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THE TESTAMENT TESTAMENTAR AND INVEN-
TAR of the Guidis geir sowmes of money and dettis per-
tening to vmquhile the rycht honorabill and difcreit man
George Heriot* fcotifmane of the parrochine of Sand
Mairteine in the feildis in the euntrie of Middilfex in
Ingland Jeweler to the Kingis moil excellent Maieftie the
tyme of his deceisf qulia deceift vpon the xij day of Februar
the yeir of God 1624 yeiris faithfullie maid and gevin vp
himfelff vpon the tent day of December 1623 yeiris and
vpon the tuentie ane day of Januar refpeftive the yeir of
God foirfaid in fua far as concernis the nominatioun of Exe-
cutouris Legacies and gevin vp be Robert Johnftoune of
* This copy of the last Will and Testament of George Heriot,
the celebrated founder of the benevolent Institution which bears his
name, is printed from the Records of the Commissariat of Edinburgh.
It is more correct than any which has hitherto appeared, and is also
preceded by curious notices never before printed. The two supplemen-
tal documents, from the originals preserved in the Charter-Room of
Heriofs Hospital, are communicated by the present Governor, the Rev.
William Steven, D.D., who intends publishing an historical account of
that venerable and flourishing educational establishment.
t By Letters under the Privy Seal, July 17, 1597, he was appointed
"Her Majesteis Goldsmith," lxix. 132; and on April 4, 1601, was
again named « His Majesteis Jeweller and Her Majesteis Goldsmith,"
lxxiii. 239.