George Richard Savage Nassau (1756-1823) brother of Henry, 5th Earl of Rochford, was a bibliophile and historian who built up an important library that included extensive material on his own county Suffolk. His will, drawn up in 1819 when he was living in Charles Street, Berkeley Square (see P.R.O. Prob. 11/1683. 152 & 153 Erskine 170) instructed that he should be buried 'with the greatest economy and privacy' in the vault of Easton in Suffolk...'but I earnestly entreat and enjoin that my coffin may not be closed up until there shall be evidence of mortality so distinct and certain as to preclude all possibility of a premature interment...'. The following were to receive mourning rings valued at six guineas each: Rev'd H. I. Berners, Sir Willm. Rowley, John Wright Esq, Revd. Willm. Gibson, Sir Willm. Parker Bt., Sir Francis Hilman, Capt. Hopkins, Revd. Willm. Garratt, Willm. Berners Esq, Revd. Dr Kilderlee, Colonel Dupuis, John Phillips Esq, Sir Robert Harland Bt., Lt. Col. Willm. Allen, Dr Pemberton, Revd. Willm. Adrien, Viscount Carleton, Spencer Kilderlee Esq, James Saicer Esq, James Wenn Esq, Earl Ludlow, George Farrant Esq, John Butler Esq, Revd. Saml. Jones Knight. Identical rings are in the Ashmolean and the Victoria & Albert Musuem. 'Arm' is short for armigerous and entitles the holder to call himself Esquire