The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1834 Henry Hall Scott was born at Lochcarrow, Rosshire, Scotland.
In 1872 Henry Hall Scott (age 38) was appointed Knight Bachelor.
In or before 1873 Henry Hall Scott (age 38) and Henrietta Gaukroger were married.
In 1873 [his daughter] Margaret Christabel Scott was born to Henry Hall Scott (age 39) and [his wife] Henrietta Gaukroger. She married 17th April 1912 Brigadier-General James Foster Riddell.
On 13th July 1875 [his son] Adam Scott was born to Henry Hall Scott (age 41) and [his wife] Henrietta Gaukroger. He was baptised on the 16th August 1875 He married 10th August 1910 Daughter Lambert.
On 16th October 1877 [his daughter] Janet Mary Scott was born to Henry Hall Scott (age 43) and [his wife] Henrietta Gaukroger. She was baptised on 6th December 1877. She married June 1903 Captain Roland Stuart Hebeler and had issue.
In 1881 Henry Hall Scott (age 47) was a farmer and coal owner who had 4400 acres and employed 50 Shepherds.
On 18th June 1882 [his son] Captain George Henry Hall Scott was born to Henry Hall Scott (age 48) and [his wife] Henrietta Gaukroger at Alnham House, Northumberland [Map].
In June 1903 [his son-in-law] Captain Roland Stuart Hebeler and [his daughter] Janet Mary Scott (age 25) were married at Alnwick, Northumberland [Map].
On 10th August 1910 [his son] Adam Scott (age 35) and [his daughter-in-law] Daughter Lambert were married at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 9th November 1911 Henry Hall Scott (age 77) died at Edinburgh. He was buried in Lesbury Churchyard [Map] on Monday, 13th November 1911. The coffin was conveyed from Hispburn to Lesbury on a draped lorry, and the burial service was conducted by the Reverend Canon Moore of Alnwick, and the Reverend G. Bray, of Lesbury.
Will of Sir Henry Hall Scott has been proved, the gross value of his estate being declared at £421,790. The testator makes the following charitable bequests:- To the poor of Lochearron £1,000, and to the poor of Glenelg and Arnisdale £1,000. Sir Henry also directed the payment of £50 to each of his shepherds and farm stewards in Northumberland who at his death has been eight years in his service: one year's wages to each of the maids who had been four years in his service: £50 each to his coachman and chauffeur, and various legacies to other employees. He also makes provision for the widows of old servants.
His will was questioned by his wife [his wife] Dame Henrietta, the plaintiff, and the defendants were Adam Scott, [his son] George Henry Hall Scott (age 29), Janet May Hebeler and Margaret Christabel Scott. The point in question was the wording was 'The whole of my income' and whether the whole of the residue was divisible as income among the testator's children, or whether part of it ought to be capitalised. Mr Justice Joyce held that the children of the testator were entitled to receive the whole of the residue in equal shares.
Henrietta Gaukroger: she was born to George Gaukroger and Margaret Gibson. In or before 1873 Henry Hall Scott and she were married.
After 9th November 1911. Memorial window to Henry Hall Scott (deceased) at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lesbury [Map] by Archibald Keightley Nicholson (age 40).