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bap. 14 Apr. 1578, 1st s. of Thomas Liddell, merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 1st w. Margaret (bur. 21 Apr. 1586), da. of John Watson, merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.St Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 212. educ. appr. mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.1592.Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 4. m. 23 Feb. 1596, Isabel (bur. 27 June 1632), da. of Henry Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Haswell Grange, co. Dur. 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (4 d.v.p.).Lamesley par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 212. suc. fa. 17 Aug. 1619;WARD7/60/232. cr. bt. 2 Nov. 1642;CB. d. Jan./2 June 1652.PROB11/222, f. 240v; CCC 892.
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Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1589–5 Dec. 1644;Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. Dodds, 4; CJ iii. 714b. sheriff, 1609–10;Brand, Newcastle, ii. 451. alderman by 1625–5 Dec. 1644;CJ iii. 714b. mayor, 1625 – 26, 1636–7;Brand, Newcastle, ii. 453, 455. common cllr. by 1639–5 Dec. 1644.Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Min. Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 1, 6, 21; CJ iii. 714b.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Jan. 1617 – d.; gov. 1636–8. by 1625 – d.Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 63, 263. Member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne; gov. 1625–6;Welford, Men of Mark, iii. 37. asst. 1640 – 41, 9 Oct. 1644–15 May 1646.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, ff. 4, 20, 21; Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. xciii), 136.

Local: j.p. co. Dur. 29 June 1627-c.1644.C231/4, f. 230. Commr. charitable uses, co. Dur. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29 June 1629; co. Dur. 15 July 1631, 12 July 1632, 22 Aug. 1639; co. Dur. and Northumb. 8 July 1633, 16 Feb. 1637;C192/1, unfol. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, co. Dur. by May 1636;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/003, p. 28. array (roy.), Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Religious: vestryman, St Mary, Gateshead 1632–5.Durham RO, EP/Ga.SM 4/1, ff. 38, 43, 49.

Military: capt. militia ft. (roy.), Northumb. Aug. 1642–?SP23/178, p. 67; Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 272.

Parlimentarian
LYDDELL, Thomas (1578-1652), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb., and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.
: of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.
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Commons 1640-1660
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LYDDELL, Thomas (1578-1652), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb., and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.

Will
7 Jan. 1651, pr. 2 June 1652.PROB11/222, f. 240.
Estates
in 1619, inherited manor and castle of Ravensworth, Ravensworth colliery, manor of Lamesley and lands in Eighton, Hedley, Long Acre, Northends, Pockerley and Ravensworth, co. Dur.WARD7/60/232; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 209. In 1625, he paid £20 on the privy seal loan.Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey mss, Box 2, II.110. In the early 1630s, paid £50 for composition for knighthood.E407/35, f. 52v. In 1644, estate was reportedly worth £2,000 p.a.The Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer no. 44 (14-20 Feb. 1644), 342 (E.33.24). In 1646, owned manor, rectory and tithes of Lamesley and lands and tenements in the same, worth £150 10s p.a.; an estate for life in Ravensworth Castle and lands and tenements in neighbouring townships; three houses in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (worth, in all, £370 p.a.) and a colliery in Ravensworth worth £600 p.a.C8/92/135; SP23/178, pp. 61, 63, 69-70; Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. Welford, 272-3. In 1651, purchased, for £130, a fee farm rent in co. Dur. worth £10 p.a.SP28/288, f. 52.
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