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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Paternal Family Tree: Byron
On 2nd January 1815 [her father] George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron (age 26) and [her mother] Anne Isabella Noel Baroness Byron 11th Baroness Wentworth (age 22) were married at Seaham Hall, County Durham. The officiating clergyman was her cousin, the Reverend Thomas Noel (age 41) of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, illegitimate son of her uncle, Viscount Wentworth (age 69). She by marriage Baroness Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
On 10th December 1815 Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace was born to [her father] George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron (age 27) and [her mother] Anne Isabella Noel Baroness Byron 11th Baroness Wentworth (age 23). Her parents separated a month after her birth and her father left England forever. He died when she was eight years old.
On 8th July 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley (age 29) drowned. He was returning on the Don Juan with Edward Williams from a meeting at Livorno with Leigh Hunt and Byron to make arrangements for a new journal, The Liberal. The boat was sunk is a storm. Shelley's badly decomposed body washed ashore at Viareggio ten days later and was identified by Trelawny from the clothing and a copy of Keats's Lamia in a jacket pocket. On 16th August 1822 his body was cremated on a beach near Viareggio and the ashes were buried in the Protestant Cemetery of Rome. The cremation was attended by [her father] George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron (age 34). His wife Mary Godwin aka Shelley (age 24) did not attend.
On 19th April 1824 [her father] George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron (age 36) died at Missolonghi. He was buried at Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. His first cousin George (age 35) succeeded 7th Baron Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire.
On 4th June 1833 Peter King 7th Baron King (age 56) died. His son [her future husband] William (age 28) succeeded 8th Baron King of Ockham in Surrey.
In 1835 William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace (age 29) and Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 19) were married.
Around 1836. Margaret Sarah Carpenter nee Geddes (age 43). Portrait of Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 20).
On 12th May 1836 [her son] Byron King-Noel 12th Baron Wentworth 16th Baron Despencer was born to [her husband] William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace (age 31) and Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 20)
On 22nd September 1837 [her daughter] Anne King-Noel 15th Baroness Wentworth was born to [her husband] William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace (age 32) and Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 21). She married (1) 1869 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and had issue.
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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The London Gazette 19629. Whitehall, June 23, 1838. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Constantine Henry Earl of Mulgrave (age 41), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Marquess of Normanby, in the county of York. [Maria Liddell Marchioness Normanby (age 40) by marriage Marchioness Normanby.]
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the said United Kingdom, unto [her husband] William Baron King (age 33), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Viscount Ockham, of Ockham, in the county of Surrey, and Earl of Lovelace. [Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 22) by marriage Countess Lovelace. She was a descendant of the previous Baron Lovelace of Hurley in Berkshire.]
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of an Earl of the said United Kingdom, unto Laurence Baron Dundas (age 72), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Earl of Zetland.
On 2nd July 1839 [her son] Ralph King-Milbanke 2nd Earl of Lovelace was born to [her husband] William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace (age 34) and Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 23) at 10 St James' Square.
On 27th November 1852 Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace (age 36) died.
On 29th December 1893 [her former husband] William King Noel 1st Earl Lovelace (age 88) died. His son [her son] Ralph (age 54) succeeded 2nd Earl Lovelace, 2nd Viscount Ockham of Ockham in Surrey, 9th Baron King of Ockham in Surrey.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Byron 2nd Baron Byron 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Byron 3rd Baron Byron
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Booth 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Byron 4th Baron Byron 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaworth 2nd Viscount Chaworth 
12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Viscountess Chaworth 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Vice Admiral John "Foulweather Jack" Byron 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley Baroness Byron 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Temple 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Yarner
GrandFather: John "Mad Jack" Byron 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Trevannion
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Trevannion 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Berkeley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Temple
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Yarner
Father: George "Lord Byron" 6th Baron Byron 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Catherine Gordon 13th of Gight
Augusta Ada Byron Countess Lovelace 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mark Milbanke 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Mark Milbanke 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Milbanke 4th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Delaval of North Dissington 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Delaval of South Dissington 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Delaval Lady Milbanke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Blake of Cogges
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Blake
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carr 
GrandFather: Ralph Milbanke aka Noel 6th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Anne Isabella Noel Baroness Byron 11th Baroness Wentworth 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Noel 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Noel 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lovelace Lady Noel 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Clobery Noel 5th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clobery of Winchester in Hampshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clobery
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Judith Noel 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England