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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In 1162 Bishop Geoffrey Ridel was appointed Lord Chancellor which office he held until 1173.
Before March 1163 Bishop Geoffrey Ridel was appointed Archdeacon of Canterbury.
In 1164 Bishop Geoffrey Ridel travelled to Rome to represent the king before the Papal Curia.
On 6th October 1174 Bishop Geoffrey Ridel was consecrated Bishop of Ely at Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
Before February 1177 Bishop Geoffrey Ridel was part of the escort when Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily (age 11) travelled to Provence to marry William "Good" II King Sicily (age 22).
Gesta Regis Henrici by Benedict of Peterborough. 20th August 1189. Meanwhile, Geoffrey, Bishop of Ely, died at Winchester on the 13th day before the Kalends of September and was buried at Ely [Map]."
Interim Gaufridus1 Eliensis episcopus obiit Wintonize, xiiio, kalendas Septembris, et sepultus est apud Hely.
Note 1. Gaufridus Riddell, bishop 1174-1189.
On the 20th August 1189 Bishop Geoffrey Ridel died. He was buried at Ely Cathedral [Map].
Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall. Geoffrey Ridel1, bishop of Ely, died.
Obiit Galfridus Ridel, episcopus Elyensis.
Note 1. Bishop Geoffrey Ridel appointed Lord Chancellor 1162, consecrated Bishop of Ely 1164, died 20th August 1189.