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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Egypt is in Middle East.
In 1916 Hugo Francis Charteris [aged 32] was killed at Egypt during the First World War.
On 27th May 1893 Harry Frederick Crookshank 1st Viscount Crookshank was born at Cairo, Egypt.
On 16th October 1898 Ethel Errington [aged 53] died in Cairo, Egypt.
On 28th March 1902 William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple [aged 54] died at Cairo, Egypt to where he had travelled with his wife Helen for his health. His son Algernon [aged 30] succeeded 5th Earl Temple of Stowe.
On 29th March 1904 Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis 20th Baron Clinton [aged 70] died at Cairo, Egypt. His son Charles [aged 41] succeeded 21st Baron Clinton. Jane Grey McDonnell Baroness Clinton [aged 40] by marriage Baroness Clinton.
On 17th September 1940 Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington [aged 43] died of pneumonia in Cairo, Egypt whilst on active service. He was buried at the New British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo. Baron Alington extinct.
On 20th April 1898 Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [aged 32] and Violet Spencer-Churchill [aged 34] were married at the Citadel Church, Cairo. They were sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.
On 5th April 1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon [aged 56] died in the Continental Savoy Hotel, Cairo of an mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. His son Henry [aged 24] succeeded 6th Earl Carnarvon, 6th Baron Porchester of Highclere in Hampshire. Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell Countess Carnarvon [aged 22] by marriage Countess Carnarvon.
On 17th September 1940 Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington [aged 43] died of pneumonia in Cairo, Egypt whilst on active service. He was buried at the New British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo. Baron Alington extinct.
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 October 1219 Walter III Chatillon [aged 53] died at Damietta.
On 3rd November 1219 Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [aged 49] died at Damietta. His son Roger [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Earl Winchester.
In 1249 John Stewart was killed at Damietta during the Seventh Crusade.
On 24th October 1249 Alphonse Count Poitiers II Count Toulouse [aged 28] arrived at Damietta during the Seventh Crusade.
On 8th April 1250 John Tristan Capet Count Valois was born to King Louis IX of France [aged 35] and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France [aged 29] at Damietta. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married his fourth cousin once removed Yolande Burgundy II Countess Nevers and Flanders.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th August 1641. Haerlem is a very delicate town, and hath one of the fairest churches of the Gothic design I had ever seen. There hang in the steeple, which is very high, two silver bells, said to have been brought from Damietta, in Egypt, by an Earl of Holland, in memory of whose success they are rung out every evening. In the nave, hang the goodliest branches of brass for tapers that I have seen, esteemed of great value for the curiosity of the work-manship; also a fair pair of organs, which I could not find they made use of in diviae service, or so much as to assist them in singing psalms, but only for show, and to recreate the people before and after their devotions, whilst the burgomasters were walking and conferring about their affairs. Near the west window hang two models of ships, completely equipped, in memory of that invention of saws under their keels, with which they cut through the chain of booms, which barred the port of Damietta. Having visited this church, the fish-market, and made some inquiry about the printing-house, the invention whereof is said to liave been in this town, I returned to Leyden.
In 1942 William Legge [aged 29] was killed in action at El Alamein during the 2nd Battle of El Alamein.
On 1st April 1920 Maurice Fox-Strangways 9th Earl of Ilchester was born to Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways 8th Earl of Ilchester [aged 33] in Port Tawfiq, Egypt.
Raymond George Fox-Strangways was born to Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways 8th Earl of Ilchester in Port Tawfiq, Egypt.