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buried on the south side of the choir at St. Mary's Church, Beverley, but the memorial slab is now lying behind the altar screen.
Sir Francis died at Burton Agnes after a short illness, 16th September, 1739, in his 62nd year, and was buried there the 19th September. "He was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, a kind master, and amiable neighbour. The easiness and frankness of his temper led many into his acquaintance, and the more he was known the more he was esteemed. He judged a general civility a debt to mankind, was a stranger to those little arts which a great soul despises, and a good one detests. He was cheerful without levity, and virtuous without frugality. He lived the Ufe and died the death of the righteous."[1]
"This year died my kind friend, Sir Francis Boynton."[2]
Sir Francis's will is dated 17th November, 1737. By it he left to his daughter Constance £100 for the extraordinary care she had taken in directing his household affairs. To his eldest son Griffith he left his pictures, library of books, etc., and desired to be buried in the family vault at Burton Agnes, or in a vault to be made in the choir of St. Mary's Church, Beverley, in the same place where his dear deceased wife and children lie interred, and a decent stone to be laid on the said vault, and a marble shield or other device to be fixed in the pillar next to the said place with an inscription on it, or them, relating to his said wife; Sir William Cobb and his lady (being her grandfather and grandmother) and also his children, William and Dorothy, who all lie buried there (if not done before by himself), and if he be buried there, to make such addition to the said inscription as his executor shall think fit, his son Griffith being his executor.
