Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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High Sheriff of Cornwall is in High Sheriff.
In 1505 John Godolphin was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1531 Christopher Tredinnick was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1541 John Arundell (age 41) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1547 John Trelawny of Poole in Cornwall (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1549 William Godolphin (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1560 John Trelawny of Poole in Cornwall (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1561 John Trelawny was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1567 John Trelawny was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1568 William Godolphin (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1573 John Arundell was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1580 Francis Godolphin (age 40) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1583 Richard Carew (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1585 John Wrey of North Russell was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1586 Richard Carew (age 30) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1595 Johnathan Trelawny (age 26) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1598 William Wrey 1st Baronet was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1604 Francis Godolphin (age 64) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1613 William Coryton (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1638 Francis Godolphin (age 32) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1660 Colonel Piers Edgecumbe (age 51) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1683 John Coryton 2nd Baronet (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1694 John Tregagle (age 20) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1793 Francis Glanville (age 30) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1811 William Lewis Trelawny aka Salusbury-Trelawny 8th Baronet (age 29) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1849 Samuel Thomas Spry (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1851 William Williams 1st Baronet (age 59) was appointed Deputy Warden of the Stannaries, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.
In 1899 Lewis William Molesworth 11th Baronet (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1922 Hugh Molesworth-St Aubyn 13th Baronet (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
In 1947 John Pole-Carew 12th Baronet (age 44) was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
William Godolphin was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.
William Botreaux was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall.