On 22nd March 1942 Martin Henig was born.
From 1955 to 1960 Martin Henig [aged 12] was educated at the Merchant Taylors School, Three Rivers.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig [aged 17] was educated at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London where he was awarded a Diploma of Archaeology.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig [aged 17] was educated at Worcester College, Oxford University where he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis on Engraved Gemstones from British Sites published in 1974, with new editions published in 1978 and 2007.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig [aged 17] was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge University where he was awarded BA and MA.
On 6th March 1975 Martin Henig [aged 32] was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
In 1984 Martin Henig [aged 41] published Religion in Roman Britain (Batsford).
Between 1985 and 2007 Martin Henig [aged 42] was editor of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association.
In 1994 Martin Henig [aged 51] published The Art of Roman Britain (Batsford).
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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Between 1997 and 2009 Martin Henig [aged 54] was a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.