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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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MP Liverpool is in Member Parliament.
In 1555 Richard Shireburn (age 33) was elected MP Liverpool.
In 1559 Thomas Smith (age 45) was elected MP Liverpool.
In 1586 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 33) was elected MP Liverpool.
In 1628 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 22) was elected MP Liverpool.
On 4th December 1694 Thomas Brotherton (age 37) was elected MP Liverpool which seat he held until 11 Jan 1695.
On 2nd February 1723 Langham Booth (age 38) was elected MP Liverpool; he died a year later.
On 20th November 1724 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 40) was elected MP Liverpool at a by-election. He was re-elected in 1727 which seat he held until 1729.
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 1734 Richard Gildart (age 61) was elected MP Liverpool which seat he held until 1754.
In 1734 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 50) was elected MP Liverpool, was re-elected in 1741 and 1747 and 1754 [Private Act of Parliament 1748 (22 Geo. 2)].
In 1781 Banastre Tarleton 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Liverpool; he was defeated in 1784.
In 1823 William Huskisson (age 52) was elected MP Liverpool.