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The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 2 Chapters 61-109 1342-1361

The Chronicle of Jean le Bel, Volume 2 continues one of the most important fourteenth-century accounts of the early Hundred Years’ War. Written by the Liège chronicler Jean le Bel, this vivid narrative follows the fortunes of Edward III, Jean II of France, the Black Prince, the great nobles of France and England, and the soldiers, captains and companies who shaped the conflict. This volume covers some of the most dramatic events of the period, including the battles of Crécy and Poitiers, the siege and capture of Calais, the captivity of King John, the rise of the Jacquerie, the turmoil in Paris under Étienne Marcel and Charles of Navarre, the devastation caused by the free companies, Edward III’s great campaign of 1359–1360, and the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Brétigny. Jean le Bel’s chronicle is especially valuable for its lively detail, its interest in chivalry, warfare, politics and reputation, and its influence on later chroniclers, most famously Froissart. This English translation presents the text in clear, readable British English while preserving the force and character of the original narrative. The translation includes extensive notes to help the reader better understand Jean le Bel's text. Volume 2 also includes translated appendices drawn from royal and administrative records, many from the English Record Office, which illuminate Edward III’s campaigns in Brittany, the siege and occupation of Calais, naval preparations, military finance, appointments, safe conducts and related affairs.

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Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington 1705-1758

Paternal Family Tree: Vane

Before 1705 [his father] Gilbert Vane 2nd Baron Barnard [aged 26] and [his mother] Mary Randyll Baroness Barnard were married. She by marriage Baroness Barnard.

Around 1705 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington was born to Gilbert Vane 2nd Baron Barnard [aged 27] and Mary Randyll Baroness Barnard.

On 2nd September 1725 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 20] and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of Charles Fitzroy 1st Duke Southampton 2nd Duke Cleveland [aged 63] and Anne Pulteney Duchess of Southampton and Cleveland [aged 61].

In 1726 [his daughter] Anne Vane was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 21] and [his wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 28]. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She married 20th March 1745 Charle Hope-Weir aka Vere, son of Charles Hope 1st Earl Hopetoun and Henrietta Johnstone.

In 1726 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 21] was appointed MP Launceston.

In 1727 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 22] was appointed MP St Mawes.

Around 1727 [his son] Henry Vane 2nd Earl Darlington was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 22] and [his wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 29]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married 19th March 1757 Margaret Lowther Countess Darlington and had issue.

On 4th August 1728 [his mother] Mary Randyll Baroness Barnard died.

On 26th June 1732 [his son] Frederick Vane was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 27] and [his wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 35]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. He married Henrietta Meredith.

On 2nd January 1736 [his son] Raby Vane was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 31] and [his wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 38]. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

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The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.

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In 1741 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 36] was appointed MP Ripon.

On 20th March 1745 [his son-in-law] Charle Hope-Weir aka Vere [aged 34] and Anne Vane [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 40] and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 47]. He the son of Charles Hope 1st Earl Hopetoun and Henrietta Johnstone [aged 62].

In 1747 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 42] was appointed MP County Durham.

In 1753 [his father] Gilbert Vane 2nd Baron Barnard [aged 75] died. His son Henry [aged 48] succeeded 3rd Baron Barnard. [his wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 55] by marriage Baroness Barnard.

In 1754 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 49] was created 1st Earl Darlington, 1st Viscount Barnard. [his wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 56] by marriage Countess Darlington.

In 1757 [his son-in-law] Charle Hope-Weir aka Vere [aged 46] and [his daughter] Anne Vane [aged 31] were divorced by Act of Parliament.

On 19th March 1757 Henry Vane 2nd Earl Darlington [aged 30] and Margaret Lowther Countess Darlington [aged 29] were married at London. He the son of Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 52] and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 59].

In 1758 [his daughter] Harriet Vane died.

On 6th March 1758 Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington [aged 53] died. His son Henry [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Darlington, 2nd Viscount Barnard, 4th Baron Barnard. Margaret Lowther Countess Darlington [aged 30] by marriage Countess Darlington.

On 29th September 1763 [his former wife] Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington [aged 66] died.

[his daughter] Mary Vane was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

[his daughter] Harriet Vane was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington. She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

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Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and II Volume 2

The Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II, Volume 2, comprising A Sorrowful Commendation on King Edward, the Life of Edward II by a Monk of Bridlington, Life of Edward II by a Monk of Malmesbury and Life of Edward by Thomas de la More, presents a rich collection of medieval English chronicles illuminating the political, military, ecclesiastical and social upheavals of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The volume offers contemporary and near-contemporary accounts of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, a period marked by war with Scotland, conflict between Crown and nobility, disputes over royal government, ecclesiastical tensions, rebellion, deposition and civil violence. Particular attention is given to the struggle surrounding Piers Gaveston, Thomas of Lancaster and the Despensers, as well as the turbulent final years of Edward II and the political circumstances that shaped the early reign of Edward III. These chronicles are especially valuable for their vivid narrative detail. They preserve speeches, political arguments, descriptions of battles and executions, accounts of parliaments and royal councils, reports of diplomatic missions, ecclesiastical controversies, prodigies and natural events, and contemporary judgements on the conduct of kings, magnates and churchmen. Written from differing institutional and regional perspectives, the texts reveal not only what happened but how medieval observers interpreted events, often through ideas of divine judgement, legitimate kingship, loyalty, treason and moral retribution. An important primary-source collection for readers interested in Edward I, Edward II, medieval politics, the Scottish wars, the baronial opposition, the fall of Edward II, church history and fourteenth-century England, Volume 2 provides an indispensable window into one of the most turbulent periods of the English Middle Ages.

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[his son] Charles Vane was born to Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington and Grace Fitzroy Countess Darlington. He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington 1705-1758

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington 1705-1758

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vane of Hadlow in Kent

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Vane "The Elder" 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Twysden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Twyden 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Wyatt 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vane "The Younger" 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Darcy 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Vincenzo Guicciardini

Great x 3 Grandmother: Camilla Guicciardini

Grandfather: Christopher Vane 1st Baron Barnard 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Wray

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wray 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Girlington

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Wray 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Drury 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Drury Lady Glentworth 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Wray 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Albinia Cecil 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Noel

Great x 3 Grandmother: Theodosia Noel

Father: Gilbert Vane 2nd Baron Barnard 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Denzil Holles

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Sheffield 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Port

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Vere 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hardkyn

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tracy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury

Grandmother: Elizabeth Holles Baroness Barnard 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner

Great x 1 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Gifford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford

Henry Vane 1st Earl Darlington 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Mother: Mary Randyll Baroness Barnard