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: Cavendish
On 30th July 1892 [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 24] and [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne [aged 47]. They were fifth cousins.
On 5th August 1905 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 37] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 34].
On 24th March 1908 Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire [aged 74] died of pneumonia at Hotel Metropol. His nephew [his father] Victor [aged 39] succeeded 9th Duke Devonshire, 12th Earl Devonshire, 4th Earl Burlington, 12th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. On 28th March 1908 he was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Around 1910 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish [aged 4] educated at St Cyprian's School Eastbourne.
Around 1915 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish [aged 9] educated at Eton College [Map].
In 1917 [his brother] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 55] and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 49]. He the son of [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 48] and [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 46].
Around 1920 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish [aged 14] educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 28th November 1928 [his brother-in-law] Henry Philip Hunloke [aged 21] and [his sister] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich [aged 19] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 60] and [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 58].
In 1932 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish [aged 26] and Adele Astaire [aged 35] were married at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 63] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 61].
1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 39]. Photograph of [his wife] Adele Astaire [aged 36], Lady Charles Cavendish [aged 27]. © National Portrait Gallery.
Adele Astaire: On 10th September 1896 she was born. In 1932 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish and she were married at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire. On 25th January 1981 she died.
1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 39]. Photograph of [his wife] Adele Astaire [aged 36], Lady Charles Cavendish [aged 27]. © National Portrait Gallery.
On 6th May 1938 [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 69] died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son [his brother] Edward [aged 43] succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. [his sister-in-law] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 67] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 23rd March 1944 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish [aged 38] died at Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford. He was buried at Lismore Cathedral, Lismore, County Waterford.
On 25th January 1981 [his former wife] Adele Astaire [aged 84] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 32 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Augustus Henry Cavendish 1st Earl Burlington 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Compton Countess Burlington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Somerset Countess Northampton 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa O'Callaghan
GrandFather: Edward Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 
12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Chaloner
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood
GrandMother: Emma Elizabeth Lascelles 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fitzmaurice Countess Shelburne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Strangways-Horner Countess Ilchester 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Standish O'Grady
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester
GrandFather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne 20 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Elphinstone 10th Lord Elphinstone 17 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith 18 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Mercer of Aldie
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Mercer
Mother: Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England