The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Mary Mathews was born to [her father] Thomas Mathews of Colchester
Before 1523 [her future husband] Andrew Judde (age 30) and Mary Murfyn were married.
Around 1537 Thomas Langton (age 22) and Mary Mathews were married.
In 1542 [her future husband] Andrew Judde (age 49) and Agnes m Judde were married.
In 1544 [her future husband] Andrew Judde (age 51) was elected Sheriff of London.
On 29th January 1548 [her future husband] Alderman James Altham (age 19) and Elizabeth Blanke (age 20) were married at St Leonard Eastcheap Church [Map].
On 22nd December 1550 [her husband] Thomas Langton (age 35) died.
Before 1552 Thomas Langton and Mary Mathews were married.
In 1552 Andrew Judde (age 59) and Mary Mathews were married.
After 4th October 1558 Alderman James Altham (age 29) and Mary Mathews were married.
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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On 28th February 1584 [her husband] Alderman James Altham (age 55) died.
Before 14th September 1588 [her husband] Andrew Judde (age 96) died.
In 1602 Mary Mathews died.