Abraham Newland

[2] He slept in the Bank of England itself for 25 years, so he was largely a stranger to his own house adjoining Highbury Fields.

[2] When he died, he bequeathed many legacies to various family members, including Edmund Edwin, Yeoman Gentleman of Aldbury.

He made his money mostly by speculating in shares of loans to the government, as a private investor.

[2] He is perhaps best known among collectors of trivia for his self-written epitaph: "Beneath this stone old Abraham lies; / Nobody laughs, and nobody cries.

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