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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In 1459 Robert Manners [aged 51] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1529 Robert Collingwood was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1621 William Grey 1st Baron Grey Werke [aged 27] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1624 John Fenwick 1st Baronet [aged 54] was elected MP Northumberland. He was re-elected in 1625, 1626 and 1628.
In April 1640 John Fenwick 1st Baronet [aged 70] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1642 John Fenwick 1st Baronet [aged 72] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1645 William Fenwick 2nd Baronet [aged 28] was elected MP Northumberland which seat he held until 1648. He we re-elected in 1654, 1656, 1659, 1660 and 1661 which seat he held until 1676.
On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston [aged 44] was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne [aged 56] was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 30] was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton [aged 36] was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry [aged 32] was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge [aged 61] was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford [aged 28] was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont [aged 24] was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways [aged 75] was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways [aged 45] was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways [aged 24] was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet [aged 29] was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert [aged 38] was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington [aged 21] was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam [aged 4] was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke [aged 24] was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child [aged 30] was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 73] was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew [aged 37] was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings [aged 42] was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips [aged 48] was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes [aged 27] was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes [aged 25] was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet [aged 17] was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet [aged 46] was elected MP Rye.
In 1677 John Fenwick 3rd Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1701 Ferdinando Forster [aged 30] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1708 General Thomas Forster of Adderstone [aged 24] was elected MP Northumberland which seat he held until 1716 when he was attainted and expelled from Parliament.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1716 Francis Blake Delaval [aged 23] was elected MP Northumberland at a by-election.
On 20th February 1723 William Wrightson of Cusworth [aged 46] was elected MP Northumberland where his wife's family owned considerable estates. He was unseated on petition on 15th April 1724. He didn't stand again.
In 1748 Charles Bennet 3rd Earl Tankerville [aged 31] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1774 Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley [aged 23] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1780 Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley [aged 29] was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1812 Charles Miles Lambert Monck 6th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Northumberland which seat he held until 1820.