ORDE. An ancient personal name. It was borne by a Somersetshire landowner before the making of Domesday. The family of Orde are of considerable antiquity, and have long held lands in the counties of Northumberland and Durham, formerly as tenants in caplte under the Bishop. The first mentioned in the pedigree, is Simon de East Orde, Avho possessed Orde by the tenure alluded to in 1362. The estate is at Newbiggin, co. Northumberland.

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