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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MP Chester is in Member Parliament.
In 1673 William Williams 1st Baronet [aged 39] sat unsuccessfully for MP Chester in a by-election.
In 1675 William Williams 1st Baronet [aged 41] was elected MP Chester in a by-election.
In 1689 George Mainwaring [aged 46] was elected MP Chester.
In 1690 Richard Levinge [aged 33] was elected MP Chester.
In January 1701 and December 1701 Henry Bunbury 3rd Baronet [aged 24] was elected MP Chester. He was returned unopposed in 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710 and 1713. He was returned in an opposed election in the 1715 General Election. He was re-elected in 1722 but defeated in 1727.
On 21st March 1733 Charles Bunbury 4th Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Chester.
In 1734 Charles Bunbury 4th Baronet [aged 25] was elected MP Chester.
On 22nd April 1734 the 1734 General Election was held...
Leonard Smelt [aged 51] was elected MP Northallerton.
Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Chester.
In 1741 Charles Bunbury 4th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Chester.
In 1741 Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet [aged 45] was elected MP Chester.
In 1754 Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet [aged 58] was elected MP Chester during the 1754 General Election.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In 1754 Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor [aged 22] was elected MP Chester.
In 1755 Thomas Grosvenor [aged 20] was elected MP Chester.
In 1790 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster [aged 22] was elected MP Chester.
In 1795 Field Marshall Thomas Erle Drax Grosvenor [aged 30] was elected MP Chester.
In 1802 Richard Erle Drax Grosvenor [aged 39] was elected MP Chester.
In 1807 John Grey Egerton 8th Baronet [aged 40] was elected MP Chester which seat he held until 1818.
In 1831 Foster Cunliffe-Offley [aged 48] was elected MP Chester which seat he held until his death the following year.
In 1885 Balthazar Walter Foster 1st Baron Ilkeston [aged 44] was elected MP Chester.