Nantwich, Cheshire is in Cheshire.
See: Alvaston, Cheshire [Map], Doddington, Cheshire, St Mary's Church, Nantwich [Map], Welsh Row, Nantwich, Widow's Almshouses, Nantwich [Map].
Around 1355 Thomas Norbury was born at Nantwich, Cheshire [Map].
In 1524 John Crew was born to Randulph Crewe at Nantwich, Cheshire [Map].
On 4th November 1553 Roger Wilbraham was born to Richard Wilbraham [aged 28] in Nantwich, Cheshire [Map].
On 10th August 1643 Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle [aged 57] reached Nantwich, Cheshire [Map] where he was joined by William Brereton 1st Baronet [aged 38]. The proceeded on 4th September 1643 to Market Drayton, Shropshire, Wem, Shropshire on 11th September 1643, which they seized, garrisoned and made their Shropshire headquarters.
The River Weaver rises around Croxton Green, Cheshre [Map] from where it flows past Wrenbury, Cheshire [Map], Lightwood Green, Cheshire [Map], through Nantwich, Cheshire [Map], past Alvaston, Cheshire [Map], Church Minshull, Cheshire [Map], Winsford, Cheshire [Map], Vale Royal, Cheshire [Map], Northwich, Cheshire [Map], Acton Bridge, Tarporley [Map] before joining the River Mersey.
The River Weaver rises around Croxton Green, Cheshre [Map] from where it flows past Wrenbury, Cheshire [Map], Lightwood Green, Cheshire [Map], through Nantwich, Cheshire [Map], past Alvaston, Cheshire [Map], Church Minshull, Cheshire [Map], Winsford, Cheshire [Map], Vale Royal, Cheshire [Map], Northwich, Cheshire [Map], Acton Bridge, Tarporley [Map] before joining the River Mersey.
On 3rd May 1439 John Delves [aged 17] and Ellen Egerton [aged 19] were married at Doddington, Cheshire.
On 2nd January 1746 Elizabeth Delves [aged 67] died. Her son Brian Broughton-Delves 4th Baronet inherited Doddington Hall, Cheshire [Map].
On 10th September 1883 Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet was born to Delves Louis Broughton 10th Baronet [aged 26] and Rosamond Broughton [aged 21] at Doddington Hall, Cheshire [Map]. He married (1) 8th July 1913 Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton and had issue (2) 5th November 1940 Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1589 Thomas Wilbraham was born to Richard Wilbraham [aged 63] in Townsend House, Welsh Row, Nantwich [Map].
Around 1667 Roger Wilbraham [aged 44] founded the Widow's Almshouses, Nantwich [Map] in memory of his deceased wife in three existing cottages built in 1637.