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bap. 8 Jan. 1576, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Riddell, merchant and ald. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 2nd w. Barbara (bur. 11 Nov. 1627), da. of Bertram Anderson, merchant and ald. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Hist. Northumb. iv. 284; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 128. educ. appr. mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.1590;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 7. Clifford’s Inn; M. Temple 21 Oct. 1595.M. Temple Admiss. i. 69. m. (1) 19 Dec. 1603, Isabel (bur. 12 Oct. 1614), da. of Robert Atkinson, merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 6 Feb. 1616, Mary (bur. 15 May 1660), da. of Thomas Surtees of Middleton, co. Dur., 2da.St Nicholas par. reg.; Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1641/R2/1-2; Hist. Northumb. iv. 284; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 128. suc. fa. Aug. 1600;Hist. Northumb. iv. 284. Kntd. 4 May 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 163. d. 14 Apr. 1641.Hist. Northumb. iv. 284.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29 Mar. 1602–d.;Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 267. auditor, 1607 – 08; steward, 1608 – 09, 1616 – 17; gov. 1627–8.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.HO/1/1, pp. 74, 78, 140; Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle ed. Dendy, 245, 263. Member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Feb. 1615–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/2, f. 63.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1604–d.;Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. Dodds, 7. sheriff, 1604 – 05; alderman by 1620 – d.; mayor, 1619 – 20, 1635–6.Brand, Newcastle, ii. 451, 452, 455.

Local: commr. subsidy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–3. feudal tenures, co. Dur. 1626;Univ. of London, Goldsmiths’ ms 195, i. f. 2v. charitable uses, Northumb. and Morpeth 16 Dec. 1629.C192/1, unfol.

Parlimentarian
RIDDELL, Sir Peter (1576-1641), of Gateshead, co. Dur.
: St Andrew, Northumb., of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Commons 1640-1660
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RIDDELL, Sir Peter (1576-1641), of Pilgrim Street, St Andrew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Will
22 Mar. 1641, pr. 1641.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1641/R2/1-2.
Estates
in 1628-9, purchased a quarter of the manor or township of Benwell, co. Dur. and a third of the coalmines there.Hist. Northumb. xiii. 229-30. In 1630, Newcastle corporation granted him lease of a town messuage called St Lawrence, in All Saints par. for 21 years at a rent of £20 p.a.Brand, Newcastle, i. 459. His will referred to his house in Pilgrim Street, St Andrew, Newcastle; his lease of the St Lawrence messuage; a lease of Whickham meadows, co. Dur; a lease of a colliery from Lord Lumley; a lease of Byker shore, near Newcastle; a parcel of ground called the King’s Meadows; lands in ‘Morton’ (?co. Dur.); a farm in Elswick, near Newcastle; a tenement in Benwell; and a share of the manor and colliery of Benwell.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1641/R2/1-2.
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