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Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

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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Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 1764-1841

Paternal Family Tree: Browne aka Duncombe

On 5th December 1764 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham was born to Charles Slingsby Duncombe [aged 34].

On 24th or 29th September 1782 [his future brother-in-law] George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth [aged 26] and Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford and Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford [aged 52]. He the son of [his future father-in-law] William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth [aged 51] and [his future mother-in-law] Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth [aged 49]. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1790 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 25] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.

In 1790 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 25] was elected MP Shaftesbury.

Around 1795 [his son] Charles Duncombe was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 30] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 20].

In 1795 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 30] and Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth [aged 63] and Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth [aged 62].

In 1796 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 31] was elected MP Aldborough.

On 14th January 1798 [his son] William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 33] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 23]. He married 18th December 1823 Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park, daughter of George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway and Jane Paget Countess Galloway, and had issue.

On 25th August 1800 [his son] Henry Duncombe was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 35] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 25].

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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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On 30th May 1803 [his daughter] Frances Duncombe was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 38] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 28].

On 24th March 1806 [his son] Admiral Arthur Duncombe was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 41] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 31].

On 16th November 1807 [his daughter] Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 42] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 33]. She married 1831 John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon and had issue.

In 1812 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 47] was elected MP Heytesbury.

On 2nd November 1814 [his son] Augustus Duncombe was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 49] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 40].

On 8th April 1817 [his son] Octavius Duncombe was born to Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 52] and [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 42]. He married 1842 Emily Caroline Campbell, daughter of John Campbell 1st Earl Cawdor and Elizabeth Thynne Countess Cawdor, and had issue.

In 1818 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 53] was elected MP Newport.

In 1819 [his son] Charles Duncombe [aged 24] died.

On 18th December 1823 [his son] William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway [aged 55] and Jane Paget Countess Galloway [aged 49].

The London Gazette 18259. Whitehall, June 13, 1826.

The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities, of Earl and Marquess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Frederick William [aged 56] Earl of Bristol, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles and titles of Earl Jermyn, of Horningsherth, in the county of Suffolk, and Marquess of Bristol.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the-Great Seal, granting the, dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto William Marquess of Thomond, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Tadcaster, of Tadcaster, in the county of York

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Ulick John [aged 23] Marquess of Clanricarde, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Somerhill, of Somerhill, in the county of Kent.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto James Earl of Balcarres, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Wigan, of Haigh-Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster,

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Thomas Viscount Northland, and the heir's male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Ranfurly, of Ramphorlie, in the county of Renfrew.

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron ot the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Sir Charles Long [aged 66], Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Farnborough, of Bromley-Hill-Place, in the county of Kent. [Amelia Hume Baroness Farnborough [aged 54] by marriage Baroness Farnborough of Bromley Hill Place in Kent.]

The King has also Seen pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Sir John Fleming Leicester [aged 64], Baronet, Colonel of His Majesty's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and, stile of Baron De Tabley, of Tabley-House, in the county palatine of Chester. [Georgiana Cottin Baroness Tabley [aged 32] by marriage Baroness Tabley of Tabley House in Cheshire]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto James Archibald Stuart Wortley Mackenzie [aged 49], of Wortley-Hall, in the county of York, and of Belmont-Castle, in the county of Perth, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Wharncliffe, of Wortley, in the said county of York. [Elizabeth Caroline Mary Crichton Baroness Wharncliffe [aged 48] by marriage Baroness Wharncliffe of Wortley in Yorkshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Charles Duncombe [aged 61], Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Feversham, of Duncombe-Park, in the county of York. [. [his wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 51] by marriage Baroness Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.]

The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Charles Rose-Ellis [aged 54], Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile and title of Baron Seaford, of Seaford, in the county of Sussex.

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In 1831 [his son-in-law] John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon [aged 25] and [his daughter] Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon [aged 23] were married.

On 1st October 1832 [his son] Henry Duncombe [aged 32] died.

