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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342

The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.

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John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker 1842-1902

Paternal Family Tree: Henniker

In 1836 [his father] John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker [aged 34] and [his mother] Anna Kerrison were married.

On 7th November 1842 John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker was born to John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker [aged 41] and Anna Kerrison.

On 14th January 1864 John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker [aged 21] and Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of John Cuffe 3rd Earl Desart [aged 45] and Elizabeth Lucy Campbell Countess Desart [aged 42].

On 16th April 1870 [his father] John Henniker-Major 4th Baron Henniker [aged 69] died. His son John [aged 27] succeeded 5th Baron Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow, 6th Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk. [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker [aged 25] by marriage Baroness Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow.

On 25th January 1872 [his son] Charles Henry Chandos Henniker-Major 6th Baron Henniker was born to John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker [aged 29] and [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker [aged 27].

On 19th July 1876 [his brother-in-law] Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 5th Earl of Desart [aged 27] and Margaret Joan Lascelles Countess of Desart [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Countess Desart. She the daughter of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood [aged 52] and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh. He the son of [his father-in-law] John Cuffe 3rd Earl Desart and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Lucy Campbell Countess Desart [aged 54]. They were second cousins.

                    The London Gazette 24843. St. James's Palace, May 10, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
                
                    Frederick Henry Paul [aged 62], Lord Methuen in the room of William, Lord Bagot [aged 69], resigned.
                
                    Lawrance [aged 35], Earl of Zetland, in the room of Charles Adolphus [aged 39], Earl of Dunmore, resigned.
                
                    William [aged 46], Earl of Listowel, in the room of Dudley Charles FitzGerald [aged 53], Lord de Ros, resigned.
                
                    Thomas [aged 25], Lord Ribblesdale, in the room of William Buller Fullerton [aged 51], Lord Elphinstone, resigned.
                
                    Charles Douglas Richard [aged 39], Lord Sudeley, in the room of John Major [aged 37], Lord Henniker, resigned.
                
                    Arthur [aged 55], Lord Wrottesley, in the room of Cornwallis [aged 63], Viscount Hawarden, resigned.

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On 18th January 1883 [his son] John Ernest de Grey Henniker-Major 7th Baron Henniker was born to John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker [aged 40] and [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker [aged 38].

        
                    The London Gazette 25615. St. James's Palace, August 5, 1886. To be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:—
                
                    William Hillier [aged 33], Earl of Onslow, in the room of William, Lord Kensington, resigned.
                
                    William Hale John Charles [aged 46], Earl of Limerick, in the room of Henry James, Lord Hothfield, resigned.
                
                    John-Major [aged 43], Lord Henniker, in the room of Thomas, Lord Ribblesdale, resigned.
                
                    John Adrian Louis, Earl of Hopetoun, in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen, resigned.
                
                    William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone, in the room of Thomas John, Lord Thurlow, resigned.

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Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham

The Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham is a remarkable medieval history of one of England’s great Benedictine monasteries. Beginning with the abbey’s legendary and royal foundations, it traces the fortunes of Evesham through centuries of religious devotion, political conflict, legal struggle, rebuilding, reform, and royal patronage. At the heart of the chronicle is the abbey’s determination to defend its ancient liberties. Its monks record disputes with bishops, appeals to popes and papal legates, contested elections of abbots, lawsuits over lands and privileges, and the long struggle to preserve Evesham’s exemption from episcopal control. Alongside these institutional battles are vivid accounts of saints and miracles, including St Ecgwine, St Odulf and the royal martyr St Wistan, whose relics and cult formed an important part of the abbey’s identity. The chronicle also preserves a wealth of detail about everyday monastic life. It describes the building and repair of churches, cloisters, chapels, halls, mills, granges and fishponds; the acquisition of estates and revenues; the making of vestments, shrines, bells and liturgical books; and the provision of food, clothing, recreation and medical care for the monks. Successive abbots emerge not merely as religious superiors but as administrators, builders, patrons, diplomats and defenders of the community. Extending into the later Middle Ages, the narrative reflects the changing political world around Evesham, from the Norman Conquest and the Angevin kings to the Wars of the Roses and the reign of Henry VIII. The result is both a history of a single monastery and a richly detailed record of medieval English religious, legal, economic and political life. This edition offers modern readers direct access to one of the most important monastic chronicles of medieval England, revealing how the monks of Evesham understood their saints, their privileges, their rulers and their place in history.

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On 19th November 1893 [his wife] Alice Mary Cuffe Baroness Henniker [aged 49] died.

On 27th June 1902 John Major Henniker-Major 5th Baron Henniker [aged 59] died. His son Charles [aged 30] succeeded 6th Baron Henniker of Stratford upon Slaney in County Wicklow, 7th Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk.