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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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MP Staffordshire is in Member Parliament.
In 1324 John Arderne (age 24) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1427 Humphrey Stafford (age 27) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In March 1553 William Devereux of Merevale (age 28) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1572 John Fleetwood (age 55) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1586 William Bassett (age 34) was elected MP Staffordshire.
Before 1601 John "Black Sir John" Egerton (age 49) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1607 John "Black Sir John" Egerton (age 56) was elected MP Staffordshire.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1621 William Bowyer (age 33) was elected MP Staffordshire. He was re-elected in 1624 and 1626, April and November 1640.
In 1646 John Skeffington 2nd Viscount Massereene was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1647.
In 1646 John Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1660 William Sneyd (age 47) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1678 Walter Bagot 3rd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Staffordshire which he held until 1695.
On 7th November 1695 Henry Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge (age 32) was elected MP Staffordshire.
On 15th February 1704 Edward Bagot 4th Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1708.
In 1741 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Staffordshire unopposed.
In 1747 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Staffordshire in a fiercely fought contest. He stood down in 1754 in favour of his son William Bagot 1st Baron Bagot (age 18).
In 1757 Henry Carteret 1st Baron Carteret (age 22) was elected MP Staffordshire.
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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On 5th July 1768 John Wrottesley 8th Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held for the remainder of his life.
In 1780 George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth (age 24) was elected MP Horsham and MP Staffordshire. He chose to sit for the latter which he represented until 1784.
On 8th April 1784 Edward Littleton 4th Baronet (age 57) was elected MP Staffordshire unopposed.
In 1799 Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville (age 25) was elected MP Staffordshire.
In 1820 John Fletcher aka Boughey 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until his death in 1823.
In 1823 John Wrottesley 1st Baron Wrottesley (age 51) was elected MP Staffordshire which seat he held until 1832.