Family and Education
bap. 12 Oct. 1620, 1st s. of Humphrey Orme of Peterborough, and 1st w. Mary, da. of Humphrey Orme of Compton Dundon, Som. m. 1 Mar. 1647, Mary (bur. 16 Apr. 1675), da. of Sir Henry Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Norf., wid. of Robert Apreece of Washingley, Hunts., 2s. 2da.Fenland N. and Q. iv. 136, 137-8; St James, Clerkenwell par. reg. suc. fa. c.1653;C6/132/148. d. 2 Mar. 1671.Bridges, Northants. ii. 569.
Offices Held

Local: gaol delivery, liberty of Peterborough 15 Dec. 1645, 3 June 1654-aft. July 1659.C181/5, f. 265v; C181/6, pp. 36, 368. J.p. ?-20 Aug. 1650, 3 June – 18 July 1654, 31 Jan. 1657 – 10 Dec. 1669, 19 Dec. 1670–d.;C231/6, p. 199; C181/6, pp. 36, 37, 203, 336; C181/7, pp. 65, 566. Northants. by Oct. 1660–d. Commr. assessment, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654, 4 Aug. 1657, 29 Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 27, 248, 333, 368. charitable uses, Peterborough 26 Jan. 1656;Peterborough Local Admin. (Northants. Rec. Soc. x), 233. oyer and terminer, liberty of Peterborough Dec. 1658, 6 July 1659–d.C181/6, pp. 336, 368; C181/7, pp. 65, 433. Capt. militia ft. Northants. c.Aug. 1660-at least 1663.SP29/11/52, f. 57; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 309; Add. 34222, f. 69. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663; enclosures, Deeping fen 1665; appeals, Gt. Level 1668.SR.

Civic: feoffee for town lands, Peterborough ?1658–d.Peterborough Local Admin. 161, 234, 241. Bailiff, 1658–9.C219/47, unfol. (Peterborough election indenture).

: of Peterborough, Northants.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ORME, Humphrey (1620-1671), of Peterborough, Northants.

Will
not found.
Estates
in about 1660, his estate was reckoned to be worth approximately £1,000 p.a.Burke, Commoners, i. 690. Orme’s house in Peterborough assessed at 16 hearths in 1670.E179/157/446.
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