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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: Gloucester
Miles Gloucester 1st was appointed Constable of England.
Miles Gloucester 1st succeeded Lord Brecknock Brecon. Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford by marriage Lord Brecknock Brecon.
Miles Gloucester 1st was born to [his father] Walter Gloucester and [his mother] Emme or Bertha Balun.
Around May 1121 Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 21) were married. The marriage had been personally arranged by King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 53).
Around 1123 [his daughter] Margaret Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 23). She married Humphrey Bohun, son of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Baron Trowbridge and Maud of Salisbury 2nd Baroness Trowbridge, and had issue.
Before 1125 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 24). He married 1136 Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford.
Around 1129 Miles Gloucester 1st was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucester.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Around 1129 [his father] Walter Gloucester died.
In 1136 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 11) and [his daughter-in-law] Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford (age 16) were married. He the son of Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 36).
Around May 1136 Miles Gloucester 1st founded Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map], literally Llanthony Second, as a refuge for the monks of Llanthony Priory [Map] who were suffering repeated attacks from the Welsh.
In 1141 Miles Gloucester 1st was created 1st Earl Hereford. [his wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 41) by marriage Countess Hereford.
On 24th December 1143 Miles Gloucester 1st was accidentally shot and killed whilst hunting in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He was buried in the Chapter House, Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire. His son Roger (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford, Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation. [his daughter-in-law] Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford (age 23) by marriage Countess Hereford.
After 24th December 1143 [his former wife] Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (deceased) died at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map] where she had resided since her husband's death. She was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
In 1151 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 26) founded Flaxley Abbey [Map] believed to be at the location where his father Miles Gloucester 1st died.
In 1151 [his son] Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford (age 26) founded the Cistercia Flaxby Abbey [Map] on the spot where his father Miles Gloucester 1st had been accidentally kiled whilst hunting. The Monks came from Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire [Map].
[his son] Mahel Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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[his son] William Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
[his daughter] Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford. She married before 1144 William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber, son of Phillip de Braose 2nd Baron Bramber and Aenor Totnes Baroness Bramber, and had issue.
[his daughter] Lucy Gloucester was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
[his son] Henry Fitzmiles Baron Abergavenny was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford at Gloucester [Map].
[his son] Walter Fitzmiles Baron Abergavenny was born to Miles Gloucester 1st and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford.
William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber [1]
Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [1]
Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal [2]
Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark [2]
Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland [1]
King Richard III of England [5]
Anne Neville Queen Consort England [15]
King Henry VII of England and Ireland [4]
Queen Anne Boleyn of England [16]
Queen Jane Seymour [17]
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England [18]
Queen Catherine Howard of England [15]
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [5]
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland [26]
Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [5]
Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [5]
Marie de Medici Queen Consort France [5]
Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [10]
George Wharton [140]
Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [10]
Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [10]
John George Wettin Elector Saxony [5]
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [5]
Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [10]
Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [10]
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [5]
Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [5]
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [10]
Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [10]
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [10]
Adolph Frederick King Sweden [5]
President George Washington [9]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [10]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [5]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [10]
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [15]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [10]
Frederick William III King Prussia [5]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [10]
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [10]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [15]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [10]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [25]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [30]
King Christian IX of Denmark [15]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [20]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [25]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [55]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [55]
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [15]
Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [592]
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [30]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [30]
Constantine I King Greece [15]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [40]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [70]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [85]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [65]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [100]
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [2491]
Carl XVI King Sweden [135]
Queen Consort Camilla Shand [831]
Diana Spencer Princess Wales [7230]
GrandFather: Roger Gloucester
Father: Walter Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hamelin Balun
GrandMother: Adeliza or Eunice Balun
Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hamelin de Balun Lord Abergavenny Balun
GrandFather: Dru de Balun
Mother: Emme or Bertha Balun