Will proved in 1727.
He left land at Gambleside of yearly rent 23/- to be divided betweenhis two eldest sons, John and William.
His third son, Peter, got land in Broadclough in Bacup of yearly rent6/8d, which had come down from a mortgage made with hisgreat-grandfather, William (6G1).This Peter also appears to have got part of the Gambleside land ofyearly rent 18/6d and migrated to Wanless in Colne where he possiblymarried an heiress.
The reason for this assertation is that in 1755 a Peter Ormerod ofWanless, "gent.", through William Ormerod, who could only be William(9G1), surrendered all this Gambleside land to James Haworth ofCrawshawbooth to the uses of his last Will and Testament.
From surrenders in 1775 it would appear that Peter left onlydaughters.William's youngest son, George, got land in Goodshaw of yearly rent6/8d.
William's eldest son, John, appears to have sold his share of theGambleside estate to his brother, William.
of Wanless in Colne
Peter got land in Broadclough in Bacup of yearly rent 6/8d, which hadcome down from a mortgage made with his great-grandfather, William(6G1).
This Peter also appears to have got part of the Gambleside land ofyearly rent 18/6d and migrated to Wanless in Colne where he possiblymarried an heiress.
The reason for this assertation is that in 1755 a Peter Ormerod ofWanless, "gent.", through William Ormerod, who could only be William(9G1), surrendered all this Gambleside land to James Haworth ofCrawshawbooth to the uses of his last Will and Testament.
From surrenders in 1775 it would appear that Peter left onlydaughters.
George got land in Goodshaw of yearly rent 6/8d in his father's will.
(Junior) of Meadowhead near Gambleside
Usually described as 'junior' to distinguish him from his cousin,Peter (7G1) - but confusingly towards the end of his life as 'senior'to distinguish him from his own son and heir, Peter (8G2).Baptised in 1611.
Meadowhead was a farm about a quarter of a mile south west of theoriginal Gambleside house and may have been the house in the land ofyearly rent 7/- carved out as a life tenancy for his father, William.
Peter had in 1639 bought half the Gambleside land, conveyed to George(3G1) by his father in 1532, from the Birtwistles to whom it haddescended through George's child and only heiress, Agnes.
Peter had also inherited from his father land in Bacup obtained by thelatter foreclosing a mortgage.Peter was married in style at Whalley in 1649 to Alice Haydock, adaughter of the minor gentry, but by the time he died he had anotherwife, Mary.
Buried on 14 December 1689.
Will proved in 1690.
William was a prosperous clothier, with interests in Yorkshire.
Baptised in Burnley on 13 July 1571.
William started life as a second son with a life tenancy only of thedower land at Gambleside of yearly rent 7/-.
In the Court Roll for 1589 it is reported that feoffees thensurrendered land in Gambleside and Wolfenden of yearly rent 42/- toJohn (6G1) son and heir of Peter Ormerod deceased and that then Johnsurrendered land of yearly rent 7/-, now in the occupation of AnnOrmerod widow, to William, brother of the said John for life, payingthe Queen's rent of 7/- per annum and 7/- per annum to John.
By the time William died he was advancing substantial sums of £75 and£80 on mortgage, to, for instance, the Lord family in Bacop.
When William's death was reported in 1629 it was stated that his heirwas Peter aged 18 and that Lawrence Yate of Huncoat was his guardian"according to the custom of the manor".
Will proved in York in 1629.
Buried in 1609 in Haslingden.
Mentioned in the will of her sister-in-law, Mary.
(Senior) of Gambleside later of Goodshaw
The Parish Register of Haslingden shows that one of Peter's childrenwas buried in August 1655.
By 1668 Peter mortgaged almost half of his Gambleside land, of yearlyrent 15/6d for £500.
In 1671 he surrendered all the rest of yearly rent 28/8d to his sonand heir, John (8G1) for £480.
In 1674 John sold most of this land (yearly rent 19/10d) to a HenryHargreaves for £750 and Peter, his father, relaxed all his interest inGambleside land, whilst his son John mortgaged land in Gambleside ofyearly rent 12/- to William (8G1) son of Peter (7G2) junior.
The latter family had meanwhile been buying other Gambleside land andthe net effect was that the senior line of Peter (7G1) had got rid ofall their Gambleside land and the junior line of William (5G1) hadacquired much of it.Peter and his heir, John, were probably selling land to engage in thecloth industry which was generating most of the wealth in Rossendale.
Coheiress of John Ormerod of Lawhouse, Cliviger.
Buried in 1685.
Baptised on 10 November 1615.
Died without issue.
of Simonstone
Had issue, who are mentioned in the will of Peter (7G2)'s will.
Married by licence in November 1664.
of Meadowhead and Hurstwood
Will proved in 1713.
Peter's will reveals that he had two properties in Hapton (just southof Padiham) called Knotts, one of which he bequeathed to his sonRichard and the other to his son George.
In Peter Ormerod's will of 1713, his wife is named as Ellen.
Will proved in 1778 and 1780.
Ran a tannery in Knotts.
He was apparently unmarried and his principal legacies were to hisnephews, George Haworth and Richard Ormerod of Burnleywood.
The latter died before he could administer the estate which was takenover by his widow, Ellen.According to research by Ian Ormerod, Mary Bulcock, Elizabeth Wilsonand Mary Swinglehurst were coheiresses of George Ormerod.
of Knotts in Hapton
Active in Rossendale Court Rolls.
Possibly had a son, George, whose baptism is noted in the PadihamParish Register in 1630:
"Georgius f. Rici Ormeroode de Hapton 09 Apr 1630".According to research by Ian Ormerod, Richard was a tanner, living in1752.
of Habergham Eaves
of Wanlass
In the War Memorial Chapel in St Bartholomew's, Colne, there is amonumental inscription that reads:
"In this place is deposited the
Bodies of Robert Jackson
of Wanlis in this Chapelry Gentle-
man; Christ' and Elizabeth Jackson
his Parents, Ann his wife and ...
Bulcock her sister, Daughters of Peter
Ormerod, Gent. Wanless, John and
Susan three of the children of the
said Robert and Ann and their Son-
In-Law John Parr, late of Colne, Surgeon.
Also the body of Elizabeth Wilson
first the widow of the said John Parr
and afterwards of John Wilson late
of Heyroyd Gent and Daughter of
the said Robert and Ann Jackson.
She was an affectionate wife the best
of mothers and like her parents
a constant and cheerful giver to the
Poor. And died the 5th day of September
1798. Aged 57 Years.In Grateful Remembrance of her and
his said other Relations her Son John
Parr has laid this stone."