RIDLEYS OF WILLIMOTESWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND.
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Belmond Castle; either her sister or daughter married J. Reed, of Chip-
chase.
SIXTEENTH GENERATION.
Musgrave Ridley16 (1), eldest son of William 15 (6), was styled "the
last of the Lords of Willimoteswick," as this chief possession of the fam-
ily was taken by parliament in 1652, in consequence of the steady adher-
ence of Musgrave Ridley to the cause of Charles I, and passed into the
possession of the Nevilles, by whom it was sold to the ancestor of the
present Sir Edward Blackett, of Matfenn, in 1680. (See account of Wil-
limoteswick in preceding pages.)
William Ridley16 (7), second son of William¹5 (6), of whom no more
information appears.
Thomas Ridley16 (8), third son of William¹5 (6), became ancestor of
the "Ridleys of Parkend," which see in this book.
Albany Ridley16 (1), eldest son of Nicholas¹5 (9), was a merchant in
London, and died without issue.
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John Ridley (10), second son of Nicholas (9), of Hardriding, in
Northumberland,was born Sept. 1, 1615; married, firstly, Anne, daughter
of R. Featherstonhaugh, of Stanhope; secondly, Mary, daughter of Ed-
ward Lawson, of Brumpton, and had issue twelve children. He was one
of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, and a major of a regiment in the
army of the Rt. Hon. William, Marquis of Newcastle, for the service of
King Charles I; also, major in the garrison of Carlisle, Sir Philip Mus-
grave being the governor, and afterwards major to Sir Marmaduke
Langdale, afterwards Lord Langdale.
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Elizabeth Ridley16 (4), eldest daughter of Nicholas¹5 (9), died when
young.
Barbara Ridley16 (1), second daughter of Nicholas¹5 (9), died when
young, unmarried.
Susanna Ridley16 (1), third daughter of Nicholas¹ (9), was married to
Michael Stockton, of Hedding Bridge.
Lancellot Ridley¹6 (3), eldest son of Thomas¹5 (7) and his wife Anne
Day; married, firstly, Frances, daughter of William Acton, Esq., of Alden,
ham, by whom he had issue five children, of whom hereafter; secondly-
Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Otley, of Pitchford, in the County of Sal-
ops, by whom six children, of whom hereafter; thirdly, Mary, daughter
of Iremonger, of Stafford, by whom one son, of whom hereafter.
He
Sir Thomas Ridley16 (9), second son of Thomas¹5 (7), was a knight.
He was born at Ely in Cambridgeshire; bred first a scholar at Eton, then
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He was a general scholar in all
kinds of learning, especially in that which was called melior literatura.
He was a doctor of civil laws, master in chancery, and vicar-general to
Archbishop Abbott of Canterbury; also, chancellor of Winchester.
was Member of Parliament for Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, twenty-
eighth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He published "A View of
Civil and Ecclesiastical Law," which was of great value; also, author of
a treatise on the Eucharist. He married Margaret, daughter of William
Boleyne (or Bullen) and his wife Annie Duffield, a relative of Sir Thomas
Boleyne, Earl of Wiltshire and Ornsond, who was the father of Queen
