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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St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley is in Barthomley, Cheshire, Churches in Cheshire.
Chancel and nave at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
General monuments at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
Interior of the Carew chapel at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
Monument at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map]. The armorial Turnor impaled with 
Crewe Arms.
Exteriod of St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
In 1389 Robert de Fouleshurst (age 59) died. He was buried at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map]. Camail and Jupon Period. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields. Hip Belt. Lancastrian Esses Collar. IHC NASARE Lettering.
Ray State, in his book 'The Alabaster Carvers', describing the 1389 Fouleshurst monument in Note d3: 'Tomb chest with angels, which may not belong. The angels are standing holding shields and extended wings with serrated edges a feature not thought to be used for another 20 years.'
Robert de Fouleshurst: Around 1330 he was born. Before 1366 Robert de Fouleshurst and Elizabeth de Praers were married.
1529. Monument to (probably) Robert Fouleshurst Rector of St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map] who died in 1529.
On 15th May 1711 Anne Crewe (age 61) died. Monument at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
Anne Crewe: John Offley of Madely in Staffordshire and she were married. In September 1649 she was born to John Crewe of Crewe and Carew Gorges.
On 26th August 1749 John Crewe of Crewe (age 68) died. Monument at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map] commissioned by his wife Sarah Price (age 67).
John Crewe of Crewe: Around 1681 he was born to John Offley of Madely in Staffordshire and Anne Crewe. In or before 1709 John Crewe of Crewe and Sarah Price were married.
Sarah Price: Around 1682 she was born. On 8th May 1751 she died.
On 19th September 1887 Sibyl Marcia Graham Baroness Houghton (age 30) died suddenly. Monument at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map] sculpted by Joseph Boehm (age 53).
Sibyl Marcia Graham Baroness Houghton: On 23rd June 1857 she was born to Frederick Ulric Graham 3rd Baronet and Jane Hermione Seymour Lady Graham. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.57%. On 3rd June 1880 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe and she were married. On 11th August 1885 Robert Moncton Milnes 1st Baron Houghton died. His son Robert succeeded 2nd Baron Houghton of Great Houghton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She by marriage Baroness Houghton of Great Houghton in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 20th June 1945 Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe (age 87) died without surviving male issue. Marquess of Crewe, Earl of Crewe in Cheshire and Baron Houghton of Great Houghton in the West Riding of Yorkshire extinct. He was buried at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
In 1890 Richard Charles Rodes Crewe Milnes (age 8) died. He was buried at St Bertoline's Church, Barthomley [Map].
Richard Charles Rodes Crewe Milnes: In 1882 he was born to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe and Sibyl Marcia Graham Baroness Houghton.
