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 of Crewe in Cheshire is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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17th June 1895. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe [aged 37] created.
20th June 1945. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe extinct.
On 17th June 1895 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe [aged 37] was created 1st Earl of Crewe in Cheshire.
On 20th April 1899 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe [aged 41] and Margaret Etrenne Hannah "Peggy" Primrose Marchioness Crewe [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess of Crewe in Cheshire. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian [aged 51] and Hannah Rothschild Countess of Rosebery.
On 20th June 1945 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe [aged 87] died without surviving male issue. Marquess of Crewe, Earl of Crewe in Cheshire and Baron Houghton of Great Houghton in the West Riding of Yorkshire extinct. He was buried at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
In 1890 Richard Charles Rodes Crewe Milnes [aged 8] died. He was buried at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
Richard Charles Rodes Crewe Milnes: In 1882 he was born to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe and Sibyl Marcia Graham Baroness Houghton.
