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: Bulwer
On 8th November 1831 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl was born to [his father] Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 28).
On 4th October 1864 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 32) and Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 23) were married.
On 14th July 1866 [his father] Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 63) was created 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
On 12th June 1867 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton Countess Balfour was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 35) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 25). She married 21st December 1887 her sixth cousin Gerald Balfour 2nd Earl of Balfour and had issue.
On 18th January 1873 [his father] Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 69) died. His son Edward (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, 2nd Baronet Bulwer of Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
On 26th December 1874 [his daughter] Emily Bulwer-Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 43) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 33). She married 1897 Edwin Landseer Lutyens and had issue.
1876. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet (age 46). Portrait of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 44).
On 9th August 1876 [his son] Victor Bulwer-Lytton 2nd Earl of Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 44) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 34).
On 6th February 1879 [his son] Neville Bulwer-Lytton 3rd Earl of Lytton was born to Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 47) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 37). He married 1899 Judith Blunt-Lytton 16th Baroness Wentworth, daughter of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt and Anne King-Noel 15th Baroness Wentworth, and had issue.
In 1880 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 48) was created 1st Earl of Lytton in Derbyshire. [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 38) by marriage Countess of Lytton in Derbyshire.
On 21st December 1887 [his son-in-law] Gerald Balfour 2nd Earl of Balfour (age 34) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton Countess Balfour (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 56) and [his wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 46). They were sixth cousins.
On 24th November 1891 Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton 1st Earl (age 60) died. His son Victor (age 15) succeeded 2nd Earl of Lytton in Derbyshire, 3rd Baron Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, 3rd Baronet Bulwer of Knebworth in Hertfordshire.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 17th September 1936 [his former wife] Edith Villiers Countess Lytton (age 95) died.