The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Paternal Family Tree: Vesey
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 1765-1839
On 19th June 1877 [his father] Eustace Vesey [aged 26] and [his mother] Constance Mary Lawley [aged 23] were married.
On 15th December 1881 Yvo Vesey 5th Viscount de Vesci was born to Eustace Vesey [aged 30] and Constance Mary Lawley [aged 27].
On 28th October 1882 [his future wife] Frances Lois Lister-Kaye Viscountess de Vesci died.
In 1886 [his father] Eustace Vesey [aged 35] died.
On 7th July 1892 [his step-father] Edward William Berkeley Portman [aged 35] and [his mother] Constance Mary Lawley [aged 38] were married.
On 6th July 1903 [his uncle] John "Yvo" Vesey 4th Viscount Vesci [aged 59] died without male issue. His nephew Yvo [aged 21] succeeded 5th Viscount Vesci of Abbeyleix in Queen's County, 6th Baron Knapton, 7th Baronet Vesey of Abbeyleix. Susan Armstrong-Jones Viscountess Vesci by marriage Viscountess Vesci of Abbeyleix in Queen's County.
On 24th April 1906 Yvo Vesey 5th Viscount de Vesci [aged 24] and Georgiana Victoria Wellesley Viscountess de Vesci [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Georgiana Victoria Wellesley Viscountess de Vesci.
Evening Standard. Mon, 16 Jun 1913 LATE EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE.
The funeral of the Earl of Leven and Melville [John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville [deceased]], who died last week in London from injuries received in an accident in the hunting field, took place in Scotland to-day. A memorial service was held at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, W., this afternoon. Among the congregation were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Beatrice Ormsby-Gore [aged 21], the Countess of Strathmore [aged 50] and Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon [aged 23], the Countess of Desart [aged 59], Countess Waldegrave [aged 63], the Countess of Dartrey [aged 51], the Earl [aged 61] and Countess [aged 59] of Verulam, Viscount Althorp [aged 21] and Lady Adelaide Spencer [aged 24], Viscount De Vesci [aged 31], Captain and Lady Nina Balfour, the Dowager Lady Leaconfield, Viscount Maidstone, and Lord Reay.
In 1919 Yvo Vesey 5th Viscount de Vesci [aged 37] and Georgiana Victoria Wellesley Viscountess de Vesci [aged 37] were divorced.
On 22nd April 1930 [his former wife] Georgiana Victoria Wellesley Viscountess de Vesci [aged 48] died.
On 4th May 1951 [his mother] Constance Mary Lawley [aged 97] died.
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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Before 16th August 1958 Yvo Vesey 5th Viscount de Vesci [aged 76] and Frances Lois Lister-Kaye Viscountess de Vesci were married.
On 16th August 1958 Yvo Vesey 5th Viscount de Vesci [aged 76] died. His nephew John [aged 39] succeeded 6th Viscount Vesci of Abbeyleix in Queen's County, 7th Baron Knapton, 8th Baronet Vesey of Abbeyleix.
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 27 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 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 20 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bishop Thomas Vesey 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vesey 1st Baron Knapton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Muschamp
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Vesey 1st Viscount Vesci
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brownlow
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brownlow
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Vesey 2nd Viscount Vesci 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Brooke 1st Baronet 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Selina Elizabeth Brooke Viscountess Vesci 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fortescue 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fortescue 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Vesey 3rd Viscount Vesci 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brownlow 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Letitia Brownlow Viscountess Vesci
Father: Eustace Vesey 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 6th Earl Montgomery 9th Earl Pembroke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 10th Earl Pembroke 7th Earl Montgomery 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzwilliam 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam 
14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fitzwilliam Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Shelley Viscountess Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl Pembroke 8th Earl Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor Bromham 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough
GrandMother: Emma Herbert Viscountess Vesci 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Semyon Romanovich Vorontsova
Great x 1 Grandmother: Yekaterina Semyonovna Vorontsova Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Yvo Vesey 5th Viscount de Vesci 11 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lawley 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Lawley 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rebecca Winch
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Lawley 5th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Paul Thompson 1st Baron Wenlock
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thompson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Beilby Thompson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Thompson
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Roundell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Roundell Lady Dawes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Brearey
GrandFather: Beilby Lawley 2nd Baron Wenlock 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Aldworth of Stanlake 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Aldworth aka Neville aka Griffin 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Neville 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrook 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Calandrini
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalen Calandrini
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Griffin Baroness Wenlock 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Granville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Granville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Granville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wyndham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Mother: Constance Mary Lawley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Warre Lady Grosvenor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 6th Baronet 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Grosvenor Baroness Wenlock 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sutherland 17th Earl Sutherland 6 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland 6 x Great Grand Son of King James V of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wemyss Countess Sutherland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James V of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King James V of Scotland