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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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Archbishop Richard of Dover -1184

In 1157 Archbishop Richard of Dover was appointed Prior of St Martins in Dover.

On 3rd February 1173 Archbishop Richard of Dover was elected Archbishop of Canterbury although the monks preferred Odo, Prior of Canterbury.

On 7th April 1174 Archbishop Richard of Dover was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury at Anagni Frosinone Latium by Pope Alexander III. Richard returned to England at the close of the year bearing his pallium which he had received directly from the pope.

On 3rd July 1183 Archbishop Walter de Coutances was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln at Angers Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Richard of Dover.

Annals of Six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet [1258-1328]. 1184. Gerard [aged 67], bishop of Coventry, died [on 13th January 1184] after holding the office for eighteen weeks. Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, died [on 16th February 1184] after having held the see for nine years, forty-five weeks, and five days, at Hallings, a manor belonging to the bishop of Rochester. Walter, bishop of Lincoln, was nominated [on 17th November 1184] to become archbishop of Rouen.

1184. GERARDUS Coventrensis, cum sedisset octodecim septimanis, in fata concessit. Ricardus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, cum sedisset annis novem, hebdomadis quadraginta quinque, diebus quinque, mortem subiit apud Halinges, quæ est villa episcopi Roffensis. Walterus, Lincolniensis episcopus, in Rothomagensem archiepiscopum postulatur.

On 16th February 1184 Archbishop Richard of Dover died at Haling, Kent. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map].

Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall. Year 1184. Richard¹, archbishop of Canterbury, died, and Master Baldwin, bishop of Worcester, succeeded him, who had previously been a monk of the Cistercian Order and had been abbot of Forde. Abel, the first abbot of St Osyth, also died.

Anno MCLXXXIV. Obiit Richardus archiepiscopus Catuariensis, cui successit magister Baldewinus Wigorniensis episcopus, qui prius fuerat monachus ordinis Cisterciensis, et abbas de Forde extiterat. Obiit Abel, primus abbas de Sancta-Oystha.

Note 1. Archbishop Richard of Dover, elected 1173, consecrated 1174, died 1184. He was succeeded by Baldwin of Forde who died in 1190 at Acre whilst participating in the Third Crusade.