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 1823 [his father] Robert Henley 2nd Baron Henley (age 33) and [his mother] Harriet Peel (age 20) were married.
On 12th April 1825 Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington was born to [his father] Robert Henley 2nd Baron Henley (age 35) and [his mother] Harriet Peel (age 22).
On 6th December 1830 [his grandfather] Morton Eden 1st Baron Henley (age 78) died. His son [his father] Robert (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baron Henley.
On 3rd February 1841 [his father] Robert Henley 2nd Baron Henley (age 51) died. His son Anthony (age 15) succeeded 3rd Baron Henley. [his future wife] Julia Peel Baroness Henley by marriage Baroness Henley.
In 1846 Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 20) and Julia Peel Baroness Henley were married. They were first cousins.
On 17th April 1849 [his son] Frederic Henley 4th Baron Henley 2nd Baron Northington was born to Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 24) and [his wife] Julia Peel Baroness Henley. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%. He married 20th October 1900 Augusta Frederica Langham.
On 3rd July 1858 [his son] Anthony Henley 5th Baron Henley 3rd Baron Northington was born to Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 33) and [his wife] Julia Peel Baroness Henley. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.25%.
In 1862 [his wife] Julia Peel Baroness Henley died.
In 1869 [his mother] Harriet Peel (age 66) died.
In 1870 Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 44) and Clara Jekyll Baroness Henley and Northington were married. She by marriage Baroness Henley.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 4th August 1873 [his son] Anthony Morton Henley was born to Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 48) and [his wife] Clara Jekyll Baroness Henley and Northington. He married 24th April 1906 Sylvia Laura Stanley, daughter of Edward Lyulph Stanley 4th Baron Stanley 3rd Baron Eddisbury and Mary Catherine Bell Baroness Stanley, and had issue.
On 11th April 1877 [his son] Francis Henley aka Eden 6th Baron Henley 4th Baron Northington was born to Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 51) and [his wife] Clara Jekyll Baroness Henley and Northington. He married 14th October 1913 Dorothy Howard Baroness Henley and Northington, daughter of George Howard 9th Earl Carlisle and Rosalind Frances Stanley Countess Carlisle, and had issue.
In 1885 Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 59) was created 1st Baron Northington of Watford in Northamptonshire. [his wife] Clara Jekyll Baroness Henley and Northington by marriage Baroness Northington of Watford in Northamptonshire.
On 27th November 1898 Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington (age 73) died. His son Frederic (age 49) succeeded 4th Baron Henley, 2nd Baron Northington of Watford in Northamptonshire.
In 1922 [his former wife] Clara Jekyll Baroness Henley and Northington died.
GrandFather: Morton Eden 1st Baron Henley
Father: Robert Henley 2nd Baron Henley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Henley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Henley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Henley
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Every
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Every
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington
GrandMother: Elizabeth Henley Baroness Henley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Huband 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Huband
Anthony Henley 3rd Baron Henley 1st Baron Northington
GrandFather: Robert Peel 1st Baronet
Mother: Harriet Peel
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Yates
GrandMother: Ellen Yates