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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George Charles Beresford is in Photographers.
On 10th July 1864 George Charles Beresford was born.
1902. George Charles Beresford (age 37). Photograph of Leslie Stephen (age 69).
Leslie Stephen: On 28th November 1832 he was born. On 26th March 1878 he and Julia Prinsep Jackson were married. They had four children. On 22nd February 1904 he died.
1902. George Charles Beresford (age 37). Portrait of Augustus John (age 23).
1902. George Charles Beresford (age 37). Photograph of Adeline Virginia Stepehen aka Virginia Woolf (age 19).
Adeline Virginia Stepehen aka Virginia Woolf: On 25th January 1882 she was born to Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Jackson. On 28th March 1941 she died.
1903. George Charles Beresford (age 38). Portrait of Olive Eleanor Custance (age 28).
Olive Eleanor Custance: On 7th February 1874 she was born to Frederick Hambleton Custance at 12 John Street Mayfair. On 12th February 1944 Olive Eleanor Custance died.
1903. George Charles Beresford (age 38). Portrait of Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas (age 32).
Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas: On 22nd October 1870 he was born to John Sholto Douglas 9th Marquess Queensberry. On 20th March 1945 Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas died.
1913. George Charles Beresford (age 48). Portrait of Percy Wyndham Lewis (age 30).
1915. George Charles Beresford (age 50). Portrait of Siegfried Sassoon (age 28).
1917. George Charles Beresford (age 52). Portrait of Percy Wyndham Lewis (age 34).
1929. George Charles Beresford (age 64). Portrait of Percy Wyndham Lewis (age 46).
On 21st February 1938 George Charles Beresford (age 73) died.