Before 1510 Thomas Moigne was born to Alexander Moigne of Sixhills and Anne Copledike.
Around 1531 Thomas Moigne [aged 21] and Bridget Hansard [aged 21] were married.
In 1531 Thomas Moigne [aged 21] was appointed Justice of the Peace for Lincolnshire.
In 1532 Thomas Moigne [aged 22] was appointed Eascheator for Lincolnshire which office he held until 1533.
In 1532 Thomas Moigne [aged 22] was appointed Recorder of Lincoln.
In 1536 Thomas Moigne [aged 26] was elected MP Lincoln.
On 6th March 1537 Thomas Moigne [aged 27] was tried for treason at Lincoln, Lincolnshire [Map]. and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered the following day which sentence was duly carried out. He was attainted, and his estates forfeited. These were recovered by his younger brothers in 1544.
On 7th March 1537 Thomas Moigne [aged 27] was hanged, drawn and quartered.
After 7th March 1537 Vincent Grantham [aged 41] and [his former wife] Bridget Hansard [aged 27] were married.
In 1552 [his former wife] Bridget Hansard [aged 42] 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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[his daughter] Elizabeth Moigne was born to Thomas Moigne. She married 1559 Thomas Moryson and had issue.
father: Alexander Moigne of Sixhills
Grandfather: John Copledike of Harrington
mother: Anne Copledike