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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Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
19th June 1782. George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 64) created.
24th May 1792. Son George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney (age 38) succeeded.
2nd January 1802. Son George Rodney 3rd Baron Rodney (age 19) succeeded.
21st June 1842. Brother Thomas James Rodney 4th Baron Rodney (age 58) succeeded.
1843. Brother Spencer Rodney 5th Baron Rodney (age 57) succeeded.
15th May 1846. Nephew Robert Dennett Rodney 6th Baron Rodney (age 25) succeeded.
19th August 1864. Son George Bridges Rodney 7th Baron Rodney (age 7) succeeded.
29th December 1909. Son George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 18) succeeded.
18th December 1973. Son John Francis Rodney 9th Baron Rodney (age 53) succeeded.
13th October 1992. Son George Brydges Rodney 10th Baron Rodney (age 39) succeeded.
13th February 2011. Son John Brydges Rodney 11th Baron Rodney (age 11) succeeded.
On 19th June 1782 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 64) was created 1st Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. Henrietta Clies Baroness Rodney (age 43) by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 24th May 1792 George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 74) died. His son George (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. Anne Harley Baroness Rodney (age 32) by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 2nd January 1802 George Rodney 2nd Baron Rodney (age 48) died. His son George (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 21st June 1842 George Rodney 3rd Baron Rodney (age 60) died. His brother Thomas (age 58) succeeded 4th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
In 1843 Thomas James Rodney 4th Baron Rodney (age 59) died. His brother Spencer (age 57) succeeded 5th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 15th May 1846 Spencer Rodney 5th Baron Rodney (age 61) died at Harley Street Marylebone. He was buried at Eye, Suffolk. His nephew Robert (age 25) succeeded 6th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 19th August 1864 Robert Dennett Rodney 6th Baron Rodney (age 44) died. His son George (age 7) succeeded 7th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 24th January 1891 George Bridges Rodney 7th Baron Rodney (age 33) and Corisande Evelyn Vere Guest Baroness Rodney were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 29th December 1909 George Bridges Rodney 7th Baron Rodney (age 52) died. His son George (age 18) succeeded 8th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 15th September 1917 George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 25) and Marjorie Lowther Baroness Rodney (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset. She the daughter of Lancelot Edward Lowther 6th Earl Lonsdale (age 50) and Gwendoline Sheffield (age 48).
On 18th December 1973 George Bridges Rodney 8th Baron Rodney (age 82) died. His son John (age 53) succeeded 9th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 13th October 1992 John Francis Rodney 9th Baron Rodney (age 72) died. His son George (age 39) succeeded 10th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.
On 13th February 2011 George Brydges Rodney 10th Baron Rodney (age 58) died. His son John (age 11) succeeded 11th Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke in Somerset.