Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Text this colour are links that disabled for Guests.
Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page.
Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
MP Norfolk is in Member Parliament.
In 1539 Richard Southwell (age 36) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1542 Richard Southwell (age 39) was elected MP Norfolk; there is some uncertainty about whether he did sit in 1542.
In October 1553 Richard Southwell (age 50) was elected MP Norfolk.
In April 1554 Richard Southwell (age 51) was elected MP Norfolk.
In November 1554 Richard Southwell (age 51) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1563 Edward Warner (age 52) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1572 Henry Woodhouse (age 27) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1589 Henry Woodhouse (age 44) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1614 Hamon Strange (age 31) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1621 Hamon Strange (age 38) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1626 John Hobart 2nd Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Norfolk in the Long Parliament which seat he held until his death.
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In April 1640 John Holland 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1654 John Hobart 3rd Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Norfolk in the First Protectorate Parliament.
In 1654 William D'Oyly 1st Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Norfolk. He was re-elected in 1656 and 1659.
In 1656 John Hobart 3rd Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Norfolk in the Second Protectorate Parliament.
On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
Become a Member via our Buy Me a Coffee page to read more.
In 1673 John Hobart 3rd Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Norfolk in the Cavalier Parliament which seat he held until February 1679.
In May 1679 John Hobart 3rd Baronet (age 51) was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until his death.
After February 1689 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1695 Henry Hobart 4th Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1701 John Holland 2nd Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Norfolk.
In 1710 John Wodehouse 4th Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Norfolk.
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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
In 1713 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until 1715.
In 1728 Harbord Cropley aka Harbord (age 53) was elected MP Norfolk.
On 26th June 1728 Edmund Bacon 6th Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Norfolk which seat he held until 1741.
In 1774 Wenman Roberts aka Coke (age 57) was elected MP Norfolk.