| Description | Draft will of Henry Orme of 47, Stepney Green, gent.[Date of will to be 9th Feb 1884; note of 7th Feb.1884 on dorse that to be engrossed "by 11 O'Clock tomorrow"]. Appoints his cousin Henry Thomas Orme of 139, East Road, City Road, Middlesex and his friend Henry Constable of 132 Mile End Road, his executors and trustees.
Makes various financial bequests to his nephew Walter Joseph Orme, his three nieces Louisa Priscilla Orme, Emma Agnes Orme, and Ada Amy Orme, his cousins Joseph James Orme and Lollie Ann Orme, his friends John Oliver Webb and Ann Esther Moulder, and Sarah Bunyan and Ann Jemina Burton (described as cousins 'of my late wife').
Leaves his 10 freehold houses in Highbury Vale and Holloway in trust for his nephew Walter Joseph Orme, and his freehold house number 47 Stepney Green in trust for his cousin Joseph James Orme, the residue of his estate being left to his cousin Henry Thomas Orme.
Witnesses: A.J. Smith, solicitor of 40 Aldersgate Street, London, and John W.Ellis, clerk to F.R. Smith and Son.
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| CustodialHistory | Deposited by the British Records Association with Lambeth Archives Department, 23rd July 1962 (ref.B.R.A. 219; apparently received by them from Robson Lowe Ltd., 96 Regent Street,London Wl).
Transferred from Lambeth Archives Department to Tower Hamlets Local History Library, 13th April 1987. |