On or before 14th May 1558, the date he was baptised at Coton, Cambridgeshire, Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier was born to Richard Aungier.
In 1584 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 25] and Douglas Fitzgerald [aged 20] were married.
In 1588 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 29] was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 1589.
In 1596 [his son] Ambrose Aungier was born to Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 37] and [his wife] Douglas Fitzgerald [aged 32]. He married in or before 1632 Grizell Bulkeley and had issue.
Around 1596 [his son] Gerald Aungier 2nd Baron Aungier was born to Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 37] and [his wife] Douglas Fitzgerald [aged 32]. He married 1637 Jane Onslow.
In May 1600 [his wife] Douglas Fitzgerald [aged 36] died. She was buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury at East Clandon.
Before 1st March 1614 John Wynn [aged 30] and [his future wife] Margaret Cave Baroness Aungier [aged 25] were married.
After 1st March 1614 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 55] and Margaret Cave Baroness Aungier [aged 25] were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
In 1621 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 62] was created 1st Baron Aungier of Longford. [his wife] Margaret Cave Baroness Aungier [aged 32] by marriage Baroness Aungier of Longford.
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 or before 1632 [his son] Ambrose Aungier [aged 35] and [his daughter-in-law] Grizell Bulkeley were married.
On 8th October 1632 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier [aged 74] died. His son Gerald [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baron Aungier of Longford.
Around 1656 [his former wife] Margaret Cave Baroness Aungier [aged 67] died.