Witney, Oxfordshire is in Oxfordshire.
In 1321 Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 45] attended a tournament at Witney, Oxfordshire [Map].
Around 1425 Thomas Fermor alias Ricards was born in Witney, Oxfordshire [Map].
The River Windrush rises near Taddington [Map] in Gloucestershire. It travels broadly south-west through Bourton-on-the-Water [Map], Burford, Oxfordshire [Map], Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map], Witney, Oxfordshire [Map] joining the River Thames at Nebridge.
Elizabeth Pope Countess Lindsey was born to Thomas Pope 2nd Earl Downe and Lucy Dutton Countess Downe in Cogges Witney, Oxfordshire. She married 1. before 4th December 1667 her half fifth cousin once removed Francis Lee 4th Baronet, son of Francis Henry Lee 2nd Baronet and Anne St John Countess Rochester, and had issue 2. 1700 Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey, son of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness.
In 1150 William Lovell was born at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1213 William Lovell [aged 63] died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
Before 3rd December 1252 John Lovell [aged 62] died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1311 John Lovell 1st Baron Lovel [aged 57] died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh. Maud Burnell Baroness Lovel and Burnell [aged 21] by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh.
On 13th June 1455 William Lovell 7th Baron Lovel 4th Baron Holand [aged 58] died at Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Greyfriars Oxford, Oxfordshire. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 8th Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, 5th Baron Holand.
On 21st February 1581 Robert Keilway [aged 84] died. His only child Anne Keilway Baroness Harington [aged 27] and her husband John Harington 1st Baron Harington [aged 41] inherited the Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map] and Coombe Abbey [Map] estates.
On 12th December 1594 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford [aged 21] and Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford [aged 14] were married at St Dunstan's Church Stepney. She by marriage Countess Bedford. She brought an enormous dowry of £10000 and the estate of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [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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The River Windrush rises near Taddington [Map] in Gloucestershire. It travels broadly south-west through Bourton-on-the-Water [Map], Burford, Oxfordshire [Map], Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map], Witney, Oxfordshire [Map] joining the River Thames at Nebridge.