Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst is in Goathurst, Somerset, Churches in Somerset.
Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. The church includes a 19th-century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, showing the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower, and monuments to the Kemeys-Tynte family of Halswell House.
On or before 4th February 1649 Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet was born to John Tynte and Jane Halswell. He was baptised on 4th February 1649 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. He married in or before 1671 Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte and had issue.
On or before 26th August 1669 John Tynte died. He was buried on 26th August 1669 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On or before 4th March 1683 John Tynte 2nd Baronet was born to Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet [age 34] and Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte. He was baptised on 4th March 1683 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. He married 25th December 1704 Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte, daughter of Charles Kemeys 3rd Baronet and Mary Wharton, and had issue.
On or before 27th February 1690 Halsewell Tynte [age 17] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] on 27th February 1690.
On or before 22nd March 1694 Fortescue Tynte [age 20] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] on 22nd March 1694; the same day as his mother Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte.
On or before 22nd March 1694 Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte died. She was buried on 22nd March 1694 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On or before 7th April 1702 Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet [age 53] died. He was buried on 7th April 1702 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His son John [age 19] succeeded 2nd Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.
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 27th March 1707 John Tynte 4th Baronet was born to John Tynte 2nd Baronet [age 24] and Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte [age 22]. He was baptised on 21st April 1707 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On or before 16th March 1710 John Tynte 2nd Baronet [age 27] died. He was buried on 16th March 1710 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His son Halswell [age 4] succeeded 3rd Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.
On 12th November 1730 Halswell Tynte 3rd Baronet [age 24] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His brother John [age 23] succeeded 4th Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.
Before 15th August 1740 John Tynte 4th Baronet [age 33] was appointed Rector of the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On or before 16th October 1747 Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte [age 62] died. She was buried on 16th October 1747 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
On 25th April 1785 Charles Tynte 5th Baronet [age 74] died. Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset extinct. He was buried on 8th September 1785 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] where he has amonument by Joseph Nollekens [age 47]. His estates were inherired by his niece Jane Hassell, daughter of his sister Jane Tynte, who had married Colonel John Johnson aka Kemeys-Tynte who changed his name from Johnson to Kemeys-Tynte.
On or before 24th March 1798 Anne Busby Lady Tynte died. On 24th March 1798 she was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].