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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Before 12th December 1518 [her future husband] George Rolle (age 23) and Eleanor Dacres (age 28) were married.
Before 1522 [her future husband] George Rolle (age 26) and Elizabeth Ashton were married.
Before 1533 [her future husband] Leonard Chamberlain (age 29) and Dorothy Newdigate (age 27) were married.
Before 1545 Henry Brinklow and Margery Unknown were married.
On or before 20th January 1546 [her husband] Henry Brinklow died.
In 1549 [her husband] Stephen Vaughan Merchant (age 47) died.
Before 23rd June 1551 George Rolle (age 56) and Margery Unknown were married.
Before 20th November 1552 Leonard Chamberlain (age 48) and Margery Unknown were married.
Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
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On 20th November 1552 [her husband] George Rolle (age 57) died.
Before 29th November 1554 [her husband] Leonard Chamberlain (age 50) and Dorothy Andrews of Woodstock were married.
Before 5th May 1557 Margery Unknown died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th May 1557. The v day of May a-for non was bered my lade Chamburlayne, the wyff of ser [her husband] Lenard Chamburlayne (age 53) of Oxffordshyre, with ij whyt branchys and a fayr [herse] of wax, and v dosen penselles and skochyons and ij dosen of [staff-torches]; xxiiij powre men and women dyd bere them, and they [had] gownes of fyne brode cottun of blake; and iiij baners borne abowte her; and with prestes and clarkes, a grett compene of mornars; and ther dyd pryche att the masse docthur Chadsay, and he mad a godly sermon; and after a grett dener; and master Longkaster was the harold; and ther was a grett dolle of money at the cherche.
After 5th May 1557 [her former husband] Leonard Chamberlain (age 53) and Anne Blount (age 57) were married.
Around August 1561 [her former husband] Leonard Chamberlain (age 57) died at Guernsey [Map].