John Dodderidge (died 1659)

John II Dodderidge (1610–1659) of Bremridge in the parish of South Molton, Devon, was a lawyer who was elected MP for Barnstaple in 1646 and 1654, for Bristol in 1656 and for Devon also in 1656, and chose to sit for Devon, but was prevented by Oliver Cromwell from taking his seat.

Dodderidge was the son of Pentecost Dodderidge (died c. 1650) of Barnstaple in North Devon, thrice Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1621, 1624 and 1625, by his wife Elizabeth Wescombe. Pentecost Dodderidge was the brother and heir of Sir John I Doddridge (1555–1628), a Justice of the King's Bench, who had purchased for his seat the estate of Bremridge, near South Molton, Devon.

Dodderidge entered Middle Temple on 26 June 1629 and was called to the bar on 19 May 1637. In 1646, he was elected Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in the Long Parliament. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Devon on 26 July 1647. He was re-elected MP for Barnstaple in 1654 in the First Protectorate Parliament. In 1655 he was appointed Recorder of Bristol. Subsequently he became Recorder of Barnstaple, a position of significant honour, having left pieces of plate to the corporation of Bristol. In 1656 he was elected MP for both Bristol and for Devon in the Second Protectorate Parliament and chose to sit for Devon. He was however prevented by Oliver Cromwell from taking his seat. He became a bencher of his Inn in 1658 and published The Opinions of Sundry Antiquaries ... Touching the Antiquity, Power, Order, State, Manner, Persons and Proceedings of the High-Court of Parliament in England.

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