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 1825 James Wandesford Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde [aged 47] was created 1st Marquess Ormonde. Grace Louisa Staples Marchioness Ormonde by marriage Marchioness Ormonde.
On 18th May 1838 James Wandesford Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde [aged 60] died. His son John [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Marquess Ormonde, 20th Earl Ormonde, 14th Earl Ossory, 2nd Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.
On 19th September 1843 John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde [aged 35] and Frances Paget Marchioness Ormonde [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Ormonde. He the son of James Wandesford Butler 1st Marquess Ormonde and Grace Louisa Staples Marchioness Ormonde.
On 25th September 1854 John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde [aged 46] died. His son James [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Marquess Ormonde, 21st Earl Ormonde, 15th Earl Ossory, 3rd Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.
On 2nd February 1876 James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde [aged 31] and Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor Marchioness Ormonde [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Ormonde. She the daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster [aged 50] and Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster [aged 41]. He the son of John Butler 2nd Marquess Ormonde and Frances Paget Marchioness Ormonde [aged 59].
On 26th October 1919 James Butler 3rd Marquess Ormonde [aged 75] died. His brother James [aged 70] succeeded 4th Marquess Ormonde, 22nd Earl Ormonde, 16th Earl Ossory, 4th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire. Ellen Stager Marchioness Ormonde by marriage Marchioness Ormonde.
In 1943 James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler 4th Marquess Ormonde [aged 93] died. His son James [aged 53] succeeded 5th Marquess Ormonde, 23rd Earl Ormonde, 17th Earl Ossory, 5th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire. Sybil Fellowes Marchioness of Ormonde [aged 54] by marriage Marchioness Ormonde.
In 1949 James George Anson Butler 5th Marquess Ormonde [aged 59] died. His brother James [aged 56] succeeded 6th Marquess Ormonde, 23rd Earl Ormonde, 17th Earl Ossory, 6th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.
In 1971 James Arthur Norman Butler 6th Marquess Ormonde [aged 78] died. His first cousin James [aged 71] succeeded 7th Marquess Ormonde, 25th Earl Ormonde, 19th Earl Ossory, 7th Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire.
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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On 25th October 1997 James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler 7th Marquess Ormonde [aged 98] died. Marquess Ormonde, Baron Ormonde of Llanthony in Monmouthshire extinct. Earl Ormonde, Earl Ossory dormant.