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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Nathaniel Hone the Elder 1718-1784 is in Painters.
On 24th April 1718 Nathaniel Hone the Elder was born.
Before 1751. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 32). Portrait of Mary Savile Countess Isle Thanet.
1755. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 36). Portrait of David Colyear (age 19), Viscount Milsington.
David Colyear: In 1736 he was born to Charles Colyear 2nd Earl Portmore. In 1756 David Colyear died.
Around 1760. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 41). Self-portrait.
1761. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 42). Portrait of Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale (age 35) and his wife Caroline Colyear Baroness Scarsdale (age 28).
1763. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 44). Portrait of Catherine Maria Fischer aka Kitty Fisher (age 21).
Around 1763. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 44). Portrait of Catherine Maria Fischer aka Kitty Fisher (age 21).
Before 1771. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 52). Portrait of Edward Finch-Hatton (age 73).
Edward Finch-Hatton: In 1697 he was born to Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea. In 1727 Edward Finch-Hatton was elected MP Cambridge University. On 9th September 1746 Edward Finch-Hatton and Elizabeth Palmer were married. He the son of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea. On 16th May 1771 Edward Finch-Hatton died.
1778. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 59). Self-portrait.
1778. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 59). Portrait of Sophia Susanna Noel.
Sophia Susanna Noel: she was born to Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth. On 11th August 1777 Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baron Scarsdale and she were married. On 28th June 1782 Sophia Susanna Noel died.
Before 1784. Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 65). Portrait of William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen (age 47).
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 14th August 1784 Nathaniel Hone the Elder (age 66) died.