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b. c. 1555, 1st s. of Richard Doddridge, merchant, of South Molton and Barnstaple, Devon and Joan, da. of one Horder, wid. of one Badcock; bro. of Pentecost*. S.E. Dodderidge and H.G.H. Shaddick, Dodderidges of Devon, 10, 12. educ. Barnstaple g.s.; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1572 BA 1577, MA 1614; New Inn; M. Temple 1577, called 1585. Ibid. 13; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) Joan, da. of Michael Jerman of High Street, Exeter, Devon, s.p.; (2) aft. 1603 Dorothy (d. 1 Mar. 1614), da. of Sir Amias Bampfield† of Poltimore, Devon, wid. of Edward Hancock† of Combe Martin, Devon, 1s. d.v.p.; (3) 16 Jan. 1617, Anne, da. and coh. of Nicholas Culme, Merchant Taylor, of London and Canonsleigh, Devon, wid. of Gaius Newman, Goldsmith, of Friday Street, London, s.p. Dodderidge and Shaddick, 15; Mar. Regs. of St. Dunstan’s Stepney ed. T. Colyer-Fergusson, i. 103; PROB 11/123, f. 188. Kntd. 5 July 1607; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. suc. fa. 1619. Dodderidge and Shaddick, 12. d. 12 Sept. 1628. Sainty, Judges, 31.
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Member, Soc. of Antiqs. c.1586-c.1607. L. van Norden, ‘Sir Henry Spelman on the chronology of the Elizabethan college of antiquaries’, HLQ, xiii. 135, 158–60.

Reader, New Inn 1592 – 94, M. Temple 1603; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 171, 211. bencher M. Temple 1603 – 04; sjt.-at-law 1604, 1607–12; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 509. Prince Henry’s sjt. c.1604, HMC Hatfield, xix. 347. sol.-gen. 1604 – 07; king’s sjt. 1607–12; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J.C. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 17, 61. judge of assize, Home circ. 1610 – 12, Norf. circ. 1613 – 14, 1615 – 25, Oxf. 1614 – 15, 1626–d.; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. of Eng. Assizes, 269–70. fee’d counsel, Barnstaple, Devon by 1611-at least 1612; Barnstaple Recs. ed. J.R. Chanter and T. Wainwright, ii. 147 j.k.b. 25 Nov. 1612–d. Sainty, Judges, 31.

Member, Council to Anne of Denmark 1603; Illustrations of Brit. Hist. ed. E. Lodge, iii. 66. commr. Navy inquiry 1608–9; HMC Laing, i. 111. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1608-at least 1626. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 349.

Commr. charitable uses, Mdx. 1605, C193/2/15. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1605 – d., London, 1605 – d., Mdx. 1606 – at least25, Home circ. 1610 – 12, Exeter 1612, Oxf. circ. 1614, 1626 – d., Norf. circ. 1615 – 25, Wales and Marches 1626, gaol delivery, London 1605 – d., Isle of Ely 1618 – at least25, piracy, London and Mdx. 1606 – 14, Devon 1611 – 14, London, Mdx., Kent, Essex, Surr. 1615, 1625, Mdx., Kent, Surr. 1617, sewers, London and Mdx. 1606 – 11, Essex 1611, Suff. 1619 – 24, Kent and Surr. 1624 – 25, Oxon. and Berks. 1626, Devon 1627, inquiry, lands of the duchy of Cornw., Devon, Som., Dorset, Wilts. 1607; C181/1, ff. 117v, 126v; 181/2, ff. 4, 12, 20, 34, 101, 116, 136v, 153, 164v, 172v, 200v, 213v, 214, 220v, 231v, 299v, 312, 349v; 181/3, ff. 114v, 122v, 156, 161v, 176v, 190v, 191v, 200, 207v, 211v, 217, 217v, 235. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1607; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. commr. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1625; C181/2, f. 144v; 181/3, f. 157. j.p. Devon by 1607-at least 1626, C66/1748; E163/18/2, f. 16v. Mdx. 1608-at least 1625, SP14/33, f. 42v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 11. Berks., Glos., Herefs., Mon., Oxon., Salop, Staffs. by 1614, 1626–d., C66/1988; 66/2449; E163/18/12. Westminster 1618-at least 1625, C181/2, f. 331v; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 21. Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff. by 1622 – at least25, Ely 1623; C181/3, f. 82v. commr. survey, L. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1618, nuisance, Mdx. 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 83; pt. 4, p. 96. Forced Loan, Devon, Glos., Heref., Mon., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. 1627. C193/12/2, ff. 13, 20, 21v, 36, 44v, 48, 54, 62v.

Member, Council for Virg. 1606, A. Brown, Genesis of US, 66. Newfoundland Co. 1610. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 52.

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DODDRIDGE, John (c.1555-1628), of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London; Mount Radford, Devon and Fosters, Egham, Surr.
Main residences: Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London and Mount Radford, Devon and Fosters, Egham, Surr.
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DODDRIDGE, John (c.1555-1628)

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