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: Brownlow
Before 26th June 1659 [his father] Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet [aged 16] and [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [aged 26] were married.
On 5th November 1665 William Brownlow 4th Baronet was born to [his father] Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet [aged 22] and [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [aged 32].
In 1666 [his grandfather] William Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 71] died. His son [his father] Richard [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [aged 33] by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
On 3rd July 1668 [his father] Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet [aged 25] died. His son [his brother] John [aged 9] succeeded 3rd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Armorial 
Brownlow Arms with a canton of the Rad Hand of Ulster impaled his wife's Freke Arms.
Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet: Before 1643 he was born to William Brownlow 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Duncombe. Before 26th June 1659 Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow were married. In 1666 William Brownlow 1st Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Around 1677 William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 11] educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University.
Around 2nd February 1683 [his mother] Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow [aged 50] died.
Around 1685 John Closterman [aged 25] and John Riley [aged 39]. Portrait of William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 19].
In 1689 William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 23] was elected MP Peterborough.
Before 1690 William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 24] and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 22] were married.
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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On 16th November 1690 [his son] John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 25] and [his wife] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 23]. He married (1) 1712 his first cousin Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (2) 1732 Elizabeth Cartwright Viscountess Tyconnel.
In 1694 [his daughter] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 28] and [his wife] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 27]. She married before 1717 Richard Cust 2nd Baronet and had issue.
On 7th January 1694 Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield [aged 76] died. His son Charles [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Macclesfield, 2nd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 2nd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk. [his sister-in-law] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 26] by marriage Countess Macclesfield.
On 16th July 1697 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [aged 38] committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother William [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 30] by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton [aged 58].
In 1698 William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Bishop's Castle.
In March 1698 Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield [aged 39] and [his sister-in-law] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield [aged 30] were divorced by Act of Parliament; the first occasion on which a divorce was so granted without a previous decree of an ecclesiastical court.
On 25th April 1699 [his son] William Brownlow was born to William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 33] and [his wife] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 32].
In 1700 [his wife] Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow [aged 33] died.
On 6th March 1701 William Brownlow 4th Baronet [aged 35] died. His son John [aged 10] succeeded 5th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow
GrandFather: William Brownlow 1st Baronet
Father: Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Duncombe 
GrandMother: Elizabeth Duncombe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bennett
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Bennett
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Freke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Swayne of Blandford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Swayne
GrandFather: John Freke of Stretton in Dorset
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Taylor of Burton Bradstock
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Taylor
Mother: Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow