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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Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire is in Ingestre, Staffordshire.
In 1613 Walter Chetwynd [aged 53] commissioned the building of Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. The house was built in red brick on the site of an earlier manor house
On 31st May 1638 Walter Chetwynd [aged 78] died. His son Walter Chetwynd [aged 40] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 19th April 1669 Walter Chetwynd [aged 71] died. His son Walter Chetwynd [aged 36] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 21st March 1693 Walter Chetwynd [aged 60] died of smallpox. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Ingestre [Map]. John Chetwynd of Boughton [aged 50] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 9th December 1702 John Chetwynd of Boughton [aged 59] died. Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd [aged 24] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 21st February 1736 Walter Chetwynd 1st Viscount Chetwynd [aged 57] died. His brother John [aged 54] succeeded 2nd Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry, and inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.Esther Kent Viscountess Chetwynd [aged 36] by marriage Viscountess Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry.
On 21st June 1767 John Chetwynd 2nd Viscount Chetwynd [aged 85] died. His brother William [aged 83] succeeded 3rd Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven in Kerry. Catherine Chetwynd [aged 44] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 20th January 1785 Catherine Chetwynd [aged 62] died. John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 35] inherited Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
On 10th January 1849 Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot [aged 71] died at Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. His son Henry [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Earl Talbot, 3rd Viscount Ingestre, 5th Baron Talbot of Hensol in Glamorganshire. Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford [aged 41] by marriage Countess Talbot.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Henry Chaplin A Memoir: 2 Family and Social Life Part II. His last letter to his bride a few days before their wedding has a pathetic interest in view of the few years of marriage which were before them.
[Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin [aged 35] to Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower [aged 21]]
October 11 [Note. A mistake for November 1876].— Ted [aged 34] has gone to Lincoln to make a speech to his constituents to-night. His marriage is settled, and announced to Lady Gwendoline [aged 18], and I've had a letter from Shrewsbury acquainting me with that fact. It may be some consolation and perhaps relief to you to know that they have a "Royal Party " at Ingestre and can't come to Trentham next week, but he sends every sort of kind message to you.... I am nervous, not about the ceremony! Now didn't you hope I was going to be? but about your rooms being done by the time they ought to be, but the paper you chose is up and they will look very nice, I feel sure. Darling little woman, do not fret or fidget about the awful ceremony. I often tell you that it has no effect of that sort upon me, and I will tell you why. Because I am as firmly convinced as I can be of anything that the step we are about to take with God's blessing will be, and ought to be, except through our own faults, for our mutual and enduring happiness both here and hereafter. Think of it in this light, and then the momentary passing agitation of a ceremony will not trouble you, and remember, child, that it is to you and your good influence that I look to help us in the cares, may be in the trials and temptations and, please God, the happiness which awaits us in the future.
