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: Bohun
In 1275 [his father] Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex [aged 26] and [his mother] Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. They were half third cousin three times removed.
In 1276 Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex was born to [his father] Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex [aged 27] and [his mother] Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford [aged 22] at Pleshey Castle [Map].
On 8th January 1297 John Gerulfing I Count Holland [aged 13] and [his future wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 14] were married at Ipswich, Suffolk [Map]. She by marriage Countess Holland. The wedding was attended by her sister [his future sister-in-law] Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant [aged 21], her father [his future father-in-law] King Edward I [aged 57], her brother [his future brother-in-law] Edward [aged 12] and her future second husband Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 21]. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Floris Gerulfing V Count Holland and Beatrix Dampierre. They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England.
On 26th November 1298 [his mother] Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford [aged 44] died. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map].
On 31st December 1298 [his father] Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex [aged 49] died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son Humphrey [aged 22] succeeded 4th Earl Hereford, 3rd Earl Essex.
Before 9th March 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 70], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 23], Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [aged 31], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 25], Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 56], Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 34], Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 29], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 26], William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne [aged 59], Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 20], William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 58], Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny [aged 14], Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 50], Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin [aged 16], Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 27], Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 54], John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset [aged 26], William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber [aged 41], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 36], Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 61], John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 32], Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 55], Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin [aged 48], Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon [aged 25], Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 26], Walter Beauchamp [aged 58], Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 33], John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 45], William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 29], Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 51], Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 38], John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 32], Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall [aged 41], Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf [aged 41], Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 24], William Deincourt 2nd Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford [aged 28], Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 81].
On 14th November 1302 Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 26] and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of King Edward I of England [aged 63] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex and Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford. They were third cousins.
On 17th October 1304 [his daughter] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 28] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 22]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married (1) 1327 her fourth cousin James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde, son of Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick, and had issue (2) 1343 Thomas Dagworth 1st Baron Dagworth and had issue.
In 1306 [his son] Humphrey Bohun died.
In 1306 [his daughter] Mary or Margaret Bohun was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 30] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 23]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She died aged less than one years old.
In 1306 [his son] Humphrey Bohun was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 30] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 23]. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. He died aged less than one years old.
In 1306 [his daughter] Mary or Margaret Bohun died.
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Around 1307 [his son] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 31] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 24]. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. He married (1) 1325 his half third cousin Alice Fitzalan Countess Essex and Hereford, daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel (2) after 1325 Margaret Basset Countess Essex and Hereford, daughter of Ralph Basset 2nd Baron Basset Drayton and Joan Grey Baroness Basset Drayton.
On 23rd April 1307 [his sister-in-law] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford [aged 35] died at Clare, Suffolk [Map].
On 7th July 1307 [his father-in-law] King Edward I of England [aged 68] died at Burgh by Sands [Map] whilst on his way north to Scotland. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 23] succeeded II King of England. Earl Chester merged with the Crown.
Edward had gathered around him Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 29], Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 35], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 32] and Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 33] and charged them with looking after his son in particular ensuring Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 23] didn't return from exile.
On 6th August 1307 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Cornwall by [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 23]; Earl Cornwall usually reserved for the heir. The earldom gave Gaveston substantial landholdings over great parts of England, to the value of £4,000 a year. These possessions consisted of most of Cornwall, as well as parts of Devonshire in the south-west, land in Berkshire and Oxfordshire centred on the honour of Wallingford, most of the eastern part of Lincolnshire, and the honour of Knaresborough in Yorkshire, with the territories that belonged to it.
On 2nd November 1307 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 23] and Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were married. Arranged by [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 23]. Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester grand-daughter of Edward I through his daughter [his sister-in-law] Joan and, as such, significantly higher than Gaveston in the nobility. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford.
On 2nd December 1307 [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 23] held a tournament to celebrate Piers Gaveston's [aged 23] recent wedding. Gaveston took the opportunity to humiliate the older nobility including John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey [aged 21], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 31] and Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 22] further increasing his unpopularity.
On 28th January 1308 [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 23] and Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 13] were married at Boulogne sur Mer [Map]. She the daughter of King Philip IV of France [aged 39] and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. He the son of [his father-in-law] King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 25th February 1308 [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 23] was crowned II King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map] by Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester. Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 13] was crowned Queen Consort England.
Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 24] carried the Royal Crown.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 30] carried the Gilt Spurs.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 32] carried the Royal Sceptre.
Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 22] was Chief Butler, a heriditary office.
Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 27] carried the Royal Rod.
Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 30] carried the sword Curtana.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 20] carried the table bearing the Royal Robes.
Thomas Grey [aged 28] and Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 61] attended.
On 29th September 1308 (possibly 30th) in a Siblings Marriage de Clare siblings married de Burgh siblings at Waltham Abbey, Essex [Map] in the presence of [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 24].
John Burgh [aged 22] and Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and [his sister-in-law] Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford. He the son of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster [aged 49] and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster. They were sixth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 17] and Matilda Burgh Countess Gloucester and Hertford [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford. She the daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster. He the son of Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford. They were sixth cousins. He a grandson of King Edward I of England.
In 1309 [his son] Humphrey Bohun 6th Earl Hereford 5th Earl Essex was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 33] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 26]. He a grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 6th December 1309 [his son] William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 33] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 27] at Caldicot Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 1335 his fourth cousin Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton, daughter of Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere, and had issue.
In 1310 [his son] Edward Bohun was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 34] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 27] at Caldicot Castle [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 27th January 1332 his fourth cousin once removed Margaret Ros, daughter of William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley and Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley.
On 3rd April 1311 [his daughter] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 35] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 28]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 11th August 1325 her fifth cousin once removed Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon, son of Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon and Agnes St John Countess Devon, and had issue.
In 1312 [his brother-in-law] Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 11] was created 1st Earl Norfolk.
On 9th June 1312 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 28], under the protection of Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 37], stayed at The Rectory, Deddington whilst en route south. Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke left Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall there whilst he left to visit his wife. The following morning Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 40], with Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 27], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 36] and John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 47] arrested Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall and took him to Warwick Castle [Map].
Around 15th June 1312 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 28] was tried at Warwick Castle [Map] by Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 40], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 36], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 34] and Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 27]. He was condemned to death.
Patent Rolls. 16th October 1313. Westminster.
Pardon to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster [aged 35], and his adherents, followers, and confederates, of all causes of anger, indignation, suits, accusations, &c, arisen in any manner on account of Peter de Gavaston, from the time of the king's marriage with his dear companion Isabella, whether on account of the capture, detention, or death of Peter de Gavaston, or on account of any forcible entries into any towns or castles, or any sieges of the same; or on account of having borne arms, or of having taken any prisoners, or of having entered into any confederacies whatever, or in any other manner touching or concerning Peter de Gavaston, or that which befel him. French. [Fœdera: Parl. Writs.]
The like, word for word, to the under-mentioned persons, adherents of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, for the death of Peter de Gavaston, viz.-
Humphrey de Bohun [aged 37], Earl of Hereford and Essex.
Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick [aged 41].
Henry de Percy [aged 40].
Robert de Clyfford [aged 39].
John Boteturte [aged 48].
Robert de Holand.
Griffith de la Pole.
John de Heselarton.
Alexander de Cave.
Thomas le fiz Johan de Heselarton.
Robert de Stepelton.
Jordan de Dalden.
Robert le Conestable of Halsham.
William du Lunde and Thomas le fiz Phelip le Mareschal of Milford.
William Trussel.
William de Dacre [aged 47].
William de Holand [aged 60].
William la Zusche of Haringworthe [aged 48].
Continues with another two hundred or so names.
On 24th June 1314 the Scottish army of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 39] including, James "Black" Douglas [aged 28], heavily defeated the English army led by [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 30] at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 23] was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch [aged 20], Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton [aged 44] and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 36] was killed. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 40] was killed. His son Roger [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel [aged 25] was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg [aged 50] possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 38], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 38], Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 35], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 39] and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus [aged 37] fought.
Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot [aged 34] was killed. His son John succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort [aged 23] was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey [aged 34] undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 38] was captured.
Michael Poynings [aged 44] was killed.
Adam Murimuth Continuation. In this year of our Lord 1314, though the reckoning had changed, on the feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist [24th June], a great battle was fought near Stirling between the king of England with his army and the Scots. In it the earl of Gloucester, Gilbert [aged 23], was killed, and many others on the king's side; the earl of Hereford [aged 38] was captured, along with many other nobles; and the king of England and others scarcely escaped.
Hoc anno Domini MCCCXIIII, mutato tamen, in festo Nativitatis sancti Johannis baptistæ, fuit magnum prœlium prope Strivelyn inter regem Anglie et exercitum suum et Scotos; in quo fuit occisus comes Gloucestriæ, Gilbertus, et multi alii de parte regis, et comes Herefordiæ captus, et multi alii nobiles, et rex Angliæ et ali vix evaserunt.
On 2nd January 1315 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall was buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map] some two and a half years after his murder. The ceremony was attended by [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 30] and his wife Isabella of France Queen Consort England [aged 20] as well as Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 39], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 40], Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 14], Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 39], Hugh Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 7] and his son Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer [aged 29].
On 12th August 1315 Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 43] died. Possibly poisoned - see Thomas Walsingham. He was buried at Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 2] succeeded 11th Earl Warwick. Given his young age Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick became a ward of [his brother-in-law] King Edward II of England [aged 31] until 1326.
On 5th May 1316 [his daughter] Isabel Bohun was born to Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 40] and [his wife] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 33]. His mother Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland died in childbirth. She was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 52]. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46], Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 57] and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 32] fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford [aged 22], Nicholas Longford [aged 37], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 35] were captured.
Warin Lisle [aged 51] was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 31] and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton [aged 22], Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 22], William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 46], Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 34], Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar [aged 29] and Peter Saltmarsh [aged 42] fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton [aged 43] was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 46] was killed. His son John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 31] fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley [aged 55] surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
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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The Brut. 16th March 1322. Though might men seen Archers drawn ham in that on side and in that other; and Knights also fight together wonder sore; and among other, Sir Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford [aged 46], a worthy knight of renown throughout all Christendom, stood and fought with his enemies upon the bridge. And as the noble lord stood and fought upon the bridge, a serf, a ribald, sculked under the bridge, and fiercely with a spear smote the noble knight into the fundement, so that his bowels come out there.
Monumental Effigies. Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Constable of England (Died 1321) in Hereford Cathedral [Map].
Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [1]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [3]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [1]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [1]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [2]
George Wharton [5]
President George Washington [1]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [31]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [155]
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gloucester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford 
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saye 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Saye
GrandFather: Humphrey Bohun
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh VIII of Lusignan 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bourgogne Dame de Fontenay Taillebourg Countess Lusignan
Great x 2 Grandfather: Raoul Lusignan Count of Eu
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alix Eu
Father: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown
Great x 1 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber
Great x 2 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere
GrandMother: Eleanor de Braose
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandfather: Conan Fiennes 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eustace Fiennes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustache Unknown
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Unknown
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandfather: Godfrey Flanders Lord Bouillon
Great x 3 Grandfather: Guillaume Flanders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Mandeville Lady Bouillon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders
GrandFather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Clermont Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Great x 3 Grandfather: Renaud II Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois 
Mother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford
GrandMother: Isabel Provence 