On 3rd June 1786 William Hilton was born to William Hilton [aged 34] at Vicar's Court, Lincoln Cathedral Close. He was baptised at St Mary le Wigford Church, Lincoln.
Before 1820. William Hilton [aged 33]. Portrait of the poet John Clare.
Before 1821. William Hilton [aged 34]. Portrait of the poet John Keats [aged 25].
Before 1821. William Hilton [aged 34]. Portrait of the poet John Keats [aged 25].
Before 1822. William Hilton [aged 35]. Portrait of the artist's father William Hilton [aged 69].
William Hilton: In 1752 he was born. In 1822 he died.
In 1822 [his father] William Hilton [aged 70] died.
On 26th February 1828 William Hilton [aged 41] and Justinia Kent [aged 26] were married.
Before 1835. William Hilton [aged 48]. Portrait of the artist's wife Justinia Kent [aged 33].
Justinia Kent: On or before 13th September 1801, the day she was baptised at St Mark's Church, Lincoln, she was born to Reverend George Davies Kent and Anne Chaplin. On 26th February 1828 William Hilton and she were married. In 1835 she died.
Before 1835. William Hilton [aged 48]. Portrait of the artist's wife Justinia Kent [aged 33].
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 1835 [his wife] Justinia Kent [aged 33] died.
Before 1839. William Hilton [aged 52]. Portrait of the artist's sister Harriet Hilton [aged 47].
Harriet Hilton: In 1791 she was born to William Hilton. In 1866 she died.
Before 1839. William Hilton [aged 52]. Self-Portrait.
Before 1839. William Hilton [aged 52]. Self-Portrait.
Before 1839. William Hilton [aged 52]. Portrait of the artist's sister Harriet Hilton [aged 47].
On 30th December 1839 William Hilton [aged 53] died. Monument at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].