Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde (8 January 1720 — 26 December 1796) was a historian, writer, and poet from the Austrian Netherlands.
Biography Patrice (or Patricius) Antoine Beaucourt de Noortvelde was born in Bruges, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) on 8 January 1720.
He held the position of lawyer at the Council in Flanders and worked as a tax lawyer for the Tonlieu of Bruges.Warnkönig, L. A. (1851). Histoire de la Flandre et de ses institutions civiles et politiques, jusqu'à l'année 1305. Belgium: Hayez.
He authored a historical description of the Church of Our Lady in Bruges in 1773, featuring a chronological account of all the religious figures and a compilation of ancient and modern epitaphs from this church.Speelmanns, E., Speelman, E. (1859). Histoire du culte de Marie en Belgique: calendrier belge de la Sainte Vierge. (n.p.): Castermann.
Death Patrice Beaucourt died in Bruges, Département de la Lys, French First Republic (now Belgium) on 26 November 1796.
Family He had a son named Charles Jacques Joseph and a daughter named Marie Joséphine Isabelle.Merghelynck, A. (1878). Epitaphes nobles et patriciennes des églises de St.-André, St.-Michel, Oostcamp, Beernem et St.-Georges pres de Bruges. Belgium: Gailliard.
Works Description of the lordship and lands of the provost extending within and the city of Bruges, 1764 Historical Description of the Church of Notre Dame in Bruges (), 1773Description bibliographique d'une très belle collection de livres rares et curieux, provenant de la bibliothèque de M[ademois]elle la Comtesse d'Yve; rédigée par feu M. D. L. S.; revue et achevée par L. F. A. Gaudefroy .... (1819). Belgium: Aug. Wahlen. Year books of the land of the Free (), 1785 Faithful Table of the Troubles and Revolutions in Flanders from 1500 to 1586 ()British Museum Catalogue of printed Books: Edited 1881-1889 by R. Garnett; 1890-1900 and Supplement by A. W. K. Miller. 393 pt. Späterer Titel: British Museum. Catalogue of printed books. (1884). United Kingdom: Dr. v. Will. Clowes & Sons.
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