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 1682 John Warburton was born.
In March 1719 John Warburton (age 37) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 18th June 1720 John Warburton (age 38) was appointed Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary.
In 1749 John Warburton (age 67) published a Map of Middlesex with a border of five hundred engraved arms. The Earl Marshal, supposing many of them to be fictitious, ordered that no copies should be sold until the right to wear them had been proved. Warburton endeavoured to vindicate himself in London and Middlesex illustrated by Names, Residence, Genealogy, and Coat-armour of the Nobility, Merchants, &c.
In 1750 [his son-in-law] John Elphinstone (age 28) and [his daughter] Amelia Warburton were married. They had seven sons and four daughters.
In 1753 John Warburton (age 71) published Vallum Romanum, or the History and Antiquities of the Roman Wall in Cumberland and Northumberland based on a survey and plan he had completed in 1715.
On 9th June 1757 John Warburton (age 75) was ejected from the Royal Society for nonpayment of his subscription.
On 11th May 1759 John Warburton (age 77) died. He was buried at St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf [Map] in the South Aisle.
[his daughter] Amelia Warburton was born to John Warburton. She married 1750 John Elphinstone and had issue.