Thanks, Luc. I have had a look at the French site http://www.quid.fr/ you mentioned for maps. I entered the above place but it said the name was not listed on the site. I presume that may be because it is in modern-day Belgium? Small places in countries other than France are perhaps not on the site? I have recently been pleased to find in Muir's Historical Atlas pub. by George Philip & Son Ltd London on page 38 a map of Western and Central Europe 1555-1648. This covers the period when Jan Clement from Erquinghem-sur-Lys. married in Southampton, England (1571). The map clearly shows that Lille and its surrounding area were then in the Spanish Netherlands. I wonder if anyone knows a good source in English for me to read up about events in the Spanish Netherlands? Barbara Holt in NZ