Paternal Family Tree: Masham
Around 13th October 1591 William Masham 1st Baronet was born to William Masham of St Botolph without Aldgate in London.
Before 1610 James Altham of Mark Hall in Essex and [his future wife] Elizabeth Barrington were married.
On 26th June 1611 William Masham 1st Baronet [aged 19] and Elizabeth Barrington were married. The had three sons, the eldest of whom predeceased him, and a daughter.
On 20th December 1621 William Masham 1st Baronet [aged 30] was created 1st Baronet Masham of Long Ashton.
In 1624, 1625 and 1626 William Masham 1st Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Maldon.
In 1628 and April 1640 William Masham 1st Baronet [aged 36] was elected MP Colchester.
In November 1640 William Masham 1st Baronet [aged 49] was elected MP Essex. He was re-elected in 1654.
In or before 1st July 1656 [his son] William Masham died.
After 1st July 1656 William Masham 1st Baronet [deceased] died. His grandson William succeeded 2nd Baronet Masham of Long Ashton.
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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[his son] William Masham was born to William Masham 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Barrington.