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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Paternal Family Tree: Keppel
Maternal Family Tree: Roosilia Drake
In 1881 [his father] Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle [aged 22] and [his mother] Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton [aged 48] and [his grandmother] Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton [aged 43]. He the son of William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle [aged 48] and Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle [aged 48].
On 28th February 1882 Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle was born to [his father] Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle [aged 23] and [his mother] Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle [aged 21].
On 28th August 1894 [his grandfather] William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle [aged 62] died. His son [his father] Arnold [aged 36] succeeded 8th Earl Albermarle, 8th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 8th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent. [his mother] Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle [aged 33] by marriage Countess Albemarle.
On 9th June 1909 Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 27] and Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington [aged 20] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She the daughter of Charles Robert Wynn-Carington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire [aged 66] and Cecilia Margaret Harbord Marchioness [aged 52]. He the son of Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle [aged 51] and Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle [aged 48]. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 18th December 1911 [his son] Derek Keppel was born to Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 29] and [his wife] Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington [aged 22]. He married 10th December 1940 Mary Elizabeth "Mairi" Bury Vane-Tempest-Stewart, daughter of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry and Edith Chaplin Marchioness Londonderry, and had issue.
1915. Philip de László [aged 45]. Portrait of Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 32].
In 1928 [his wife] Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington [aged 39] died.
On 24th February 1931 Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 48] and Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle [aged 21] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle [aged 72] and Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle [aged 70].
On 17th March 1932 [his daughter] Anne-Louise Keppel was born to Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 50] and [his wife] Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle [aged 22]. She married 1954 Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple 10th Baronet.
On 10th December 1940 Derek Keppel [aged 28] and Mary Elizabeth "Mairi" Bury Vane-Tempest-Stewart [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry [aged 62] and Edith Chaplin Marchioness Londonderry [aged 62]. He the son of Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 58] and Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carington.
On 12th April 1942 [his father] Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle [aged 83] died at Quidenham, Norfolk. His son Walter [aged 60] succeeded 9th Earl Albermarle, 9th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 9th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent. [his wife] Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle [aged 32] by marriage Countess Albermarle.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1943 [his mother] Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle [aged 82] died.
In 1954 [his son-in-law] Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple 10th Baronet [aged 27] and Anne-Louise Keppel [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 71] and Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle [aged 44].
On 8th November 1968 [his son] Derek Keppel [aged 56] died.
On 14th July 1979 Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle [aged 97] died. His grandson Rufus [aged 13] succeeded 10th Earl Albermarle, 10th Viscount Bury in Lancashire, 10th Baron Ashford of Ashford in Kent.
On 6th May 2013 [his former wife] Diana Grove Countess of Albermarle died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 31 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle 
Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Charles Keppel 4th Earl Albermarle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Miller 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Miller Countess Albermarle
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Thomas Keppel 6th Earl Albermarle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Southwell 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Southwell 20th Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Watson 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Southwell Countess Albermarle 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
GrandFather: William Keppel 7th Earl Albermarle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Father: Arnold Keppel 8th Earl Albermarle 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Sophia Mary MacNab of Dundurn Castle 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Stuart 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stuart 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stuart 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Stuart 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Walter Keppel 9th Earl Albermarle 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tatton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Tatton Egerton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hester Egerton 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Wilbraham Egerton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Wilbraham-Bootle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wilbraham-Bootle
Great x 1 Grandfather: Wilbraham Egerton 1st Baron Egerton Tatton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mark Sykes 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Decima Woodham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sykes
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tatton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tatton
GrandFather: Wilbraham Egerton 1st Earl Egerton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tottenham 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Tottenham aka Loftus 1st Marquess Ely 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Loftus 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Loftus 2nd Marquess Ely 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Myhill of Killerney in Kilkenny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Myhill Marchioness Ely
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Loftus Baroness Egerton Tatton 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Gertrude Egerton Countess Albemarle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jeffrey Amherst
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Amherst
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Patterson
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James West 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer
GrandMother: Mary Amherst Baroness Egerton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bishop Hugh Percy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners-Sutton 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Diana Chaplin 
16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Manners Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Thoroton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Thoroton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Roosilia Drake 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England