Paternal Family Tree: Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet
In 1654 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet was born to Theophilus Biddulph 1st Baronet [aged 42].
On 31st December 1673 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 19] and Henrietta Maria Whitley [aged 20] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map].
In 1678 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 24] stood for MP Lichfield but was defeated.
In 1679 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Lichfield.
In April 1683 [his father] Theophilus Biddulph 1st Baronet [aged 71] died at Greenwich, Kent [Map]. On 14th April 1683 he was buried at Stow Church Lichfield. His succeeded son Michael [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Baronet Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent.
Around 1685 [his son] Theophilus Biddulph 3rd Baronet was born to Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 31] and [his wife] Henrietta Maria Whitley [aged 32].
Around September 1689 [his wife] Henrietta Maria Whitley [aged 36] died. On 15th September 1689 she was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Roger Whitley's Diary. 3rd May 1690. Satorday, I went to Chester, visited Scranmore & Anderson & Angell; dined with G.Mainwaring [aged 47] there was Crew, Sir William Russell, Palmer, 2 other Captaines Morgan, Bedisford & Minshall, &c. after dinner came Scranmore, then Angell; I left them past 4; visited Booth; went to Jacksons, discoursed Hunt awhile in the streete; Hall Bingley, Salisbury, came after me to Jacksons, dranck a glasse of wine, left us; then came Minshall, Richard Wright, Farington, Lloyd, Hardware, &c. I left them before 7, Morgan went home with me. I found Sir Michael Bidolph [aged 36] at Peele.
In 1695 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 41] was elected MP Lichfield.
On 25th November 1696 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 42] and Richard Dowdeswell of Pull Court, Bushley, Worcestershire [aged 43] voted for the attainder of John Fenwick 3rd Baronet [aged 51].
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 7th March 1697 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 43] and Elizabeth D'Oyly were married.
In 1702 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP Lichfield despite his being in prison at the time for debts.
On 20th April 1718 Michael Biddulph 2nd Baronet [aged 64] died. He was buried at Greenwich, Kent [Map] on 1st May 1718. His succeeded son Theophilus Biddulph 3rd Baronet [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Baronet Biddulph of Westcombe in Kent.
In April 1740 [his former wife] Elizabeth D'Oyly died.