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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: King Family 2
Before 18th February 1724 [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 43) and [his step-mother] Isabella Wingfield (age 41) were married.
On 29th March 1726 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston was born to [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 45).
On 1st January 1740 [his father] Henry King 3rd Baronet (age 59) died. His son [his half-brother] Robert (age 15) succeeded 4th Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.
In 1748 [his half-brother] Robert King 1st Baron Kingsborough (age 23) was created 1st Baron Kingsborough.
In 1754 [his son] Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston was born to Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 27). He married 5th December 1769 Caroline Fitzgerald and had issue.
On 22nd May 1755 [his half-brother] Robert King 1st Baron Kingsborough (age 31) died unmarried. Baron Kingsborough extinct. His brother Edward (age 29) succeeded 5th Baronet King of Boyle Abbot.
On 15th July 1764 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 38) was created 1st Baron Kingston of Rockingham in Roscommon.
On 15th November 1766 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 40) was created 1st Viscount Kingston.
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 25th August 1768 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 42) was created 1st Earl Kingston.
On 5th December 1769 [his son] Robert King 2nd Earl Kingston (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Caroline Fitzgerald were married. He the son of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 43).
In 1772 [his son-in-law] Laurence Harman Parsons 1st Earl of Rosse (age 22) and [his daughter] Jane King were married. She the daughter of Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 45).
In 1776 Richard Fitzgerald (age 43) was killed in a duel by his daughter's father-in-law Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 49).
On 8th September 1797 Edward King 1st Earl Kingston (age 71) died. His son Robert (age 43) succeeded 2nd Earl Kingston, 2nd Viscount Kingston, 2nd Baron Kingston of Rockingham in Roscommon. [his daughter-in-law] Caroline Fitzgerald by marriage Countess Kingston.
[his daughter] Jane King was born to Edward King 1st Earl Kingston. She married 1772 Laurence Harman Parsons 1st Earl of Rosse and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: John King
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert King 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Drury 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carew 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Robert King 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lygon 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon
Father: Henry King 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Edward King 1st Earl Kingston 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England