On 6th November 1765 Bishop William van Mildert was born to Cornelius van Mildert and Martha Hill.
In 1790 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 24] was Curate of Witham, Essex [Map].
In 1795 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 29] and Jane Douglas [aged 35] were married.
Before 1814 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 48] became Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, where he gave the Bampton Lectures for 1814.
Before 1814 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 48] became Rector of St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside [Map].
In 1819 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 53] was appointed Bishop of Llandaff which office he held until 1826.
In 1820 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 54] was appointed Dean of St Paul's Cathedral which office he held until 1826.
In 1826 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 60] was translated to Bishop of Durham.
In 1832 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 66] gave Durham Castle [Map] and a large number of buildings on Palace Green, between the Castle and the Cathedral, as part of the foundation of Durham University. At the same time he arranged for the residence of the Bishop of Durham to be moved to Bishop Auckland, County Durham [Map].
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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After 1836. Durham Cathedral [Map]. Monument to Bishop William van Mildert [aged 70] sculpted by John Gibson [aged 45].
On 21st February 1836 Bishop William van Mildert [aged 70] died.
In 1837 [his former wife] Jane Douglas [aged 77] died.
father: Cornelius van Mildert
Grandfather: William Hill of Vauxhall in Surrey
mother: Martha Hill