The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 53] died. He was buried on 7th April 1702 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His son John [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.
On 27th March 1707 John Tynte 4th Baronet was born to John Tynte 2nd Baronet [aged 24] and Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte [aged 22]. He was baptised on 21st April 1707 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].
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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On or before 16th March 1710 John Tynte 2nd Baronet [aged 27] died. He was buried on 16th March 1710 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His son Halswell [aged 4] succeeded 3rd Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.
On 12th November 1730 Halswell Tynte 3rd Baronet [aged 24] died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His brother John [aged 23] succeeded 4th Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.
Before 15th August 1740 John Tynte 4th Baronet [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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].