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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Sherborne, Dorset is in Dorset.
In March 1253 Humphrey Beauchamp was born to Robert V Beauchamp (age 36) and Alice Mohun (age 25) at Sherborne, Dorset [Map].
On 25th October 1265 Robert V Beauchamp (age 48) died at Sherborne, Dorset [Map].
On 27th November 1752 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 91) died at Sherborne, Dorset [Map]. His grandson Edward (age 22) succeeded 6th Baron Digby of Geashill in County Offaly.
The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].
The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].
Sherborne Castle is also in Castles in Dorset.
In 1297 John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 28) lived the Sheriff of Dorset having been ordered by the King to provide housing at Sherborne Castle [Map].
In 1645 John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 59) was captured for supprting the King's cause during the Civil War at Sherborne Castle [Map].
On 18th September 1698 William Digby 5th Baron Digby (age 37) inherited Sherborne Castle [Map].
The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].
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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The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].
The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].
1803. John Buckler (age 32). St Augustine's Hospital, Sherborn.
The River Yeo rises near Henstridge Bowden, Somerset [Map] then flows south-west past through Sherborne Lake [Map], past Sherborne Castle [Map] and Sherborne, Dorset [Map], Sherborne Railway Station [Map], Thornford, Dorset [Map], Bradford Abbas, Dorset [Map], where it is joined by the Wriggle River, Clifton Maybank, Dorset [Map], past the east of Yeovil, Somerset [Map], then Mudford, Somerset [Map], Limington, Somerset [Map], Ilchester, Somerset [Map], Long Load, Somerset [Map] before joining the River Parrett 1km south-east of Langport, Somerset [Map].