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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Winterbourne Stoke West Barrow 10 G67 is in Winterbourne Stoke West Barrows.
Colt Hoare 1812. No. 10 [Winterbourne Stoke West Barrow 10 G67 [Map]] was opened by Mr. Cunnington in the year 1804. In its form, it resembles the second class of Druid Barrows, is neatly ditched round, having the vallum without, and the tumulus rising gradually to its apex from the ditch. It contained an urn inverted over the burned bones, which had been wrapped up in a linen cloth, to protect them; and with the bones were found a small brass pin, employed probably for fastening the cloth, five rings of a dark brown colour, one of which was perforated for suspension, (Tumuli Plate XIII.) a small cone of the same materials perforated also for the same purpose, and several pully beads of glass, with one of jet, and another of amber.
Wiltshire Museum. DZSWS:STHEAD.70. 5 rings of Kimmeridge shale (one of which was perforated for suspension) found with a wrapped primary cremation under an inverted urn in disc barrow Winterbourne Stoke G67 [Map], excavated by William Cunnington.
Wiltshire Museum. DZSWS:STHEAD.70a. 1 conical button of Kimmerage shale (v-bored on base) found with a wrapped primary cremation under an inverted urn in disc barrow Winterbourne Stoke G67 [Map], excavated by William Cunnington.
Wiltshire Museum. DZSWS:STHEAD.70c. 1 spherical amber bead found with a wrapped primary cremation under an inverted urn in disc barrow Winterbourne Stoke G67 [Map], excavated by William Cunnington.
Wiltshire Museum. DZSWS:STHEAD.70e. 3 segmented faience beads (2 four segment & 1 three segment bead) found with a wrapped primary cremation under an inverted urn in disc barrow Winterbourne Stoke G67 [Map], excavated by William Cunnington.