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
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Ilam 1460
In 1529 [his father] John Chichester and [his mother] Gertrude Courtenay (age 8) were married.
In 1568 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester was born to [his father] John Chichester and [his mother] Gertrude Courtenay (age 47).
In 1569 [his father] John Chichester died.
In 1605 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 37) and Anne Copleston (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
In 1606 [his brother] Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Chichester (age 42) and [his sister-in-law] Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester (age 46) were married.
On 16th June 1606 [his son] Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal was born to Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 38) and [his wife] Anne Copleston (age 18). He married (1) before 1630 Dorcas Hill and had issue (2) after 1630 his half sixth cousin Mary Digby Countess Donegal, daughter of John Digby 1st Earl Bristol and Beatrice Walcott (3) 13th August 1651 Letitia Hicks Countess Donegal, daughter of William Hicks 1st Baronet and Margaret Paget Lady Beverston, and had issue.
In 1609 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel John Chichester was born to Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 41) and [his wife] Anne Copleston (age 21). He married before 1647 Mary Jones and had issue.
In 1611 [his son] Edward Chichester was born to Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 43) and [his wife] Anne Copleston (age 23).
In 1613 [his brother] Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Chichester (age 49) was created 1st Baron Chichester of Belfast. [his sister-in-law] Lettice Perrot Baroness Chichester (age 53) by marriage Baroness Chichester of Belfast.
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 1616 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 48) was knighted.
In 1616 [his wife] Anne Copleston (age 28) died.
In 1624 [his son-in-law] William Wrey 2nd Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Chichester Lady Wrey were married. They were half second cousin twice removed.
On 19th February 1625 [his brother] Arthur Chichester 1st Baron Chichester (age 61) died of pleurisy. He was buried in St Nicholas' Church, Carrickfergus, County Antrim.
After 19th February 1625 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 57) was created 1st Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus, 1st Baron Chichester of Belfast.
After 19th February 1625 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 57) was appointed Lord High Admiral Lough Neagh.
After 19th February 1625 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 57) was appointed Governor of Carrickfergus.
Before 1630 [his son] Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorcas Hill (age 22) were married.
After 1630 [his son] Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Digby Countess Donegal (age 18) were married. She the daughter of John Digby 1st Earl Bristol (age 49) and Beatrice Walcott. They were half sixth cousins.
Before 1647 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel John Chichester (age 37) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Jones were married.
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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In 1647 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel John Chichester (age 38) died.
On 8th July 1648 Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester (age 80) died. His son Arthur (age 42) succeeded 2nd Viscount Chichester of Carrickfergus, 3rd Baron Chichester of Belfast. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Digby Countess Donegal (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Chichester of Carrickfergus.
[his daughter] Mary Chichester was born to Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester and Anne Copleston.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Chichester Lady Wrey was born to Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester and Anne Copleston. She married 1624 her half second cousin twice removed William Wrey 2nd Baronet, son of William Wrey 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Courtenay, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Chichester 
GrandFather: Edward Chichester
Father: John Chichester 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford 
Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Arches
GrandMother: Elizabeth Bourchier 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Daubeney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stourton of Preston 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Stourton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Arundell Baroness Offaly 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Edward Chichester 1st Viscount Chichester 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Courtenay 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Courtenay 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Champernoun 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Courtenay 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hungerford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor or Catherine Peverell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Courtenay 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bonville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzroger 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bonville 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: William "Great" Courtenay 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Cheney
Mother: Gertrude Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Gainsford
GrandMother: Mary Gainsford
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Shaa
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Shaa
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Shaa
Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey Shaa
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Ilam