William de Orrell

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷¹²
Sir Robert married a woman named Margaret, who is thought to have been a daughter of William, son of Henry de Orrell, ofr in Edward III (1340), some of the Orrell estates seem to have been settled on him and his wife and their issue.

~Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, New Series, Vol XI, pg. 111

• Background Information. ⁸²⁷
William son of Henry de Orrell of Newton and Cecily his mother in 1330 granted to Adam son of Thomas de Orrell and Isabel daughter and heir of John son of Adam de Charnock and Margery daughter of Henry de Orrell widow of John certain lands in Charnock for the marriage of John brother of Adam; Kuerden MSS. iii, C 7. Nicholas Orrell in 1410 had lands in Charnock; Towneley MS. RR, no. 1554.

'Townships: Charnock Richard', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, pp. 204-208.