Biography of Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden 1582-1643

Paternal Family Tree: Noel

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544

In 1582 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden was born to [his father] Andrew Noel [aged 24] and [his mother] Mabel Harrington at Brooke, Leicestershire.

Around 1605 [his daughter] Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 23] and [his future wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 18]. She married before 1632 John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth, son of George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth, and had issue.

On 20th December 1605 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 23] and Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 19] were married.

On 19th October 1607 [his father] Andrew Noel [aged 49] died at Brooke, Leicestershire.

On 20th April 1609 [his daughter] Mary Noel was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 27] and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 22]. She married before 1633 Erasmus de la Fontaine and had issue.

On 22nd August 1610 [his daughter] Penelope Noel was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 28] and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 24].

In 1611 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 29] and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 24] at Exton Hall, Rutlandshire. He married (1) 25th December 1632 Anne Feilding, daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (2) June 1636 Ann Lovett Countess Bath (3) 21st December 1639 Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden, daughter of Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton, and had issue (4) 6th July 1655 his second cousin twice removed Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden, daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness, and had issue.

On 30th August 1615 [his son] Henry Noel was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 33] and [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 29] at Exton Hall, Rutlandshire. He married (1) 20th November 1637 Susanna Howland (2) 8th November 1642 Mary Perry Lady Fermor.

On 5th May 1628 [his father-in-law] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden [aged 71] was created 1st Viscount Campden, 1st Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire with a special remainder, failing his issue male, to his daughter [his wife] Juliana's [aged 41] husband Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 46]. [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth May Viscountess Campden [aged 66] by marriage Viscountess Campden.

On 18th October 1629 [his father-in-law] Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden [aged 72] died. His son-in-law Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Viscount Campden, 2nd Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Baronet Hicks of Campden in Gloucestershire extinct. [his wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 43] by marriage Viscountess Campden.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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Before 1632 [his son-in-law] John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth [aged 26] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Chaworth in County Armagh.

On 25th December 1632 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 21] and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Feilding were married. She the daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh [aged 45] and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh [aged 49].

Before 1633 [his son-in-law] Erasmus de la Fontaine [aged 31] and [his daughter] Mary Noel [aged 23] were married.

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On 17th May 1633 [his daughter] Penelope Noel [aged 22] died of blood poisoning after having pricked herself with a needle whilst sewing with silk thread. Monument in St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map]. Sculpted by John Christmas [aged 34] or possibly his brother Mathias. The material held in her left hand may represent the material she was sewing

"The most exquisite model of natures best workmanship, ye richest magazine of all divine and moral vertues, Penelope Noel having added to the nobilitie of her birth, a brighter shyne of true noblesnesse, ye exemplary sweetness of her conversation, he contempt of earthly vanities and her zealous affection towards heaven, after 22 yeares devotions, commended her virgin sowle into ye hands of its true brydegroome Jesus Christ, May 17th AD 1633 over whose pretious dust here reserved, her sad parents Edward Lord Noel, Viscount Campden and the Lady Julian his wife, dropt theyr teares and erected this marble to the deare memorie of theyre unvaluable losse - Superata tellus Sidera donat i.e. The earth, once conquered, grants the stars."

Penelope Noel: On 22nd August 1610 she was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden and Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden.

Around June 1636 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 19] were married.

On 20th November 1637 [his son] Henry Noel [aged 22] and [his daughter-in-law] Susanna Howland [aged 16] were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map].

In 1638 [his daughter] Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth [aged 33] died.

On 21st December 1639 [his son] Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden [aged 24] were married.

On 8th November 1642 [his son] Henry Noel [aged 27] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Perry Lady Fermor were married at St Mary le Strand Church.

On 8th March 1643 Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 61] died. His son Baptist [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Viscount Campden, 3rd Baron Hicks of Ilmington in Warwickshire. Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden [aged 28] by marriage Viscountess Campden.

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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After 8th March 1643. Monument to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [deceased] and [his former wife] Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 56] at St James' Church, Chipping Campden [Map]. Sculpted by Joshua Marshall [aged 14] in 1664. A striking and macabre work with standing effigies at the doors of Heaven.

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