Around 1565 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey was born.
Before 6th October 1573 Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton [aged 28] and [his future wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess of Southampton. He the son of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton and Jane Cheney Countess Southampton [aged 64].
On 2nd May 1594 Thomas Heneage [aged 62] and [his future wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 41] were married. Her second husband. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 27th June 1596 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 31] was knighted at Cádiz by Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex [aged 30] at the Sack of Cádiz.
Between 5th November 1598 and 31st January 1599 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 33] and Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 46] were married. Her third husband.
Before 5th February 1607 [his wife] Mary Browne Countess Southampton [aged 54] died.
On 5th February 1608 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 43] and Cordell Annesley were married.
In 1619 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 54] was created 1st Baronet Hervey of St Martin in the Fields.
In 1620 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 55] was created 1st Baron Hervey of Rosse in County Wexford.
In 1628 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 63] was created 1st Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke in Kent.
In 1636 [his wife] Cordell Annesley died.
In 1642 William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey [aged 77] died. Baron Hervey of Kidbrooke in Kent, Baron Hervey of Rosse in County Wexford and Baronet Hervey of St Martin in the Fields extinct.
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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[his daughter] Elizabeth Hervey was born to William Hervey 1st Baron Hervey and Cordell Annesley. She married 1658 John Hervey.