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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Baron Delaval of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
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8th August 1786. John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 58) created.
17th May 1808. John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval extinct.
The London Gazette 12775. Whitehall, August 8 [1786]
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of a Baron and Earl of the Kingdom of Great Britain to his Grace John Murray, Duke of Atholl, and the Heirs Male ofhis Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Murray, of Stanley in the County of Gloucester, and Earl Strange.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Viscount of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable James Earl of Abercorn, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Viscount Hamilton, of Hamilton in the County of Leicester; with Remainder to John James Hamilton, Esq; Son os the Honourable John Hamilton, deceased, late Brother to the said James Earl of Abercorn, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to his Grace George Montagu, Duke of Montagu, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, for and during his natural Life, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Montagu, of Boughton in the County of Northampton; with Remainder to the Right Honourable Henry James Montagu (commonly called Lord Henry James Montagu) Second Son of his Grace Henry Duke of Buccleugh, Knight of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle, and of Elizabeth Dutchess of Buccleugh his Wife, Daughter of the said George Duke of Montagu, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten; and with Remainder to the Third and other after-born Sons of the said Dutchess successively in Tail Male.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to his Grace William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry, Knight of the Most Ancient Order pf the Thistle, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Douglas, Baron Douglas, of Amesbury in the County of Wilts.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable George de la Poer, Earl of Tyrone, of the Kingdom, of Ireland, Knight of the illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and. the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten; by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron. Tyrone of Haverfordwest in the County of Pembroke.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Richard Boyle, Earl of Shannon, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Knight of the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Baron Carleton, of Carleton in the County of York.
The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable John Hussey (age 58), Baron Delaval, of the Kingdom of Ireland and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Delaval, Baron of Delaval, in the County of Northumberland.
The King has also been pleased to grant the like Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the several Gentlemen following, and the Heirs Male of their respective Bodies lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles under-mentioned, viz.
The Right Honourable Charles Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury, Baron of Hawkesbury, in the County of Gloucester.
Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart; Lord Suffield, Baron of Suffield, in the County of Norfolk: And
Sir Guy Carleton, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lord Dorchester, Baron of Dorchester, in the County of Oxford.
On 17th May 1808 John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 80) died without surviving male issue. Baron Delaval of Redford in County Wicklow and Baron Delaval of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland extinct. He was buried at Chapel of St Paul, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Edward Hussey Delaval (age 79) inherited Doddington Hall [Map].