The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Paternal Family Tree: Clayton
Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell was born to [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet and [her mother] Martha Kenrick.
In 1707 Robert Clayton (age 78) died. His nephew [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet was his heir.
Before 1713 [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet and [her mother] Martha Kenrick were married.
In or before 1721 Charles Blackwell 2nd Baronet (age 20) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell were married.
On 27th October 1727 [her father-in-law] Lambert Blackwell 1st Baronet died. His son [her husband] Charles (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackwell of Sprowston Hall in Norfolk. Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell by marriage Lady Blackwell of Sprowston Hall in Norfolk.
Around 1732 [her son] Lambert Blackwell 3rd Baronet was born to [her husband] Charles Blackwell 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell. He married before 9th May 1801 Amelia Martin.
In 1732 [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 27th January 1738 [her future husband] John Thomas (age 26) became Rector of Bletchingley in Surrey, a living in the gift of [her grandfather] William Clayton of Hambledon in Buckinghamshire whose daughter Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell he would subsequently marry.
On 18th July 1741 [her husband] Charles Blackwell 2nd Baronet (age 41) died. His son [her son] Lambert (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Blackwell of Sprowston Hall in Norfolk.
On 19th August 1742 John Thomas (age 30) and Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell were married at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. There was no issue. She the sister of his former pupil William Clayton 1st Baronet.
On 28th December 1744 [her father] William Clayton 1st Baronet died. His son [her brother] Kenrick (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clayton of Marden Park in Surrey.
On 7th July 1772 Anne Clayton Lady Blackwell died.
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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On 12th January 1775 [her former husband] John Thomas (age 63) and Elizabeth Baldwin were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. There was no issue.
On 22nd August 1793 [her former husband] John Thomas (age 81) died. He has a memorial in the South Aisle of the Nave of Westminster Abbey. A grey and white marble with a bust and relief of the Holy Lamb, with a mitre and crozier behind. On either side are a chalice and paten and other emblems of the Eucharist made by John "The Elder" Bacon (age 52). The inscription reads .... Sacred to the memory of the Right Reverend John THOMAS, Doctor of Laws, Bishop of Rochester, Dean of this Collegiate Church, and of the most honourable Order of the Bath. Having passed a well spent boyhood at Carlisle School, he gathered the riper fruits of learning at Oxford, whence, by reason of his intellect, his character, his humane and profound scholarship, he emerged as an ornament to the legal profession. His fame thereafter growing and duly spreading abroad, he adorned his offices by his worthiness, increased his riches by his bounty, governed this church with his wisdom, protected it by his authority, and instructed it by his example. Unweared in his labours, indefatigable in his studies, his constant principle was edification: until, having virtuously fulfilled all life obligations, and for long sore pressed by a cruel disease, which was borne however with indomitable patience, he resigned his soul to God on 20th August 1793 in his 81st year. It fell to the lot of his relative, G.A.T., A.M. [Master of Arts] to offer this vain tribute, this token of sorrow, mean though it be.
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Clayton
GrandFather: William Clayton of Hambledon in Buckinghamshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Abbott
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Abbott
Father: William Clayton 1st Baronet
Mother: Martha Kenrick