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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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Baron Rotherham of Broughton in Lancashire

Baron Rotherham of Broughton in Lancashire is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.

                    Summary
                
                    21st July 1910. 1st.  William Henry Holland 1st Baron Rotherham [aged 60] created.
                
                    26th December 1927. 2nd. Son  Stuart Holland 2nd Baron Rotherham [aged 51] succeeded.
                
                    24th January 1950. 2nd.  Stuart Holland 2nd Baron Rotherham extinct.

                    The London Gazette 28398. Whitehall, July 21, 1910.
                
                    The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon the undermentioned gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten:—
                
                    The Right Honourable Richard Knight Causton [aged 66], and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Southwark of Southwark in the County of London. [Note. Selina Mary Chambers Baroness Southwark [aged 58] by marriage Baroness Southwark of Southwark in London.]
                
                    The Right Honourable Sir Balthazar Walter Foster [aged 70], Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Ilkeston of Ilkeston in the County of Derby.
                
                    The Right Honourable Sir Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Devonport of Wittington in the County of Buckingham.
                
                    Sir Weetman Dickinson Pearson, Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Cowdray of Midhurst in the County of Sussex.
                
                    Sir William Henry Holland [aged 60], Baronet, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Rotherham, of Broughton in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
                
                    Sir Christopher Furness [aged 58], Knight, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of the County of York. [Note. Jane Annette Suggitt Baroness Furness by marriage Baroness Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.]
                
                    Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Willingdon of Ratton in the County of Sussex.

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On 26th December 1927 William Henry Holland 1st Baron Rotherham [aged 78] died. His son Stuart [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Baron Rotherham of Broughton in Lancashire, 2nd Baronet Holland of Queen's Gate in Kensington.

On 24th January 1950 Stuart Holland 2nd Baron Rotherham [aged 73] died. Baron Rotherham of Broughton in Lancashire, Baronet Holland of Queen's Gate in Kensington extinct.