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 and Seal (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
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