RIDDELLS OF SWINBURNE AND FELTON.
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Jane Riddell (2), fifth daughter of Thomas13 (8), born in 1641.
Eleanor Riddell¹ (3), sixth daughter of Thomas¹3 (8), born in 1643.
A daughter Angela died 1709, aged 65 years.
Thomas Ridell¹ (10), only son of George¹³ (2). No particulars.
Margaret Ridell (2), only known daughter of George¹8 (2).
FIFTEENTH GENERATION.
Jane Ridell (3), eldest daughter of William14 (8), by his first wife
Isabella, was married to Mark Riddell, M. D.
William Ridell15 (9), only son of William (8), by his second wife
Margaret, was his father's heir and successor. He was the last known of
this family styled "of Gateshead," having died issueless in 1710. The
Gateshead property seems to have passed for a time into the family of
Clavering of Callaly, Sir John Clavering, Knt., a staunch Royalist
throughout the civil wars, having married Annie Ridell, William's great-
aunt. Ralph Clavering, the fourth in descent from this marriage, was an
occasional resident at Gateshead House, during the Jacobite Rebellion;
and in January, 1746, when the Duke of Cumberland and his army passed
through the town, and a vast crowd was collected by the spectacle, several
keelmen perched themselves upon the garden-wall belonging to the Ridell
mansion to obtain a better view, whereupon Robert Woodness, the gar-
dener, hounded the dogs upon them. This gave such provocation to the
mob that they broke into the garden, and proceeding from one act of de-
struction to another, finally destroyed the house by fire, together with the
"Popish Chapel " attached to it. And thus ended the residential connec-
tion of the Ridell family with Gateshead; for the house was never re-
paired, and the materials were gradually carried away, until, in 1820, the
ruins were entirely removed, and on the 13th of March, 1838, the last trees
of the garden were cut down by Mr. John Hopper, miller. The only relic
of the Ridell mansion now remaining is a gateway which stands at the
northwest corner of the chapel. Gateshead is only separated from the
city of Newcastle by the River Tyne, and is interesting only as a manu-
facturing place. Here are the great grindstone-quarries from which the
celebrated "Newcastle Grindstones" are shipped to all parts of the world.
The early history of Gateshead is obscure. William the Conqueror de-
feated the forces of Malcolm, King of Scotland, here in 1068.
Catherine Ridell (1), daughter of William¹4 (8), died unmarried in
1750.
[I shall now change the designation of this family from "Riddells of
Newcastle and Gateshead" to that of "Riddells of Swinburne and Fel-
ton," but shall carry forward the generation figures in the same rotation
as before. Author.]
RIDDELLS OF SWINBURNE AND FELTON.
[FIFTEENTH GENERATION FROM JORDAN de Ridel.]
Thomas Riddell (11), eldest son of Thomas14 (9), who sold Fenham
and purchased Swinburne, was born in 1656, and died young, leaving no
descendants.
William Riddell (10), second son of Thomas¹ (9), was born in
1658, and died young, issueless.
