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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Maternal Family Tree: Jane Bond 1776
In 1822 [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope [aged 34] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 67] and [his grandmother] Jane Dutton.
On 21st December 1827 Walter Spencer-Stanhope was born to [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope [aged 40] and [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 32].
Around 1852 Abel Hold [aged 37] moved to Cawthorne, South Yorkshire where he and Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 24] of nearby Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire became friends.
In 1856 Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 28] and Elizabeth Julia Buxton were married. They had eleven children.
On 10th January 1859 [his brother] John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth King [aged 23] were married. She the widow of Captain George Frederick Dawson. They lived at Hillhouse, Cawthorne until their house Sandroyd House, Cobham was completed.
Around 1863 [his son] Edward Spencer-Stanhope was born to Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Julia Buxton.
In 1872 Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 44] was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1880.
On 30th October 1873 [his mother] Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke [aged 78] died.
On 8th November 1873 [his father] John Spencer-Stanhope [aged 86] died. Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 45] inherited Cannon Hall, South Yorkshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In September 1880 [his wife] Elizabeth Julia Buxton died.
Around 1906 [his son] Edward Spencer-Stanhope [aged 43] died.
On 2nd August 1908 [his brother] John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope [aged 79] died at the Villa Nutti, Bellosguardo [Map]. He was buried in the Cimitero degli Allori, Florence.
On 17th November 1911 Walter Spencer-Stanhope [aged 83] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stanhope 
GrandFather: Walter Spencer-Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer of Cannon Hall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ann Spencer
Father: John Spencer-Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wingate Pulleine of Carleton Hall
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Babington Pulleine
GrandMother: Mary Winifred Pulleine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Collingwood
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Collingwood
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Collingwood of Byker and Dissington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Winifred Collingwood
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Roddam of Roddam and Chirton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Roddam
Walter Spencer-Stanhope 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Roberts
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gabriel Roberts
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Dashwood 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Roberts 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Wenman 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wenman 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fettiplace 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Coke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Coke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Osborne 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Coke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newton 3rd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Carey Newton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Heveningham 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne of Wardington
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chamberlayne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral Thomas Hardy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Constance Hardy
Mother: Elizabeth Wilhelmina Coke 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Naper
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Naper
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 
12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Duncombe 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Barwick
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Barwick Lady Dutton
GrandMother: Jane Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Bond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Bond