Irish Sea and the Prudence was selected for this task. She was victualled for five months, for a crew of 40, at a cost exceeding £900, borne by the North Devon population. On 8 August 1596 she returned to Barnstaple, loaded with much pillage taken during the attack on Cadiz conducted by Lords Essex and Howard. Richard received at some time letters patent as one of six west country merchants licensed to trade with "the River of Senegal and Gambia in Guinea". Richard presented to the Corporation of Barnstaple "a great boale with its covering, wrought in silver and a silver-gilt table lamp". Career He was Mayor of Barnstaple in 1611, 1627 and 1637, and in 1621 was elected Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and was re-elected MP for Barnstaple in 1624 and 1625. Inheritance In 1628 he inherited the estate of Bremridge, near South Molton, on the death of his brother Sir John Doddridge. Marriage and children Dodderidge married Elizabeth Wescombe of Barnstaple on 12 February 1599. Their children included John Dodderidge (died 1659), MP. Death Dodderidge died in about 1650. References Year of birth missing 1650 deaths Pentecost English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 Mayors of Barnstaple Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple