Biography of Dean Robert Booth 1662-1730

Paternal Family Tree: Booth

Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356

On 30th November 1639 [his father] George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 16) and Catherine Clinton were married. She the daughter of Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln (age 39) and Bridget Fiennes Countess Lincoln.

Before 17th April 1648 [his father] George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 25) and [his mother] Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford (age 49) and [his grandmother] Anne Cecil Countess Stamford (age 52).

In 1662 Dean Robert Booth was born to [his father] George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 39) and [his mother] Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer (age 40).

On 7th July 1670 [his brother] Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington (age 18) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Langham Countess Warrington (age 18) were married at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.

After 23rd February 1679 [his brother-in-law] Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway (age 56) and [his sister] Elizabeth Booth Countess Conway were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 3rd December 1679 [his brother-in-law] Edward Conway 1st Earl Conway (age 56) was created 1st Earl Conway. [his sister] Elizabeth Booth Countess Conway by marriage Countess Conway.

On 4th July 1681 [his sister] Elizabeth Booth Countess Conway died.

In or before 1682 Dean Robert Booth (age 19) and Ann Booth (age 15) were married.

In 1682 [his son] Barton Booth was born to Dean Robert Booth (age 20) and [his wife] Ann Booth (age 16). He married 1719 Hester Santlow.

On 8th August 1684 [his father] George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 61) died at Dunham Massey, Cheshire [Map]. His son [his brother] Henry (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Delamer, 3rd Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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On 17th April 1690 [his brother] Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington (age 38) was created 1st Earl Warrington for habing supported William of Orange, raising a regiment of Cheshire volunteers. [his sister-in-law] Mary Langham Countess Warrington (age 38) by marriage Countess Warrington.

In 1691 Dean Robert Booth (age 29) was appointed Archdeacon of Durham.

In 1691 [his mother] Elizabeth Grey Baroness Delamer (age 69) died.

On 2nd January 1694 [his brother] Henry Booth 1st Earl Warrington (age 41) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon [Map]. His son [his nephew] George (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Warrington, 3rd Baron Delamer, 4th Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey.

The inscription of his monument:

"Beneath lieth the body of the right hon'ble Henry Booth, earl of Warrington, and baron Delamer of Dunham Massey, a person of unblemished honour, impartial justice, strict integrity, an illustrious example of steady and unalterable adherence to the liberties and properties of his country in the worst of times, rejecting all offers to allure, and despising all dangers to deter him therefrom, for which he was thrice committed close prisoner to the Tower of London, and at length tried for his life upon a false accusation of high treason, from which he was unanimously acquitted by his peers, on 14 January, MDCLXXX V/VI which day he afterwards annually commemorated by acts of devotion and charity: in the year MDCLXXXVIII he greatly signalised himself at the Revolution, on behalf of the protestant religion and the rights of the nation, without mixture of self-interest, preferring the good of his country to the favour of the prince who then ascended the throne; and having served his generation according to the will of God was gathered to his fathers in peace, on the 2d of January, 169¾, in the XLIId year of his age, whose mortal part was here entombed on the same memorable day on which eight years before his trial had been."

"Also rest by him the earthly remains of the r. hon'ble [his former sister-in-law] Mary countess of Warrington, his wife, sole daughter and heir of sir James Langham, of Cottesbrooke, in the county of Northamptom, [sic] knt. and bart. a lady of ingenious parts, singular discretion, consummate judgement, great humility, meek and compassionate temper, extensive charity, exemplary and unaffected piety, perfect resignation to God's will, lowly in prosperity and patient in adversity, prudent in her affairs, and endowed with all other virtuous qualities, a conscientious discharger of her duty in all relations, being a faithful, affectionate, and observant, wife, alleviating the cares and afflictions of her husband by willingly sharing with him therein; a tender, indulgent, and careful mother, a dutiful and respectful daughter, gentle and kind to her servants, courteous and beneficent to her neighbours, a sincere friend, a lover and valuer of all good people, justly beloved and admired by all who knew her, who having perfected holiness in the fear of God, was by him received to an early and eternal rest from her labours, on 23 March 1690/1, in the XXXVIIth year of her age, calmly and composedly meeting and desiring death with joyful hope and steadfastness of faith, a lively draught of real worth and goodness, and a pattern deserving imitation, of whom the world was not worthy. Heb. XI. 38."