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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Paternal Family Tree: Courtenay
After 1132 [her father] Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa and [her step-mother] Beatrice of Saone Countess Edessa were married. She by marriage Countess Edessa. He the son of [her grandfather] Joscelin Courtenay I Count Edessa and [her grandmother] Beatrice Armenia.
Around 1136 Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem was born to [her father] Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa.
In 1157 Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 21) and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. She the daughter of Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa. He the son of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem (age 52).
In 1159 [her father] Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa died. His son [her brother] Joscelin succeeded III Count Edessa.
In 1160 [her daughter] Sibylla Anjou Queen Jerusalem was born to [her husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 24) and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 24). She married (1) William Montferrat and had issue (2) August 1186 Guy I King Jerusalem.
In 1161 [her son] Baldwin IV King Jerusalem was born to [her husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 25) and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 25) at Jerusalem [Map].
On 11th September 1161 [her mother-in-law] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem (age 56) died. Her son [her brother-in-law] Baldwin (age 31) succeeded King Jerusalem.
On 10th February 1163 [her brother-in-law] Baldwin III King Jerusalem (age 33) died at Beirut. His brother [her husband] Almaric (age 27) succeeded I King Jerusalem.
In 1165 [her sister-in-law] Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex (age 53) died.
In 1167 [her husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 31) and Maria Komnenos Queen Jerusalem (age 13) were married. She by marriage Queen Jerusalem. He the son of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem and [her mother-in-law] Melisende Queen of Jerusalem.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 11th July 1174 [her husband] Almaric I King Jerusalem (age 38) died. His son [her son] Baldwin (age 13) succeeded IV King Jerusalem.
After 1176 [her brother] Joscelin Courtenay III Count Edessa (age 17) and [her sister-in-law] Agnes Petra Countess Edessa were married. She by marriage Countess Edessa. He the son of [her father] Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa.
Around 1184 Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem (age 48) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joscelin Courtenay 
GrandFather: Joscelin Courtenay I Count Edessa
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy I of Montlhéry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elisabeth Montlhéry
Father: Joscelin Courtenay II Count Edessa
Great x 1 Grandfather: Constantine I Armenia
GrandMother: Beatrice Armenia