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Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham

The Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham is a remarkable medieval history of one of England’s great Benedictine monasteries. Beginning with the abbey’s legendary and royal foundations, it traces the fortunes of Evesham through centuries of religious devotion, political conflict, legal struggle, rebuilding, reform, and royal patronage. At the heart of the chronicle is the abbey’s determination to defend its ancient liberties. Its monks record disputes with bishops, appeals to popes and papal legates, contested elections of abbots, lawsuits over lands and privileges, and the long struggle to preserve Evesham’s exemption from episcopal control. Alongside these institutional battles are vivid accounts of saints and miracles, including St Ecgwine, St Odulf and the royal martyr St Wistan, whose relics and cult formed an important part of the abbey’s identity. The chronicle also preserves a wealth of detail about everyday monastic life. It describes the building and repair of churches, cloisters, chapels, halls, mills, granges and fishponds; the acquisition of estates and revenues; the making of vestments, shrines, bells and liturgical books; and the provision of food, clothing, recreation and medical care for the monks. Successive abbots emerge not merely as religious superiors but as administrators, builders, patrons, diplomats and defenders of the community. Extending into the later Middle Ages, the narrative reflects the changing political world around Evesham, from the Norman Conquest and the Angevin kings to the Wars of the Roses and the reign of Henry VIII. The result is both a history of a single monastery and a richly detailed record of medieval English religious, legal, economic and political life. This edition offers modern readers direct access to one of the most important monastic chronicles of medieval England, revealing how the monks of Evesham understood their saints, their privileges, their rulers and their place in history.

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On 16th July 1841 Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham [aged 76] died. His son William [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire. Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 37] by marriage Baroness Feversham of Duncombe Park in Yorkshire.

On 5th November 1848 [his former wife] Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park [aged 74] died.

The Times. 13th February 1867. DEATH OF LORD FEVERSHAM. We regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of Lord Feversham [deceased], which occurred on Monday night at his residence in Great Cumberland Street. The late William Duncombe Baron Feversham, of Dancombe Park, County York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of Charles first Lord by his marriage with Lady Charlotte Legge, only daughter of William, second Earl of Dartmouth. He was born on the 14th of January, 1798, so that he was in his 69th year. The deceased nobleman was educted at Eton [Map], and afterwards proceeded to Christ Church, Oxford. He married l8th of December, 1823, Lady Louisa Stewart [aged 63], third daughter of George, eighth Earl of Galloway, by whom,who survives his Lordship, he leaves issue the Hon. Wiliam E. Duncombe [aged 38], M.P., and Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, of the 1st Life Guards, and three daughters, the Hon Jane, married l1th of April, 1849, to the Hon. Laurence Parsons; the Hon. Gertrude [aged 39], married 27th of November 1&19, to Mr. Francis Horatio Fitzroy [aged 43]; and the Hon. Helen, married 18th of July, 1855, to Mr. William Becket Denison. Previously to his accession to the peerage on the death of his father in July, 1841, he represented Yorkshire in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830. At the general election in 1831 he was unsuceessful candidate for the coenty, but was returned for the North Riding in the following year, which he continued to represent till 18S1. He voted against the Reforzn Bill of 1832, and was uniformly in favour of agricultural protection. He took great interest in agricultural pursuit, And was a distinguished member of the Royal Agricultural Society, of which he was one of the trustees The deceased noblemna is succeded by his eldest son, the Hon. Wiliam Ernest Duncombe, above mentioned, who was born January 28 1829, and married, August 7, 1851, Mabel Violet [aged 33], second daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir James Graham, of Netherby. He was M.P. for East Retford from February, 1852, to 1857 and elected for the North Riding of Yorkshire inI 1859, anA was also returned at the last general election After a sharp contest, being second on the poll. He is Captain of the Yorkshire Yeomianry (Hussars) Cavalry, and Lientenent Colonel of the 2d North Riding like his deceased father, he is a supporter of Lord Derby, but in favour of such a measure of Parliamentary Reforms would give no undue preponderance to any one class, but would ensure to a fair distribution of political privileges.

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Royal Ancestors of Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 1764-1841

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 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 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 1764-1841

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Browne

Grandfather: Thomas Duncombe

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Duncombe

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Duncome

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Duncombe of Drayton Bucks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary aka Ursula Duncombe

Father: Charles Slingsby Duncombe 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Slingsby of Scriven 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Slingsby 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vavasour

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Slingsby 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara Belasyse 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Slingsby 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Grandmother: Sarah Slingsby 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savile

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wentworth

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Savile of Methley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah or Susan Savile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Moyses Tryon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Tryon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Tryon

Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England