Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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In 1834 [his father] Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his mother] Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet (age 24) were married. She by marriage Lady Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
On 10th October 1837 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet was born to [his father] Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet (age 37) and [his mother] Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet (age 27). After three years at Eton College, Edward Malet entered the foreign service at the age of 17. He served as attaché to his father in Frankfurt, then in Brussels.
In 1871 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 33) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Peking which role he undertook until 1873.
The London Gazette 23767. Foreign Office, August 7, 1871. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 33), Esq., C.B., now a Second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation in China.
In 1873 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 35) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Athens which role he undertook until 1875.
The London Gazette 24028. Foreign Office, October 11, 1873.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 36), Esq , C.B., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Pekin, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Athens.
In 1875 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 37) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Rome which role he undertook until 1878.
The London Gazette 24236. Foreign Office, August 9, 1875. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 37), Esq., C.B., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Athens, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Rome.
In 1878 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 40) was appointed Secretary of Legation at Constantinople which role he undertook until 1879.
The London Gazette 24578. Foreign Office, April 29, 1878. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 40), Esq., C.B., now Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Rome, to be Secretary to Her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople.
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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The London Gazette 24772. Foreign Office, October 10, 1879. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Horace Rumbold (age 10), Bart., now Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the Swiss Confederation, to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Honourable Hussey Crespigny Vivian (age 45), C.B., now Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, to be Her Majesty's Minister Resident to the Swiss Confederation.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edward Baldwin Malet (age 42), Esq., C.B. Minister Plenipotentiary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt.
The London Gazette 25268. Foreign Office, August 29, 1883. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Edward Baldwin Malet (age 45), K.C.B., now Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, and a Minister Plenipotentiary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the King of the Belgians.
The London Gazette 25403. Foreign Office, September 20, 1884. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Edward Baldwin Malet (age 46), K.C.B., now Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Belgians, to be Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the German Emperor, King of Prussia.
On 19th March 1885 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 47) and Ermytrude Sackville Russell Lady Malet (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 65) and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 66).
On 24th October 1886 [his brother-in-law] George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford (age 34) and Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. He the son of [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 67) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 68).
On 28th November 1886 [his father] Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet (age 86) died. His son [his brother] Henry (age 50) succeeded 3rd Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
1887. William Blake Richmond (age 44). Portrait of Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 49).
On 31st January 1888 [his brother-in-law] Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 29) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 22) were married at Barrackpore. He the son of [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 68) and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 69).
On 2nd January 1891 [his mother] Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet (age 81) died.
On 14th January 1891 [his father-in-law] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 71) shot himself as a result of insanity at 81 Eaton Square, Belgravia. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 38) succeeded 10th Duke Bedford, 10th Marquess Tavistock, 14th Earl Bedford, 14th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 10th Baron Howland of Streatham. Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 38) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Monument in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies erected by [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 72) in 1892.
In 1892 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 54) commissioned the buidling of a Beaux-Arts villa "Le Chateau Malet" at Cap D'Ail, France, set within 14 acres of gardens. The architect was Hans-Georg Tersling.
On 23rd March 1893 [his brother-in-law] George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford (age 40) died. George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother [his brother-in-law] Herbrand (age 35) succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 27) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 14th March 1901 [his brother-in-law] Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 43) was appointed 816th Knight of the Garter by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 59).
On 12th January 1904 [his brother] Henry Malet 3rd Baronet (age 67) died. His brother Edward (age 66) succeeded 4th Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire. [his wife] Ermytrude Sackville Russell Lady Malet (age 47) by marriage Lady Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
On 29th June 1908 Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet (age 70) died. His first cousin once removed Edward (age 35) succeeded 5th Baronet Malet of Wilbury in Wiltshire.
On 22nd March 1927 [his former wife] Ermytrude Sackville Russell Lady Malet (age 70) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Malet
GrandFather: Charles Warre Malet 1st Baronet
Father: Alexander Malet 2nd Baronet
GrandMother: Susanna Wales Lady Malet
Edward Baldwin Malet 4th Baronet
GrandFather: John Spalding
Mother: Marianne Dora Spalding Lady Malet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Eden
GrandMother: Mary Eden Baroness Brougham and Vaux