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: Holles
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575
On 9th June 1655 [his father] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 22) and [his mother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 22) were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. He the son of [his grandfather] John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare (age 59) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare.
On 9th January 1662 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne was born to [his father] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 28) and [his mother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 29) at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire.
On 2nd January 1666 [his grandfather] John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare (age 70) died. His son [his father] Gilbert (age 32) succeeded 3rd Earl Clare, 3rd Baron Haughton. [his mother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 33) by marriage Countess Clare
On 16th January 1689 [his father] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 55) died. His son John (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Clare, 4th Baron Haughton.
On 1st March 1690 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) and Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Clare. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59) and Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 59). He the son of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare and Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 57). They were first cousins.
On 8th September 1692 Ralph Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 53) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu (age 38) were married at Newcastle House. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne who had died the year before and the widow of Christopher Monck 2nd Duke Albemarle. She the daughter of Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and [his aunt] Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 62).
In 1694 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 31) was created 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne. [his wife] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 32) by marriage Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 11th February 1694 [his daughter] Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer was born to John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 32) and [his wife] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 32). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.45%. She married 31st August 1713 Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, son of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, and had issue.
In 1698 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 35) was appointed 506th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 47).
In July 1702 [his mother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 69) died.
In 1705 Ralph Montagu 1st Duke Montagu (age 66) was created 1st Duke Montagu. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth "Mad Duchess" Cavendish Duchess Albermarle Duchess of Montagu (age 50) by marriage Duchess Montagu.
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 15th July 1711 John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 49) died. Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Earl Clare, Baron Haughton extinct.
On 24th December 1716 [his former wife] Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne (age 55) died. She was buried in the St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scopham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Denzil Holles
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Denzell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Denzell
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sheffield 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Stanley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Rawson
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrix Cooke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Port
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Port
Father: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hardkyn
GrandMother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tracy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Tracy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Digby 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tracy
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury
John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Thwaites
Great x 3 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Talbot 5th Earl of Shrewsbury 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
Mother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
GrandMother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford