
          being sealed with 3 seals 1 of which is I believe
Mr. F. Simkinsons 1 & and a memorandum endorsed 
by me that I had opened it in the presence 
of Lady F & Mr. F.S.

The will was afterwards delivered to me & remains
in my own possession. I told Lady Franklin
that I, was Executor, had no objection to her
application to the Admiralty. She afterwards informed
me that she had observed to her Nephew
that as [added: he] had heard as well as herself more than
they had anticipated, She was sure that he would
feel with her that as far as these facts were
concurred he should not speak of them, to
which he assented. Lady F. further [?]
me that she refrained from giving any injunction
of secrecy towards the [Gells?] as to the WIll
having been opened for the purpose above explained

I didn't see nor communicate 
with Lady Franklin for 2 or 3 days after the
Will was opened, & in the mean time I had
thought it advisable to communicate to Mr 
& Mrs. Gill the same facts as to the contents 
of the Will, had been hastily uttered
by me in the presence of Lady Franklin.
[Franc?] Letters received from Lady Franklin
as well as from what [?] on the above
occasion I can positively affirm that she
desired Sir John's Will to be in my keeping
according to the decided opinion I had expressed
        