The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Macclesfield, Cheshire is in Cheshire.
See: Kerridge, Macclesfield, Saltersford, Derbyshire, St Alban's Church, Macclesfield, St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield.
Archaeologia Volume 29 Section XIII. The preceding dates are taken from the testing clauses of the King's writs, with some slight assistance from Wardrobe accountsc. From the same authentic sources we learn that he then remained but two days at Clipston, leaving it on the morning of the 23rd, on which day there are writs tested at Dronfield [Map], a village between Chesterfield and Sheffield. On the 24th and 25th he was at Tidswell [Map], and on the 26th at Chapel-en-le-Frith [Map]. On the 27th he was at Macclesfield [Map]. He remained there till the 6th of October. On the 7th he set out on his return to Clipston, passing through Ashford, Chesterfield, and Langwith. That in this excursion he was enjoying the diversion of the chace appears from an entry in the Wardrobe accounts of the payment of 6s. 8d. of the King's gift to Robert at Hall of Wyrardeston, "quia navigavit in aqua post cervum in quoddam stagnum in foresta de Pecco [because he sailed in the water after a deer into a certain pond in the forest of Peccus]."
Note c. A complete Itinerary of this reign was made for the late Record Commission, to which I am indebted for these dates.
In August 1399 Thomas Wendesley (age 55), following the success of King Henry IV of England (age 32) received a grant for life of land worth £24 a year in the High Peak, and within the next few months three lucrative stewardships of Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map], the High Peak and Chesterfield, Derbyshire [Map] were in his hands.
On 29th June 1463 John Savage (age 93) died at Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map].
On 4th August 1468 Piers Legh (age 35) died at Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map]. He was subsequently buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
On 22nd November 1495 John Savage (age 73) died at Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map]. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield.
On 12th October 1654 John Savage 2nd Earl Rivers (deceased) was buried at Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map].
The River Bollin rises at Macclesfield Forest [Map] from where it flows through Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map], Prestbury, Cheshire [Map] and Mottram Hall, Cheshire [Map], after which it is joined by the River Dean, under Manchester Airport [Map] to Hale, Cheshire [Map] then Dunham Massey, Cheshire [Map] after which it joins the River Mersey.
On 15th January 1816 Alfred Gatley was born at Spring Cottage aka House, Kerridge.
On 15th May 1874 Henry Edward Stanley 3rd Baron Stanley 2nd Baron Eddisbury (age 46) and Fabia San Roman of Seville were married in a Catholic ceremony at St Alban's Church, Macclesfield.
After October 1492 John Savage (age 48) was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield.
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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On 22nd November 1495 John Savage (age 73) died at Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map]. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield.
On 10th August 1399 Piers Legh (age 79) was beheaded on the orders of Henry of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV. See MS. Harleian 1989. fol. 381.. His head was 'set upon the east gate of Chester'. He was initially burie aat the Carmelite Friars at Chester, subsequently at the Legh Chapel, St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield. The inscription: "Here lyeth the bodie of Perkin a Legh that for King Richard the death did die betrayed for righteousness And the bones of Sir Piers his sonne that with King Henrie the fift did wonne in Paris."
On 16th June 1422 Piers Legh (age 33) died from wounds. He was buried at Legh Chapel, St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield with his father.
On 8th August 1570 Elizabeth Manners (age 44) died at Frodsham, Cheshire [Map]. She was buried at Savage Chapel, St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield.