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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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Paternal Family Tree: Middleton
In 1585 [his father] Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 25) and Anne Collins were married.
In 1598 [his father] Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his mother] Elizabeth Olmstead were married. She the step-daughter of his brother [his uncle] Thomas Myddelton of Chirk (age 48) who had married her mother [his grandmother] Jane aka Elizabeth Danvers (age 55). They had fifteen children, of whom only three sons and four daughters appear to have survived their father.
On 10th April 1603 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 43) and [his mother] Elizabeth Olmstead.
In 1622 [his father] Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 62) was created 1st Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.
In 1630 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Denbigh.
On 10th December 1631 [his father] Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet (age 71) died. His son William (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.
Around 1633 [his son] Hugh Myddelton 3rd Baronet was born to William Myddelton 2nd Baronet (age 29) and [his future wife] Eleanor Harries aka Harris.
In or before 1637 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Eleanor Harries aka Harris were married.
Around 1637 [his daughter] Rebecca Myddelton was born to William Myddelton 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Eleanor Harries aka Harris. She married 5th December 1661 George Bingham 2nd Baronet, son of Henry Bingham 1st Baronet, and had issue.
In 1647 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Denbigh.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Before 1661 William Myddelton 2nd Baronet (age 57) died. His son Hugh (age 27) succeeded 3rd Baronet Myddelton of Ruthin in Denbighshire.
Great x 2 Grandfather: David Myddelton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulke Myddelton of Llansannan
GrandFather: Richard Myddelton
Father: Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Dryhurst of Denbigh
GrandMother: Jane Dryhurst
GrandFather: John Olmstead of Ingatestone in Essex
Mother: Elizabeth Olmstead
GrandMother: Jane aka Elizabeth Danvers