John Dodderidge 1610-1659

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John DODDERIDGE 1610-1658

Biographical Note

lawyer and MP

Books

Received a bequest of books from his uncle, Sir John Dodderidge (1555-1628). Gave 112 volumes from their libraries to Barnstaple as the foundation of a town library, which was built 1665-7.

Sources

  • Dodderidge, S. The Dodderidges of Devon: with an account of the Bibliotheca Doddridgiana, 1909.
  • Ibbetson, David. "Dodderidge [Doddridge], 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.