This is the last Will and Testament of me Sarah Orme of Polebrook in the County of Northampton Widow I desire that my Body may be decently interred in the Parish Church of Quadring in the County of Lincoln and be placed Close to my late Brother William Stukley Esquire And it is my Will and desire that my Executors hereinafter named will Conduct my ffuneral in such manner and form and Strictly Consonant to such Instructions as I shall leave in my own handwriting inter leaved in this my Will and as to such Worldly estate as I shall die possessed of I dispose thereof as follows I Give to my Son Walden Orme my Brilliant Diamond Ring which his late ffather gave to me before Marriage I Give to my Sister Mary Burns Wife of Captain George Burns all the best of my Wearing Apparel Necklaces and Ear Rings provided she shall be living at the time of my Decease but in Case she should be then Dead then I Give the same to her two Daughters Elizabeth and Mary Burns equally to be Divided between them share and share alike I Give to Eleanor King if she shall be living with me at the time of my Decease my Common Linen Gowns Petticoats Aprons handkerchiefs and Body Linen I Give to Mrs Elizabeth Marsh Wife of Thomas Marsh of Quadring aforesaid ffarmer my best Silver Shoe Buckles my best Muslin Apron Neck Handkerchief and a Pair of Ruffles and I desire my Executors to provide six good printed Prayer Books of the value of two shillings and sixpence each and to give one to each of the Men who shall carry my Body for interment And I Give Devise and  Bequeath all my Household Goods Plate Watches Jewels Coins Books and all the Residue and Remainder of my Estate both Real and Personal wheresoever situate and of what nature or kind soever after Payment of my Just Debts and ffuneral Expences to my Sons William Orme and Edward Septimus Orme their Heirs Executors and Admors according to the Nature of the said Estates to and for their own use and benefit To Hold the same as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants and whereas by the settlement made on my Marriage with my late Husband Walden Orme bearing Date the twenty third Day of October one thousand seven hundred and sixty one it was thereby (amongst other things) settled and agreed by and between all the Parties thereof that it should and might be lawful to and for my late Husband Walden Orme and me the said Sarah during our Joint lives or for the Survivor of us at any time during his or her Life by any Writing or Writings under his or her Hand and Seal Attested by three or more Credible Witnesses or by his or her last Will and Testament in writing to be by him or her signed Sealed Published and Declared in the presence of three or more Credible Witnesses to Charge the Messuage Lands Tenements and Heredits situate lying and being in Great Hale and little Hale in the said County of Lincoln which were thereby conveyed to Trustees for the Purposes therein mentioned or any of them or any part thereof (Without Prejudice nevertheless to my Estate for Life therein) with the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of one thousand pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain for the Proportion or Proportions of all and every or any of the Child or Children of the Body of the said Walden Orme on the Body of me the said Sarah his then intended Wife to be begotten (other than an.............. for the time being)to be raised..... and paid at each time or times and in such parts shares and proportions manner and form as the said Walden Orme and I the said Sarah his then intended Wife or the survivor of us should by such Writing or Writings or by his or her last Will and Testament attested as aforesaid Admit declare direct or Appoint anything herein contained to the Contrary thereof notwithstanding And as whereas the said Walden Orme my said Husband departed this Life intestate and without ever having executed the said Power of Appointment in the said Indenture of settlement contained leaving the said Walden Orme first hereinbefore named his Eldest Son by me and the said William Orme and Edward Septimus Orme his only Younger Children by me now Surviving Now therefore in Pursuance in Exercise and due Execution of the said .....power given to me in and by my said Marriage Settlement I do by this my Will by me Signed Sealed Published and Declared in the Presence of three Credible Persons whose names are intended to be subscribed as Witnesses attesting the Execution hereof charge all and singular the Messuage Lands Tenements Heredits and Premises comprised in the said Marriage Settlement with the Sum of one thousand pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain which I direct and appoint to be raised levied and paid to my said Sons the said William Orme and Edward Septimus Orme their Executor or Admors in equal Moieties At the end of six Calendar Months from the time of my Decease and in Case either of my said Sons  William Orme and Edward Septimus Orme shall happen to depart this  Life before my Decease unmarried and without Issue then my Mind and will is that the share of him so dying unmarried and without Issue shall go and be paid to the Survivor of them But I do hereby declare that if my said Sons William Orme and Edward Septimus Orme respectively shall survive me the said Sums of ffive hundred pounds each shall be vested in them respectively though they may respectively happen to depart this  Life before the end of six  Months from the time of my Decease And I do hereby appoint the said William Orme and Edward Septimus Orme Executors of this my Will and hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time or times heretofore made I do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Sarah Orme have to two parts of this my Will contained in three sheets of Paper each set my hand andSeal (that is to say) to the first two sheets thereof set my hand and to the last sheet thereof set my hand and Seal this tenth day of ffebruary in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four _ Sarah Orme

(Attestation Clause)

Jno Street Brabant Court London   _  R Bickerton Bishopsgate Street  _  John Richd Wolfe Clk to Mr Street

On the twenty ninth Day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety ffour Administration (with the Will Annexed) of All and Singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of Sarah Orme formerly of Polebrook in the County of Northampton but late of the Parish of Saint Martin Outwith London Widow Deceased was granted to Walden Orme Esquire the Administrator of the Goods of William Orme Deceased whilst living the Son of the said Deceased One of the Executors and one of the Residuary Legatees named in the said Will having been first sworn duly to Administer The said William Orme dying without having taken Upon him the Probate and Execution of the said Will and Edward Septimus Orme the Son also of the said Deceased the other Executor and the other Residuary Legatee named in the said Will having first renounced the Probate and Execution thereof as Letters of Administration (with the said Will annexed) of the Goods of the said Deceased

PCC Prob11/1250