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In 1355 Thomas Hungerford was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1405 Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 26] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1414 William Sturmey [aged 58] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
On 1498 John Seymour [aged 24] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1498 George Seymour was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1537 John Brydges 1st Baron Chandos [aged 44] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1565 John Eyre [aged 40] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1568 John Thynne [aged 53] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1591 William Eyre of Great Chalfield Wiltshire [aged 34] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
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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In 1593 John Thynne [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1607 Thomas Thynne [aged 29] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1611 William Button 1st Baronet [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1632 John St John 1st Baronet [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1661 James Thynne [aged 56] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1744 Fulke Greville [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1805 Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Baronet [aged 46] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1863 Thomas Grove 1st Baronet [aged 39] was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.