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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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On 14th January 1890 [his father] John Roebuck (age 29) and [his mother] Emma Marsh (age 29) were married.
On 23rd September 1896 Albert Roebuck was born to [his father] John Roebuck (age 35) and [his mother] Emma Marsh (age 35).
On 19th October 1896 Albert Roebuck was baptised at St Matthew's Church, Hayfield [Map]. His abode is shown as Bank Vale, Hayfield [Map].
In 1899 [his father] John Roebuck (age 38) and Anne m Roebuck (age 28) were married. His first wife [his mother] Emma Marsh (age 38), who he married on 14th January 1890, appears to have died before 1899. In the Census of 1911 it is stated they, John and Anne, have been married twelve years which suggests they were married in 1899? Which would suggest his children Mary Emma, John William and Albert Roebuck (age 2) were born to Emma Marsh.
31st March 1901. Census. Bank Vale, Hayfield [Map].
[his father] John Roebuck (age 40). Head. 40. Married. Labourer at Paper Mills. Born Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Anne Roebuck (age 30). Wife. 30. Married. Born Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Albert Roebuck (age 4). Son. 5.
2nd April 1911. Census. Bank Vale, Hayfield [Map].
[his father] John Roebuck (age 50). Head. 50. Married. Labourer.
Anne Roebuck (age 40). Wife. 34. Married. [Note. Age of 34? Possibly 40?]
Albert Roebuck (age 14). Son. 14.
On 21st March 1918 Albert Roebuck (age 21) was killed in action. He was serving with the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd/7th Bn Service Number: 19234. Possibly during the Battle of St. Quentin at the commencement of the German Spring Offensive. He is buried, or commemorated at the Arras Memorial Bay 7.
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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Hayfield War Memorial [Map]. Side 4:
Richardson Harold R,
Roebuck Albert
Smith George
Towler Herbert
Wardle William
Waterhouse Fred. Second cousin of Charles Waterhouse ie same great-grandfather William Waterhouse.
Waterhouse Joe. Eldest brother of Charles Waterhouse above.
Waterhouse Willie, Wogan Edward, Woolley James S, Handford Joseph N.
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