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: Anjou aka Plantagenet
On 7th June 1788 [his father] Charles Henry Somerset (age 20) and Elizabeth Courtenay (age 21) were married. She the daughter of William Courtenay 8th Earl Devon (age 45) and Frances Clack Countess Devon. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort (age 43) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort (age 41).
On 9th August 1821 [his father] Charles Henry Somerset (age 53) and [his mother] Mary Paulett were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett and [his grandmother] Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort (age 74).
On 19th June 1822 Poulett George Henry Somerset was born to [his father] Charles Henry Somerset (age 54) and [his mother] Mary Paulett.
On 18th February 1831 [his father] Charles Henry Somerset (age 63) died.
Around 1832 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 9) educated at Eton College [Map].
Around 1838 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 15) educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
In 1839 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 16) commissioned as Coldstream Guards.
On 15th April 1847 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 24) and Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (age 24) were married.
On 20th November 1852 [his daughter] Cecily Mary Caroline Somerset was born to Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 30) and [his wife] Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (age 30). She died aged ten in 1862.
On 20th September 1854 Charles Pierrepont Darcy Lane-Fox (age 24) was wounded, Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) fought.
Major-General John Douglas (age 37) commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
William Frederick Waldegrave (age 38) died from wounds received.
Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) was shot through the arm.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 36), Godfrey Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar (age 23) and Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton (age 25) fought.
Arthur Williams-Wynn (age 35), Captain of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed.
On 25th October 1854 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) and William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 18) fought.
Major-General John Douglas (age 37) commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 36) and Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) fought.
On 5th November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman..
Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot (age 26) and Cavendish Hubert Greville (age 19) were killed.
Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) fought; his horse was killed under him by a shell.
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 18) was wounded.
Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton (age 25) and Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 24) fought.
Captain William Kent Allix (age 31) was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Royal Regiment.
Robert Lydston Newman 2nd Baronet (age 32) was killed in action. His brother Lydston (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead in Devon.
Charles Francis Seymour-Conway (age 35) was killed in action.
On 20th December 1854 [his son] Vere Francis John Somerset was born to Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) and [his wife] Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (age 32).
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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In 1859 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 36) was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In June 1860 [his mother] Mary Paulett died.
On 23rd August 1860 [his son] Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset was born to Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 38) and [his wife] Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (age 38).
On 30th December 1862 [his daughter] Cecily Mary Caroline Somerset (age 10) died.
On 4th June 1870 [his wife] Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (age 47) died.
On 10th September 1870 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 48) and Emily Moore were married.
In 1871 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 48) was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
In 1871 [his daughter] Cecily Emily Paulett Somerset was born to Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 48) and [his wife] Emily Moore.
On 7th September 1875 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 53) died. He was buried at Nave, Bristol Cathedral.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 13 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 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Somerset Marquess Worcester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rebecca Child Marchioness Worcester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke 
GrandFather: Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Berkeley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Symes Berkeley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Norborne
Father: Charles Henry Somerset 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Boscawen 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Boscawen
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Rolle 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Boscawen 1st Viscount Falmouth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Godolphin 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jael Godolphin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Boscawen 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Godfrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Winston Churchill 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Arabella Churchill 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drake 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Nutfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Evelyn Evelyn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Evelyn Evelyn
Poulett George Henry Somerset 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Vere Paulett 3rd Earl Paulett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: John Paulett 4th Earl Paulett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Butt of Arlington in Gloucestershire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Butt
Mother: Mary Paulett 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Admiral George Pocock
GrandMother: Sophia Pocock Countess Paulett