WIDDRINGTON, William (c. 1630-75) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1630, 1st s. of William Widdrington^†, later Bar. Widdrington, and Mary, da. of Sir Anthony Thorold of Blankney, Lincs.; bro. of Ralph Widdrington^‡. educ. unknown. m. 12 Jan. 1654, Elizabeth (d.1715), da. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie^‡, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 7da. (1 d.v.p.). F.J.A. Skeet, History of the Families of Skeet, Somerscales, Widdrington (1906), 91–101. d. 15 Dec. 1675; will 30 June 1673, pr. 7 Sept. 1676. TNA, PROB 11/352.

Offices Held

Custos rot. Northumb. 1660 – d.; dep. lt, Lincs. 1660–d., Lincs. Archs. HOLYWELL/93/1; MON/3/28/51. Northumb. 1669 – d., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1671 – d., co. Dur. 1672–d.; CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 224; 1670, p. 356; 1671, p. 345; 1671–2, p. 231. commr. fishing, River Tweed 1662; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 608. ld. lt. co. Dur. 1672 – 74.

Gov. and col. regt. of ft., Berwick-on-Tweed and Holy Island, 1660 – d.; capt. tp. of horse June-Sept. 1667; CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 182–3, 242–3. col. Col. James Hamilton’s Regt. of Ft. 1673–d. CSP Dom. 1673, p. 348.

Parlimentarian

WIDDRINGTON, William (c. 1630-75)

Associated with: Widdrington Castle, Widdrington, Northumb.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Jacob Huysmans, c.1670, sold at Christie’s 20 Jan. 2010, sale no. 5984; oil on canvas, artist unknown, c.1660, Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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