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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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Baronet Palmer-Acland of Fairfield of Somerset and Newhouse in Devon

Baronet Palmer-Acland of Fairfield of Somerset and Newhouse in Devon is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.

                    The London Gazette 17404. Whitehall, October 3, 1818.
                
                    His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the following Gentlemen respectively, and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.
                
                    The Honourable Alexander Maitland [aged 90], of Clifton, in the county of Mid-Lothian, and of Rose-Hill, in the county of Hertford, General in the Army, and Colonel of the 49th Regiment.
                
                    Henry Johnson [aged 70], of the city of Bath, in the county of Somerset, Esq. General in the Army, and Colonel of tine 81st Regiment.
                
                    Anthony Farrington [aged 76], of Blackheath, in the county of Kent, Esq. General in the Army, Colonel Commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Director-General of Artillery and Field Train.
                
                    Sir Harry Calvert, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-General in the Army, Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot, and Adjutant-General of the Forces.
                
                    James Campbell, of Inverneil, in the county of Argyll, Esq. Lieutenant-General in the Army, Kitight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and Knight Commander of the Royal Sicilian Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit.
                
                    Sir James Willoughby Gordon, of Niton, in the Isle of Wight, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Major General in the Army, Colonel of the 85th Regiment, and Quarter-Master-General to the Forces.
                
                    Felton Elwill Bathurst Hervey [aged 36], of Lainston, in the county of Southampton, Esq. Colonel in the Army, Extra Aide-de-Camp to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; with remainder, in failure of issue male, to his brother Frederick Anne Hervey [aged 35], of Clarendon Park, in the county of Wilts, Esq. and his heirs male.
                
                    John Powell [aged 65], of Hardwick, and of Worthen, in the county of Salop, Esq. and in default of male issue, to Edward Kynaston [aged 60], of Risby and Fornham Saint-Genevieve, in the county of Suffolk, Clerk (brother of the said John Powell), and his heirs male.
                
                    John Acland [aged 62], of Fairfield, in the county of Somerset, and of Newhouse, in the county of Devon, Esq.
                
                    Antony Lechmere [aged 51], of the Rhyd, in the county of Worcester, Esq.
                
                    Sir Edmond Lacon, of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, Knight. [Note. Mary Berwick Lady Lechmere by marriage Lady Lechmere of Rhyd in Worcestershire.]
                
                    John Shelley Sidney [aged 47], of Penshurst-place, in the county of Kent, Esq.
                
                    Thomas Hare, of Stow Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Esq.
                
                    Edward Stracey, of Rackheath Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Esq.
                
                    George Shiffher, of Combe-place, in the county of Sussex, Esq.
                
                    John Croft, of Cowling Hall, in the north riding of the county of York, Esq.
                
                    Robert Bateson [aged 36], of Belvoir Park, in the county of Down, Esq.
                
                    Matthew John Tierney, of Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex, and of Dover-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. Doctor of Physic, Physician in Ordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and Physician to His Royal High ness's Household at Brighthelmstone.

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On 23rd February 1831 John Palmer-Acland 1st Baronet [aged 75] died. His son Peregrine [aged 41] succeeded 2nd Baronet Palmer-Acland of Fairfield of Somerset and Newhouse in Devon.

On 25th October 1871 Peregrine Palmer Fuller-Palmer-Acland 2nd Baronet [aged 81] died. Baronet Palmer-Acland of Fairfield of Somerset and Newhouse in Devon extinct.