Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past.

Monegunda of Chimay might be the final resting place for his remains although still unverified. Jean Froissart is also known to have been one of the first to mention the use of the verge and foliot or verge escapement in European clockworks by 1368. His history is also an important source for the first half of the Hundred Years' War.

For centuries Froissart's Chronicles have been recognized as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the 14th century Kingdom of England and France. 1337 – c. 1405) often referred to in English as John Froissart was a medieval French chronicle writer.