Paternal Family Tree: Frederick
On 25th October 1601 John Frederick was born.
In 1650 [his son] Thomas Frederick was born to John Frederick [aged 48]. He married in or before 1678 Leonora Maresco and had issue.
In 1654 John Frederick [aged 52] was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Barber Surgeons.
In 1658 John Frederick [aged 56] was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Barber Surgeons.
In 1660 John Frederick [aged 58] was elected MP Dartmouth.
On 26th June 1660 John Frederick [aged 58] was knighted.
In 1661 John Frederick [aged 59] was elected Alderman of Coleman Street Ward.
In 1661 John Frederick [aged 59] was elected Lord Mayor of London.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Samuel Pepys' Diary. 16th May 1667. Among other things Sir John Fredericke [aged 65] and Sir R. Ford [aged 53] did talk of Paul's School, which, they tell me, must be taken away; and then I fear it will be long before another place, as they say is promised, is found; but they do say that the honour of their company is concerned in the doing of it, and that it is a thing that they are obliged to do.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 30th April 1668. Up, and at the office all the morning. At noon Sir J. Minnes [aged 69] and I to the Dolphin Tavern, there to meet our neighbours, all of the Parish, this being Procession-day, to dine. And did; and much very good discourse; they being, most of them, very able merchants as any in the City: Sir Andrew Rickard [aged 64], Mr. Vandeputt, Sir John Fredericke [aged 66], Harrington, and others. They talked with Mr. Mills about the meaning of this day, and the good uses of it; and how heretofore, and yet in several places, they do whip a boy at each place they stop at in their procession.
In or before 1678 [his son] Thomas Frederick [aged 27] and [his daughter-in-law] Leonora Maresco were married.
Before 19th March 1685 John Frederick [aged 83] died. he was buried on 19th March 1685.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Frederick was born to John Frederick.