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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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Third Protectorate Parliament is in 1650-1659 Battle of Worcester and the Protectorate.
In 1659 Henry Carey 4th Viscount Falkland (age 25) was elected MP Oxfordshire during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 Edward Hungerford (age 26) was elected MP Chippenham during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 William Wray 1st Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Grimsby during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Taunton during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 William Glynne 1st Baronet (age 20) was elected MP Caernarfon during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 Thomas Archer (age 39) was elected MP Warwick during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 Josiah Child (age 27) was elected MP Petersfield during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
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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In 1659 Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 35) was elected MP Brackley during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 Richard Jennings (age 40) was elected MP St Albans during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 Robert Pye (age 39) was elected MP Berkshire during the Third Protectorate Parliament.
From 27th January 1659 the Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session until 22 Apr 1659.
In May 1646 James Herbert (age 23) was elected MP Queenborough in the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 Francis Bacon (age 58) was elected MP Ipswich in the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 William Borlase (age 38) was elected MP Great Marlow in the Third Protectorate Parliament.
In 1659 John Bernard 2nd Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Huntingdon in the Third Protectorate Parliament.