BESQUET - This was a very old family of Felleries but they were not members of the "echevinage". The echevinage was the group of village leaders, comprised of the mayor and his seven lieutenants.
Felleries is a small village located near Avesnes. It is closely linked with the history of Avesnes. Avesnes was a feudal possession belonging to the House of Bourgogne from 1436 to 1477. In 1477 Louis XI, king of France, destroyed the town. From 1477 to 1556 Avesnes belonged to Austria. Once during that time, in 1514, it was destroyed by fire. From 1556 to 1659, Avesnes was part of the Spanish Netherlands. Avesnes became part of France in 1659. During all these changes of overlords, there was a lot of war in the region and also some epidemics of the plague.
Jehan Besquet |