WIDDUINGTUN. 135 berland, 1687 ; M.P. for ilmt county, 1641 And 1642. He was one of the tnoei Kealotia of tlie supportera of Charles I, for whoso caime he raised a considerable force, distinguishing himself, chiefly under the Duke of Newcastle, in most of the civil war fights.(*) He, who is said to have been er. a Baronet 9 July 1642,(**) was raited to the peenvfe in 1643 as above niontionnd. He m. in 1629, Mnry, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Thorold, of Blankney afsil., by Klixabeth, da. of Tliomas Moltnbux, of Haughton. He was slain, 8 Sept. 1651, at the defeat of the Royalists under the Earl of Derby, at Wigan, co. Lancaster.(«) Admon. 10 March 1661/2 to a craditor.(^} II. 1652. H. William (Widdrinoton), Baron Widdrinoton of Blankitbt, 1st s. and h. ; tue, to the peeroffef 10 March 1661/2 ; was one of the Council of State at the llestoration. He m. 12 Jan. 1658/4, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Blisabeth, da. and h. of the Han. Sir Peregrine Bbrtib, of Evedon, CO. Lincoln (8d s. of liobArt, l«t Earl of Lindskt) by Anne, da. and coheir of Daniel Hardby, of Evedon afsd. He dL in or shortly before 1676. Will in which he directs his burial to be at M'iddriiigton, dnteil 1673, pr. 7 Sep. 1676. The will of his widow, dat. 23 Juno 1715. Qif, if not proved 1731 . III. 1676. 3, William (Widdrinoton), Baron Widdrinoton op Blaneiibt, 1st s. and h. ; tiie. to the peerage about 1676. He m., in or shortly before Jan. 1676/7,(«) Alathea. ("£10,000"), da. and h. of Charles (Fairfax), 5th Viscount Faikpaz or Emlkt [I-L by Abigail, da. ol Sir John Yatis. He A, Sunday,10 Feb. 1694/5. Will dat 26 Mat«h 1698/4, direoUng his burial to be at Mankney, pr. 4 May 1695. IV. 1695, 4- William (WiddrinqtonX Baron Widdrinoton of to OF Blankitbt, lilt H. and h. ; tice. to the peerage, 10 Feb. 1604/5. He, 1716. f^nd his two brothers (Charles and Peregrine), took part in the [of. Jacobite rising of 1715, and wore all made prisoners at Preston, and' 17j&3 1 ^i^^i^^*^ ^^ '"S^* treason, 31 May or 7 July 1716, whereby hiehonaurg "^ *•■ became forfeitedA}) He m. firstly, marr. bond, 18 April 1700, Jane, da. and eventually (1698), h. of Sir Thomas TiMPnr, 4th Bart., of Stella, CO. Durham, by Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Haogkrston, Bart. She <<. 1714. He m. secondly, about July 1718, Catharine Qraram, by whom he had no issue. He, who resided at Nunnington, co. York, d at Bath early in 1748.(t) Admon. 18 May 1748. His widow <f. in Brook street, 11 Dec. 1757. WUl pr. 1757. («) The House of Commons, resoWed, 14 March, 1648, that the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Bristol, the Earl of Newcastle, Sir William Widdrington, George, Lord Digby and others be proscribed and condemned to death. (^) It will be observed that no mention of the baronetcy is made in the Siffnet bill of 1648 raising him to the peerage, neither was the creation thereof enrolled, but tfaftt is hardly any argument against its existence, as at that period such neglect was common. («) Clarendon {HUL JUbell.) calls him "one of the most goodly persons of that age, being near the head higher than most tall men . . . His affection to the King was always notorious ... He was a man of great oouraffe and choler, by the last of which he incurred the ill-will of many, who imputed it to an insolenoe of n*tui« which no man was farther from." (<i) In this he is described as "Sir William Widdrington, of Widdrington, co. Northumberland." All titles granted by Charles I. after 4 Jan. 1641 were made ▼oid by Act of Pari., 4 Feb. 1651/2. (0) Letter of Lady Chaworth, 28 Jan. 1676/7. (0 See vol iii, p. 192, note " a," iub " Duffiit," for list of peerages forfeited in that rising. (C) '* An infirm sort of gentleman, and a perfect Taletudinarian." Letter of Roger Oale to W. Stukeley, 6 Feb. 1727/8. His death appears to have been envneoosly inserted in Mawaon^s " ohiii *' as, at his seat in Torkshire in Oct 172&
