I give to each of my chairmen 25l.
I give to each of my servants one year’s wages.
I give to the poor of the town of Woodstock 300l.
I desire that Mr. Glover and Mr. Mallet, who are to write the history of the Duke of Marlborough, may have the use of all papers and letters relating to the same found in any of my houses. And I desire that these two gentlemen may write the said history, that it may be made publick to the world how truly the late Duke of Marlborough wished that justice should be done to all mankind, who, I am sure, left King James with great regret, at a time when ’twas with hazard to himself; and if he had been like the patriots of the present times, he might have been all that an ambitious man could hope for, by assisting King James to settle Popery in England.
I desire that no part of the said history may be in verse.
And I direct that the said history shall not be printed without the approbation of the Earl of Chesterfield and my executors.
I give to Mr. Glover and Mr. Mallet 500l. each for writing the history.
(Here follows a contingent provision for the younger children of Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough.)
I give to Thomas Duke of Leeds my estate near St. Albans, and my freehold at Romney Marsh, Kent.
I give to Philip Earl of Chesterfield my manor at Wimbledon, and also my manors in Northampton and Surrey.