William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1547 William Stanford (age 37) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1584 Walter Chetwynd (age 24) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme. He was re-elected in 1586, 1604 and 1614.
In 1588 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier (age 29) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 1589.
In 1593 Thomas Fitzherbert (age 43) returned as MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1601 Edward Mainwaring (age 24) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1625 Edward Mainwaring (age 21) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1626 John Skeffington 2nd Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1628 George Gresley 1st Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 1629.
In 1685 William Sneyd (age 43) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
On 2nd June 1715 Brian Broughton 3rd Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme after a petition; he had come third in the poll.
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 1722 Brian Broughton 3rd Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme unopposed.
On 20th November 1724 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme. He was re-elected in 1734.
In 1754 John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave (age 35) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1796 Edward Bootle-Wilbraham 1st Baron Skelmersdale was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme.
In 1812 John Fletcher aka Boughey 2nd Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 1818.
In 1832 Henry Pollard Willoughby 3rd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 1834.
On 12th December 1832 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 5th January 1835.