Hi Carruthers & those interested in W'ton/ Carruthers dna analysis, including of
"border reivers":
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/WITHERINGTON/1999-11/0942160501
http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dch0jmh/tudhoe/
Robert Richardson died in 1609, and was succeeded by his sons Henry and Thomas. Henry
seems to have inherited Tudhoe Hall. In 1622, Henry and his wife Mary moved to Old Park, a
few miles away, and sold their remaining lands in Tudhoe (including the Hall) to Sir Henry
Woodrington of Newcastle upon Tyne, Ralph Young of Sunderland Bridge and Richard Jackson
of Kepier Grange. The Woodringtons (later Widdringtons) were originally a border reiver
family. Sir Henry Widdrington and Ralph Young were both prominent Catholics, and both of
them were mentioned in the will of Jerrard Salvin [9] (d. 1602). Young was married to
Jerrard Salvin's sister Anne. The Widdringtons will feature again in this story a
century later.
Sir Henry Widdrington died in 162x, leaving his estates to his son William. William was
aged only about 12 when is father died, but went on to be a prominent Royalist at the time
of the Civil War and was created 1st Baron Widdrington by King Charles I in 1643. The
surviving owners of Tudhoe Hall, Young and Jackson, sold it to Jerrard Salvin of Croxdale
in 1629.