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: Marsham
Before 28th September 1744 [his father] Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney [aged 32] and [his mother] Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney were married. She by marriage Baroness Romney.
On 28th September 1744 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney was born to Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney [aged 32] and Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney.
In 1763 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 18] educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1766 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 21] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1768 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 23] was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1774 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 29] was elected MP Kent.
On 30th August 1776 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 31] and Frances Wyndham [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 50].
On 22nd November 1777 [his son] Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney was born to Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 33] and [his wife] Frances Wyndham [aged 22]. He married (1) 9th September 1806 Sophia Pitt Countess Romney and had issue (2) 8th February 1832 his fifth cousin once removed Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Romney, daughter of John Townshend 2nd Viscount Sydney and Caroline Elizabeth Letitia Clements Viscountess Sydney, and had issue.
On 25th October 1778 [his daughter] Frances Marsham was born to Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 34] and [his wife] Frances Wyndham [aged 23]. She married 17th August 1805 John Buchanan Riddell.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 16th November 1793 [his father] Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney [aged 81] died. His son Charles [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Baron Romney, 7th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his wife] Frances Wyndham [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Romney.
On 15th January 1795 [his wife] Frances Wyndham [aged 39] died.
In 1797 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 52] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Kent.
In 1799 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 54] entertained when the King reviewed about six thousand of the Kentish Volunteers at The Mote, Maidstone.
The London Gazette 15375. Whitehall, June 15, 1801.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable William Lord Craven [aged 30], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Uffington, in the County of Berks, and Earl of Craven in the County of York. [Louisa Brunton Countess Craven [aged 16] by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire].
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable George Lord Onslow [aged 69], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Title of Viscount Cranley, of Cranley, in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Onslow, of Onslow, in the County of Salop. [Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow [aged 70] by marriage Countess Onslow.]
The King has also been pleased to grant the said Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Romney [aged 56], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Marsham of the Mote, in the County of Kent, and 1st Earl of Romney.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Biitain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Pelham [aged 73], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Earl of Chichester. [Anne Frankland Countess Chichester [aged 66] by marriage Countess Chichester.]
The King has likewise been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton [aged 51], and the Heirs Male, of his body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles of Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle, in the County of Hereford, with Remainders to Thomas Grosvenor, Esq; Second Son, Robert Grosvenor, Esq. Third Son of the Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor [aged 34], (commonly called Viscount Belgrave), by Eleanor [aged 30] his Wife, Daughter of the said Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixths Seventh, and every other Son and Sons, of the said Eleanor by her present or any future Husband, hereafter to be begotten severally and successively, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten. [Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton [aged 48] by marriage Countess Wilton.]
On 17th August 1805 [his son-in-law] John Buchanan Riddell [aged 37] and Frances Marsham [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 60] and Frances Wyndham.
On 9th September 1806 Charles Marsham 2nd Earl Romney [aged 28] and Sophia Pitt Countess Romney were married. He the son of Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 61] and Frances Wyndham.
On 1st March 1811 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 66] died. His son Charles [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Romney, 2nd Viscount Marsham, 4th Baron Romney, 8th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. Sophia Pitt Countess Romney by marriage Countess Romney.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Marsham 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Marsham 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hammond of St Albans Court in Nonington, Kent
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hammond Lady Marsham
GrandFather: Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bosvile of Little Motte, Eynsford, Kent
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bosvile
Father: Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Cloudesley Shovell
GrandMother: Elizabeth Shovell Baroness Romney
Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney
GrandFather: Charles Pym
Mother: Priscilla Pym Baroness Romney