Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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MP Bath is in Member Parliament. See Bath, Somerset [Map].
In 1559 Edward St Lo (age 40) was elected MP Bath.
In 1621 Robert Pye (age 36) was elected MP Bath.
In 1624 John Malet (age 30) was elected MP Bath.
In 1640 Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 40) was elected MP Bath during the Short Parliament.
In 1669 Francis Popham (age 23) was elected MP Bath.
In 1679 Walter Long 2nd Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Bath during the Habeas Corpus Parliament 3C2.
In 1681 Maurice Berkeley 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 52) was elected MP Bath.
In 1710 John Codrington (age 31) was elected MP Bath. He was returned again in 1713, 1715 and 1722. He lost the seat in 1727.
In 1734 John Codrington (age 55) was elected MP Bath which seat he held until 1741.
In 1790 Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 24) was elected MP Bath.
In 1837 Richard Wingfield 6th Viscount Powerscourt (age 21) was elected MP Bath which seat he held until 1841.
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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In 1873 Arthur Egerton 3rd Earl Wilton (age 40) was elected MP Bath which seat he held until 1874.