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: Lethbridge
In June 1776 [his father] John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Dorothea Buckler were married.
On 21st February 1778 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his mother] Dorothea Buckler.
In 1796 [his daughter] Jacinta Dorothea Lethbridge was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 17) and [his wife] Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 20). She married 1st August 1818 Ambrose Goddard of the Lawn in Swindon and had issue.
In 1796 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 17) and Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 20) were married.
In 1798 [his son] John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 19) and [his wife] Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 22). He married (1) 27th March 1817 Harriet Rebecca Mytton and had issue (2) 15th March 1827 Julia Hoare, daughter of Henry Hugh Hoare 6th Baronet and Alda Weston, and had issue.
On 31st August 1801 [his wife] Jacintha Catherine Hesketh (age 25) died.
In 1803 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Anne Goddard (age 23) were married.
In 1804 [his father] John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 58) was created 1st Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset apparently for having paid the gambling debts of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 41).
In May 1806 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Somerset.
In 1815 [his father] John Lethbridge 1st Baronet (age 69) died. His son Thomas (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset. He was buried at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Pilton [Map] where there is a ledger stone inscribed as follows:
Here lyeth ye body of Phillip Bowchier, Gent., buried ye 3d day of Agust 1687 aged 64 years. Here also layeth the body of Agnes late wife of Phillip Bowchier, Gent., who departed this life ye 25th day of Nobr 1698 aged 66. Here lyes also buryed the body of Thomas Lethbridge, Gent., son of Thomas Lethbridge of Clement's Inne, Gent., a younger son of Christopher Lethbridge of Westaway, Esq., by Margaret his wife daughter of the above named Philip Bowchier. Obt 10th Augst 1744 aetatis 20"
On 27th March 1817 [his son] John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Rebecca Mytton (age 19) were married.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 6th September 1817 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 39) founded the West Somerset Savings Bank.
On 1st August 1818 [his son-in-law] Ambrose Goddard of the Lawn in Swindon (age 39) and [his daughter] Jacinta Dorothea Lethbridge (age 22) were married.
On 18th November 1826 [his son-in-law] Francis Dugdale Astley 2nd Baronet (age 21) and [his daughter] Emma Dorothea Lethbridge Lady Astley were married.
On 15th March 1827 [his son] John Hesketh Lethbridge 3rd Baronet (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Julia Hoare were married.
On 9th August 1831 [his former son-in-law] Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Fitzroy and [his daughter] Lucy Sarah Lethbridge were married.
On 6th March 1843 [his daughter] Jacinta Dorothea Lethbridge (age 47) died.
On 17th October 1849 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. His son John (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baronet Lethbridge of Westaway House in Devon and Winkley Court in Somerset.
On 25th January 1857 [his former wife] Anne Goddard (age 77) died.
[his daughter] Lucy Sarah Lethbridge was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet. She married 9th August 1831 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Fitzroy and had issue.
[his daughter] Emma Dorothea Lethbridge Lady Astley was born to Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet. She married 18th November 1826 Francis Dugdale Astley 2nd Baronet, son of John Dugdale Astley 1st Baronet, and had issue.
Father: John Lethbridge 1st Baronet
Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 2nd Baronet
GrandFather: William Buckler of Boreham in Wiltshire
Mother: Dorothea Buckler