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: Jessel
On 11th May 1860 Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet was born to [his father] George Jessel (age 36).
On 21st March 1883 [his father] George Jessel (age 59) died.
On 25th May 1883 Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Jessel of Ladham House in Kent in honour of his father [his father] George Jessel, who had died two months before.
In 1890 Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 29) and Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel were married. She by marriage Lady Jessel of Ladham House in Kent.
On 28th May 1891 [his son] George Jessel 2nd Baronet was born to Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his wife] Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel. He married before 29th December 1924 Muriel Gladys Chapline Lady Jessel and had issue.
On 21st February 1896 [his son] Richard Hugh Jessel was born to Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel. He married before 8th May 1926 Margaret Ella Lewis, daughter of George James Graham Lewis 2nd Baronet, and had issue.
In 1903 Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 42) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
Around 1915?. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 54).
Before 29th December 1924 [his son] George Jessel 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Muriel Gladys Chapline Lady Jessel (age 40) were married.
Before 8th May 1926 [his son] Richard Hugh Jessel (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Ella Lewis (age 27) were married.
On 15th July 1928 Charles James Jessel 1st Baronet (age 68) died. His son George (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Jessel of Ladham House in Kent. [his daughter-in-law] Muriel Gladys Chapline Lady Jessel (age 44) by marriage Lady Jessel of Ladham House in Kent.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In January 1956 [his former wife] Edith Goldsmid Lady Jessel died.
GrandFather: Zadok Aaron Jessel
Father: George Jessel