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: Edwardes of Kensington
On 12th October 1833 [his father] William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 32) and [his mother] Laura Jane Ellison (age 22) were married.
On 11th May 1835 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington was born to [his father] William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 34) and [his mother] Laura Jane Ellison (age 24).
On 26th February 1846 [his mother] Laura Jane Ellison (age 34) died.
On 10th August 1852 [his grandfather] William Edwardes 2nd Baron Kensington (age 75) died. His son [his father] William (age 51) succeeded 3rd Baron Kensington.
On 19th September 1867 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 32) and Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington were married.
On 25th July 1868 [his son] William Edwardes 5th and 2nd Baron Kensington was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 33).
On 7th July 1869 [his daughter] Gwendoline Edwardes was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 34) and [his wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington. She married 27th April 1899 her second cousin once removed Captain William Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray.
On 1st January 1872 [his father] William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington (age 70) died. His son William (age 36) succeeded 4th Baron Kensington. [his wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington by marriage Baroness Kensington.
On 3rd September 1873 [his son] Hugh Edwardes 6th and 3rd Baron Kensington was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 38).
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 19th May 1877 [his son] Major George Henry Edwardes was born to William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 42) and [his wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington. He married 28th April 1903 Olive Kerr.
On 23rd March 1886 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 50) was created 1st Baron Kensington of Middlesex.
The London Gazette 26321. St. James's Palace, August 25, 1892.
The Queen (age 73) has been pleased to make the following appointments in Her Majesty's Household:-
Charles Robert, Lord Carrington (age 49), G.C.M.G., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Edward, Earl of Lathom (age 54), G.C.B., resigned.
The Honourable Charles Robert Spencer (age 34), M.P., to be Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of Henry George, Lord Burghley (age 42), M.P., resigned.
George William Henry, Lord Vernon (age 38), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, in the room of Charles Alfred Worsley, Earl of Yarborough (age 33), resigned.
William, Lord Kensington (age 57), to be Captain of Her Majesty's Guard of Yeoman of the Guard, in the room of William, Earl of Limerick (age 52), K.P., resigned.
On 7th October 1896 William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington (age 61) died. His son William (age 28) succeeded 5th Baron Kensington, 2nd Baron Kensington of Middlesex.
On 19th January 1910 [his former wife] Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas Baroness Kensington died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Edwardes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Edwardes
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Edwardes 1st Baron Kensington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Cope Countess Holland 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rich 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 2nd Earl Manchester 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rich Viscountess Mandeville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: William Edwardes 2nd Baron Kensington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Warren Baroness Kensington
Father: William Edwardes 3rd Baron Kensington 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Thomas
GrandMother: Dorothy Patricia Thomas Baroness Kensington
William Edwardes 4th and 1st Baron Kensington 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall in County Durham
Mother: Laura Jane Ellison