Paternal Family Tree: Palk
In or before 1714 [his father] Walter Palk [aged 27] and [his mother] Frances Abraham were married.
On or before 16th December 1717 Robert Palk 1st Baronet was born to Walter Palk [aged 31] and Frances Abraham at Lower Headborough Fram, Ashburton. He was baptised on 16th December 1717 at the Old Mission House, Ashburton.
In 1739 [his father] Walter Palk [aged 53] died.
On 7th February 1761 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 43] and Anne van Sittart Lady Palk were married.
Around 1764 [his daughter] Anne Palk Lady Wrey was born to Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 46] and [his wife] Anne van Sittart Lady Palk at Madras aka Chennai, India. She married 14th March 1786 Bourchier Wrey 7th Baronet, son of Bourchier Wrey 6th Baronet and Ellen Thresher Lady Wrey, and had issue.
On 6th March 1766 [his son] Lawrence Palk 2nd Baronet was born to Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 48] and [his wife] Anne van Sittart Lady Palk. He married 15th May 1792 Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan, daughter of Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne and Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne, and had issue.
In 1767 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 49] was elected MP Ashburton.
In 1768 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 50] was elected MP Wareham which seat he held until 1774.
In 1774 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 56] was elected MP Ashburton which seat he held until 1787.
On 19th June 1782 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 64] was created 1st Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon. [his wife] Anne van Sittart Lady Palk by marriage Lady Palk of Haldon House in Devon.
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 14th March 1786 [his son-in-law] Bourchier Wrey 7th Baronet [aged 29] and [his daughter] Anne Palk Lady Wrey [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Lady Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall.
In 1788 [his wife] Anne van Sittart Lady Palk died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Dunchideock.
On 5th September 1791 [his daughter] Anne Palk Lady Wrey [aged 27] died.
On 16th September 1791 [his daughter] Anne Palk Lady Wrey [deceased] was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. Sacred to the Memory of ANNE The Lady of Sir [his former son-in-law] BOURCHIER WREY [aged 34] Baronet, and Daughter of Sir ROBERT PALK [aged 73] Baronet, of Haldon House in this County who died the 5th day of September 1791, Aged 27 Years, leaving three infant children. Her Heart was pure and her manners unaffected. Her constant study was to know her Duty, and her greatest pleasure to discharge it, An affectionate Wife, a tender Parent, gentle, friendly, and benevolent. Taken from the World in the Prime of Years by a severe and lingering illness. She submitted to the will of Heaven with patient Resignation. Learn from her example that Virtue Is the loveliest ornament of Beauty!
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Anne Palk Lady Wrey: Around 1764 she was born to Robert Palk 1st Baronet and Anne van Sittart Lady Palk at Madras aka Chennai, India. On 14th March 1786 Bourchier Wrey 7th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Wrey of Trebitch in Cornwall. On 5th September 1791 Anne Palk Lady Wrey died.
On 15th May 1792 [his son] Lawrence Palk 2nd Baronet [aged 26] and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Elizabeth Vaughan [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of Wilmot Vaughan 1st Earl Lisburne [aged 64] and Dorothy Shafto Countess Lisburne [aged 59].
On 29th April 1798 Robert Palk 1st Baronet [aged 80] died at Haldon House, Devon. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Dunchideock. His son Lawrence [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon.