palace at Whitehall, this 24th
of December (old style), 1660.
" I bequeath and give to the Countess of Chesterfield, the
sum of five hundred pounds sterling, and as much to
Madam Howard : and I desire that to each other of mv