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Received a bequest of books from his [[benefactor::uncle]], [[family::Sir John Dodderidge]] ([[date of birth::1555]]-[[date of death::1628]]). [[bequest::Gave]] 112 volumes from their libraries to [[beneficiary::Barnstaple]] as the foundation of a town library, which was built 1665-7.
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Received a bequest of books from his [[benefactor::uncle]], [[crossreference::John Dodderidge 1555-1628|John Dodderidge (1555-1628)]]. It is commonly held that Dodderidge [[bequest::gave]] 112 volumes from their libraries to [[beneficiary::Barnstaple]] as the foundation of a town library, which was built 1665-7. However, recent research suggests that books were purchased specifically for the new library, while Dodderidge bequeathed his own books to his wife, Judith.
  
 
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*Dodderidge, S. ''The Dodderidges of Devon: with an account of the Bibliotheca Doddridgiana'', 1909.
 
*Dodderidge, S. ''The Dodderidges of Devon: with an account of the Bibliotheca Doddridgiana'', 1909.
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*Gilbert, A. "Public Books in Provincial Towns", Ph.D thesis, University of Exeter, 2022.
 
*Ibbetson, David. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7745 "Dodderidge <nowiki>[Doddridge]</nowiki>, Sir John (1555–1628), judge."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.   
 
*Ibbetson, David. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7745 "Dodderidge <nowiki>[Doddridge]</nowiki>, Sir John (1555–1628), judge."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.   
*Perkin, M. ''A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England''.  London, 2004, 130.
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*Perkin, M. ''A directory of the parochial libraries of the Church of England''.  London, 2004, 130.  
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*Poole, W. [https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjw204 "An Unnoticed Seventeenth-century Commonplace Book: Exeter University Library MS 40"], ''Notes and Queries'', Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2016, 550–556.
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*Information from Anna-Lujz Gilbert.
 
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Latest revision as of 06:16, 8 July 2022

John DODDERIDGE 1610-1659

Biographical Note

Lawyer and MP.

Books

Received a bequest of books from his uncle, John Dodderidge (1555-1628). It is commonly held that Dodderidge gave 112 volumes from their libraries to Barnstaple as the foundation of a town library, which was built 1665-7. However, recent research suggests that books were purchased specifically for the new library, while Dodderidge bequeathed his own books to his wife, Judith.

Sources