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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Albert Joseph Moore is in Painters.
On 4th September 1841 Albert Joseph Moore was born.
In December 1854 Henry Holiday (age 15) entered the Royal Academy Schools as a probationer. His fellow students included Simeon Solomon (age 14), Albert Moore (age 13), William Blake Richmond (age 12), William De Morgan (age 15), Frederick Walker, and Marcus Stone (age 14).
1861. Albert Joseph Moore (age 19). "The Mother of Sisera looked out of a Window". Model Fanny Entwhistle aka Eaton (age 25).
1864-1866. Albert Joseph Moore (age 22). "The Shulamite".
1866. Albert Joseph Moore (age 24). "Pomegranites".
1866. Albert Joseph Moore (age 24). "Apricots". Shown at the Royal Academy in 1866 together with a smaller unrelated painting, 'Pomegranates', which was bequeathed to the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, by Cecil French in 1954.
1869. Albert Joseph Moore (age 27). "A Garden".
1874. Albert Joseph Moore (age 32). "Shells".
1875-1880. Albert Joseph Moore (age 33). "Canaries".
Around 1877. Albert Joseph Moore (age 35). "A Reader".
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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1877. Albert Joseph Moore (age 35). "Sapphires".
1887. Albert Joseph Moore (age 45). "Midsummer".
On 25th September 1893 Albert Joseph Moore (age 52) died.