Von Pelden G. Jost Wyrich Freyherr CLOUDT II

Jost Wyrich II was now the only seignior and sole heir of all the estates acquired by good marriages and by so many side cases in the past generations. His property was, therefore, very considerable. He sold Hoogbuirloon and Schardepot, because both estates were situated too far away. In 1695 he married Elisabet Magdalena Margareta, eldest daughter of Baron Borchard Wilhelm von Kinsky zu Chinitz and Tettau and Gertrude Ignace von Luxembourg, heiress of Baetenborg, Stein, Hollogne, Buzin, and Faillon, according to the marriage contract. See Enclosure No. 56.

Jost Wyrich von Cloudt refused, as long as he could, to render homage to the Prussian dynasty. That was useless swimming against the current and unpolitical. All the more as, on the part of Prussia, they tried to make a friend of him by fair means and by all kinds of offers. They are said to even have offered him the position of "Ober-Jagermeister" of Cleve and Mark. Such stubborness was, of course, of disadvantageous consequences; for, then, everything was picked out by the officials to be prejudicial to him and to implicate him in lawsuits. He and, perhaps chiefly, his wife, more than he himself - as she is said to have been of a very uneasy disposition - were moreover subject to end even unimportant matters only by circumstantialities connected with the lawsuit. Therefore, the advocates held a rich harvest with them...

Moreover, Jost Wyrich got entangled in an expensive lawsuit, of my years' duration, with the community of Schaephausen regarding the immunity from taxes of some farms and landed estates belonging to Bloemersheim, but situated in the Gueldrian territory. It is true that much had been bought from that community and even free from taxes. However, that could not come off successfully: firstly, the confirmation of the sovereign was missing; and secondly, it was against the Geldrian Constititution, according to which nobody, not even the princely domains, had the privilege of immunity from taxes. He lost that lawsuit, and he had to lose it. They were willing, however, to give everything back to him if he would pay 200 to 300 Rthlr., because of the debts still due, and if he would pay the taxes for it in the future. He refused that offer. The farms were added to the domains and, in the end, Bloemersheim therby lost 12,000 Rthlr. of its capital value.

In 1710 Jost Wyrich went to Bad Ems where he made use of the medical springs. In 1713 he had to go to Berlin to be present at the funeral of King Frederick I. At this funeral, one member of the provincial diet of each province had to take part. His wife accompanied him there.

In 1720 he presented his genealogical tree of 16 ancestors at Bonn. From the fragments still in existence, it can be taken that this matter also had been fought out connected with a lawsuit; and that the matter had been started at the wrong end. A certain Hagenberg at Cleve who, as a hobbyist, had a good genealogical knowledge and who, judging from his letters, knew the Clout archives rather well, helped and supported [the case] much and gave good advice. It seems, however, that his advice had been badly followed. Instead of searching for the old genealogical trees of Spee, Bocholt, Overheyd, Portzen, and Luxembourg, which must have been confirmed by oath at Dusseldorf, Bonn, Luttich, and with the Knights of Malta; and, in whose genealogical trees the coat of arms of the von Cloudt family also must have been confirmed by oath; and, instead of clinging to those, they left that sure and shortest way; and, they got the idea into their heads to demonstrate the truth by attestations from the book of tournaments, by old tombstones, and the like - even by responses of so called famous jurists. All the "responsa Juris" by universities and jurists are worthless in themselves. The money for it is as good as thrown away. No referee pays attention to these, and he does not even read them. The Bonn States were not at all against him; and, they couldn't even be so, since their families were nearly all allied with the von Cloudt family; and the latter were well know to them from their own archives. The proof which they requested could, however, have been demonstrated cheaply and very easily; but, Jost Wyrich either did not know his own archives, or he was not willing to make use of it. In his genealogical tree, there was not a single coat of arms which had not been confirmed by oath at Bonn. Therefore, there was no need for him to procure a special attestation for each coat of arms. Thereby, he could have saved time and expenses. Indeed, he had generally proved the affiliation by marriage contracts; but, the proof regarding the last four coats of arms of the superior line Droste, Ripperda, Raesvelt, and Twickel was missing. Regarding those four, he could have gotten information at Munster, if he had wanted to. Then he said, in his directory, that he could present only a copy of the marriage contract between Henrich von Hunnepel and Anna Schalll von Bell; and, also, only a copy of that between Wilhelm von Haes and Anna von Bernsau; and, even less, because the von Haes and von Droste zu Stegen families had died out; and their heirs could hardly communicate to him the marriage contract in question, or even wouldn't be willing to do so. Only from old church shields, would he be able to prove that those ancestors were appertaining to him. However, if he had known his archive, or if the advocates had known to use the documents, the proof would have resulted form a partition agreement of 1566, made out on parchment with four well preserved seals appended to it. That said Henrich von Hunnepel was a son of Wilhelm, seignior of Bloemersheim, and Irmgart von Barich; and, that Anna, the wife of said Henrich, was the daughter of Henrich Schall von Bell zu Morrenhoven and Elisabet von Hal named Effern. This was the same as in the marriage contract of 1601 between Adolph Haes zu Sollbruggen and Wilhelma Schall von and zu Bell, which also still exists in original. One would have found the proof that said Adolph was the son of Wilhelm Haes zu Conratzheim and Anna von Bernsau, and that Wilhelma was the daughter of Erasmi Schall von and Zu Bell and Wilhelma von Wachtendonck. However, what are the best documents useful for, if one doesn't know how to use and combine them? Besides, it had not been stated in which of the genealogical trees the coat of arms of the Cloudt family was confirmed by oath. If only it had been said, incidentally, that it was at Luttich by Luxembourg. However, they deemed it superflous to procure an attestation thereof from the body of knights at Luttich. In this genealogical tree, which can be found among the enclosures, also are stated, at each generation, the documents which prove each affiliation; and, which, indeed, are still to be found in the archives in order to show how the genealogical tree had to be proved. What can be carried out even now was surely easier to ascertain 100 years ago. Whether methodically judicial or rather fabulous, one might adhere to the sentence that by presentation of the attestations, the rank of real nobility had been sufficiently proved and the confirmation by oath should take place accordingly. One had still written to and fro up until 1726. However, the body of knights at Bonn had another practice. They let the matter rest, and there can't be found any trace showing that anything had been done about it after 1726.

