In 1550 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet was born to John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire and Eleanor Prowde.
In 1565 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 15] educated at Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury.
After 1565 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 15] educated at Clement's Inn.
In 1575 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 25] educated at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1586 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 36] was elected MP Shrewsbury.
Before 1597 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 46] and Eleanor Gifford [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
Around 1597 [his daughter] Elizabeth Harries aka Harris was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 47] and [his wife] Eleanor Gifford [aged 22]. She married 8th June 1628 William Pierrepont of Thoresby, son of Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston and Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint, and had issue.
In February 1604 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 54] was appointed Serjeant at Law.
In 1613 Edward Stanley [aged 50] sold Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 63].
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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In 1613 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 63] purchased Tong Castle, Shropshire [Map] from Edward Stanley [aged 50].
On 12th April 1623 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 73] was created 1st Baronet Harris of Tong Castle in Shropshire.
Before 18th February 1628 [his son] Francis Harries aka Harris died.
On 18th February 1628 Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet [aged 78] died. Baronet Harris of Tong Castle in Shropshire extinct.
[his son] Francis Harries aka Harris was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford.
[his daughter] Anne Harries was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford.
[his daughter] Eleanor Harries aka Harris was born to Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet and Eleanor Gifford. She married in or before 1637 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet, son of Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Olmstead, and had issue.
father: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
mother: Eleanor Prowde