MP Bewdley is in Member Parliament, Bewdley, Worcestershire [Map].
In 1659 Edward Pytts of Kyre Park [aged 53] was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1685 Charles Lyttelton 3rd Baronet [aged 57] was elected MP Bewdley in which post he served until 1689.
In 1694 Salwey Winnington [aged 27] was elected MP Bewdley which seat held for the next twenty bar two and half years.
In 1748 William Henry Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton [aged 23] was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1761 Edward Winnington 1st Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1774.
In 1768 Thomas Lyttelton 2nd Baron Lyttelton [aged 23] was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1790 George Fulke 2nd Baron Lyttelton [aged 26] was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1832 Thomas Winnington 3rd Baronet [aged 52] was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1837.
In 1837 Thomas Winnington 4th Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1847.
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 1852 Thomas Winnington 4th Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1868.