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RIDLEYS OF WILLIMOTESWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND.
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"In dear old England shineth yet
The candle lit that day;
Right clear and strong the flames arise,
Undimmed, unchanged toward the skies.
By God's good grace it never dies,
A living torch for aye.
""T is said that while he calmly stood
And waited for the flame,
He gave each trifle that he had,
True relic-treasure, dear and sad,
To each who cared to claim.
I was not there to ask a share,
But reverently forever wear
That noble martyr's name.”
THIRTEENTH GENERATION.
Sir Nicholas Ridley18 (7), eldest son of Hugh12 (3), married Mabel,
daughter of Sir Philip Dacre, of Morpeth, third son of Humphrey Dacre,
a lord; was high sheriff of Northumberland in 1570; will dated 1573.
Had issue ten children, of whom hereafter.*
John Ridley18 (6), second son of Hugh12 (3), married Jane, daughter
of John Errington, who was a brother of Gilbert Errington, of Errington.
Cuthbert Ridley13 (1), third son of Hugh12 (3), went to Ireland, and
is supposed to have become ancestor of the Ridleys now living in that
country, whose genealogy has not been found, though many efforts have
been made to procure it. There are two wealthy landed gentlemen in
Ireland at present (1880), of the name.
Thomas Ridley18 (6), fourth son of Hugh12 (3), was married to Eliz-
abeth, daughter and sole heir of John Ridley, of Walltown, Northumber-
land, before mentioned. (See "Ridleys of Walltown" in this book.)
Dorothy Ridley18 (1), eldest daughter of Hugh12 (3), was the wife of
Henry Jackson.
There were other sisters in this family whose names do not appear; one
was married to Ralph Whitefield, and another to Weldon.
William Ridley18 (3), only son of John¹2 (5), was styled "of Whit-
tingham."
Henry Ridley13 (1), eldest son of Lancellot¹2 (1), married Catherine
Stewart, and had issue, of whom hereafter.
Dr. Mark Ridley¹8 (1), second son of Lancellot¹2 (1), was born at
Cambridgeshire, and was educated at Claré Hall, Cambridge University,
as a member of which he proceeded A. B. in 1580, and A. M. in 1584.
As a master of arts he was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physi-
cians, Sept. 25, 1590. We gather from the annals that on April 7, 1592,
he had already taken his degree of Doctor of Medicine, in his University,
but he was not admitted a Fellow of the college until May 28, 1594. Im-
mediately after this he proceeded to Russia as a physician to the English
merchants trading there, and became chief physician to the czar. For the
* There was a Lancellot Ridley, son of Nicholas¹³ (7), but the name of his wife
does not appear.
NOTE - Robert Ridley, Esq., was high sheriff of Northumberland in the twenty-
seventh year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and was no doubt a cadet of the Willi-
moteswick family, but his name is not found in any printed pedigree.
