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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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Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex

Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.

Summary

8th May 1835. 1st. John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 63] created.

3rd June 1860. 2nd. Son George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 53] succeeded.

29th October 1886. 3rd. Son George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 56] succeeded.

28th March 1898. 4th. Brother Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford [aged 66] succeeded.

16th May 1899. 5th. Brother Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 64] succeeded.

18th January 1918. 6th. Son Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford [aged 55] succeeded.

24th December 1951. 7th. Nephew Robert Cecil Byng 7th Earl of Strafford [aged 47] succeeded.

4th May 1984. 8th. Son Thomas Edmund Byng 8th Earl of Strafford [aged 47] succeeded.

12th November 2016. 9th. Son William Robert Byng 9th Earl of Strafford [aged 52] succeeded.

On 8th May 1835 John Byng [aged 63] was created 1st Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Marianne James by marriage Baroness Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.

On 3rd June 1860 John Byng 1st Earl Strafford [aged 88] died. His son George [aged 53] succeeded 2nd Earl Strafford, 2nd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 2nd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Harriet Cavendish Countess Strafford [aged 39] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 29th October 1886 George Byng 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 80] died. His son George [aged 56] succeeded 3rd Earl Strafford, 3rd Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 3rd Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Alice Leveson-Gower aka Egerton Countess Strafford [aged 56] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 28th March 1898 George Byng 3rd Earl Strafford [aged 68] died at St James' Square. His brother Henry [aged 66] succeeded 4th Earl Strafford, 4th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 4th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.

On 16th May 1899 Henry Byng 4th Earl Strafford [aged 67] died in a railway accident. He was hit by an express train; (possible suicide but the coroner returned misadventure) at the Railway Station in Potter's Bar. He was buried at Byng Family Vault St John's Church, Potter's Bar. His brother Francis [aged 64] succeeded 5th Earl Strafford, 5th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 5th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Emily Georgina Kerr Countess Strafford [aged 52] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 18th January 1918 Francis Edmund Cecil Byng 5th Earl Strafford [aged 83] died. His son Edmund [aged 55] succeeded 6th Earl Strafford, 6th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 6th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex. Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke Countess Strafford [aged 54] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 24th December 1951 Edmund Byng 6th Earl Strafford [aged 89] died. His nephew Robert [aged 47] succeeded 7th Earl Strafford, 7th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 7th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.

On 4th May 1984 Robert Cecil Byng 7th Earl of Strafford [aged 79] died. His son Thomas [aged 47] succeeded 8th Earl Strafford, 8th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 8th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.

On 12th November 2016 Thomas Edmund Byng 8th Earl of Strafford [aged 80] died. His son William [aged 52] succeeded 9th Earl Strafford, 9th Viscount Enfield of Enfield in Middlesex, 9th Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth in Middlesex.