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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Alcester, Warwickshire is in Warwickshire.
Icknield Street 18a Bourton to Alcester. From Bourton-on-the-Water [Map] the Icknield Way travels to Slaughter Pike [Map] where it changes direction northwards to Lower Swell, Gloucestershire [Map], Condicote, Gloucestershire [Map], Hinchwich, Gloucestershire [Map], Springhill, Gloucestershire [Map], Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire [Map], Ullington, Warwickshire [Map] to Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [Map] where it crosses the Warwickshire River Avon before continuing through Wixford, Warwickshire [Map] to Alauna [Map] aka Alcester.
Icknield Street 18b Alcester to Wall. From Alauna [Map] aka Alcester Icknield Street travels through King's Coughton, Warwickshire [Map], Studley, Warwickshire [Map], Beoley [Map], Forhill Hilltop, Warwickshire [Map], King's Norton, Warwickshire [Map], Metchley Roman Fort, Warwickshire [Map], Kingstanding, Warwickshire [Map], Little Aston, Staffordshire [Map], Shenstone, Staffordshire [Map] before arriving at Ermine Street 2 just south of Letocetum, Staffordshire [Map] aka Wall.
In 1283 Giles Beauchamp was born to Walter Beauchamp [aged 40] and Alice Tosny [aged 45] at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. He married Catherine Bures and had issue.
Around 1295 Margaret Beauchamp Baroness Lisle was born to Walter Beauchamp [aged 52] and Alice Tosny [aged 57] at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She married 9th July 1301 her fourth cousin twice removed Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle, son of Warin Lisle and Alice Montfort Baroness Fitzwalter, and had issue.
On 16th February 1303 Walter Beauchamp [aged 60] died at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. He was buried at Greyfriars Church Farringdon Within [Map].
On 29th October 1582 Richard Verney 14th Baron Latimer 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 19] and Margaret Greville 14th Baroness Latimer 6th Baroness Willoughby of Broke [aged 21] were married at Alcester, Warwickshire [Map].
In 1780 Pyne Crosbie Lady of the Bedchamber was born to Reverend Maurice Crosbie [aged 47] and Pyne Cavendish in Alcester, Warwickshire [Map]. She married 24th July 1806 General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre 20th Baron Multon, son of Thomas Brand Baron Dacre and Gertrude Trevor Roper 19th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland, and had issue.
On 27th January 1447 Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick [aged 12] and Elizabeth Stafford [aged 12] were married at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester. They were half fourth cousins.
On 3rd October 1554 Fulk Greville 13th Baron Latimer 5th Baron Willoughby 1st Baron Brooke was born to Fulke Greville 12th Baron Latimer 4th Baron Willoughby [aged 18] and Anne Neville Baroness Latimer at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester.
In 1639 William Keyt 2nd Baronet was born to John Keyt 1st Baronet [aged 23] at Ragley Hall, Alcester. He married before 1668 Elizabeth Coventry Lady Keyt and had issue.
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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On 14th June 1794 Francis Seymour-Conway 1st Marquess Hertford [aged 75] died. His son Francis [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Marquess Hertford, 2nd Earl Hertford, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth, 2nd Viscount Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Conway of Ragley in Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Conway of Killultagh in Antrim. Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford [aged 35] by marriage Marchioness Hertford. The estate was worth £70000 a year, and included Ragley Hall, Alcester, Sudbourne Hall, Sudbourne and estates in Ireland.
In 1807 Francis Ingram Seymour-Conway 2nd Marquess Hertford [aged 63] took his wife Isabella Anne Ingram Marchioness Hertford [aged 47] to Ireland in an attempt to prevent King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 44] taking her as a mistress. By the summer King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland was a regular visitor at Ragley Hall, Alcester and Hertford aka Manchester House Manchester Square Marylebone.
