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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Paternal Family Tree: Douglas
Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant were married. They had two sons and three daughters.
On 4th October 1784 [his father] John Douglas [aged 28] and [his mother] Frances Lascelles [aged 22] were married at Northallerton. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood [aged 42]. He the son of James Douglas 14th Earl Morton and Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton.
On 20th June 1800 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn was born to John Douglas [aged 43] and Frances Lascelles [aged 38].
On 25th November 1809 [his brother-in-law] James Hamilton [aged 23] and [his sister] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen [aged 17] were married. He the son of John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn [aged 53] and Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn.
On 8th July 1815 [his brother-in-law] George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl Aberdeen [aged 31] and [his sister] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Aberdeen.
On 31st March 1817 [his mother] Frances Lascelles [aged 54] died.
On 3rd July 1817 [his brother] George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton [aged 27] and [his sister-in-law] Frances Theodora Rose Countess of Morton [aged 18] were married.
On 1st May 1818 [his father] John Douglas [aged 61] died.
On 17th July 1827 George Douglas 16th Earl Morton [aged 66] died. His first cousin [his brother] George [aged 37] succeeded 17th Earl Morton. [his sister-in-law] Frances Theodora Rose Countess of Morton [aged 28] by marriage Countess Morton.
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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On 26th August 1833 [his sister] Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen [aged 41] died.
On 30th September 1836 [his son] George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 36] and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant [aged 28]. He married 1860 Pamela Blanche Rushout, daughter of Charles Cockerell aka Rushout 2nd Baronet and Cecilia Olivia Foley Lady Cockerell, and had issue.
In 1837 [his son] Archibald Douglas-Pennant was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 36] and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant [aged 29]. He married 19th November 1891 Harriet Gifford, daughter of Robert Gifford 2nd Baron Gifford and Frederica Berkeley Baroness Gifford, and had issue.
In 1846 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 45] and Maria Louise Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn [aged 28] were married. They had eight daughters. She the daughter of Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton [aged 55] and Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton [aged 50].
On 9th June 1847 [his brother-in-law] Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy 7th Duke Grafton [aged 25] and Anne Balfour [aged 22] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton [aged 57] and [his mother-in-law] Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton [aged 51].
On 10th February 1858 [his brother-in-law] William Henry Fitzroy 6th Duke Grafton [aged 38] and Marie Anne Louise Baring Duchess Grafton [aged 25] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton [aged 68] and [his mother-in-law] Mary Caroline Berkeley Duchess Grafton [aged 62].
On 31st March 1858 [his brother] George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton [aged 68] died. His son [his nephew] Sholto [aged 40] succeeded 18th Earl Morton. Alice Anne Lambton Countess Morton [aged 26] by marriage Countess Morton.
In 1860 [his son] George Sholto Douglas-Pennant 2nd Baron Penrhyn [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Pamela Blanche Rushout [aged 20] were married.
1860. Camille Silvy. Photograph of George Henry Cavendish [aged 49], Samuel Gregson and Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 59].
Before 16th January 1861 [his son-in-law] James McGarel-Hogg 1st Baron Magheramorne [aged 37] and [his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Emma Douglas-Pennant were married.
On 26th March 1863 [his father-in-law] Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton [aged 73] died at Wakefield Lodge, Pottersbury. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 43] succeeded 6th Duke Grafton, 6th Earl Euston, 6th Viscount Ipswich, 6th Baron Sudbury, 7th Earl Arlington, 7th Viscount Thetford, 7th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 7th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex. Marie Anne Louise Baring Duchess Grafton [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Grafton.
On 3rd August 1866 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 66] was created 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire. [his wife] Maria Louise Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn [aged 48] by marriage Baroness Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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The London Gazette 23152. Crown Office, August 17, 1866.
MEMBER returned to serve in the present PARLIAMENT.
The Honourable George Douglas Pennant, in the room of the Honourable Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant [aged 66] (now Baron Pennrhyn), summoned to the House of Peers
1869. Henry Tanworth Wells [aged 40]. Portrait of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 68].
On 21st May 1882 [his brother-in-law] William Henry Fitzroy 6th Duke Grafton [aged 62] died. His brother Augustus [aged 60] succeeded 7th Duke Grafton, 7th Earl Euston, 7th Viscount Ipswich, 7th Baron Sudbury, 8th Earl Arlington, 8th Viscount Thetford, 8th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex and 8th Baron Arlington of Arlington in Middlesex.
In 1884 [his son] Archibald Douglas-Pennant [aged 47] died.
On 31st March 1886 Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn [aged 85] died. His son George [aged 49] succeeded 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai in Carnarvonshire.
In 1912 [his former wife] Maria Louise Fitzroy Baroness Penrhyn [aged 94] died.
[his daughter] Caroline Elizabeth Emma Douglas-Pennant was born to Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn and Juliana Isabella Mary Dawkins-Pennant. She married before 16th January 1861 James McGarel-Hogg 1st Baron Magheramorne, son of James Hogg 1st Baronet and Mary Swinton, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Douglas Master of Morton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Douglas 7th Earl Morton 5 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jean Lyon Countess Angus and Morton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Douglas 10th Earl Morton 6 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Keith 5th Earl Marischal 4 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Keith Countess Morton 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Home Countess Marischal
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Douglas 13th Earl Morton 7 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
GrandFather: James Douglas 14th Earl Morton 8 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Father: John Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Dickens
GrandMother: Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton
Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn 10 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lascelles 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandfather: Daniel Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandfather: William St Quintin
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances St Quintin
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Lascelles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Lascelles
GrandFather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood
Mother: Frances Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Chaloner
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Chaloner
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bowes
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bowes of Streatlam
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Maxton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bowes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Blakiston 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blakiston
GrandMother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood