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 Middlesex is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
Earl Middlesex is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1622. Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 47] created.
6th August 1645. Son James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex [aged 24] succeeded.
16th September 1651. Brother Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex [aged 26] succeeded.
26th October 1674. Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex extinct.
In 1622 Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Middlesex. Anne Brett Countess Middlesex by marriage Countess Middlesex.
On 6th August 1645 Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 70] died. His son James [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Earl Middlesex, 2nd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Bedfordshire.
On 3rd March 1646 James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex [aged 25] and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Middlesex. She the daughter of Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath and Dorothy St John Countess Bath. He the son of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Anne Brett Countess Middlesex.
On 16th September 1651 James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex [aged 30] died. His brother Lionel [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Earl Middlesex, 3rd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Bedfordshire.
On 1st May 1655 Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex [aged 30] and Rachael Fane Countess Bath and Middlesex [aged 42] were married at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. She by marriage Countess Middlesex. She the daughter of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Anne Brett Countess Middlesex.
On 26th October 1674 Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex [aged 49] died without issue. Earl Middlesex, Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Bedfordshire extinct.
Earl Middlesex is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1675. Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 31] created.
29th January 1706. Son Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 18] succeeded.
10th October 1765. Son Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset [aged 54] succeeded.
5th January 1769. Nephew John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset [aged 23] succeeded.
19th July 1799. Son George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset [aged 5] succeeded.
14th February 1815. First Cousin Once Removed Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset [aged 47] succeeded.
29th July 1843. Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset extinct.
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 1675 Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 31] was created 1st Earl Middlesex, 1st Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex. His mother Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset [aged 53] was sister to the last Earl of Middlesex of the previous creation Lionel Cranfield 3rd Earl Middlesex whose estates he had inherited.
On 7th March 1685 Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 42] and Mary Compton Countess Dorset and Middlesex [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Dorset, Countess Middlesex. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of James Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton and Mary Noel Countess Northampton. He the son of Richard Sackville 5th Earl Dorset and Frances Cranfield Countess Dorset [aged 63]. They were sixth cousins.
On 29th January 1706 Charles Sackville 6th Earl Dorset 1st Earl Middlesex [aged 63] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son Lionel [aged 18] succeeded 7th Earl Dorset, 2nd Earl Middlesex, 7th Baron Buckhurst, 2nd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 10th October 1765 Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset [aged 77] died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son Charles [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Duke Dorset, 8th Earl Dorset, 3rd Earl Middlesex, 8th Baron Buckhurst, 3rd Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 5th January 1769 Charles Sackville 2nd Duke Dorset [aged 57] died. His nephew John [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Duke Dorset, 9th Earl Dorset, 4th Earl Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 19th July 1799 John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset [aged 54] died. His son George [aged 5] succeeded 4th Duke Dorset, 10th Earl Dorset, 5th Earl Middlesex, 10th Baron Buckhurst, 5th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 14th February 1815 George Frederick Sackville 4th Duke Dorset [aged 21] died. His first cousin once removed Charles [aged 47] succeeded 5th Duke Dorset, 11th Earl Dorset, 6th Earl Middlesex, 11th Baron Buckhurst, 6th Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex.
On 29th July 1843 Charles Sackville 5th Duke Dorset [aged 75] died unmarried. He was buried in St Peter's Church, Lowick [Map]. Duke Dorset, Earl Dorset, Earl Middlesex, Viscount Sackville of Drayton in Sussex, Baron Buckhurst, Baron Cranfield of Cranfield in Middlesex and Baron Bolebrooke in Sussex extinct.