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 [aged 21] and Margaret Watson [aged 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 [aged 23] and [his wife] Margaret Watson [aged 22]. He married 1596 Isabel Anderson and had issue.
In 1586 [his wife] Margaret Watson [aged 30] died.
On 13th January 1586 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle [aged 31] and Jane Mitford [aged 13] were married in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In 1592 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1596 [his son] Thomas Liddell 1st Baronet [aged 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 [aged 42] was appointed Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map].
On 12th July 1602 [his wife] Jane Mitford [aged 29] died.
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In 1607 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle [aged 52] bought Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire [Map].
In 1609 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle [aged 54] was appointed Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map].
On 19th August 1619 Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle [aged 64] died.