[4] Captain George Carleton's memoirs go further and state that Widdrington lost his life at the Siege of Maastricht in 1676, as a volunteer in the Dutch Army.
[5] Ralph may have been a volunteer in the Dutch Army then, although that is uncertain, but it was his brother Roger Widdrington who was killed at Maastricht.
[7] Immediately prior to King Charles' death (in February, 1685) the town of Berwick had petitioned for a new Charter, and There was present at the delivery Captain Ralph Widdrington and Captain Biggerstaffe, but they stood aside and were taken noe notice of.
In that manner, Ralph Widdrington and Philip Bickerstaffe were returned to Parliament.
Widdrington probably never took his seat, was removed from all offices in 1688, and followed King James overseas.