Wymondham, Norfolk, East England, British Isles [Map]

Wymondham, Norfolk is in Norfolk.

In 1247 Robert Tiptoft was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].

In 1363 Isabel Clifford was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].

On 2nd December 1515 William Knyvet [aged 75] died at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].

Around 1621 John Wildman was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].

On 30th November 1811 Thomas Maynard Haselrigge 10th Baronet [aged 83] and Letitia Wodehouse Lady Haselrigge [aged 37] were married at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map]. The difference in their ages was 45 years.

On 7th January 1826 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley was born to Henry Wodehouse [aged 27] in Wymondham, Norfolk [Map]. He married 16th August 1847 Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley, daughter of Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon 3rd Earl de Clare, and had issue.

On or before 20th June 1827 Thomas Jeckyll was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map]. He was baptised 20th June 1827.

The River Tiffey rises near Wymondham, Norfolk [Map] from where it flows past Carlton Forehoe, Norfolk [Map], Wramplingham, Norfolk [Map] to Barford, Norfolk [Map] after which it joins the River Yare.

Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, East England, British Isles [Map]

In 1107 William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 43] founded Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map].

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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Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map] was a Benedictine Abbey founded in 1107 by William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 43].

Before 1129 Maud Bigod [aged 43] died. She was buried before the High Altar at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map].

In 1139 William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 75] died at Buckenham Wayland, Norfolk. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map].

Before 7th August 1224 William D'Aubigny 4th Earl Lincoln 4th Earl of Arundel [aged 24] died. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. His brother Hugh succeeded 5th Earl Lincoln, 5th Earl Arundel. Isabel Plantagenet Countess Lincoln and Arundel by marriage Countess Lincoln, Countess Arundel and inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].

On 7th May 1243 Hugh D'Aubigny 5th Earl Lincoln 5th Earl of Arundel died at Canelli. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. Earl Lincoln extinct. His nephew John [aged 20] succeeded 6th Earl Arundel. Cicely D'Aubigny [aged 35] and her husband Roger de Montalt inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].