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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: St John
Oliver St John 1st and Joan Roydon Viscountess Grandison were married. She by marriage Viscountess Grandison.
In or before 1552 [his father] Nicholas St John (age 27) and [his mother] Elizabeth Blount (age 11) were married.
In 1559 Oliver St John 1st was born to [his father] Nicholas St John (age 34) and [his mother] Elizabeth Blount (age 19).
On 8th November 1589 [his father] Nicholas St John (age 64) died at Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.
On 11th May 1597 [his mother] Elizabeth Blount (age 57) died.
On 3rd January 1612 Oliver St John 1st (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Grandison.
On 24th January 1620 James Dillon 1st Earl Roscommon (age 70) was created 1st Baron Dillon in a ceremony performed by the Lord Deputy Oliver St John 1st (age 61) in the Presence Chamber of Dublin Castle.
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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On 29th December 1630 Oliver St John 1st (age 71) died. His great nephew William (age 16) succeeded 2nd Viscount Grandison. Mary Bayning Countess Anglesey (age 7) by marriage Viscountess Grandison.
Before 5th August 1661 Cornelius Janssens aka Johnson (age 67). Portrait of Oliver St John 1st . Lydiard House.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Oliver St John 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton 
7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton 5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Scrope Bolton 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Masham 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Scrope Baroness Scrope Bolton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Scrope Masham 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of
GrandFather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Iwardby
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Iwardby
Father: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Carew 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Fiennes 
9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 2 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Holland 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Felton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 
4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Welles Baroness Hoo and Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan or Cecily Waterton
GrandMother: Margaret Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge
Great x 1 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
Oliver St John 1st Viscount Grandison 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 
8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 10 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gresley 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Gresley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Blount of Iver in Buckinghamshire 11 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: Richard Blount of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire 12 x Great Grand Son of
Mother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of