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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Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton is in Church Broughton, South Derbyshire, Churches in Derbyshire.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Memorial to Corporal William George Neal.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Roll of Service, 1914-1919.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. World War I Memorial.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Vicars and Patrons.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map] was established in the 12th Century, from which time the font dates from.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map] contains elements from the 14th, 15th and early 18th centuries.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Memorial to siblings Henry and Elizabeth Fox who died in 1701 and 1702 respectively.
Memorial at Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map] to Lucy, daughter of Reverend John Wiliams, who died 22nd April 1839, and her brother William Lewis Williams, who died at Pleasant Valley, Davenport, Iowa, North America, on 6th August 1848, aged 21, and to their mother Jane Cullingworth, who died 30th October 1846, aged 52 years.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map] was restored by J. R. Naylor of Derby. It was re-opened by the Bishop of Southwell [aged 58] on 22 June 1886.
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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Memorial to Reverend William Auden. For nearly forty years vicar of Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map], died 28th January 1904.
1919. Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Men of the Royal Army Service Corps mentioned in dispatches.
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton [Map]. Grave of 72296 Bombardier Ernest Johnson [son of George and Elizabeth Johnson, of Church Broughton], Royal Garrison Artillery, died 24th February 1919, aged 29.
