Paternal Family Tree: Vesey
After 1665 [his father] Archbishop John Vesey [aged 26] and [his mother] Anne Muschamp [aged 15] were married.
Around 1668 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet was born to Archbishop John Vesey [aged 29] and Anne Muschamp [aged 18] at Cork [Map].
On 13th July 1698 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet [aged 30] was created 1st Baronet Vesey of Abbeyleix.
On 24th June 1700 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet [aged 32] was ordained as a Priest after which he was appointed Archdeacon of Tuam and chaplain to James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde [aged 35].
On 12th June 1713 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet [aged 45] was appointed Bishop of Killaloe.
In 1714 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected Bishop of Ossory in which position he remained for life.
On 28th March 1716 [his father] Archbishop John Vesey [aged 78] died.
On 2nd June 1721 [his mother] Anne Muschamp [aged 71] died.
Before 6th August 1730 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet [aged 62] and Mary Muschamp [aged 55] were married. They were first cousins.
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 6th August 1730 Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet [aged 62] died. He was buried at St Anne's Church, Dublin. His son John succeeded 2nd Baronet Vesey of Abbeyleix.
In 1746 [his former wife] Mary Muschamp [aged 71] died.
[his son] John Vesey 1st Baron Knapton was born to Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet and Mary Muschamp. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%. He married before 1735 Elizabeth Brownlow and had issue.
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Vesey
Grandfather: Rector Thomas Vesey
father: Archbishop John Vesey
Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet
Grandfather: Colonel Agmondisham Muschamp
mother: Anne Muschamp