of Oswaldtwistle
of Gambleside in Haslingden
of Pearsclough
John appears to have sold his share of the Gambleside estate to hisbrother, William.
He is fairly certainly the John who then acquired an estate comprisingHigher and Lower Hugh Edge and Barrs on the moor above Goodshaw andPears Clough, leading thence down to Lumb in Wolfenden.John left the bulk of his estate to his son-in-law, John ofGambleside.
Will proved in 1789.
of Bolton-by-Bowland
Coheiress of George Ormerod late of Knotts in Hapton.
of Coal Clough, according to research by Ian Ormerod.
of Knotts in Hapton
Witness to the will of her sister-in-law, Alice.
Research by Ian Ormerod suggests that this Alice could in fact beLettice's mother.
of Knotts in Hapton and Hurstwood
Milton Ormerod suggests that this Peter was dead by 1743, had sonscalled Richard (10G1) and George (10G1), and a wife called Alice.
Most of this evidence would appear to come from the will of AliceOrmerod, proved in 1743.
Milton Ormerod states in The Ormerods that it cannot be decided withany certainty whether Richard and George are the brothers or sons ofPeter (9G1), but believes that the latter is more likely.Research by Ian Ormerod suggests that it is more likely that Richardand George are Peter (8G2)'s sons, and Peter (9G1)'s brothers.
(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.