| Description | Includes sealed copies of the will (in French) and codicils, 1736-1737, with official declarations of the Swiss authorities and notaries (all copied in H/E/1/1); 5 letters from François Alléon of Geneva (executor); letter form the Bourse Française of Geneva; inventory of goods of the testator (15 pp); all March-April 1737. Also 3 letters on investment matters to Ronjat, 1722 and 1734; draft procuration from the Hospital Directors to a notary public in Switzerland, copy petition from a relative of Ronjat, and copy letter from the Comte de Marsay, British resident in Switzerland, all 1737; list of numerous bequests by Ronjat (corrected draft and fair copy), April 1737; draft petition from the Hospital Directors to King George II, asking help in resisting a claim by the Canton of Berne to legacy duty, June 1737; certified copy of quitclaim to the executors, etc., and receipt for the Hospital's share of the estate, 2 January 1739/40; accounts of the executors and lawyers, receipts, etc., (21 papers) 1738-1740 and n.d.
The Hospital's share of the estate amountes to £6,473. |