Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Viscount Beaumont is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically.
Viscount Beaumont is also in Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Viscountcies of England.
Summary
1014. Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 79] created.
1014. Son Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 49] succeeded.
1014. Son Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 3rd Viscount Beaumont [aged 24] succeeded.
1040. Son Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 4th Viscount Beaumont [aged 28] succeeded.
1065. Son Hubert Beaumont Sarthe 5th Viscount Beaumont [aged 28] succeeded.
5th December 1095. Son Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 6th Viscount Beaumont [aged 20] succeeded.
1100. Son Roscelin Beaumont Sarthe 7th Viscount Beaumont succeeded.
1176. Richard Beaumont Sarthe I Viscount [aged 41] extinct.
Before 1014 Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 78] was created 1st Viscount Beaumont. There are a number issues with this creation; it may be spurious?
In 1014 Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 79] died. His son Raoul [aged 49] succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont.
After 1014 Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 2nd Viscount Beaumont [deceased] died. His son Raoul [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Viscount Beaumont.
Around 1040 Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 3rd Viscount Beaumont [aged 50] died. His son Raoul [aged 28] succeeded 4th Viscount Beaumont.
In 1065 Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 4th Viscount Beaumont [aged 53] died. In 1065 His son Hubert [aged 28] succeeded 5th Viscount Beaumont.
On 5th December 1095 Hubert Beaumont Sarthe 5th Viscount Beaumont [aged 58] died. His son Raoul [aged 20] succeeded 6th Viscount Beaumont.
In 1100 Raoul Beaumont Sarthe 6th Viscount Beaumont [aged 25] died. His son Roscelin succeeded 7th Viscount Beaumont.
In or before 1135 Roscelin Beaumont Sarthe 7th Viscount Beaumont and Constance Fitzroy Viscountess Beaumont were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the illegitmate daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England [aged 66].
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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Around 1176 Roscelin Beaumont Sarthe 7th Viscount Beaumont died. His son Richard [aged 41] succeeded I Viscount of Beaumont le Vicomte. Viscount Beaumont extinct.
Viscount Beaumont is also in Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Viscountcies of England.
Summary
12th February 1440. John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 30] created.
10th July 1460. Son William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 22] succeeded. See 1460 Battle of Northampton.
19th December 1507. William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont extinct.
On 12th February 1440 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 30] was created 1st Viscount Beaumont by letters patent. Elizabeth Phelip Viscountess Beaumont by marriage Viscountess Beaumont.
In October 1441 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 32] and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 10th July 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England [aged 18] and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 31], Archbishop George Neville [aged 28], William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 55], Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham [aged 45] and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22] defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 43] had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 38] was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 57] was killed. His grandson Henry [aged 5] succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 42] was killed. His son John [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont [aged 37] was killed. [Baron Egremont of Egremont Castle in Cumberland extinct. Some authoirities state, however, that he left a son, Sir John Percy, who never assumed the title.]
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 50] was killed. His son William [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy [aged 56] was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis [aged 21].
Thomas Tresham [aged 40] fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and William Norreys [aged 19] were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
On 6th August 1462 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 24] and Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 54]. He the son of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 62]. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1477 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 38] and Elizabeth Scrope Countess of Oxford [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the son of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 77]. They were half first cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 19th December 1507 William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont [aged 69] died at Wivenhoe, Essex [Map] where he was buried. Viscount Beaumont extinct. Baron Beaumont and Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk abeyant between his two nieces Joanne Lovell and Frideswell Lovell. The issue of Frideswell Lovell were disbarred from succeededing when her son Henry Norreys [aged 25] was attainted. The issue of Joanne Lovell included his great nephews including Henry Norreys, George Stapleton [aged 28] and great-great nephew Brian Stapleton [aged 30]. The title of Baron Beaumont was called out of abeyance in 1840 for Miles Thomas Stapleton 8th Baron Beaumont, a descendant of Brian Stapleton and an 11 x great-nephew of William Beaumont.