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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On 16th April 1857 George Edward Thicknesse-Touchet 21st Baron Audley 18th Baron Tuchet [aged 40] and Emily Mitchell Baroness Audley were married at Sydney. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
On 6th April 1913 Eva Ensley Mary Scutts was born at Sydney.
On 30th September 1862 Millicent Cox Countess Lindsey was born at Philip Street Sydney.
On 7th December 1847 Mary Lennox [aged 57] and Charles Chester Masters died in a carriage accident in Parramata, Western Sydney when they were thrown from their carriage which had hit a tree. At Parramatta Park, near the George Street ‘Tudor’ Gatehouse and Murray Gardens there is an obelisk erected nearly forty-one years after her death: "Erected to the memory of Lady Mary FitzRoy the wife of Sir Charles FitzRoy, the then governor of the Colony. And Charles Chester Masters, A.D.C. Lieut. H.M. 58th Regt. Who were accidentally killed by being thrown from their carriage against this tree on the 7th Dec 1847"
Around 1860 Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley was born to John Stephen Morphy at Victoria Australia. She married 9th February 1884 Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley, son of John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley, and had issue.
In 1868 Maud Margaret Wilson Countess Huntingdon was born to Samuel Wilson [aged 35] in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She married 11th June 1892 Warner Hastings 15th Earl Huntingdon, son of Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings 14th Earl Huntingdon and Mary Anne Westenra Countess Huntingdon, and had issue.
On 23rd February 1913 Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton 18th Earl of Lincoln was born to Edward Henry Fiennes-Clinton [aged 26] and Edith Annie Guest at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
On 18th November 2015 John Henry Kilian Brunner 4th Baronet [aged 88] died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His son Nicholas [aged 55] succeeded 5th Baronet Brunner of Druids Cross in Lancashire.
On 18th June 1860 George Frampton was born to James Frampton in Fitzroy Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He married 7th June 1893 Christabel Cockerell.
On 9th February 1884 Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley [aged 25] and Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley [aged 24] were married at St. Mary's Church Sunbury. The reception was held at Rupertswood Melbourne. He the son of John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley [aged 56] and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley [aged 55].
On 8th March 1895 Captain Willoughby Thornton Wrigley was born to Reverend Daniel Wrigley at Nhill. He was educated at St John's School Leatherhead.
On 9th February 1884 Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley [aged 25] and Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley [aged 24] were married at St. Mary's Church Sunbury. The reception was held at Rupertswood Melbourne. He the son of John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley [aged 56] and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley [aged 55].