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: Baker
On 10th November 1713 [his father] George Baker [age 26] and [his step-mother] Bridget Harris were married.
On 1st January 1722 George Baker 1st Baronet was born to [his father] George Baker [age 35] and [his mother] Mary Weston at Modbury, Devon.
On 24th January 1738 [his father] George Baker [age 51] and [his mother] Mary Weston were married at Dawlish, Devon. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bishop Stephen Weston [age 73].
In 1749 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 26] went to Leiden University to study physic, becoming MD in 1756.
In 1756 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 33] was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians.
In 1757 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 34] became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
In 1762 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 39] was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 28th June 1768 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 46] and Jane Morris were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
In 1772 [his father] George Baker [age 85] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 13th May 1772 [his son] Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet was born to George Baker 1st Baronet [age 50] and [his wife] Jane Morris at Jermyn Street. He was baptised on 17th June 1772 at St James' Church, Piccadilly. He married July 1814 Harriet Simeon Lady Baker, daughter of John Simeon 1st Baronet and Rebecca Cornwall, and had issue.
The London Gazette 11694. St. James's, August 24. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain, to them and their Heirs Male, unto
George Winn, of Little Warley in the County of Essex, Esq; and late one of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Scotland.
Herbert Mackworth, of the Gnoll in the County of Glamorgan, Esq;
James Laroche, of Over in the Parish of Aldmondsbury in the County of Gloucester, Esq;
Henry Peyton, of Doddington in the Isle of Ely, Esq;
George Baker [age 54], Doctor in Physick, and Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty; [Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon].
Before 26th August 1776 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 54] was appointed physician to the Queen's household and then physician to King George III [age 38], attending the king during his periods of madness.
On 15th June 1809 George Baker 1st Baronet [age 87] died. He was buried at St James' Church, Piccadilly. His son Frederick [age 37] succeeded 2nd Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Unknown Baker
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Baker of Alvington, Devon
GrandFather: Aaron Baker
Father: George Baker
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend Joseph Tompson of Exminster, Devon
GrandMother: Martha Tompson
GrandFather: Bishop Stephen Weston 
Mother: Mary Weston