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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Paternal Family Tree: Herbert
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter
Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon was appointed Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society.
On 5th July 1771 [his father] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and [his mother] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [his grandmother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 45].
On 3rd June 1772 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon was born to [his father] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 30] and [his mother] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 19].
On 22nd June 1772 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In 1789 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 16] educated at Eton College [Map].
In 1794 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 21] was elected MP Cricklade.
On 26th April 1796 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 23] and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 23] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 54] and Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 43].
On 6th December 1797 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Reynolds-Moreton 1st Earl Ducie [aged 21] and [his sister] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 56] and [his mother] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 45].
On 8th June 1800 [his son] Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon was born to Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 28] and [his wife] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 27]. He married 1830 Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon and had issue.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1802 [his son] Edward Charles Hugh Herbert was born to Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and [his wife] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 29].
In 1803 [his daughter] Theresa Elizabeth Mary Herbert was born to Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 30] and [his wife] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 30].
In 1803 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 30] was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Somerset.
On 19th August 1808 Francis Reynolds-Moreton 3rd Baron Ducie [aged 69] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baron Ducie. [his sister] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 26] by marriage Baroness Ducie.
On 3rd June 1811 [his father] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 69] died. His son Henry [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Earl Carnarvon, 2nd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 38] by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
On 5th March 1813 [his wife] Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon [aged 40] died at Shooter's Hill, Greenwich [Map].
In 1814 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 41] was appointed Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
On 10th February 1826 [his mother] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 73] died.
In 1830 [his sister] Frances Herbert Baroness Ducie Tortworth [aged 48] died.
In 1830 Henry John George Herbert 3rd Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 25] were married. He the son of Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 57] and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 16th April 1833 Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon [aged 60] died at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. He was buried at Burghclere, Hampshire. His son Henry [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Earl Carnarvon, 3rd Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. Henrietta Anna Howard-Molyneux-Howard Countess Carnarvon [aged 28] by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
[his daughter] Emily Frances Theresa Herbert was born to Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon and Elizabeth Kitty Acland Countess Carnarvon.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Vere Countess Montgomery 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rebecca Roper Lady Villiers 
GrandFather: William Herbert 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Sawyer of Heywood Lodge in White Waltham in Berkshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sawyer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Father: Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Catherine Elizabeth Tewes
Henry George Herbert 2nd Earl Carnarvon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wyndham of Orchard 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wyndham 1st Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Wyndham 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Hungerford 
14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Hungerford 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Jones
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wyndham 3rd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Leveson-Gower Lady Wyndham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Wyche
GrandFather: Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 10th Earl of Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Josceline Percy 11th Earl of Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess Northumberland 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Warncombe Carpenter
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Carpenter 2nd Baron Carpenter 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary King 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Moore 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Loftus Viscountess Moore 
GrandMother: Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Petty
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Petty Baroness Carpenter