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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Earl Kinnoull is in Earl.
On 25th May 1633 George Hay 1st Earl Kinnoull [aged 63] was created 1st Earl Kinnoull.
On 16th December 1634 George Hay 1st Earl Kinnoull [aged 64] died. His son George [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Earl Kinnoull. Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul by marriage Countess Kinnoull.
On 5th October 1644 George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull [aged 48] died. His son George [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Earl Kinnoull.
In 1650 George Hay 3rd Earl Kinnoull [aged 27] died. His brother William [aged 27] succeeded 4th Earl Kinnoull.
Before 28th March 1677 William Hay 4th Earl Kinnoull [aged 55] and Mary Brudenell Countess Kinnoul were married. She by marriage Countess Kinnoull. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 2nd Earl Cardigan [aged 70] and Mary Constable Countess Cardigan. He the son of George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull and Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul.
Before 28th March 1677 William Hay 4th Earl Kinnoull [aged 55] and Catherine Cecil Countess Kinnoul were married. She by marriage Countess Kinnoull. He the son of George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull and Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul.
On 28th March 1677 William Hay 4th Earl Kinnoull [aged 55] died. His son George succeeded 5th Earl Kinnoull.
In 1687 George Hay 5th Earl Kinnoull died. His brother William succeeded 6th Earl Kinnoull.
On 10th May 1709 William Hay 6th Earl Kinnoull died. His third cousin Thomas [aged 49] succeeded 7th Earl Kinnoull.
On 5th January 1719 Thomas Hay 7th Earl Kinnoull [aged 59] died. His son George [aged 29] succeeded 8th Earl Kinnoull. Abigail Harley Countess Kinnoul [aged 29] by marriage Countess Kinnoull.
On 28th July 1758 George Henry Hay 8th Earl Kinnoull [aged 69] died in Ashford, Surrey. His son Thomas [aged 48] succeeded 9th Earl Kinnoull, 2nd Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
On 27th December 1787 Thomas Hay 9th Earl Kinnoul [aged 77] died. His nephew Robert [aged 36] succeeded 10th Earl Kinnoull, 3rd Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
On 19th April 1804 Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul [aged 53] died. His son Thomas [aged 19] succeeded 11th Earl Kinnoull, 4th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
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 17th August 1824 Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull [aged 39] and Louisa Burton Rowley Countess Kinnoul were married. She by marriage Countess Kinnoull. He the son of Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul and Sarah Harley Countess Kinnoul.
On 18th February 1866 Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull [aged 80] died. His son George [aged 38] succeeded 12th Earl Kinnoull, 5th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire. Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset Countess Kinnoul [aged 38] by marriage Countess Kinnoull.
On 30th January 1897 George Hay-Drummond 12th Earl Kinnoull [aged 69] died at The Bungalow Torquay, Devon. His son Archibald [aged 41] succeeded 13th Earl Kinnoull, 6th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
On 7th February 1916 Archibald Hay 13th Earl of Kinnoull [aged 60] died. His grandson George [aged 13] succeeded 14th Earl Kinnoull, 7th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
On 19th March 1938 George Hay 14th Earl of Kinnoull [aged 35] died. His son William [aged 2] succeeded 15th Earl Kinnoull, 8th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.
On 7th June 2013 William Hay 15th Earl of Kinnoull [aged 78] died. His son Charles [aged 50] succeeded 16th Earl Kinnoull, 9th Baron Hay of Pedwardine in Herefordshire.