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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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William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen 1736-1803

Paternal Family Tree: Cole

On 1st March 1736 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen was born to John Cole 1st Baron Mountflorence [aged 26].

In 1761 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 24] was elected MP Enniskillen.

In November 1763 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 27] and Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 21] were married.

On 30th November 1767 [his father] John Cole 1st Baron Mountflorence [aged 58] died. His son William [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Mountflorence of Florence Court in County Fermanagh.

On 23rd March 1768 [his son] John Cole 2nd Earl Enniskillen was born to William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 32] and [his wife] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 26]. He married 1805 Charlotte Paget Countess Enniskillen, daughter of Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge and Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge, and had issue.

On 3rd October 1771 [his brother-in-law] Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 31] and Margaret Butler [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh.

On 1st May 1772 [his son] Galbraith Lowry-Cole was born to William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 36] and [his wife] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 30]. He married 15th June 1815 Frances Harris, daughter of James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury.

On 2nd March 1780 [his brother-in-law] Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 39] and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 56] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.

Before 1784. Nathaniel Hone the Elder [aged 65]. Portrait of William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 47].

On 22nd June 1784 [his daughter] Henrietta Cole Countess de Grey was born to William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 48] and [his wife] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 42]. She married 20th July 1805 Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey, son of Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham and Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham, and had issue.

In 1789 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Enniskillen. [his wife] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 47] by marriage Countess Enniskillen.

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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 1st March 1794 [his brother-in-law] Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 53] and Mary Anne Caldwell Countess Belmore [aged 38] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.

In September 1802 [his wife] Anne Lowry-Corry Countess Enniskillen [aged 60] died.

On 22nd May 1803 William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen [aged 67] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Enniskillen.

William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen 1736-1803

Ancestors of William Willoughby Cole 1st Earl Enniskillen 1736-1803