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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South Acre, Norfolk is in Norfolk.
In 1275 Sir Roger Harsick was lord, and had freewarren in South Acre, Norfolk, view of frankpledge by the King's bailiff's permission, and assise of bread and beer.
In 1309 a charter of free-warren in South Acre, Norfolk, and in Dunham Magna, was granted to John de Harsyck, and Christian his wife.
Before 1562 Robert Bell [aged 22] and Dorothie Beaupré [aged 23] were married. She had the manor of South Acre, Norfolk assigned to her.
On 22nd July 1577 Robert Bell [aged 38] was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Edmund Bell [aged 15] inherited the manor of South Acre, Norfolk.
On or before 22nd December 1607 Edmund Bell [aged 45] died. He was buried on 22nd December 1607. His heirs sold the manor of South Acre, Norfolk to Edward Barkham [aged 37].
In 1703 the daughters of William Barkham 3rd Baronet, Dorothy Barkham, Frances Barkham and Jane Barkham conveyed the manor of South Acre, Norfolk to Andrew Fountaine [aged 70].
On 23rd March 1921 Lieutenant Andrew Jervis Hawkins was born at South Acre, Norfolk.
William Dorward of Dorward Hall in Bocking in Essex and Margaret Harsick were married. She inherited the manor of South Acre, Norfolk.
Thomas Fotheringay of Brockley in Suffolk and Elizabeth Dorward were married. She inherited the manor of South Acre, Norfolk.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Nicholas Beaupre of Beaupre Hall in Outwell and Margaret Fotheringay were married. She inherited the manor of South Acre, Norfolk.