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: Irby
In 1706 [his father] Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 29] and Dorothy Paget Lady Irby were married. She by marriage Lady Irby of Whaplode and Boston. They were second cousins.
On 8th March 1707 William Irby 1st Baron Boston was born to [his father] Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 30].
On 11th November 1718 [his father] Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 42] died intestate at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire. His son William [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 26th August 1746 William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 39] and Albania Selwyn Baroness Boston [aged 27] were married.
On 9th June 1749 [his son] Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston was born to William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 42] and [his wife] Albania Selwyn Baroness Boston [aged 30] He married 15th May 1775 Christian Methuen and had issue.
On 29th August 1750 [his son] William Henry Irby was born to William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 43] and [his wife] Albania Selwyn Baroness Boston [aged 31]. He married before 30th July 1792 Mary Blackman and had issue.
In 1761 William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 53] was created 1st Baron Boston. [his wife] Albania Selwyn Baroness Boston [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Boston.
On 1st April 1769 [his wife] Albania Selwyn Baroness Boston [aged 50] died. She was buried at St Nicholas Church, Whiston [Map].
On 30th March 1775 William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 68] died. His son Frederick [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baron Boston, 3rd Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
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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After 30th March 1775. Monument to William Irby 1st Baron Boston [deceased] at St Nicholas Church, Whiston [Map] sculpted by Joseph Nollekens [aged 37].
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 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 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 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 20 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Irby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Irby 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Peyton of Isleham in Cambridgeshire 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Peyton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rich 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Peyton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Osborne 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Osborne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hewett
GrandFather: Anthony Irby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Paget 3rd Baron Paget Beaudasert
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Preston Baroness Geneville Beaudasert and Parr Kendal 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Paget 4th Baron Paget Beaudasert
Great x 3 Grandmother: Nazareth Newton Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Paget 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knollys 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ambrose Cave
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cave
Father: Edward Irby 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stringer
GrandMother: Mary Stringer
William Irby 1st Baron Boston 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England