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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: Colebrooke
On 14th June 1729 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] James Colebrooke (age 49) at Chilham, Kent [Map].
On 18th November 1752 [his father] James Colebrooke (age 72) died.
In 1754 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Mary Gaynor were married. She bought significant wealth to the marriage being the heiress of her father Peter aka Patrick Gaynor who had considerable slave-holdings.
In 1754 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Arundel which seat he controlled. He held the seat until 1774.
On 12th October 1759 [his brother] James Colebrooke 1st Baronet (age 37) was created 1st Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey with a special remainder to his brother George (age 30) since James only had daughters.
In 1761 [his son] James Edward Colebrooke 3rd Baronet was born to George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 31) and [his wife] Mary Gaynor.
On 10th May 1761 [his brother] James Colebrooke 1st Baronet (age 38) died. His brother George (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey. George was left in sole charge of the family bank in Threadneedle Street. He invested some of his wealth in buying control of the borough of Arundel where the family lived. Arundel was not a classic pocket borough, where the power to return MPs was literally tied to property rights that could be freely bought and sold, but a thoroughly corrupt one where bribery was routine and where maintaining influence of the elections required constant expenditure.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Around 1764 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 34) purchased plantations in Antigua (where his wife already had interests), Grenada and Dominica and was a slave-owner.
On 15th June 1765 [his son] Henry Thomas Colebrooke was born to George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 36) and [his wife] Mary Gaynor.
In 1767 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 37) was appointed Director of the East India Company.
In 1777 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 47) moved to Boulogne sur Mer [Map] where he relied on an East India Company pension.
On 21st January 1777 the bank owned by George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 47) was declaredd bankrupt with losses including £190,000 in speculation on hemp.
In 1789 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 59), during the French Revolution, returned to England and managed eventually to pay his creditors in full so that some inheritance was left for his descendants.
On 5th August 1809 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 80) died. His son James (age 48) succeeded 3rd Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey.