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: Chichester
Before 13th June 1739 [his father] John Chichester [aged 33] and [his mother] Elizabeth Newdigate [aged 29] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Arthur Chichester 3rd Earl Donegal and [his grandmother] Catherine Forbes [aged 49].
On 13th June 1739 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal was born to [his father] John Chichester [aged 33] and [his mother] Elizabeth Newdigate [aged 29].
In 1757 [his uncle] Arthur Chichester 4th Earl Donegal [aged 62] died. His nephew Arthur [aged 17] succeeded 5th Earl Donegal.
On 11th September 1761 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 22] and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Donegal. She the daughter of James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon and Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 51].
On 25th May 1765 [his brother-in-law] Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon [aged 24] and Harriet Stewart were married. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 71] and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway [aged 56]. He the son of James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon and [his mother-in-law] Anne Spencer Duchess Hamilton Duchess Brandon [aged 55]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 14th August 1769 [his son] George Chichester 2nd Marquess Donegal was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 30] and [his wife] Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 31] at St James'. He married before 1818 Anna May.
On 3rd May 1771 [his son] Arthur Chichester was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 31] and [his wife] Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 33].
On 20th April 1775 [his son] Spencer Stanley Chichester was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 35] and [his wife] Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 37]. He married before 8th January 1797 his half second cousin Anne Harriet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway and Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway, and had issue.
Around 1780 Thomas Gainsborough [aged 52]. Portrait of Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 40].
On 11th November 1780 [his wife] Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal [aged 42] died.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 24th April 1787 [his daughter] Elizabeth Juliana Chichester died.
On 11th September 1788 [his son] Arthur Chichester [aged 17] died.
On 24th October 1788 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 49] and Charlotte Spencer were married. She died less than a year later.
On 19th September 1789 [his wife] Charlotte Spencer died at Fisherwick, Staffordshire.
The London Gazette 13210. Whitehall, June 19 [1790]. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the several Noblemen and Gentlemen following, and the Heirs Male of their respective Bodies lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles undermentioned, viz.
The Right Honorable Arthur Earl of Donegall [aged 51], of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Fisherwick, of Fisherwick in the County of Stafford.
The Right Honorable James Earl of Fife, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron of Fife, of Fife in the County of Fife.
The Right Honorable James Bucknall Grimston [aged 43], Viscount Grimston, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Verulam, of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford.
The Right Honorable Constantine John [aged 46] Lord Mulgrave, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave, in the County of York.
Archibald Douglas, Esquire, Baron Douglas, of Douglas in the County of Lanerk; and
Edwin Laascelles [aged 77], Esquire, Baron Harewwood, of Harewood in the County of York. [Jane Coleman Baroness Harewood [aged 59] by marriage Baroness Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire.]
In October 1790 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 51] and Barbara Godfey Marchioness Donegal were married.
In 1791 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 51] was created 1st Marquess Donegal. [his wife] Barbara Godfey Marchioness Donegal by marriage Marchioness Donegal.
Before 8th January 1797 Spencer Stanley Chichester [aged 21] and Anne Harriet Stewart [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway [aged 60] and Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway [aged 54]. He the son of Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 57] and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal. They were half second cousins.
On 5th January 1799 Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal [aged 59] died. His son George [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Marquess Donegal, 6th Earl Donegal, 2nd Baron Fisherwick of Fisherwick in Staffordshire.
On 28th December 1829 [his former wife] Barbara Godfey Marchioness Donegal died.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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[his daughter] Amelia Chichester was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal.
[his daughter] Charlotte Anne Chichester was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Juliana Chichester was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal.
[his daughter] Henrietta Chichester was born to Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal and Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chichester 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel John Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Copleston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Copleston
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Biston
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Chichester 2nd Earl Donegal 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Jones 1st Viscount Ranelagh
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Jones
Great x 4 Grandfather: Garret Moore 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Moore
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Colley Viscountess Moore and Wilmot
GrandFather: Arthur Chichester 3rd Earl Donegal 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Osbourne Echingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Echingham of Dunroby
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ichyngham of Dunbrody in Wexford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Ichyngham Countess Donegall
Father: John Chichester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Forbes of Corse
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Forbes of Corse
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 1st Earl Granard
GrandMother: Catherine Forbes
Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Elizabeth Newdigate