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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Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston was born to [her father] Sigmund Neumann 1st Baronet and [her mother] Anna Allegra Hakim Lady Neumann.
In 1890 [her father] Sigmund Neumann 1st Baronet (age 32) and [her mother] Anna Allegra Hakim Lady Neumann (age 26) were married at Vevey, Switzerland.
On 6th February 1912 [her father] Sigmund Neumann 1st Baronet (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Neumann of Cecil Lodge. [her mother] Anna Allegra Hakim Lady Neumann (age 48) by marriage Lady Neumann of Cecil Lodge.
On 13th September 1916 [her father] Sigmund Neumann 1st Baronet (age 59) died. His son [her brother] Cecil (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baronet Neumann of Cecil Lodge.
On 17th February 1920 Captain Victor Malcolm Wombwell (age 26) and Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston were married. This marriage was annulled in 1921.
On 24th October 1923 Robert Villiers Grimston 1st Baron Grimston (age 26) and Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston were married.
On 14th June 1925 [her son] Robert Walter Sigismund Grimston 2nd Baron Grimston was born to [her husband] Robert Villiers Grimston 1st Baron Grimston (age 28) and Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston. He married 21st June 1949 June Mary Ponsonby Baroness Grimston, daughter of Hubert William Ponsonby 5th Baron de Mauley and Elgiva Margaret Dundas Baroness de Mauley, and had issue.
In October 1942 [her husband] Captain Victor Malcolm Wombwell (age 49) and Eileen Beryl Tilley (age 34) were married.
On 21st June 1949 [her son] Robert Walter Sigismund Grimston 2nd Baron Grimston (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] June Mary Ponsonby Baroness Grimston (age 25) were married.
In 1951 [her mother] Anna Allegra Hakim Lady Neumann (age 87) died.
On 11th March 1952 [her husband] Robert Villiers Grimston 1st Baron Grimston (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire. Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston by marriage Lady Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire.
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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On 11th December 1964 [her husband] Robert Villiers Grimston 1st Baron Grimston (age 67) was created 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire. Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston by marriage Baroness Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 19th November 1977 Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston died.
On 8th December 1979 [her former husband] Robert Villiers Grimston 1st Baron Grimston (age 82) died. His son [her son] Robert (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire, 2nd Baronet Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire. [her daughter-in-law] June Mary Ponsonby Baroness Grimston (age 55) by marriage Baroness Grimston of Westbury in Wiltshire.
On 8th June 1986 [her former husband] Captain Victor Malcolm Wombwell (age 93) died.
GrandFather: Gustav Neumann
Father: Sigmund Neumann 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Babette m Neumann
Sybil Rose Neumann Baroness Grimston
GrandFather: Jacques Hakim of Alexandria
Mother: Anna Allegra Hakim Lady Neumann