Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Paternal Family Tree: Parker of Devon
In 1842 [his father] Edmund Parker 2nd Earl Morley [aged 31] and [his mother] Harriet Sophia Parker Countess Morley [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Countess Morley. He the son of [his grandfather] John Parker 1st Earl Morley and [his grandmother] Frances Talbot Countess Morley [aged 60]. They were second cousins.
On 11th June 1843 Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley was born to [his father] Edmund Parker 2nd Earl Morley [aged 33] and [his mother] Harriet Sophia Parker Countess Morley [aged 34]. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%.
On 28th August 1864 [his father] Edmund Parker 2nd Earl Morley [aged 54] died. His son Albert [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Earl Morley, 3rd Viscount Boringdon of North Malton in Devon, 4th Baron Boringdon.
The London Gazette 24071. 2nd March 1874. St. James's Palace, March 2, 1874.
The Queen [aged 54] has been pleased to appoint to be Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty:-
Charles Adolphus, Earl of Dunmore [aged 32], in the room of Gavin, Earl of Breadalbane [aged 22], resigned.
Robert, Earl of Roden [aged 27], in the room of Valentine Augustus, Earl of Kenmare [aged 48], resigned.
Cornwallis, Viscount Hawarden [aged 56], in the room of Albert Edmund, Earl of Morley [aged 30], resigned.
William, Lord Bagot [aged 62], in the room of Thomas, Lord Camoys [aged 76], resigned.
Dudley Charles, Lord De Ros [aged 46], in the room of Charles, Lord Lurgan, resigned.
William Buller Fullerton, Lord Elphinstone [aged 45], in the room of Frederick Henry Paul, Lord Methuen [aged 56], resigned.
Thomas, Lord Walsingham [aged 30], in the room of Arthur, Lord Wrottesley [aged 49], resigned.
In 1876 Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley [aged 32] and Margaret Holford Countess Morley [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Morley. He the son of Edmund Parker 2nd Earl Morley and Harriet Sophia Parker Countess Morley [aged 67].
On 19th April 1877 [his son] Edmund Parker 4th Earl Morley was born to Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley [aged 33] and [his wife] Margaret Holford Countess Morley [aged 22].
On 9th June 1877 Albert Henry George Grey 4th Earl Grey [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Alice Holford Countess Grey were married. She by marriage Countess Grey.
On 13th October 1878 [his son] Montagu Brownlow Parker 5th Earl Morley was born to Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley [aged 35] and [his wife] Margaret Holford Countess Morley [aged 23].
On 22nd June 1886 [his son] John Holford Parker was born to Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley [aged 43] and [his wife] Margaret Holford Countess Morley [aged 31]. He married 1919 Marjory Katharine, daughter of John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan and Edith Hilaria Edgecumbe, and had issue.
Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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In 1897 [his mother] Harriet Sophia Parker Countess Morley [aged 88] died.
Before 26th February 1905. Ellis William Roberts [aged 44]. Portrait of Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley [aged 61].
On 26th February 1905 Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley [aged 61] died. His son Edmund [aged 27] succeeded 4th Earl Morley, 4th Viscount Boringdon of North Malton in Devon, 5th Baron Boringdon.
On 9th February 1908 [his former wife] Margaret Holford Countess Morley [aged 53] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Parker 
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Parker of Boringdon
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Parker
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Parker 1st Baron Boringdon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Paulett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: John Parker 1st Earl Morley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Robinson of York 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Robinson 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tancred
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Robinson 1st Baron Grantham
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Aislabie of Studley Royal, Yorkshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Aislabie
Great x 1 Grandmother: Theresa Robinson Baroness Boringdon
Father: Edmund Parker 2nd Earl Morley 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Talbot of Wymondham 
GrandMother: Frances Talbot Countess Morley
Albert Parker 3rd Earl Morley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Parker
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Parker of Boringdon
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Parker
Great x 1 Grandfather: Montagu Edmund Parker 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett 3rd Baron Paulett 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Herbert Baroness Poulett 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Paulett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peregrine Bertie 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Bertie Countess Paulett 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Montagu Edmund Parker II 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Harriet Sophia Parker Countess Morley 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England