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  • In case my godson Philip Stanhope shall at anytime keep or be concerned in keeping any racehorse or pack of hounds, or reside one night at Newmarket, that infamous seminary of iniquity and ill-manners, during the course of the races there, or shall resort to the said races or shall lose in one dayat any game or bet whatsoever the sum of »500 then in any of the cases aforesaid it is my express will that he, my said godson, shall forfeit and pay out of my estate the sum of »50,000 to and for the use of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

    - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
      Clause in his will.

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