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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Nantwich, Cheshire is in Cheshire.
See: Alvaston, Cheshire [Map], Doddington, Cheshire, St Mary's Church, Nantwich [Map], Welsh Row, Nantwich, Widow's Almshouses, Nantwich [Map].
Around 1355 Thomas Norbury was born at Nantwich, Cheshire [Map]. He married Matilda Pembridge and had issue.
In 1524 John Crew was born to Randulph Crewe at Nantwich, Cheshire [Map].
On 4th November 1553 Roger Wilbraham was born to Richard Wilbraham (age 28) in Nantwich, Cheshire [Map].
On 10th August 1643 Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle (age 57) reached Nantwich, Cheshire [Map] where he was joined by William Brereton 1st Baronet (age 38). The proceeded on 4th September 1643 to Market Drayton, Shropshire, Wem, Shropshire on 11th September 1643, which they seized, garrisoned and made their Shropshire headquarters.
The River Weaver rises around Croxton Green, Cheshre [Map] from where it flows past Wrenbury, Cheshire [Map], Lightwood Green, Cheshire [Map], through Nantwich, Cheshire [Map], past Alvaston, Cheshire [Map], Church Minshull, Cheshire [Map], Winsford, Cheshire [Map], Vale Royal, Cheshire [Map], Northwich, Cheshire [Map], Acton Bridge, Tarporley [Map] before joining the River Mersey.
The River Weaver rises around Croxton Green, Cheshre [Map] from where it flows past Wrenbury, Cheshire [Map], Lightwood Green, Cheshire [Map], through Nantwich, Cheshire [Map], past Alvaston, Cheshire [Map], Church Minshull, Cheshire [Map], Winsford, Cheshire [Map], Vale Royal, Cheshire [Map], Northwich, Cheshire [Map], Acton Bridge, Tarporley [Map] before joining the River Mersey.
On 3rd May 1439 John Delves (age 17) and Ellen Egerton (age 19) were married at Doddington, Cheshire.
On 2nd January 1746 Elizabeth Delves (age 67) died. Her son Brian Broughton-Delves 4th Baronet inherited Doddington Hall, Cheshire [Map].
On 10th September 1883 Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet was born to Delves Louis Broughton 10th Baronet (age 26) and Rosamond Broughton (age 21) at Doddington Hall, Cheshire [Map]. He married (1) 8th July 1913 Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton and had issue (2) 5th November 1940 Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1589 Thomas Wilbraham was born to Richard Wilbraham (age 63) in Townsend House, Welsh Row, Nantwich [Map].
Around 1667 Roger Wilbraham (age 44) founded the Widow's Almshouses, Nantwich [Map] in memory of his deceased wife in three existing cottages built in 1637.