sentences:  In his will, Ford left a number of bequests, some of which were held in trust for the support of his surviving siblings.After they had all died, Oxford University received his bequest of £2,000 to fund a professorship of English history, which was to be established when the principal had grown to support payment of £100 per year.When this goal was reached in 1894, the sum was not enough to support a professor at the current stipend.