Siddowne Ancestors

FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
RICHARD AND CATHERINE SIDDOWNE

Richard Siddowne was born in about 1580 of Tettenhall. He married Catherine. Richard is mentioned in a rent roll for the manor of Tettenhall Regis in 1604:

These pay at St. Mary Day:

Rich. Siddown of ye Mill 0 10

He is also mentioned in A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain as the father of Catherine who married Robert Granger: "Catherine, dau. of Richard Siddown, Compton".

Signature of Richard Siddowne on inventory for John Granger 1606

Richard and Catherine had the following child:

*1. Catherine, christened 15 December 1602 in Tettenhall; married Robert Granger 17 December 1629 in Tettenhall.

Catherine Siddowne baptism

Catherine Siddowne's baptism record in the Tettenhall parish register

2. Elenor, married Jacobus Clemson 3 August 1629 in Tettenhall.

Richard Siddowne was buried 29 April 1634 in Tettenhall.

Richard Siddowne's burial record in the Tettenhall parish register

Catherine Siddowne, died as a widow, and was buried 1 September 1642 in Tettenhall.

Catherine Siddowne burial

Catherine Siddowne's burial record in the Tettenhall parish register

Other Siddownes found in the early Tettenhall registers:

William Siddown (possibly Richard's brother) married Eliner Hoptonne 14 June 1614 in Tettenhall, and has children baptized in Tettenhall: Anne (1614), Marie (1617), Elnor (1620), William (1622), Beatrix (1625), and John (1628). William was buried 18 July 1628 in Tettenhall.

William, junior, was buried 30 July 1642 in Tettenhall.

There are no Siddowns listed in A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3 in Tettenhall, but they are found about eight miles away in Wednesbury. The census was taken in the "Paroche of Weddysbere on Pacion Sounday".

William Sedown, Elizabeth, uxor eius, Agnes, Richard, Joyce, Elizabeth, Joan, Alice, Nicholas.

Laurence Sedown, a "syngullmen" was also listed separately in Wednesbury.

These are the only Siddowns/Sedowns listed in the Stafford area.

There are some Siddowne wills in Wednesbury:

William Syddowne of Wednesbury left a will dated 21 February 1550, naming wife Ales, daughters Elsabeth, Johan, Margery, Joyse, and sons Thomas, Richarde, and John.
Richard Syddowne of Wednesbury left a will dated 26 November 1582, naming wife An, daughters Hisbell, Eme, and sons Thomas, George, William, Richarde and Henrye.
William Siddowne the elder of Wednesbury left a will dated 12 June 1604, naming his deceased father Richard, mother Anne, wife Julyan, daughter Eleanor, and son William.
Richard Siddowne of Wednesbury left a will dated 21 July 1619, naming brothers Henry and George, and sister Dorothie Tomkis.

SOURCE: Tettenhall parish register; A History of the Parish of Tettenhall in the County of Staffordshire, James P. Jones; A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, John Bernard Burke; www.findmypast.com; A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3; Lichfield and Coventry Probate, www.findmypast.com .