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: Montagu
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Gibbes Baroness Hawley
On 8th July 1689 [his father] Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich [aged 19] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wilmot Countess Sandwich [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Sandwich. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Malet Countess Rochester. He the son of Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich and Mary Anne Boyle. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 7th July 1692 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke was born to Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich [aged 22] and Elizabeth Wilmot Countess Sandwich [aged 17].
On 12th April 1707 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 14] and Elizabeth Popham Viscountess Hinchingbrooke [aged 14] were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She brought £12000. He the son of Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich [aged 37] and Elizabeth Wilmot Countess Sandwich [aged 32]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1713 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 20] was elected MP Huntingdon.
In 1717 [his daughter] Mary Montagu died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
On 13th November 1718 [his son] John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich was born to Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 26] and [his wife] Elizabeth Popham Viscountess Hinchingbrooke [aged 25]. He married 14th March 1741 Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich, daughter of Charles Fane 1st Viscount Fane and Mary Stanhope Viscountess Fane, and had issue.
Around 1720 [his son] Captain William Montagu was born to Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 27] and [his wife] Elizabeth Popham Viscountess Hinchingbrooke [aged 27]. He married in or before 1757 Charlotte Maylor.
In March 1722 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 29] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire.
In April 1722 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 29] was elected MP Huntingdonshire.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 3rd October 1722 Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke [aged 30] died at Abbey House. He was buried at All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
On 30th July 1728 Francis Seymour [aged 31] and [his former wife] Elizabeth Popham Viscountess Hinchingbrooke [aged 35] were married. They were first cousins.
On 20th March 1761 [his former wife] Elizabeth Popham Viscountess Hinchingbrooke [aged 68] died.
16th June 1884. Erected by Edward Montagu 8th Earl Sandwich [aged 44]. Wall plaque listing those buried beneath the chancel of All Saints Church, Barnwell [Map].
Henry Montagu. Note. Mistake. Died 1625.
Paulina Pepys, wife of Sidney Montagu
[his grandmother] Mary Anne Boyle, wife of [his grandfather] Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich
Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich
[his uncle] Richard Montagu
[his daughter] Mary Montagu
Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke
[his father] Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich
Unknown Sarah Montagu died 1739, widow of Edward Montagu
[his grandson] Edward Montagu
[his son] Captain William Montagu
[his granddaughter] Mary Montagu
[his granddaughter-in-law] Elizabeth Montague-Dunk
John Montagu 4th Earl Sandwich
Dorothy Fane Countess Sandwich
Charlotte Maylor
John Montagu 5th Earl Sandwich
George Montagu 6th Earl Sandwich
Catherine Caroline Montagu Countess Colonna-Walewski
Louise-Marie Colonna-Walewska
Louisa Lowry-Corry Countess of Sandwich
John William Montagu 7th Earl Sandwich.
[his daughter] Mary Montagu was born to Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke and Elizabeth Popham Viscountess Hinchingbrooke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sidney Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington 
18 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pepys of Cottenham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pepys of Impington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Paulina Pepys
GrandFather: Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Sandwich 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crew 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Crew
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Crew 1st Baron Crew
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Temperance Bray
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Higham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Higham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Yelverton
Father: Edward Montagu 3rd Earl Sandwich 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fenton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fenton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork
GrandMother: Mary Anne Boyle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Edward Montagu Viscount Hinchingbrooke 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Wilmot of Culham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Wilmot 1st Viscount Wilmot
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Wilmot 1st Earl Rochester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Anderson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Anderson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Hopton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Anderson
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Bowyer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bowyer
GrandFather: John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dormer 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne St John Countess Rochester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Leighton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Leighton
Mother: Elizabeth Wilmot Countess Sandwich 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Malet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Malet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Malet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Popham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Popham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Malet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tracy
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tracy 1st Viscount Tracy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Tracy 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 
14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Malet Countess Rochester 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hawley of Wiveliscombe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Paulett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Poulet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Norreys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Unton Hawley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Gibbes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Gibbes Baroness Hawley