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: Glynne
1659 Third Protectorate Parliament
1661 Creation of Baronets and Peerages by Charles II Post Coronation
Before 20th January 1638 [his father] John Glynne [aged 36] and [his mother] Frances Squib were married.
On 20th January 1638 William Glynne 1st Baronet was born to [his father] John Glynne [aged 36] and [his mother] Frances Squib.
After 19th October 1646 [his father] John Glynne [aged 44] and Anne Manning Lady Lawley were married.
In 1656 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 17] graduated at Jesus College, Oxford University.
In 1659 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 20] was elected MP Caernarfon during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
On 25th April 1660...
Thomas Thynne [aged 50] was elected MP Hindon.
Henry Carey 4th Viscount Falkland [aged 26] was elected MP Oxfordshire.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne [aged 29] was elected MP Derbyshire.
[his father] John Glynne [aged 58] was elected MP Caernarfonshire.
William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 22] was elected MP Caernarfon.
Francis Godolphin [aged 54] was elected MP Heytesbury.
Richard Jennings [aged 41] was elected MP St Albans.
In May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] created new Baronetcies and Peerages...
10th May 1661 William Smyth 1st Baronet [aged 45] was created 1st Baronet Smyth of Redcliff in Buckinghamshire.
16th May 1661 Hugh Smyth 1st Baronet [aged 29] was created 1st Baronet Smyth of Ashton Court in Somerset. Anne Ashburnham Lady Smyth [aged 23] by marriage Lady Smyth of Ashton Court in Somerset.
18th May 1661 Robert Jenkinson 1st Baronet [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
20th May 1661 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 23] was created 1st Baronet Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire.
23rd May 1661 Henry Ingram 1st Viscount Irvine [aged 21] was created 1st Viscount Irvine.
Before 1663 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 24] and Penelope Anderson Lady Bicester aka Bisseter were married. She by marriage Lady Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire.
On 17th May 1663 [his son] William Glynne 2nd Baronet was born to William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 25] and [his wife] Penelope Anderson Lady Bicester aka Bisseter. He married 5th July 1688 Mary Evelyn Lady Bicester aka Bisseter, daughter of Edward Evelyn 1st Baronet, and had issue.
In 1665 [his son] Stephen Glynne 3rd Baronet was born to William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 26] and [his wife] Penelope Anderson Lady Bicester aka Bisseter. He married after 1691 Sophia Evelyn Lady Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter, daughter of Edward Evelyn 1st Baronet, and had issue.
On 15th November 1666 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 28] inherited at Hawarden, Flintshire.
On 15th November 1666 [his father] John Glynne [aged 64] died. He was buried in his own vault under the alter at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
In 1668 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 29] was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
In 1673 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 34] was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire.
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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In 1688 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 49] was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Oxfordshire.
On 5th July 1688 [his son] William Glynne 2nd Baronet [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Evelyn Lady Bicester aka Bisseter [aged 12] were married.
In 1689 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 50] was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Carnarvonshire.
On 8th September 1690 William Glynne 1st Baronet [aged 52] died. His son William [aged 27] succeeded 2nd Baronet Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire. Mary Evelyn Lady Bicester aka Bisseter [aged 14] by marriage Lady Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire.
In 1691 [his former wife] Penelope Anderson Lady Bicester aka Bisseter died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Glynne
GrandFather: William Glynne
Father: John Glynne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Griffith Chamberlain
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Griffith
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Griffith
GrandMother: Jane Griffith
GrandFather: Arthur Squib
Mother: Frances Squib