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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Paternal Family Tree: Noel-Hill
On 14th February 1723 [his father] Thomas Hill aka Harwood [aged 30] and Anne Powys [aged 18] were married.
On 3rd May 1740 [his father] Thomas Hill aka Harwood [aged 47] and [his mother] Susan Maria Noel [aged 20] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years.
On 16th April 1745 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick was born to [his father] Thomas Hill aka Harwood [aged 52] and [his mother] Susan Maria Noel [aged 25] at 3 Cleveland Court, St James'.
On 21st March 1761 [his brother-in-law] Bennet Sherard 3rd Earl Harborough [aged 51] and [his half-sister] Margaret Hill Countess Harborough [aged 31] were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Countess Harborough. He the son of Philip Sherard 2nd Earl Harborough and Anne Pedley Countess Harborough.
In 1767 [his half-sister] Margaret Hill Countess Harborough [aged 37] died.
In 1768 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 22] was elected MP Shrewsbury which seat he held until 1774.
On 19th May 1768 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 23] and Anna Vernon [aged 20] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 21st September 1770 [his son] Thomas Noel-Hill 2nd Baron Berwick was born to Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 25] and [his wife] Anna Vernon [aged 22]. He married 8th February 1812 Sophia Dubochet.
On 21st October 1773 [his son] William Noel-Hill 3rd Baron Berwick was born to Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 28] and [his wife] Anna Vernon [aged 25].
In 1774 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 28] was elected MP Shropshire which seat he held until 1784.
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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On 7th November 1774 [his son] Richard Noel-Hill 4th Baron Berwick was born to Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 29] and [his wife] Anna Vernon [aged 26]. He was baptised at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map] on 11th November 1774. He married before 22nd November 1800 Frances Maria Owen and had issue.
On 11th June 1782 [his father] Thomas Hill aka Harwood [aged 89] died.
In 1784 Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Grosvenor. [his sister-in-law] Henrietta Vernon Countess Grosvenor [aged 48] by marriage Countess Grosvenor.
On 19th May 1784 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 39] was created 1st Baron Berwick of Attingham in Shropshire.
On 6th January 1789 Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick [aged 43] died at Portman Square Marylebone. On 20th January 1789 he was buried at St Eata's Church, Atcham. His son Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Baron Berwick of Attingham in Shropshire.
On 23rd March 1797 [his former wife] Anna Vernon [aged 49] died.
[his daughter] Amelia Louisa Hill was born to Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick and Anna Vernon.
[his daughter] Anna Matilda Hill was born to Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick and Anna Vernon.
[his daughter] Henrietta Maria Hill was born to Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick and Anna Vernon. She married 10th April 1793 Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury, son of Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury and Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn King Gwynedd King Powys
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Father: Thomas Hill aka Harwood
Noel Hill 1st Baron Berwick 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Noel 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Varney Noel 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Noel 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Noel 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lovelace 1st Baron Lovelace
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lovelace 2nd Baron Lovelace
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dodworth Baroness Lovelace
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lovelace Lady Noel 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Wentworth 7th Baroness Wentworth Baroness Lovelace 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Crofts Countess Cleveland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: William Noel 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clobery of Winchester in Hampshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Clobery
Mother: Susan Maria Noel 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trollope
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Trollope 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Trollope
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Clitherow
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Clitherow Lady Trollope
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Campbell
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Trollope 3rd Baronet
GrandMother: Elizabeth Trollope
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clobery of Winchester in Hampshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susannah Clobery