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RejJrodzu.:ed by tlzc kind permission of the Society of Antiquaries. ~bt 1!lollllrrtllgr9 of 1!lr\lon: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF 'tHE tiUlltotf)tca BY THE REV. SIDNEY E. DODDERIDGE, Recto, of tlu Chu,ch of St. Anne, Thornbu,y, Co. Hereford, AND H. G. HASTINGS SHADDICK .. Author of "A Guide to the Reports and TYansactions of the DevonshiYe Associatfon for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art." ILLUSTRATED. EXETER: WILLIA1'1 POLLARD & Co. LTD., 39 & 40, NORTH STREET Igog. 3ntrobuctor~ 'Rote. This work not only gives an account of the ancient and honourable family of Dodderidge of Devonshire-a Norman house, which, with its cadet branches, shines with more than ordinary lustre· in the annals of genealogical, heraldic, county and national history-but aims at shedding fresh light on the antique collection of books which was bequeathed to the town of Barnstaple in the seventeenth century. Further, whilst illustrating the close connection of the family with this and other ancient towns and parishes of Devonshire, an endeavour has been made to furnish a reliable work of reference in relation to an old county family whose members are still frequently spoken of, or alluded to, in the current literature of the day. The public life story of the Dodderidges deals with a period full of attraction, and various members of the family have been distinguished in their day both for what they have done and for what they have written. It is thought for these reasons that the following account will not fail to interest readers-apart from those who are in any way, or for any reason, attached to the family-who experience pleasure in the perusal of anything relating to the past history of their own county or locality, and who find some delight in reading the careers of any of its great sons. SIDNEY E. DoDDERIDGE. H. G. HASTINGS SHADDICK. ¢on tents. PAGE !.-FAMILY AND MANOR OF DODDERIDGE I IL-HERALDIC NOTICES 6 !IL-SPELLING OF THE SURNAME 8 IV.-RICHARD DODDERIDGE - - IO V.-SIR JOHN DODDERIDGE, M.P. - I2 Vl.-PENTECOST DODDERIDGE, M.P. - 23 VIL-PHILIP DODDERIDGE, OF BARNSTAPLE, LONDON AND ISLEWORTH - - 27 VIII.-JOHN DODDERIDGE, M.P., OF BARNSTAPLE, BRISTOL, AND CHESHUNT - 29 IX.-THE REV. PHILIP DODDRIDGE, D.D. - - 31 X.-THE DODDERIDGE LIBRARY, BARNSTAPLE - 37 XL-APPENDIX :- Note on the \Vescombe Family - 52 Note on the Humphrey Family - 52 . The Rev. Joseph Dodderidge, 11.D., an American Family Worthy - 53 Hanmer' s Memorial - 54 1tst of lll11strattons. JUDGE DODDERIDGE Frontispiece. THE REv. SIDNEY E. DoDDERIDGE facing page 2 ARMS OVER DOORWAY AT BREMRIDGE - " 4 BOOK-PLATE OF MR. THOMAS WAINWRIGHT " 4 HIGHER DODDRIDGE (PROWSE) FARM HOUSE, SANDFORD ,, 6 SUPPOSED CHAPEL AT HIGHER DODDRIDGE (PROWSE) 6 " THE MANOR OF BREMRIDGE 8 " THE MANOR OF DoTHERIDGE 8 " BARNSTAPLE CORPORATION PLATE I2 " DODDRIDGE FARM 12 " TOMBS OF SIR JOHN DODDERIDGE AND HIS \iVIFE IN EXETER CATHEDRAL - 20 " OAK-ROOM AT BROADMEAD, BARNSTAPLE " PHILIP DODDRIDGE, D.D., 1702-1751 - ,, 32 DR. DODDRIDGE'S HOUSE AT NORTHAMPTON - " DR. DODDRIDGE'S CHAPEL, CASTLE HILL, NORTHAMPTON ,, 36 OLD DODDERIDGE LIBRARY BUILDING AT BARNSTAPLE ,, BOOK-PLATE-BARNSTAPLE CLERICAL LIBRARY ,, 42 ~be IDob~eri~ges of !Del'on : WITH AN ACCOUNT OP THE :Jl3tbltotbeca lDobbrtbgiana. I.-THE FAMILY AND MANOR OF DODDERIDGE. In the Theological Room of the North Devon Athenreum, Barnstaple, twenty-four shelves are appropriated for the accom modation of some valuable books commonly known as the Dodde ridge, or Doddridge Collection. These books form a part of the library founded in Barnstaple by John Dodderidge early in the second half of the seventeenth century. Before writing any particulars relating to this interesting collec tion of books it seems desirable to give a history of the benefactor's family, together with fuller accounts of its worthies. In the parish of Sandford, near Crediton, co. Devon, is an ancient manor called Dodderidge, or Doddridge, which at the Conquest was given to a Norman who took his name from the estate, which still forms one of the tithings of Crediton. The earliest recorded lord of this manor is Gilbert de Dodarig, who witnesses a " recovery " by Robert de Bremerige in or about 2 Henry III., I2I8.1 In 3 Edward I., 1275, Ric. de Doderig, apparently another lord, is appointed a jurator for the Hundred of Crediton.2 In 14 Edward I., 1286, William de Dodderygge, of the same Hundred, was appointed by the Royal Commissioners to collect a second subsidy in the said Hundred.3 . 1 Devonshire Wills, by Charles Worthy, p. 414. 