of Gambleside
Mentioned in a Court Roll of 1532.
Milton Ormerod in The Ormerods suggests that Peter may have ended upviolently disliking his lawful wife, Margaret - whom he may have onlymarried for her property.
She was certainly - from her frequent appearances in the Court Rollsfor the advancement of her own children - an energetic and, possibly,an abrasive character.
Peter's final disposition of his estate (with half going to hisbastard son) must have infuriated her.Milton Ormerod argues on pp.178-179 that this points to John (5J1)'smother being an Ormerod, and more than likely the daughter of Oliver(3L1).
By 1579 two widows: Margaret - presumably the widow of Peter - and Ann- presumable the widow of his father, John (3G1) - had forbidden finefor their dowers, i.e. their right to a quarter of the land for theirrespective lives.
As Margaret had brought some land into the family as a dower, she wasentitled to act, as a widow, in the Halmot Court.
It cannot be ascertained for certain whence this land was inheritedbut it was of yearly rent 7/- and eventually went to life to hergrandson, William (6G1).She was most probably a Haworth since, apart from Lettice who broughtthe Crawshawbooth land to her son Oliver (3G/Cb1) as one of thecoheiresses of Henry Haworth, there were four more Henry Haworths inthe next generation according to the Court Rolls.
In the Halmot Court Margaret secured a transfer of land in Wolfendenof yearly rent 2/- to her daughter Alice and her husband WilliamBrockbank.
Margaret also secured land of yearly rent 5/- in Loveclough - betweenGambleside and Crawshawbooth - to her son George (5G1) provided he paya yearly 10/- per annum rent to William and Alice, increasing to threescore shillings after the death of Margaret.
In 1588 George (5G1) made this Loveclough land over to Oliver (5G1)his brother, also stated to be a son of Margaret, provided he pay 10/-per annum rent to his sister, Alice, now a widow.
Baptised in April 1764.
Baptised on 28 April 1743.
of Wolfenden
Margaret Ormerod secured land of yearly rent 5/- in Loveclough -between Gambleside and Crawshawbooth - to her son George (5G1)provided he pay a yearly 10/- per annum rent to William and Alice,increasing to three score shillings after the death of Margaret.
In 1588 George (5G1) made this Loveclough land over to Oliver (5G1)his brother, also stated to be a son of Margaret, provided he pay 10/-per annum rent to his sister, Alice, now a widow.It is presumed that when George made over this land he got in exchangethe land in Wolfenden of yearly rent 2/- which had originally gone tohis sister, Alice Brockbank, and her husband - because that was whereGeorge then appears.
George's death was recorded in 1614, shortly after he had settled landof yearly rent 18d. on a (new) wife, Elizabeth.
Possibly the George whose burial is recorded in the Burnley ParishRegister:
"[fol. 187] Anno do'ni: 1613: Ao. R. R'is. Jacobi: 11o.
George sonne of Peter Ormeroide 30 Oct 1613".
of Brighouse, Yorkshire
Believed to be the John Ormerod, who is listed as a wine and spiritmerchant in Brighouse in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of1822 and Pigot's Directory of 1829.
Baptised on 14 May 1809.
Thomas is mentioned in Malcolm Bull's Trivia Trail at the HalifaxToday website athttp://www.halifax-today.co.uk/specialfeatures/triviatrail/o.html -
"Ormerod, Thomas Theodore
[1809-1879] Brighouse cotton mill-owner who lived at Elm Royd. In1920, the Owler Ings mill was completely destroyed by fire. The millhad only recently been restored and a new water sprinkler towerinstalled, but this was not yet in operation when the fire occurred.
Ormerod was a Liberal and a Nonconformist, and was Superintendent ofBridge End Congregational Chapel for 40 years. With his brother,Hanson Ormerod, he carried on the family wine and spirit business, H.& T. T. Ormerod. He protested against the Vicar Rate. He supported theCrossley Orphanage".Elm Royd is in Brighouse Wood Lane, and was the home of the Ormerodfamily. In 1921 it was bought by the Dyers' Club. It later became anursing home.
Died unmarried.
of Brighouse, Yorkshire
Believed to be the John Ormerod, who is listed as a wine and spiritmerchant in Brighouse in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of1822 and Pigot's Directory of 1829.
No issue.
of Cloughfold
Twin brother of Richard.
Baptised on 11 April 1756.
Buried on 19 May 1827 in Newchurch.
Original research by Ian Ormerod has a death date for Richard of 12February 1813, aged 20 years.
Possibly the twin of Betty.
Baptised on 30 June 1753.
of Cloughfold
Baptised on 23 April 1721.
The following is taken from The Ormerods (pp.141-142):
The oldest public library in the country is the one founded inManchester in the 1650's by Humphrey Chetham. In it repose 36 volumesof the Raines MS. These were the miscellaneous gleanings of a CanonRaines in the middle of the nineteenth century mainly from the mustybundles of forgotten lawsuits in solicitors' offices. One of theserecounts the following tale:-
About 1745 a young man named John Ormerod left his native Rossendalein East Lancashire and made his way to Bristol where he enlisted as avolunteer on a man of war. The vessel took a prize in what was laterknown as 'the war of Jenkins's ear' since it was provoked by theSpaniards having captured the ship of a Captain Jenkins and cut offhis ear - which he afterwards exhibited to parliament in a bottle. Theprize was brought into Bristol. There were evidently some sharks onthe quay who induced our hero to part with his future share of theprize for £173-5-00. When the prize was eventually sold he found thathe would have been entitled to £420! So he repudiated the bill of saleclaiming that he was under 21 at the time he made it - although he hadmade an oath that he was 24, and sued the purchasers of his share for£500.
The attorney for these characters - J. Addersley et al. - turned up inNewchurch-in-Rossendale where they thought John Ormerod had beenbaptised to ascertain his true age and found their way to an inn inthe adjacent hamlet of Boothfold.
Here they met one John Piccop, who fulfilled the duty of Parish Clerk.From him they extracted the following information:-
John Ormerod was the son of George Ormerod of Meadowhead and Sarah hiswife and was born in the parish (a misnomer - it was only a chapelry)of Newchurch in 1722. His name did not appear in the register because,when his father brought him to Newchurch he could not find the curate,Mr Lee, at the church but found him at the alehouse of the said J.Piccop where George treated his friends and had his son, John,baptised in the alehouse. George and Sarah were married on the 19th ofApril 1720. They had a daughter, Ann, baptised 21st April 1721 (not inthe parish register) and a son Lawrence baptised on 25 February 1723,who was still living and a younger brother of the said John.
Presumably, armed with this tale the attorney went back to Bristol andJohn Ormerod lost his case. Actually the John Piccop who imparted thisinformation in 1745 was both Parish Clerk and schoolmaster, but he wasnot the John Piccop who was clerk and innkeeper in 1722 althoughprobably a relation since the former John Piccop had died in 1732 whenthe parish register revealed his nickname was "Swiggers".Will proved in York in 1782.
By the end of his life John had become very prosperous and hislegacies totalled £1450.
Buried on 31 January 1794.
Baptised on 31 March 1741.
Buried in July 1749.