Jost Wyrich died in 1739 at the age of 72 years. His wife, Elisabet Magdalena Marguerite, had died one year before, in 1738, in her 62nd year of age. In their marriage they had begotten 14 children in all: namely, ten sons and four daughters. Five sons and two daughters died before their parents. Three of the same group are buried at Capellen. Jost Franz Borchard died at the age of 31 shortly after the death of his father. Therefore, there were only two daughters and four sons living to inherit the ancestral family legacy. Accordingly, there were still alive and succeeded their parents: Henrietta Wilhelmina Elisabet, married von Stechow; Reinhard Henrich Bertram Vincent; Mauritz Godfried; Vincent Emilius Philip Carl; Maria Catharina Sophia Charlotta; and Wilhelm Adolph Johan. As far as one can go back through the documents, the case had not come to pass that there were four sons at the same time in one generation. On the contrary, the family had always been relying on one head as, whenever there was another son, that one died unmarried. The consequence thereof was, unfortunately, that by a partition, the family had to lose their old splendor and welfare. 116 193

Lady von Clout zu Lauersfort 116 194

4496. Von Pelden G. Jost Wyrich Freyherr CLOUDT II 116 (Von Pelden G. Wyrich Adolph CLOUDT Drost6, Von Pelden G. Wilhelm Reiner CLOUDT5, Von Pelden G. Jost Wyrich CLOUDT I4, Von Pelden G. Wilhelm CLOUDT3, Van Gertruid WURM-\GUTTERSWICK2, Heinrichs (Von)1).

Birth Notes: 1667

Death Notes: 1739

Jost married Von Elisabet Magdalena Marquerite KINSKY,116 daughter of Von Borchard Wilhelm KINSKY and Von Gertrude Ignace LUXEMBOURG.

Marriage Notes: 1695

Birth Notes: 1676

Death Notes: 1738


Children from this marriage were:

4497 M    i. Von Unknown CLOUDT .116 195

4498 M    ii. Von Unknown CLOUDT .116 195

4499 M    iii. Von Unknown CLOUDT .116 195

4500 M    iv. Von Unknown CLOUDT .116 195

4501 F    v. Von Henrietta Elisabet Wilhelmina CLOUDT Lady .116 196

Henrietta married Sir Captain Von STECHOW.116 197

4502 M    vi. President Von Reinhard Henrich Bertram Vincent CLOUDT .116

4503 F    vii. Von Charlotte CLOUDT .116

4504 M    viii. Von Pelden G. Mauritz Godfried CLOUDT 116 was buried on 18 Feb 1793 in Lauersfort.116

Mauritz married Von Vincentia Wilhelmina KINSKY 116 198 (buried 4 Sep 1816) on 27 Sep 1754 in Evangelisch Kirche, Moers, Rheinland, Prueussen.116

4505 M    ix. Von Jost Franz Borchard CLOUDT .116

4506 M    x. Von Johan Vincent Emilius Philip Carl CLOUDT 116 died in 1746 in Battle At Raucourt.116

Johan married Von E. I. NUNNUM Lady.116

4507 M    xi. Von Wilhelm Adolph Johan CLOUDT Baron 116 died in 1750 in Ijpern.116

Wilhelm married Johanna MACALESTER.116 199

4508 F    xii. Von Maria Catharine Sophia Charlotta CLOUDT .116

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