This chapter narrates the lives and deaths of Hannah’s heirs in the years between her death and her burial, revealing that by the time her body was interred, little remained of her carefully crafted legacies. It also narrates some of the changes that happened to Manchester between 1758 and 1868, including the development of political, social and cultural institutions. The chapter offers observations of this time period, including the fact that while Hannah was born into a country that didn’t even have a prime minister, by the time she was buried a woman had voted in a general election. The chapter argues that Hannah lived on the precipice of the medieval and the modern worlds, with her will revealing the juxtaposition of feudal land tenure and modern public health institutions, and that many of the ‘modern’ institutions of Manchester in 1868 had their roots in the world in which Hannah lived. Finally, the chapter asserts that the story of Hannah Beswick isn’t really the story of a museum exhibit, but rather a curious example of an ordinary woman making an extraordinary decision about her own body.