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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Queen's College, Oxford University is in Oxford University.
In 1566 Job Throckmorton [aged 21] graduated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 13th February 1590 Maurice Berkeley [aged 14] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 13th February 1590 Henry Berkeley of Bruton [aged 11] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 14th February 1593 Maurice Berkeley [aged 17] was awarded Bachelor of Arts at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 13th February 1601 William Button 1st Baronet [aged 17] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 22nd February 1605 Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle [aged 19] matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 3rd November 1615 Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 15] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 13th October 1622 Ralph Delaval 1st Baronet was born to Robert Delaval of Seaton Delaval [aged 22] and Barbara Selby. He was baptised on 27th October 1622. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University; matriculated 15th June 1638. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 28th November 1639. He married 2nd April 1646 Anne Leslie Lady Delaval, daughter of Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven, and had issue.
Around 1624, aged sixteen, Bishop Thomas Barlow [aged 16] entered Queen's College, Oxford University, as a servitor, rising to be a tabarder (scholar). He took his BA degree in 1630 and his MA in 1633, when he was elected a fellow of his college.
On 30th April 1624 John Edisbury [aged 16] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
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 21st November 1628 Wilfrid Lawson 1st Baronet [aged 18] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 17th October 1634 Thomas Tully Divine [aged 14] matriculated from Queen's College, Oxford University.
Around 1642 Bishop Henry Compton [aged 10] educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
In 1649 Edward Hungerford [aged 16] educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 27th February 1651 Edward Cropley [aged 14] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 10th July 1651 Christopher Musgrave 4th Baronet [aged 19] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 9th December 1653 Robert Dillington 2nd Baronet [aged 19] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
Before 1678 Jasper Churchill educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 10th June 1678 Henry Fletcher 3rd Baronet [aged 17] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 25th February 1695 John Eden 2nd Baronet [aged 17] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 19th October 1695 Gilfrid Lawson 6th Baronet [aged 20] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 3rd October 1701 Joseph Williamson [aged 68] died in Cobham, Kent. He was buried in Westminster Abbey [Map]. He left £6,000 and his library to Queen's College, Oxford.
In 1713 Wilfrid Lawson 3rd Baronet [aged 16] matriculated Queen's College, Oxford University.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1723 Francis Godolphin 2nd Baron Goldolphin [aged 16] educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 28th May 1725 John Evelyn 2nd Baronet [aged 18] matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 1st July 1726 George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 13] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 25th November 1726 John Tynte 4th Baronet [aged 19] matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 31st January 1729 George Brudenell aka Montagu 1st Duke Montagu [aged 16] graduated Master of Arts: Oxford University at Queen's College, Oxford University.
In 1732 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby [aged 15] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
Before 21st December 1739 Elizabeth "Lady Betty" Hastings [aged 57] gave £1000 towards the building of Holy Trinity Church, Leeds and an endowment of £24 each year for the parish church. In her will she left the Whedale estate for the foundation of scholarships at Queen's College, Oxford University.
On 10th October 1743 Francis Seymour [aged 17] was educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.
Around 1746 Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth [aged 14] educated at Queen's College, Oxford University.