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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Acre is in Middle East.
On 18th July 1100 Godfrey Flanders Lord Bouillon [aged 39] was killed at Acre [Map]. The Arab chronicler Ibn al-Qalanisi reported "while he was besieging the city of Acre, Godfrey, the ruler of Jerusalem, was struck by an arrow, which killed him". Other reports suggest he may have contracted an illness, or may have been poisoned.
Around 1130 William IV Count of Nevers was born to William III Count Nevers Count Auxerre and Tonnere [aged 23] and Ida Countess Nevers at Acre [Map]. He married 1164 his third cousin twice removed Eleanor Capet Countess Vermandois, daughter of Ralph I Capet I Count Vermandois and Petronilla Poitiers.
In October 1190 Henry of Bar I Count of Bar [aged 32] died at Acre [Map]. His brother Theobald [aged 30] succeeded I Count Bar.
On 19th November 1190 Archbishop Baldwin of Forde [aged 65] died in Acre [Map].
In 1191 Robert "Le Roux" V Lord of Béthune died at Acre [Map].
Around 1191 Nigel Mowbray 5th Baron Thirsk [aged 45] was killed in Acre [Map]. His son William [aged 18] succeeded 6th Baron Thirsk.
In 1191 Stephen Blois I Count Sancerre [aged 58] died at Acre [Map].
On 20th January 1191 Conrad Hohenstaufen Count Palatine of the Rhine [aged 23] died at Acre [Map].
On 8th June 1191 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England [aged 33] landed at Acre [Map].
On 2nd November 1191 Gerard Count Loon was killed in Acre [Map]. His son Louis succeeded II Count Loon.
On 18th September 1197 Margaret Capet [aged 40] died at Acre [Map].
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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In 1227 Louis Brienne Viscount Beaumont was born to John de Brienne I King Jerusalem [aged 57] and Beregaria Ivrea [aged 23] at Acre [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married in or before 1279 his half third cousin twice removed Agnes Beaumont Sarthe and had issue.
On 8th October 1240 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 31] landed at Acre [Map].
On 8th October 1240 William Longespée [aged 32] landed at Acre [Map].
On 8th May 1250 King Louis IX of France [aged 36] and his two brothers Alphonse Count Poitiers II Count Toulouse [aged 29] and King Charles Capet of Sicily [aged 23] with 12,000 fellow prisoners were allowed to leave for Acre [Map] after paying a ransom of 400,000 dinars.
On 4th August 1266 Odo Burgundy [aged 36] died at Acre [Map]. His daughter Yolande [aged 19] succeeded II Countess Nevers.
Before 9th May 1271 King Edward I of England [aged 31] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 30] sailed from Palermo [Map] and travelled to Acre [Map] arriving on 9th May 1271. They were later joined by Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster [aged 26], John "The Red" Capet I Duke Brittany [aged 53] and Teobaldo Visconti Archdeacon of Liège [aged 41] (who would become Pope a month later).
In April 1272 Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford was born to King Edward I of England [aged 32] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 31] at Acre [Map]. She married (1) 2nd May 1290 her half fifth cousin Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford, son of Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford and Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford, and had issue (2) January 1297 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and had issue.
On 22nd September 1272 King Edward I of England [aged 33] and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England [aged 31] left Acre [Map] for Sicily [Map] where he spent the winter convalescing. Whilst there he learned of the death of his father King Henry III of England [aged 64], his uncle Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall and his eldest son John Plantagenet.