Hello, I've just joined the list to make enquiries about my 4xgreat grandfather, Thomas Ridding. Thomas made a will in 1802 at which time he was "of Brown Street, Grosvenor Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex servant to the Right Honorable the Earl of Lonsdale". It doesn't give his date of death but was proved in 1819 when he was again referred to as servant to the Right Honorable Earl of Lonsdale. I have no idea where Thomas or his wife Sarah, were born. Their child Sarah was born about 1799 possibly Marylebone. Grandchildren of Thomas Ridding and Sarah have been found in 1817 and 1819, born Brown Street, Hanover Square. Would it be usual for servants of the Earl of Lonsdale to travel around the country with him? So my Thomas could have hailed from Westmoreland. If this is the case, are there any papers which would mention the marriage of servants? Thanks Linda