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In 1324 John Arderne [aged 24] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1427 Humphrey Stafford [aged 27] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In March 1553 William Devereux of Merevale [aged 28] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1572 John Fleetwood [aged 55] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1586 William Bassett [aged 34] was elected MP Staffordshire.
Before 1601 John "Black Sir John" Egerton [aged 49] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1607 John "Black Sir John" Egerton [aged 56] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1621 William Bowyer [aged 33] was elected MP Staffordshire. He was re-elected in 1624 and 1626, April and November 1640.
In 1646 John Skeffington 2nd Viscount Massereene was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1647.
In 1646 John Bowyer 1st Baronet [aged 22] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1660 William Sneyd [aged 47] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1678 Walter Bagot 3rd Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Staffordshire which he held until 1695.
On 7th November 1695 Henry Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge [aged 32] was elected MP Staffordshire.
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 15th February 1704 Edward Bagot 4th Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1708.
In 1741 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Staffordshire unopposed.
In 1747 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet [aged 44] was elected MP Staffordshire in a fiercely fought contest. He stood down in 1754 in favour of his son William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot [aged 18].
In 1757 Henry Carteret 1st Baron Carteret [aged 22] was elected MP Staffordshire.
On 5th July 1768 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held for the remainder of his life.
In 1780 George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth [aged 24] was elected MP Horsham and MP Staffordshire. He chose to sit for the latter which he represented until 1784.
On 8th April 1784 Edward Littleton 4th Baronet [aged 57] was elected MP Staffordshire unopposed.
In 1799 Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 25] was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1820 John Fletcher aka Boughey 2nd Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until his death in 1823.
In 1823 John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley [aged 51] was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1832.