of Crawshawbooth
Inherited his mother's land at Crawshawbooth.
States in the Court Roll that he had land in the Maister Yng inWolfenden of yearly rent 2d given to him by his grandfather, HenryHaworth.
In 1559 Henry Barcroft surrendered land in Crawshawbooth of yearlyrent 10/- to Oliver and his then wife Margery for life.
He also surrendered an equal amount of land in Cribden at the sametime to Henry Ormerod - presumably the other brother of Oliver of whomwe hear no more - and the lease of this land also went to Oliver in1562.Henry Barcroft at that date sold his right to all the former Haworthland of yearly rent £3 after his mother's death to various peopleincluding Oliver (3Cb1), his half brother, who got land inCrawshawbooth of yearly rent 29/1.5d and land in the "Calffe HeighLawnde off Cryddene" (i.e. Cribden) and the "Backside of Cryddene" ofyearly rent 15/1.5d.
Thus Oliver got almost half of Lettice's inheritance, but at a price.
He had to pay either rents or mortgages to certain of the wealthiestcopyholders in Rossendale who had apparently advanced money to HenryBarcroft.Oliver may have defaulted on these payments or sold his interest insome of the land.
He and his descendants retained land of yearly rent 10/1d centred on afarm called Heightside east south east of Crawshawbooth which he hadobtained in 1559 on what is now a lane leading from Constablee toCrawshawbooth.
This farm is now a ruin.By 1571 Oliver had surrendered three quarters of the Heightside landof yearly rent 10/1d to his bastard son, George.
Buried in 1582.
Will dated 2 September 1582.Oliver's will mentioned only his bastard son, George, and his bastarddaughter, Alice, the wife of Richard Ashworth.
Succeeded to Heightside, later of Newchurch.
On the death of his brother, Oliver, George inherited not onlyHeightside but also half the Oakenheadwood land of yearly rent 21/8dwhich George (6Cb2) had left to George (9Cb1)'s father, George (8Cb1)and his uncle Peter (8Cb1).
In 1740 the Court Roll records that George Ormerod of Heightside,yeoman, for the natural love and affection he bears to his son andheir, Oliver, surrenders his land at Heightside to Oliver subject to awritten agreement between George and Oliver.
In 1739 George had also mortgaged his Oakenheadwood land for £150indicating that he was possibly engaged in trade.
In 1743, apparently having paid off this mortgage, George surrenderedall his Oakenheadwood land to his sons George and Peter.
At a special Halmot Court in July 1751 George Ormerod of Boothfold,dyer, to raise money from John Ormerod of Newchurch, innkeeper, andJohn Haworth of Brockclough, surrendered land at Heightside of yearlyrent 10/- to the latter pair with the consent of Alice, wife of thesaid George Ormerod and Lucy, the wife of George Ormerod the elder andmother of George Ormerod the surrenderor.
It appears that George and his son, George (10Cb1) may have taken updyeing, but this may have been short lived.
By 1750 it appears that these Ormerods had abandoned Heightside andfarming.
Baptised in March 1719.
Baptised in March 1722.
Baptised in November 1724.
Baptised in February 1727/28.
Baptised in December 1729.
of Rossendale
Mercer of Haslingden.
Later took up residence in Oakenheadwood on the land which hismaternal grandfather, George (6Cb2) left him.
He predeceased his father, dying in 1697, and left a family of twoboys and a girl.
Baptised in July 1665.
Buried in May 1697.
of Crawshawbooth
Died in April 1606.
Will proved in 1606.In his will of 1606 George describes himself as 'aliter Barnes'revealing the name of his mother.
George made over the bulk of his land to his legitimate children bysurrendering it to feoffees, James Piccop and Hugh Haworth in 1593.
The names of these feoffees would imply that the mother of hischildren was either a Piccop or a Haworth.
Through them he made arrangements, given in the Court Roll, for theusual quarter of his land to go to his wife Ann for life and theincome from the other three quarters to be devoted to the upbringingof his children for 13 years, i.e. until they all became of age.
Then it had to go to his heir, Oliver.In 1593 George was acting as a feoffee for Oliver Ashworth ofConstablee who surrendered one third of his estate, of total yearlyrent 19/- for the endowment of the dower of Ann Ormerod - who wasclearly George (4Cb1)'s daughter - on her marriage to John, son andheir of Oliver Ashworth.
George had an illegitimate daughter, Isabel Ormerod aliter Piccop, towhom he left a legacy.
George appears to have been a farmer ploughing with oxen because heensured that his heir, Oliver, should have "all my oxen geare and allthings belonging therewith to the draught and labour of oxen".