Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In or before 1667 [her father] Richard Mason [aged 33] and [her mother] Anna Margaret Long [aged 25] were married.
Around 1668 Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield was born to Richard Mason [aged 35] and Anna Margaret Long [aged 27].
On 18th June 1683 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 24] and Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 15] were married. He the son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 65] and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.
On 6th February 1685 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 54] died around midday the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh [aged 69]. His brother James [aged 51] succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland [aged 26] by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch [aged 83], [her father] Richard Mason [aged 52] and Archbishop William Sancroft [aged 68] were present.
The time of his death reported differtently by different contemporary sources: John Evelyn's Diary 'at halfe an houre after eleven in the morning', the Anonymous Letter to Reverend Roper: 'Yesterday noon', Ambassador Barillon's Account: 'and at noon, he died without any struggle or convulsion.' and Charl;es Scarburgh's Manuscript: 'He expired on February the Sixth soon after noon'.
According to Mark Bryant's book "Private Lives: Curious Facts about the Famous and Infamous' King Charles is supposed to have said the much repested phrase: "I am sorry, gentlemen, for being such a time a-dying." This doesn't appear to come from a contemporary source. Macaulay in his 'History of England', writing much later has "He apologised to those who had stood round him all night for the trouble which he had caused. He had been, he said, a most unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it." Perhaps the nearest we can find in a contemporary source is the Anonymous Letter to Reverend Roper: 'and beg the pardon of the standers by, and those that were employed about him, that he gave them so much trouble: that he hoped the work was almost over...'
On 8th March 1685 [her father] Richard Mason [aged 52] died.
In 1687 Willem Wissing [aged 31]. Portrait of Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 19].
On 7th January 1694 [her father-in-law] Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 76] died. His son [her husband] Charles [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Macclesfield, 2nd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 2nd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk. Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 26] by marriage Countess Macclesfield.
In March 1698 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 39] and Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 30] were divorced by Act of Parliament; the first occasion on which a divorce was so granted without a previous decree of an ecclesiastical court.
On 5th November 1701 [her former husband] Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 42] died without legitimate issue; his two children with Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 33] had been declared illegitimate. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Fitton [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Earl Macclesfield, 3rd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 3rd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk.
In 1717 [her mother] Anna Margaret Long [aged 76] died.
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 1753 Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 85] died.
Father: Richard Mason
Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Long
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Long
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Long
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Long
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Thynne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Eynns
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Thynne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Gresham 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christian Gresham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Lynne
GrandFather: James Long 2nd Baronet
Mother: Anna Margaret Long