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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James Jebusa Shannon is in Painters.
On 3rd February 1862 James Jebusa Shannon was born at Auburn, New York. Around the aged of six he moved with his family to Canada. Aged around sixteen he moved to England to study at South Kensington.
July 1880. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 18]. Portrait of Horatia Stopford [aged 45]. Located in the Queen's Sitting Room, Osborne House, Isle of Wight. The painting was commissioned by Queen Victoria [aged 61].
Horatia Stopford: In 1835 she was born to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Stopford. In 1857 she was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria In 1877 she was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria On 6th February 1920 Horatia Stopford died.
1889. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 26]. Portrait of Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland [aged 32].
1895. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 32]. Portrait of Henry John Brinsley Manners 8th Duke Rutland [aged 42].
1905. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 42]. Portrait of Eliza Anthony Hoppin Gammell. This work was exhibited alongside a portrait of the sitter's daughter, Virginia Gammell Cross, at an exhibition of portraits by Shannon at Knoedler Gallery in New York in 1906. The reviewer for the New York Times wrote, "The dress in the portrait of Miss Virginia Gammell of Providence is vividly, richly wrought by clear, deft strokes that sometimes make one think of Sargent... So likewise is the dress of Mrs. Robert I. Gammell full of spirit and wisdom in the deft rendering of the stuff" (New York Times, March 6, 1906, p. 5).
Eliza Anthony Hoppin Gammell (1859-1938) of Providence, Rhode Island was married to Mr. Robert Ives Gammell (1852-1915). The sitter's maternal great-grandfather was William Jones of Newport, who was a captain in Colonel Lippitt's Rhode Island regiment until it was disbanded in 1777. He served as a marine on the Providence until she was captured at Charleston. The Gammells, a prominent banking family in Providence, also spent much of their time in Newport.
Around 1905. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 42]. Portrait of Marguerite Helen Neville Baroness Hastings [aged 18].
Marguerite Helen Neville Baroness Hastings: In 1887 she was born to Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny and Maud Augusta Beckett Dickinson. On 11th February 1907 Albert Edward Astley 21st Baron Hastings and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny and Maud Augusta Beckett Dickinson. They were fourth cousin once removed. In 1975 Marguerite Helen Neville Baroness Hastings died.
Around 1914. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 51]. Portrait of Winifred Contance Hester Paget [aged 32].
1918. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 55]. Portrait of Violet Lindsay Duchess Rutland [aged 61].
Around 1918. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 55]. Portrait of Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 22] when Marchioness of Hartington.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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1919. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 56]. Portrait of Diana Manners Viscountess Norwich [aged 27].
Around 1919. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 56]. Self-portrait.
Before 6th March 1923. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 61]. Portrait of Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey [aged 39].
Before 6th March 1923. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 61]. Portrait of Victoria Marjorie Harriet Manners Marchioness Anglesey [aged 39].
Before 6th March 1923. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 61]. Portrait of Diana Manners Viscountess Norwich [aged 31].
On 6th March 1923 James Jebusa Shannon [aged 61] died.