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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Before 29th April 1843 [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti and [her mother] Euphrosyne m Cassavetti were married.
On 29th April 1843 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco was born to [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti and [her mother] Euphrosyne m Cassavetti.
In 1858 [her father] Demetrios Cassavetti died. His daughter Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 14] inherited his fortune allowing her to live an independent life.
In 1860 Dr Zambaco and Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 16] were married.
1866. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 32]. Study of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 22].
In 1866 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 22] left her husband in France and returned to London to live with her mother around which time she first met Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 32].
1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 41]. Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].
1870. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 41]. Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].
1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "The Mill: Girls Dancing to Music by a River". Left to right: Maria Zambaco [aged 26], Marie Spartali Stillman [aged 25], and Aglaïa Coronio née Ionides [aged 35].
Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "Phyllis and Demophoon". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26]. The moment after the embraces the almond tree into which she was said to have transformed after death.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. Study of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].
1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. Portrait of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].
Around 1870. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 36]. "Cupid and Psyche". The models Marie Spartali aka Stillman [aged 25] and Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 26].
1871. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 37]. Drawing of Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 27].
1874 to 1877. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 40]. "The Beguiling of Merlin". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 30]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. The painting was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland [aged 42].
Before 1880 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 36] studied art at the Slade School of Art under Alphonse Legros and Auguste Rodin.
1882. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 48]. "The Tree of Forgiveness". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 38].
On 14th July 1914 Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 71] died.