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".
Buried on 28 June 1710.
of Greenfold, later of Hudhey
George makes his appearance in the Court Rolls about 1650.
He seems to have rented Greenfold, rather than owning it outright.
Greenfold is upon high ground between Goodshaw, Crawshawbooth andWolfenden, now covered by a reservoir.His appearances in the Court Rolls are mainly due to him advancingmoney to others on mortgages of their land - indicating that he wasprosperous and later purchased land of his own in Rossendale.
George and his wife, Isabel, in 1653 with Henry Haworth, the younger,and Mary, his wife, sell land in Oakenheadwood of yearly rent 5/5d.
About 1670 George and his wife moved to Hudhey in Haslingden. This layon what is now the A677 from Blackburn just about where it now crossesthe A56(T).
The reason for this move appears to have been that George and Isabelhad only three daughters, the younger two of whom married two of thesons of Robert Durden of Hudhey, who was a clothier like George.George died in January 1679/80 and left one of the longest wills ofany of the Ormerods up to that date.
At the time of his death he had £639 out on loan.
He had land in Oakenheadwood, Wolfenden, Crawshawbooth and Goodshaw ofyearly rent 36/4d.He provided for all his grandchildren, but his greatest bequest - theland at Oakenheadwood of yearly rent 21/8d went to his two Ormerodgrandsons, George (8Cb1) and Peter (8Cb1).
George also remembered his brothers or their children in his will.Buried and will proved in 1680.
Buried (in linen) in 1683.
Will proved in 1683.