Paternal Family Tree: Royds
On or after 28th December 1819, the date of the licence, [his father] Reverend Edward Royds [aged 29] and [his mother] Mary Molyneux [aged 26] were married.
On 24th October 1825 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds was born to Reverend Edward Royds [aged 35] and Mary Molyneux [aged 32].
On 25th December 1825 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map].
On 15th June 1843 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 17] matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was awarded BA in 1847 and MA in 1850.
On 13th January 1852 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 26] and Cornelia Frances Blomfield [aged 22] were married at Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
In 1855 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 29] was appointed Rector of St Mary's Church, Coddington [Map].
On 6th July 1860 [his son] Edmund Royds of Stubton Hall was born to Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 34] and [his wife] Cornelia Frances Blomfield [aged 31]. He was baptised on 29th July 1860 at Coddington, Cheshire [Map]. He married 21st May 1889 Rachel Louisa Fane.
On 21st May 1889 [his son] Edmund Royds of Stubton Hall [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Rachel Louisa Fane [aged 20] were married by the groom's father Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 63] assisted by the Rev. Vere Francis Willson at St Nicholas' Church, Fulbeck.
In 1892 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 66] was appointed Rural Dean of Malpas.
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 1894 Reverend Francis Coulman Royds [aged 68] was appointed Honourary Canon of Chester Cathedral [Map].
Grandfather: James Royds of Falinge
father: Reverend Edward Royds
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Smith of Summer Castle in Rochdale
Grandmother: Mary Smith
Reverend Francis Coulman Royds
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Molyneux of Wall Hill and Newsham House 
Grandfather: Thomas Molyneux of Newsham House in West Derby in Lancashire
mother: Mary Molyneux
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Watson of Ormskirk in Lancashire
Grandmother: Ann Watson