Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham was born to Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet.
In October 1708 [her father] Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet [aged 21] and Anne Balam were married.
On 30th November 1712 [her grandfather] Henry Furnese 1st Baronet [aged 54] died. His son [her father] Robert [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baronet Furnese of Waldershare in Kent.
On 19th March 1724 Lewis Watson 1st Earl Rockingham [aged 68] died. His grandson [her future husband] Lewis [aged 10] succeeded 2nd Earl Rockingham, 4th Baron Rockingham of Northampton, 4th Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire. Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham by marriage Countess Rockingham.
In 1728 [her future husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 23] and Lucy Montagu Baroness Guildford were married. She the daughter of George Montagu 1st Earl Halifax [aged 44] and Ricarda Posthuma Saltonstale. They were fourth cousins.
On 17th October 1729 Francis North 2nd Baron Guildford [aged 55] died. His son [her future husband] Francis [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Guildford. Lucy Montagu Baroness Guildford by marriage Baroness Guildford.
On 7th March 1733 [her father] Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet [aged 45] died. His son [her brother] Robert [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Baronet Furnese of Waldershare in Kent.
On 31st October 1734 William North 6th Baron North [aged 55] died in Madrid [Map]. His first cousin once removed [her future husband] Francis [aged 30] succeeded 7th Baron North.
In March 1735 [her brother] Robert Furnses 3rd Baronet [aged 19] died unmarried. Baronet Furnese of Waldershare in Kent extinct. His estates were shared between his three sisters [her half-sister] Anne Furnese [aged 23], Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham and Selina Furnese.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 24th January 1736 [her future husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 31] and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Baroness North, Baroness Guildford.
Before 4th November 1745 Lewis Watson 2nd Earl Rockingham [aged 31] and Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham were married.
On 4th November 1745 [her husband] Lewis Watson 2nd Earl Rockingham [aged 31] died without issue. His brother [her brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 29] succeeded 3rd Earl Rockingham, 5th Baron Rockingham of Northampton, 5th Baronet Watson of Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire.
On 13th June 1751 Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 47] and Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham were married. She by marriage Baroness North, Baroness Guildford.
On 8th April 1752 [her husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Guildford. Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham by marriage Countess Guildford.
On 20th May 1756 [her step-son] Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford [aged 24] and Anne Speke Countess Guilford [aged 16] were married. He the son of [her husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 52] and Lucy Montagu Baroness Guildford.
On 8th October 1761 John Peyto Verney 22nd Baron Latimer 14th Baron Willoughby [aged 23] and [her step-daughter] Louisa North Baroness Latimer Baroness Willoughby of Broke [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Corby, Baroness Willoughby Broke. She the daughter of [her husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 57] and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford.
In 1771 [her step-son] Bishop Brownlow North [aged 29] was appointed Bishop of Lichfield.
On 17th January 1771 [her step-son] Bishop Brownlow North [aged 29] and Henrietta Maria Bannister [aged 21] were married. He the son of [her husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 66] and Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford.
On 17th December 1776 Catherine Furnese Countess Guilford and Rockingham died.
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 4th August 1790 [her former husband] Francis North 1st Earl Guildford [aged 86] died. His son [her former step-son] Frederick [aged 58] succeeded 2nd Earl Guildford, 8th Baron North, 4th Baron Guildford. Anne Speke Countess Guilford [aged 50] by marriage Countess Guildford.
Grandfather: Henry Furnese 1st Baronet
father: Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Brough of St Lawrence Jewry
Grandmother: Anne Brough