RIDLEYS OF WALLTOWN, ENGLAND.
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Elizabeth Ridley (1), eldest daughter of Georges (1), was married
to Thomas Poyner.
Francis Ridley* (1), second son of George³ (1).
John Ridley (3), third son of George³ (1).
Jane Ridley (1), second daughter of George (1), was married to
Roger Wyken.
Alicia Ridley (1), third daughter of Georges (1), was married to
Richard Seyner.
Margaret Ridley' (1), fourth daughter of Georges (1), was married
to Roger Howell.
Richard Ridley' (1), eldest son of Rignalds (1), was of Linley, in
Shropshire (1584); married Eleanor, daughter of John Sydenham,
County of Somerset. No issue mentioned.
Jane Ridley (2), daughter of Rignalds (1), was married to Thomas
Marshe, of Sedgeley, County Stafford.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Maria Ridley' (1), eldest daughter and co-heir of Thomas¹ (2), of
Broughton; was the wife of Thomas Richardson, of Whitechurch.
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Jane Ridley (3), second daughter of Thomas (2), was the wife of
Samuel Atwood, of Overley, County Wigton.
Susanna Ridley (1), third daughter of Thomas¹ (2).
Christobella Ridley (1), fourth daughter of Thomas¹ (2).
RIDLEYS OF WALLTOWN, ENGLAND.
John Ridley¹ (1), parents' names unknown, of Walltown, was descended
from a branch of the ancient family in Chestershire; married Elizabeth,
daughter of Christopher Ridley, of Unthank Hall, and sister of Bishop
Nicholas Ridley, the martyr, of London. John was called "the lord (or
laird) of Walltown"; had issue, of whom hereafter, and died 1562. Buried
in Haltwhistle Church, in the County of Northumberland, and the curi-
ous inscription on his monument reads as follows:
"JOHN REDLE
THAT SUM
TIM DID BE
THEN LARD OF THE WALLTON
GON IS HE OUT OF THES VALE OF MESRE.
HIS BONS LIES UNDER THES STON.
WE MUST BELEVE BE GOD'S MERSE.
INTO THES WORLD GEVE HES SON.
THEN FOR TO REDEM AL CHRESTENS.
SO CHRIST HAES HES SOUL WOUN
AL FAETHFUL PEOPLE MAY BE FAEN.
WHEN DATH COMES THTT NON CAN.
THE BODE KEPT THE SOUL IN PAEN.
THROUGH CHRIST IS SET AT LIBERTE.
AMONG BLESED COMPANE TO REMAEN.
TO SLEP IN CHRIST NOW IS GON.
