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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Frank Cadogan Cowper is in Painters.
On 28th December 1876 [his father] Frank Cowper (age 27) and [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan (age 17) were married. They had ten children.
On 16th October 1877 Frank Cadogan Cowper was born to [his father] Frank Cowper (age 28) and [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan (age 18) at Wicken, Northamptonshire.
In 1890 [his father] Frank Cowper (age 40) and [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan (age 30) were divorced.
1901. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 23). "An Aristocrat Answering the Summons to Execution".
1903. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 25). "Fanny, Sketch of a girl in crinoline dress".
1905. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 27). "St Agnes in Prison Receiving from Heaven the 'Shining White Garment".
1907. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 29). "Vanity". The picture borrows motifs from Giulio Romano's portrait of Isabella d'Este at Hampton Court, a picture which had inspired the young Burne-Jones half a century earlier.
1908. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 30). "Venetian Ladies Listening to "Rapunzel sings from the Tower."
1909. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 31). "Venetian Ladies Listening to "The Serenade" on the Grand Canal."
1912. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 34). "The Morning of the Nativity".
1913. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 35). Portrait of William Walter Carlile 1st Baronet (age 50).
William Walter Carlile 1st Baronet: On 15th June 1862 he was born. In 1885 he and Blanche Anne Cadogan were married. On 3rd January 1950 he died. Baronet Carlile of Gayhurst in BucKinghamshire extinct.
1918. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 40). "The Bluebird". Painted at 2 Edwardes Square Studios, a southerly outpost of the artists' colony in Holland Park that had sprung up in the later nineteenth-century under the leadership of the President of the Royal Academy, Sir Frederic Leighton.
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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1919. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 41). "Our Lady of The Fruits of The Earth."
1919. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 41). "Vanity II."
1920. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 42). Portrait of Violet Miriam Nightingale Clay Baroness Vernon (age 25).
1926. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 48). "La Belle Dame sans Merci."
1928. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 50). "Titania Sleeps."
On 28th May 1930 [his father] Frank Cowper (age 81) died.
On 18th November 1933 [his mother] Edith Elise Cadogan (age 74) died.
1946. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 68). "Joan Saxton, a Student Nurse Who Trained at Cirencester Memorial Hospital".
Before 1958. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 80). "The Ugly Duckling."
Before 1958. Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 80). "The Golden Bowl."
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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On 17th November 1958 Frank Cadogan Cowper (age 81) died.