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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Paternal Family Tree: Wilson of Nunburnholme
Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme was appointed Deputy Lieutenant East Riding of Yorkshire.
Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme was appointed Justice of the Peace East Riding of Yorkshire.
On 22nd April 1833 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme was born to [his father] Thomas Wilson (age 41).
On 21st June 1869 [his father] Thomas Wilson (age 77) died.
In 1870 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 36) was appointed Sheriff of Hull.
On 5th October 1871 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 38) and Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) were married.
On 4th December 1872 [his daughter] Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 39) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 19). She married (1) 10th June 1895 Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp 5th Baronet, son of John William Cradock-Hartopp 4th Baronet and Charlotte Frances Howard Lady Cradock-Hartopp (2) 14th December 1905 her third cousin Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley, son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley, and had issue.
In 1874 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 40) was elected MP Kingston upon Hull.
On 24th January 1875 [his son] Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 41) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 22). He married 12th February 1901 Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham, daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness, and had issue.
On 19th May 1877 [his son] Guy Greville Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 44) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 24). He married (1) 23rd June 1904 Isabel Innes-Kerr, daughter of James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe (2) 22nd May 1911 Avery Buxton and had issue.
On 10th September 1878 [his daughter] Enid Edith Wilson Countess Chesterfield was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 45) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 25). She married 15th February 1900 Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield, son of Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore Stanhope 9th Earl of Chesterfield and Dorothea Hay Countess Chesterfield.
In 1880 [his daughter] Joan Evelyn Jane Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 46) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 27).
In 1881 [his daughter] Gwladys Alice Wilson Viscountess Chaplin was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 47) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 28). She married 3rd August 1905 Eric Chaplin 2nd Viscount Chaplin, son of Henry Chaplin 1st Viscount Chaplin and Florence Sutherland Leveson-Gower, and had issue.
In 1885 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 51) was elected MP Kingston upon Hull.
On 31st January 1885 [his son] Gerald Valerian Wilson was born to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 51) and [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 32).
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 10th June 1895 [his son-in-law] Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp 5th Baronet (age 37) and [his daughter] Millicent Wilson (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Cradock-Hartopp.
On 15th February 1900 [his son-in-law] Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield (age 45) and [his daughter] Enid Edith Wilson Countess Chesterfield (age 21) were married at St Mark's Church North Audley Street. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield. They initially lived at Holme Lacy House, Herefordshire [Map]. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore Stanhope 9th Earl of Chesterfield and Dorothea Hay Countess Chesterfield (age 72).
On 12th February 1901 [his son] Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (age 57) and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness (age 44).
In 1902 [his son-in-law] Edwyn Scudamore Stanhope 10th Earl of Chesterfield (age 47) sold the contents of Holme Lacy House, Herefordshire [Map]. He and his wife moved to Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire which had been given to them as a wedding present by her father Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 68).
On 23rd June 1904 [his son] Guy Greville Wilson (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabel Innes-Kerr (age 25) were married. She the daughter of James Henry Robert Innes-Kerr 7th Duke Roxburghe and Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill Duchess Roxburghe (age 49).
On 3rd August 1905 [his son-in-law] Eric Chaplin 2nd Viscount Chaplin (age 27) and [his daughter] Gwladys Alice Wilson Viscountess Chaplin (age 24) were married at Warter Hall aka Priory [Map].
On 14th December 1905 [his son-in-law] Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley 3rd Earl Cowley (age 39) and [his daughter] Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson Countess Cowley (age 33) were married at Colombo, Sri Lanka. She by marriage Countess Cowley. He the son of William Henry Wellesley 2nd Earl Cowley and Emily Gwendoline Williams Countess Cowley (age 66). They were third cousins.
On 16th January 1906 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 72) was created 1st Baron Nunburnholme. [his wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 53) by marriage Baroness Nunburnholme.
After 1907. St James' Church Warter [Map]. Monument to Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 73). Sculpted by George Frampton (age 46).
On 28th October 1907 Charles Henry Wilson 1st Baron Nunburnholme (age 74) died. His son Charles (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baron Nunburnholme. [his daughter-in-law] Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carington Baroness Willoughby of Parham (age 27) by marriage Baroness Willoughby Parham.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 8th December 1932 [his former wife] Florence Jane Helen Wellesley Baroness Nunburnholme (age 79) died.
GrandFather: David Wilson
Father: Thomas Wilson