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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Earl Cowper is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
18th March 1718. William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper [aged 53] created.
10th October 1723. Son William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper [aged 14] succeeded.
18th September 1764. Son George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper [aged 26] succeeded.
22nd December 1789. Son George Augustus Clavering-Cowper 4th Earl Cowper [aged 13] succeeded.
12th February 1799. Brother Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper [aged 20] succeeded.
21st June 1837. Son George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper [aged 30] succeeded.
15th April 1856. Son Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper [aged 21] succeeded.
18th July 1905. Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper extinct.
On 18th March 1718 William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper [aged 53] was created 1st Earl Cowper for having suppressed the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. Mary Clavering Countess Cowper [aged 33] by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 10th October 1723 William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper [aged 58] died. His son William [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Earl Cowper, 2nd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 4th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 27th September 1732 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper [aged 23] and Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Henry Nassau 1st Earl Grantham [aged 59] and Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham. He the son of William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper and Mary Clavering Countess Cowper.
In 1750 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper [aged 40] and Georgiana Caroline Carteret [aged 33]. Georgiana Caroline Carteret by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 18th September 1764 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper [aged 55] died. His son George [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Earl Cowper, 3rd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 5th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent. Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper by marriage Countess Cowper.
On 22nd December 1789 George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper [aged 51] died. His son George [aged 13] succeeded 4th Earl Cowper, 4th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 6th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 12th February 1799 George Augustus Clavering-Cowper 4th Earl Cowper [aged 22] died. His brother Peter [aged 20] succeeded 5th Earl Cowper.
On 20th July 1805 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper [aged 27] and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. He the son of George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper and Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper.
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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In 1833 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper [aged 26] and Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey [aged 51] and Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey [aged 48]. He the son of Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper [aged 54] and Emily Lamb Countess Cowper [aged 45].
On 21st June 1837 Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper [aged 59] died. His son George [aged 30] succeeded 6th Earl Cowper, 5th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 7th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
On 15th April 1856 George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper [aged 49] died. His son Francis [aged 21] succeeded 7th Earl Cowper, 6th Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 8th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent.
In 1870 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper [aged 35] and Katrine Cecilia Compton Countess Cowper [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Cowper. She the daughter of William Compton 4th Marquess Northampton [aged 52]. He the son of George Augustus Frederick Cowper 6th Earl Cowper and Ann Florence Robinson Countess Cowper [aged 64].
On 18th July 1905 Francis Thomas Cowper 7th Earl Cowper [aged 71] died. Earl Cowper, Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent and Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent extinct. His nephew Auberon [aged 29] succeeded 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell.