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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St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton is in Belton, Grantham [Map], Churches in Lincolnshire.
On 21st July 1638 Richard Brownlow (age 85) died in Enfield [Map]. Monument to Richard Brownlow in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Joshua Marshall (age 10).
Richard Brownlow: On 2nd April 1553 he was born. On 12th April 1553 Richard Brownlow was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. On 9th October 1591 he was appointed Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas which office he held until heis death which made him a very wealthy.
On or before 8th September 1666 Elizabeth Duncombe (age 64) died. On 8th September 1666 she was buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
On 3rd July 1668 Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet (age 25) died. His son John (age 9) succeeded 3rd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Armorial 
Brownlow Arms with a canton of the Rad Hand of Ulster impaled his wife's Freke Arms.
Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet: Before 1643 he was born to William Brownlow 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Duncombe. Before 26th June 1659 Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow were married. In 1666 William Brownlow 1st Baronet died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire. Elizabeth Freke Lady Brownlow by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
After 24th November 1679. St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Monument to John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet (deceased) sculpted by William Stanton (age 40).
On 16th July 1697 John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).
After 1721. Monument to Alice Brownlow in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 1726. Monument to William Brownlow in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 1726. Monument to Anne Drury in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
On 24th January 1770 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 51) died. His son Brownlow (age 25) succeeded 4th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by William Tyler (age 41).
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 7th December 1788 Anne Cust (age 17) died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by John "The Elder" Bacon (age 48) in 1793.
Anne Cust: In 1771 she was born to Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and Jocosa Drury Lady Cust.
On 25th December 1807 Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow (age 63) died. His son John (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 5th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map]. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Richard "The Elder" Westmacott (age 60).
After 21st February 1814. Monument to Amelia Sophia Hume (deceased) in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by Antonio Canova (age 56).
After 4th July 1824. Monument to Caroline Fludyer Countess Brownlow (deceased) in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
Caroline Fludyer Countess Brownlow: On 5th June 1794 she was born to George Fludyer and Mary Fane. Before 1819 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow and she were married. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. On 4th July 1824 she died.
After 1827. Monument to Katherine and Mary Cust in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 15th September 1853. Monument to Richard Brownlow 2nd Baronet in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Baron Pietro Carlo Marochetti (age 48).
After 26th July 1856. Monument to Lucy Cust in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 1864. Monument to Richard Cust in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by William "The Younger" Theed (age 60).
On 2nd March 1867 John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust 2nd Earl Brownlow (deceased) was buried in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
On 2nd March 1917 Henry John Cockayne-Cust (age 55) died. His monument at St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by his wife Emmeline "Nina" Welby-Gregory (age 50).
Henry John Cockayne-Cust: On 10th October 1861 he was born to Henry Cockayne-Cust and Sara Jane Cookson. On 11th October 1893 Henry John Cockayne-Cust and Emmeline "Nina" Welby-Gregory were married.
On 16th March 1917 Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Brownlow died. Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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After 17th March 1921. Monument to Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow (deceased) in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow: On 19th August 1844 he was born to John Hume Egerton and Marianne Margaret Compton. On 20th February 1867 John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton-Cust 2nd Earl Brownlow died in Mentone Italy. His brother Adelbert succeeded 3rd Earl Brownlow, 3rd Viscount Alford, 4th Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 7th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map]. In 1868 Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow and Adelaide Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Brownlow were married. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. They were half fifth cousins. On 17th March 1921 Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust 3rd Earl Brownlow died. Earl Brownlow, Viscount Alford extinct. His second cousin Adelbert succeeded 5th Baron Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire, 8th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and inherited Belton House [Map]. Maud Buckle Baroness Brownlow by marriage Baroness Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire.
On 19th January 1931 Charles Leopold Cust 3rd Baronet (age 66) died. He was buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Baronet Cust of Leasowe Castle in Cheshire extinct.
On 19th September 1936 Maud Buckle Baroness Brownlow (age 65) died. She was buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 1966. Monument to Amelia Sophia Hume in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 1966. Monument to Dorothy Carlotta in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].
After 1993. Monument to Richard Brownlow Purey-Cust and Patricia Purey-Cust in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map].