2 Hundred Rolls, co. Devon, p. 69. a Lay Subsidy Rolls, co. Devon, 14 Edward I. B 2 THE DODDERIDGES OF DEVON. In 17 Edward III., I344, 120 or so acres of arable land, with rents in "Dodderigge et Critton," were held by John de Stokedon, Mabel his ,vife, and William Avenel.1 In 29 Edward III., 1356, a farmhouse and the same number of acres, with rents, were held in " Dodderigg juxta Cridyton " by John Proutz Squyer, John Pedehele, and Joan his wife.2 . In 50 Edward III., 1377, there were 81 persons living in the tithing of Dodderigge above 14 years of age.3 In 5 Henry V., 1418, "John Prous of Dodderyg," was joint patron with another of Crewys Morchard.' . In 7 Henry VIII., 1516, a "fine" speaks of the manor '' de Dodderygge '' as being held by John Gye, Mary his wife, and John Prous, clerk. In 8 Henry VIII., 1517, another " fine " shows that the " manor de Dodrigge '' was held in part by J. Ford and others. By 1516, therefore, the manor of Dodderidge had passed out of the hands of the ancient family of that name, the last to retain it wholly or in part in the male line being apparently John Dode ridge (temp. 1500), " of Doderidge in Kirton," whose daughter and coheir, Anne, married John Davy, of Ebberleigh.5 It may be stated that in an Elizabethan map of Devon the family seat is duly noted. In the reign of James I. '' Higher Dodridge alias Prowser '• is spoken of and described as a barton or manor in Devonshire,8 while an apprentice indenture of the seventeenth century describes it as '' Prowse or Higher Doddridges. ,, In later medireval days the lordship ,vas divided into three estates in order to make provision for coheirs. These were known respectively as (1) Dodderidge proper, until recently called" Dodd ridge Village' " or "The Villa8 " ; (2) Higher Dodderidge, now called '' Provvse '' ; and (3) Lower Dodderidge, no,v called "Dally's." Each had ancient manor houses attached. That at Dodderidge proper was pulled down about sixty years ago to 1 Pedes Finium, D~von, 17 Edward III., No. I 53. 2 Pedes Finium, D,von, 29 Edward III., No. 265. 3 From a bundle of receipts for the Poll Tax of 4d. a head levied in 1377 on every person over I 4 years of age. ' Bishop Stafford's Register, 6 Heralds' Visitation, co. Devon. • Chancery Proceedings (D. xl., No. 6). 7 So called in the Sandford Burial Register in the year 1660. 8 So parishioners in 1897 remembe:red it in th~ir childhood. THE REV. SiDNEY E. DODDERIDGE. RecLOr of the Church of St. Anne. Thornbury. co. Hereford. THE DODDERIDGES OF DEVON. 3 make way for a modem farm building. The other two are still standing, and are extremely interesting, the manor house at Higher Dodderidge having its ancient chapel still attached at the east end of the building,. over the present cider cellar, while the remains of a similar chapel can still be traced at Dodderidge. All the foregoing coincides with Risden, who, writing before 1630, says : " Doderidge was anciently owned by that name, which divided amongst co-heirs came to divers," while Prince, writing in 1697, enlarges this statement thus :-" The name, I find, is of ancient standing in the province, for Dodderidge, in the parish of Crediton, had long since lords so called, which divided at length among co-heirs came into divers hands." It is with this statement that Prince endeavours to prove his supposed ancestry of Sir John Dodderidge. Although by the sixteenth century the main branch of the family appears to have died out altogether, in 1657 one Robert Dodridge, a plebeian, and doubtless a descendant of William Doderug of Crediton, temp. 1557,1 is established once more in the parish, if not the ancient domain, since the Parish Registers of Sandford, which begin in 1603, note the fact of his daughter, Agnes, being baptized in this year, while his elder son, John Dodridge, of Sand ford, took his B.A. degree from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1674, became Rector of West Worlington in 1676, and on the 20th October, 1677, married Lady Elizabeth, widow of Sir Thomas Stuckley, Knight, of Affeton, and daughter of Sir Ralph Sydenham, Knight, of Y olston. Indeed, the Sandford Registers would imply that subsequent descendants of Robert Dodridge re-acquired possession of the ancient family seat, although latterly they did not live there, since Lysons, writing in 1822, says :-" Doddridge, in the parish of Sand£ ord, was the ancient property and residence of the family of that name, who continued to possess it in 1746. It was succes sively in the hands of Lake and Payne, and now belongs to the Revd. John Hewlett, to whom it was conveyed in 1808." The estate is no,v held by the trustees of the late Mr. Thomas Lee, of Exeter. The present representative of the family, whose grandfather was a Sandford man, as also was his father, William Sargent Dodd ridge, is Mr. William Doddridge, of Crediton, where, in the eighteenth century, one John Darke, by his attorney, offered him- 1 See Will of Alice Hillyings, widow, proved 17th January 1557.-Crediton Wills, book-fol.