Birmingham.
_Family Caul--Child's Caul._--The will of Sir John Offley, Knight, of
Madeley Manor, Staffordshire (grandson of Sir Thomas Offley, Lord Mayor of
London temp. Eliz.), proved at Doctors' Commons 20th May, 1658, contains
the following singular bequest:
"Item, I will and devise one Jewell done all in Gold enammelled,
wherein there is a Caul that covered my face and shoulders when I first
came into the world, the use thereof to my loving Daughter the Lady
{547} Elizabeth Jenny, so long as she shall live; and after her decease
the use likewise thereof to her Son, Offley Jenny, during his natural
life; and after his decease to my own right heirs male for ever; and so
from Heir to Heir, to be left so long as it shall please God of his
Goodness to continue any Heir Male of my name, desiring the same Jewell
be not concealed nor sold by any of them."