RIDGE, Jonathan (1621-1701), of Watergate Street, St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Family and Education

bap. 2 Apr. 1621, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Ridge, draper, of Salford, Manchester, Lancs., and Ellen (bur. 25 Aug. 1638), da. of ?Ralph Shepley of Macclesfield, Cheshire.St Michael, Macclesfield par. reg.; Regs. of the Cathedral Church of Manchester ed. E. Axon (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxi), 201, 476; ed. H. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lv), 30, 44; ed. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lvi), 352. educ. appr. draper, Chester 2 Oct. 1637.Cheshire RO, ZMAB/1, f. 116v. m. by Apr. 1655, Jane (d. aft. 1700), da. of ?, at least 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Harl. 2070, f. 153; Cheshire RO, ZAF/38a/10; WS 1701, Will of Jonathan Ridge; Holy Trinity Chester Par. Reg. ed. L. M. Farrell (Chester, 1914), 112, 114, 120; Regs. of the Cathedral Church of Manchester ed. J. Flitcroft, E. Bosdin (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxxix), 43, 139. bur. 16 Jan. 1701 16 Jan. 1701.St Mary, Stockport par. reg.

Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Chester Merchants Co. 9 Mar. 1646; warden, 25 Sept. 1646-c.Sept. 1648; master, 1651–3.Chester History and Heritage Centre, 942.714/338.632MER, Merchant Drapers and Hosiers Co. Bks. unpag.

Civic: freeman, Chester 1646–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J. H. E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 127. common cllr. 8 Sept. 1648;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 85. sheriff, 1648–9;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 215. alderman, 2 Feb. 1655–11 May 1660;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 106v, 127. auditor, 1657.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 116.

Local: recvr. sequestrations, Chester 1646–?SP28/225, f. 134. Commr. militia, 1 Oct. 1650, 26 July 1659; Cheshire 26 July 1659;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 366; A. and O. assessment, Chester 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Cheshire 26 Jan. 1660.An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. Cheque of customs, Chester by Mar. 1656-bef. July 1660.E351/657–9. Commr. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Chester 10 Mar. 1656.Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W. A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115.

Military: capt. militia ft. 22 Aug. 1650-bef. Apr. 1655.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 510; TSP iii. 217, 300. Ensign, c.Mar. 1655–6.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 110v.

Parlimentarian

RIDGE, Jonathan (1621-1701), of Watergate Street, St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

: St Peter, Cheshire., of Watergate Street, Chester.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RIDGE, Jonathan (1621-1701), of Watergate Street, St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will

9 Mar. 1700, pr. 23 May 1701.Cheshire RO, WS 1701.

Estates

in 1650, purchased, for £190, a fee farm rent in Cheshire worth £22 p.a.SP28/288, f.23. In 1651, purchased, for £368, fee farm rents of Chester.Cheshire RO, ZCX/25. By 1655, owned a rent charge on property in Runcorn and elsewhere in Cheshire worth £28 7s p.a.Harl. 2070, f. 153. By 1663, owned a house and shop on Watergate Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZAF/39a/9. His house in Chester was assessed at 6 hearths in 1664-5.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F.C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 45. At his d. estate inc. a house on Northgate Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, WS 1701, will of Jonathan Ridge.

Oxford 1644

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