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Excerpt from Memoir of William Oldys, Esq. Norroy King-at-Arms: Together With His Diary, Choice Notes From His Adversaria, and an Account of the London Libraries, (Reprinted From Notes and Queries) The civilian died early in the year 1708, and in his will he devises to his loving cozen Mrs. Ann Oldys his two houses at Kensington, with the residue of his property, and appoints the said Ann Oldys whole and sole executrix of his Will. It has been conjectured, with some de gree of probability, that under the cognomen of cozen is meant the mother of our literary anti quary; more especially as we find from the will of the said Ann Oldys, that after two or three trifling bequests, she gives all her estate, real and personal, to her loving friend, Benjamin J ackman of the said Kensington, upon trust, for the benefit of her son William Oldys, and she leaves the tuition and guardianship of her son William Oldys, during his minority, to the said Benjamin Jackman. The Will is dated March 21, 1710; and proved by Benjamin Jackman on April 10, 1711, when our antiquary was in the fifteenth year of his age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.