Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Earl St Albans is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
Earl St Albans is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1628. Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 56) created.
12th November 1635. Son Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 31) succeeded.
July 1657. Richard Burke 6th Earl Clanricarde extinct.
In 1628 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 56) was created 1st Earl St Albans.
On 12th November 1635 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans (age 63) died. His son Ulick (age 31) succeeded 5th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Earl St Albans. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford (age 42) was blamed for his death making an enemy of Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde and his half-brother (they shared the same mother Frances Walsingham Countess Essex) Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex (age 44).
In July 1657 Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 53) died. His first cousin Richard succeeded 6th Earl Clanricarde. Earl St Albans extinct.
Earl St Albans is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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27th April 1660. Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 55) created. See Charles II Proclaimed.
January 1684. Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans extinct.
On 27th April 1660 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 55) was created 1st Earl St Albans.
In January 1684 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 78) died at St James' Square. Earl St Albans extinct. His nephew Thomas (age 50) succeeded 2nd Baron Jermyn of St Edmundsbury in Suffolk. Mary Merry Baroness Jermyn by marriage Baroness Jermyn of St Edmundsbury in Suffolk.