Piersebridge, near Darlington, Durham.
_Lord Audley's Attendants at Poictiers_ (Vol. viii., p. 494.).--A notice of
the arguments in opposition to the statement, rested mainly on the grant of
arms by John Touchet, Lord Audley, to the descendant of Sir James de
Mackworth, in consideration of his having been one of these esquires,
occurs in Blore's _Rutland_, p. 130. and p. 224. And it appears to be
satisfactorily shown by the grant itself, that it was not made on account
of the services of Sir James.
J. P. Jun.
_Portraits at Brickwall House_ (Vol. vii., p. 406.).--Immerzeel says, in
his _Levens der Kunstschilders_ (_Lives of the Painters_), vol. iii. pp.
238, 239.:
"Thomas van der Wilt, born at Piershil in the district of Putten, was a
disciple of Verkolje at Delft, where he also settled. He painted
portraits, domestic scenes, &c., which were not free from stiffness. He
also engraved in mezzotinto after Brouwer, Schalken, and others. His
drawings were engraved by his son William, who died young."
He was living in 1701, and was probably grandson of a person of the same
name who resided in 1622 at Soetermeer near Leyden, for in the register of
the villages of Rhynland are found:
"Jan Thomas van der Wilt and Maritgen Pietersdr, his wife, with Thomas,
Maritgen, Pieter, Cornelis, Grietge, Jannetge, and Ingethen, their
children."
The portrait painted by Terburgh probably represents Andries de Graeff,
who, in 1672, is called by Wagenaar, in his _Vaderlandsche Hist._ of that
year (p. 82.), late burgomaster of Amsterdam. It is then necessary to
ascertain whether this late burgomaster died in 1674. The family de Graeff
also resided at Delft, where several of its members became magistrates.