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 or before 28th December 1775 Archdeacon John Jones was born to [his father] Roger Jones of Cefn Rug. He was baptised 28th December 1775. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford University being awarded BA in 1798 and MA in 1802.
In 1799 Archdeacon John Jones (age 23) was ordained Deacon and in 1800 Priest by Bishop of Bangor William Cleaver.
In 1802 Archdeacon John Jones (age 26) was appointed Junior Vicar of Bangor.
In 1804 Archdeacon John Jones (age 28) and others formed a society in the diocese of Bangor to publish tracts in Welsh, and he acted as its first secretary.
In 1809 Archdeacon John Jones (age 33) was appointed Rector of Llandudno and Archdeacon of Merionethshire.
In 1821 Archdeacon John Jones (age 45) delivered the Bampton Lectures in the University of Oxford on ' The Moral Tendency in the Divine Revelation'.
On 13th May 1834 Archdeacon John Jones (age 58) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Llanbedr [Map] where he had been rector for fifteen years. Source.
1835. St Peter's Church, Llanbedr [Map]. Monument to Archdeacon John Jones.