Vicar of High Melton
In 1680 the Court Roll recorded that Peter Ormerod of Gambleside,junior, and James Haworth, feoffees in trust, surrendered the land atTurnhill - now of yearly rent 3/2d - to Oliver son of John Ormerod ofWolfenden and Robert Durden of Hudhey (another clothier) who wereseized of the premises to the use of the said Oliver and Frances nowhis wife in lieu of the jointure of the said Frances.
Oliver's will was made in1703, and proved at York in 1704. His wifewas then a Grace.
His heir and apparently only son was a John, not yet 21.
He left £35 to an Elizabeth Cunningham - who might have been a marrieddaughter - and two unmarried daughters, Ruth and Mary, were alsomentioned.
Mary was not 21 and was to receive £40 when she attained that age.
Oliver must have had at least one younger brother because he appointedhis nephew, Oliver Ormerod, as one of the overseers of his will.
In 1680 the Court Roll recorded that Peter Ormerod of Gambleside,junior, and James Haworth, feoffees in trust, surrendered the land atTurnhill - now of yearly rent 3/2d - to Oliver son of John Ormerod ofWolfenden and Robert Durden of Hudhey (another clothier) who wereseized of the premises to the use of the said Oliver and Frances nowhis wife in lieu of the jointure of the said Frances.
Periwig maker of The Strand, Middlesex
Sold the Turnhill land in 1707 to his kinsman Oliver (7W1).
of Waterside or Turnhill in Wolfenden
Raised money by repeatedly mortgaging and remortgaging his land (nowof yearly rent 3/1d) with the consent of his wife Susannah.
From this it is concluded that he was a clothier in frequent need ofcash to buy wool to put out to spinners and weavers.
His father, George, was probably also in this trade, as he gave up alarger area of land in Loveclough for a distinctly smaller one.In 1622 John had ten creditors with claims on his land, including hiscousin, William (6G1).
George's creditors were owed £243 3s 4d.
This William, described as William, junior, must have got all thatpart of Gambleside containing 70 acres and of yearly rent 23/- and themain house, by now built of stone, left to him and his elder brother,John.
Will proved in 1765.
He had a daughter, Ann Heap, who had three children, James, Esther andBetty, who altogether got £330, and probably lived with him since sheand William's brother, George, were to have a house, summer pasture,spring grass and hay grass to keep two cows so long as they had a mindto stay at Gambleside.
His other daughter, Mary, was the wife of John Mitchell of Hoarstonesin Pendle and got £320.
The whole landed estate at Gambleside went to William's only son,John.