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: Lumley
Before 1753 [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 27] and [his mother] Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough were married. She by marriage Countess of Scarborough. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough and [his grandmother] Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough.
On 22nd September 1753 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough was born to [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 28] and [his mother] Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough.
In 1764 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 10] educated at Eton College [Map].
On 14th March 1766 James Lumley [aged 60] died unmarried, heavily in debt. He left his Durham estates to his nephew [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 40] and his Sussex estates to his nephew George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl Halifax [aged 49].
In 1771 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 17] was educated at King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1774 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 20] was elected MP Lincoln.
On 12th May 1782 [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 57] died. His son George [aged 28] succeeded 5th Earl of Scarborough, 6th Viscount Lumley, 5th Baron Lumley.
In November 1785 [his brother] John Lumley-Savile 7th Earl Scarborough [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Anna Maria Herring Viscountess Lumley were married. He the son of [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough and [his mother] Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough.
On 5th September 1807 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 53] died. His brother Richard [aged 50] succeeded 6th Earl of Scarborough, 7th Viscount Lumley, 6th Baron Lumley. Henrietta Willoughby Viscountess Lumley by marriage Viscountess Lumley.
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 8 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lumley 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 1st Viscount Lumley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Kurtwich
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lumley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Shelley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Shelley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Compton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Compton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Sackville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rice Jones
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Jones of Oxfordshire
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Bray of Harrington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Bray
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Jones Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Belasyse 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Barton
Father: Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 10th Earl Angus 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Oliphant Countess Angus 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 2nd Marquess Hamilton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret aka Mary Feilding 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Villiers Countess Orkney 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Savile 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Savile 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Savile 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Ayscough 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ayscough
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Savile 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: George Savile 7th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pratt of Dublin
GrandMother: Mary Pratt