In the Name of God Amen I Humphrey Orme of the City of 
Peterborough in the County of Northampton Esqr being of sound 
and disposing Mind Memory and Understanding(thanks be to 
Almighty God for the same)do make and Ordain this to be my last 
Will and Testament in manner and form following ffirst and 
Principally I recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God 
that gave it me and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently 
interred at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter mentioned 
And as to the Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased Almighty 
God to bless me I Dispose thereof as follows that is to say I Give 
and bequeath unto my Dear Brother Captain John Orme and to 
my Worthy friend Armstead Parker of Peterborough aforesaid Esqr 
and to their Heirs and Assigns All and Singular my ffreehold and 
Copyhold Messuages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments 
Whatsoever and wheresoever within this Realm To hold the same 
and every Part and Parcell thereof to them In Trust and for the Sole 
use and benefit  of my Dearly beloved Son Walden Orme for and 
untill Such time as he the Said Walden Orme shall arrive at his full 
age of Twenty five Years  then and from thenceforth I Give and 
Devise the said Premises to my said Son his Heirs and Assigns for 
ever I also Give & Devise unto the said John Orme and Armstead 
Parker their Executors Administrators and Assigns after Payment of 
my Just Debts and ffuneral Expences All and Singular my Goods 
and Chattles Rights Credits and Personal Estate whatsoever 
likewise In Trust for the Sole use and benefit of my said Son untill he 
shall arrive at his said Age of Twenty five Years and then to and for 
his Sole use and Benefit But if my said Son Walden Orme shall 
depart this Life before he arrives at his said Age of Twenty five 
Years without issue of his Body lawfully begotten or shall before 
that time Marry without the Consent or good liking of the said two 
Trustees In either of the Said Cases I Give and bequeath unto my 
Said Brother John Orme All my said Real and Personal Estates to 
hold the same to him his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns 
to his and their own Proper use and benefit absolutely forever And 
it is my Will and Pleasure that whatsoever charges or Expences the 
said Trustees or either of them Shall be put to in or about the 
Execution of this my Will or the Trusts in them hereby reposed Shall 
be deducted out of my said Personal Estate and allowed them 
before my Said Son Shall be intitled to receive the Remainder and 
that neither of my Said Trustees Shall be Answerable for any Act or 
Deed of the other of them or for any Loss that may happen in the 
Putting out at Interest or otherwise disposing  of any Part of my 
Personal Estate Unless the Same Shall be Occasioned by any of 
their Wilfull Neglect  And Lastly I hereby constitute Depute and 
appoint the said John Orme and Armstead Parker full and Sole 
Executors of this my last Will and Testament In Trust and for the 
Purposes aforesaid In full Confidence that they Will Act with 
Integrity and do all that may be in their Power for the benefit and 
Advantage of my said Son And I Do hereby earnestly Admonish 
my Said Son to be Governed and Advised by Such good Counsel 
as my Said Brother and the said Armstead Parker will give him in 
regard to his future Behaviour In Witness whereof I have hereunto 
Set my Hand and Seal this Twenty fourth day of ffebruary in the 
Year of our Lord God One Thousand seven hundred and forty six H 
Orme
(Attestation Clause)
Richd Berrow     Char Burdet       Char Burdet Junr.
A Codicil annexed to the last Will and Testament of Captain 
Humphry Orme
Whereas I Humphrey Orme of the City of Peterborough have 
made my Will I do hereby Order and Appoint that this Present 
Writing and the several requests hereinafter mentioned be 
Annexed as a Codicil to my said last Will and Testament and by 
taken as Part and Parcell thereof that is to Say that all my Debts 
be paid out of the Money due unto me upon the Estate late my 
Wife?s and now one Moiety of the said Estate belonging to my Son 
Walden Orme and the other Moiety to the Wife of ffelton Hervey 
Esqr or to any other concerned therein My Will is to have Money 
Raised out of the said Estate as allowed by a Master in Chancery 
to pay my Debts Dues and Demands and  untill Part of the Estate 
be Sold to Pay off the Incumbrances  that is upon it I order that 
the Rents and Profits of my Estate in the Town of Peterborough 
Shall be Subject to Pay the Interest Money due from time to time 
to my Creditors untill Money is raised off the Estate to pay my 
Debts which I most sincerely request of my Son to be done as 
Soon as Possible As Witness my Hand and Seal this Sixteenth day of 
November 1747
Proved at London (with a Codicil Annexed) 29 August 1751
PCC Prob11/789