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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All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley is in Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, Churches in Wiltshire.
After 21st December 1536. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to John Seymour [deceased]. 
Seymour Arms differenced with a Crescent impaled with unknown arms quartered 1 Argent a fess between 3 martlets Gules in chief three fox heads erased 2 per pale Azure three fleur de lys Or 3 Or three talbots courant 4 Or a chevrom Limine between 3 stags heads caboshed. The note below states... The above tablet (a copy of the original in Great Bedwyn [Map]) is placed here by Algernon 15th Duke of Somerset September 1899.
After 1708. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to Edward Seymour 4th Baronet [aged 75]. Sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 13]; white marble reclining figure in front of tablet with pediment with cherubs, scrolled pediment with arms over. Powdered Wig. Heeled Shoes. Buckled Shoes.
After 1741. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley [aged 78].
In December 1757 Edward Seymour 8th Duke of Somerset [aged 62] died. His son Edward [aged 40] succeeded 9th Duke Somerset, 7th Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy. Monument to Edward Seymour 8th Duke of Somerset, Edward Seymour 9th Duke of Somerset, Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset [aged 38], Edward Seymour 4th Baronet, Edward Seymour 5th Baronet and Laetitia Popham Baroness Seymour at All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map].
After 1865. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to Edward Percy Seymour [aged 23] and Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour [aged 29].
Edward Percy Seymour: On 19th August 1841 he was born to Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset and Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset. On 20th December 1865 Edward Percy Seymour died having been mauled by a bear while shooting at Yellapoor.
Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour: On 17th July 1835 he was born to Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of Somerset and Jane Georgiana Sheridan Duchess Somerset at Dover Street. In September 1857 Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour was present at Lucknow during the Relief of Lucknow. On 30th September 1869 Edward Adolphus Ferdinand Seymour died.
After 1936. All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley [Map]. Monument to Algernon St Maur 15th Duke of Somerset and Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon Duchess Somerset [deceased].