Paternal Family Tree: Jenkinson
On or before 24th January 1687 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet was born to Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet [aged 32]. He was baptised at Charlbury, Oxfordshire on 24th January 1687.
On 18th February 1703 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 16] matriculated Trinity College, Oxford University.
In 1705 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 17] was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and called to the bar in 1713.
On 30th January 1710 [his father] Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet [aged 55] died. His son [his brother] Robert [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
On 29th October 1717 Robert Jenkinson 3rd Baronet [aged 31] died. His brother Robert [aged 30] succeeded 4th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
On 4th December 1717 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 30] was elected MP Oxfordshire at a by-election. He was returned unopposed in 1722 and held the seat until 1727 when he didn't stand for election.
On 12th June 1718 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 31] and Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Lady Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
On or before 13th August 1720 [his son] Robert Jenkinson 5th Baronet was born to Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson [aged 27]. He was baptised on 13th August 1720 at St Mary's Church, Charlbury.
In 1721 [his son] Banks Jenkinson 6th Baronet was born to Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson [aged 28].
On 2nd July 1738 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 51] died of consumption. His son Robert [aged 17] succeeded 5th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
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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On 24th March 1780 [his former wife] Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson [aged 87] died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson of Walcot Oxfordshire
Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 1st Baronet
Father: Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet