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In
the Name of God Amen I
Septimus Plumptre of the
Parish of Mansfield in
the County of Nottingham
declare this to be my
last Will and Testament
I will that my ffuneral
may be performed in the
manner following I will
have no Pall Bearers nor
Company invited the
Officiating Minister may
have a Scarf Hatband and
Gloves and so may the
Physician and Apothecary
if I have had any sent
to them after the
ffuneral I will have my
Coffin without any
Covering or Ornament
whatever I will be
carried thro the Garden
by four poor honest Men
who shall have half a
Crown each and nothing
more my Maids and Man
may have respectively
Hoods and a Hatband with
the Hoods but no
Mourning I would be
buried in the Church
Yard of the Parish
wherein I may chance to
die I would have no
Stone or other Mark or
Remembrance placed over
or near me let no one
sit up with my dead Body
I would have as little
Bellringing as may be
Perhaps none at all may
be best of all Whereas
the Bulk of my ffortune
consists of Stock in the
Publick ffunds I hereby
declare that I leave the
whole and intire
Interest arising from
such Stock unto my Wife
Catharine Plumptre for
her Life during the Term
of her natural Life And
after her Death I leave
two thousand Pounds
Stock in the Publick
ffunds aforesaid to my
Daughter Dorothy
Plumptre and the
remainder to be divided
betwixt my two Sons John
and Charles Plumptre and
I hereby give my Son and
my Daughter the Power of
bequeathing the
Reversion of their
Shares by Will at any
time after my Death even
before their Mother’s
Death just as if they
were in actual
Possession of their
Shares I give my Gold
Watch Chain and Gold
Seal to my Son John if
he survives me if not to
Charles my Books shall
be equally divided
betwixt my Sons those
being excepted which my
Wife shall select for
her own use and those
which I have already
given to my Daughter
Dorothy whatever else I
may die possessed of and
which may be due to me
from any Quarter I give
it all to my Wife
Catharine Plumptre for
ever without any
restrictions or
Limitations and without
being accountable to any
one whatsoever I
likewise appoint my Wife
Catharine Plumptre sole
Executrix of this my
last Will and Testament
and sole Guardian to my
Daughter till she Attain
the Age of twenty one
Years or be married with
her Mothers Consent In
Witness of this being my
last Will and Testament
I have hereto set my
hand and Seal this
twentieth day of October
one thousand seven
hundred and Eighty one _
Septimus Plumptre
Affidavit as to due
execution sworn by John
Radford of Mansfield
Yeoman and Ann Humphrey
of Mansfield in relation
to Septimus Plumptre
Clerk late Vicar of
Mansfield
Proved at London 22
March 1782
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