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Paternal Family Tree: Liddell
In 1555 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle was born to Thomas Liddell of Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 9th September 1576 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 21) and Margaret Watson (age 20) were married at St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne [Map].
In 1577 [his father] Thomas Liddell of Newcastle upon Tyne died.
In 1578 [his son] Thomas Liddell 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 23) and [his wife] Margaret Watson (age 22).
In 1586 [his wife] Margaret Watson (age 30) died.
On 13th January 1586 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 31) and Jane Mitford (age 13) were married in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In 1592 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1596 [his son] Thomas Liddell 1st Baronet (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabel Anderson were married. They had fourteen children most of whom predeceased him.
In 1597 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 42) was appointed Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map].
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th July 1602 [his wife] Jane Mitford (age 29) died.
In 1607 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 52) bought Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire [Map].
In 1609 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 54) was appointed Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map].
On 19th August 1619 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle (age 64) died.