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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Biography of Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool 1846-1907

Paternal Family Tree: Moore aka Foljambe

Before 9th April 1830 [his father] George Savile Foljambe [aged 29] and Harriet Emily Mary Milner [aged 19] were married.

On 15th August 1833 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 21] and [his mother] Selina Jenkinson [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Jenkinson 3rd Earl Liverpool [aged 49] and [his grandmother] Julia Evelyn Medley Shuckburgh-Evelyn. He the son of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 47] and Mary Dundas. They were sixth cousins.

Before 7th November 1846 [his father] George Savile Foljambe [aged 46] and [his mother] Selina Jenkinson [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Jenkinson 3rd Earl Liverpool [aged 62] and [his grandmother] Julia Evelyn Medley Shuckburgh-Evelyn.

On 7th November 1846 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool was born to George Savile Foljambe [aged 46] and Selina Jenkinson [aged 34] at Osberton Hall, Worksop.

On 21st June 1855 [his brother-in-law] William Henry Portman 2nd Viscount Portman [aged 25] and [his half-sister] Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman [aged 19] were married.

In 1869 [his father] George Savile Foljambe [aged 68] died at Osberton, Worksop.

On 22nd July 1869 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 22] and Louise Blanche Howard [aged 27] were married.

On 27th May 1870 [his son] Arthur Foljambe 2nd Earl of Liverpool was born to Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 23] and [his wife] Louise Blanche Howard [aged 28]. He married 27th July 1897 Annette Louise Monck Countess Liverpool, daughter of Henry Monck 5th Viscount Monck and Edith Caroline Sophia Scott Viscountess Monck.

On 7th October 1871 [his wife] Louise Blanche Howard [aged 29] died from childbirth six weeks after the birth of a child who had died the same or next day after birth. The Foljambe Tomb. Monument in St Mary's Church Tickhill Doncaster [Map] commissioned by her husband Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 24] who had numerous monuments erected in her memory in places associated with her. Sculpted by William Calder Marshall [aged 58].

Louise Blanche Howard: On 22nd February 1842 she was born to Frederick Howard and Fanny Cavendish. On 22nd July 1869 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and she were married. On 21st February 1877 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool and Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool were married. She was a first cousin of his first wife Louise Blanche Howard.

On 21st February 1877 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 30] and Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool were married. She was a first cousin of his first wife Louise Blanche Howard.

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

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 1878 [his son] Gerald Foljambe 3rd Earl of Liverpool was born to Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 31] and [his wife] Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool.

On 24th September 1883 [his mother] Selina Jenkinson [aged 71] died.

On 3rd April 1887 [his son] Robert Foljambe 4th Earl of Liverpool was born to Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 40] and [his wife] Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool.

On 19th November 1888 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman [aged 89] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 59] succeeded 2nd Viscount Portman, 2nd Baron Portman. [his half-sister] Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman [aged 52] by marriage Viscountess Portman.

In 1891 [his son] Betram Foljambe was born to Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 44] and [his wife] Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool.

On 27th July 1897 Arthur Foljambe 2nd Earl of Liverpool [aged 27] and Annette Louise Monck Countess Liverpool [aged 22] were married. He the son of Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 50] and Louise Blanche Howard.

On 4th January 1899 [his half-sister] Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman [aged 62] died.

In 1905 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 58] was created 1st Earl Liverpool. Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool by marriage Earl Liverpool.

On 23rd March 1907 Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool [aged 60] died. His son Arthur [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Earl Liverpool. Annette Louise Monck Countess Liverpool [aged 31] by marriage Countess Liverpool.

On 19th December 1917 [his former wife] Susan Louisa Cavendish Countess Liverpool died.

Royal Ancestors of Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool 1846-1907

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 20 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Ancestors of Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool 1846-1907

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Moore

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Ferrand Foljambe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Foljambe

GrandFather: John Savile Foljambe

Father: George Savile Foljambe 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby 1st Baron Middleton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Barnard

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rothwell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rothwell Baroness Willoughby and Middleton

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Willoughby 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Southby

GrandMother: Elizabeth Willoughby 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Cecil George Savile Foljambe 1st Earl Liverpool 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Colonel Charles Jenkinson

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool

GrandFather: Charles Jenkinson 3rd Earl Liverpool 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Bishopp Countess Liverpool 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Selina Jenkinson 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Shuckburgh 2nd Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Schuckburgh 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Diana Verney Lady Schuckburgh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Schuckburgh 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Shuckburgh-Evelyn 6th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Julia Evelyn Medley Shuckburgh-Evelyn 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Evelyn

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Julia Butler 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Julia Annabella Evelyn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England