William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Maternal Family Tree: Agnes Hussey 1522-1588
Around 1522 Agnes Hussey was born to [her father] John Hussey of Shipwick, Dorset (age 13).
In 1540 [her daughter] Mary Moore was born to [her future husband] Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey (age 18). She married in or before 1555 Michael Blount and had issue.
In 1544 [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore was born to [her future husband] Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey (age 22). She married (1) 3rd May 1562 Gabriel Fowler (2) in or before 1583 John Brocket and had issue.
Before September 1551 Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey (age 29) were married.
In September 1551 [her husband] Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire died.
On 3rd March 1552 Thomas Curzon and Agnes Hussey (age 30) were married.
Around 1553 [her daughter] Mary Curzon was born to [her husband] Thomas Curzon and Agnes Hussey (age 31). She married 1572 George Fermor of Easton Neston and had issue.
In or before 1555 [her son-in-law] Michael Blount (age 25) and [her daughter] Mary Moore (age 14) were married..
In 1555 [her husband] Thomas Curzon died.
In May 1555 Michael Wentworth (age 43) and Agnes Hussey (age 33) were married. This marriage is not mentioned on her monument so is, therefore, questionable. As is the date so soon after the death of her husband Thomas Curzon.
On 13th October 1558 [her husband] Michael Wentworth (age 46) died. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
On 3rd May 1562 [her son-in-law] Gabriel Fowler and [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore (age 18) were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1572 [her son-in-law] George Fermor of Easton Neston (age 21) and [her daughter] Mary Curzon (age 19) were married.
In or before 1583 [her son-in-law] John Brocket (age 42) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore (age 38) were married.
On 20th October 1588 Agnes Hussey (age 66) died.
. St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Monument to Agnes Hussey and her daughter [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore.
Elizabeth Moore: In 1544 she was born to Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey. On 3rd May 1562 Gabriel Fowler and she were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. In or before 1583 John Brocket and she were married. On 24th June 1612 she died.
