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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Chronicle of Gregory 1443 is in Chronicle of Gregory.
1443 [possibly 1442]. And that same year was a woman of Westemyster brentt at Toure-hylle [Map] for kyllynge of her hosbond.
1443 [possibly 1442]. Ande that same year there was founde in a walle in the Gylhalle [Map] a certayne some of mony, and alle in pense, and every peny weyde j d. ob., and some a goode dele more, and some more; and it was of many dyvers cunys [coins], for some were made yn London and some in Cheschyre, and some in Lancaster, and in many othyr dyvers placys of the londe, but alle was the kyngys owne kune [coin].
8th September 1443. And on the same year, the viij day of Septembyr, there was done a grete vyage yn Fraunce by the Duke of Somesette [aged 40] and his retynowe; and at the same viage were slayne and takyn to the nombyr of iij M vij c [3700], whereof were ix lordys and a squyer, whyche that was a grete captayne.
1443. Ande in that year were streppettys1 i-dreve a-boute the Cytte of London whythe raye hodys. And in that same year one on the pelerry, the whyche wrought by a wycckyd spyryte, the whyche was callyd Oberycom, and the maner of his proces and werkyng was wretyn and hanggyd a bowte his necke whenne he was in the pellery.
Note 1. Strumpets.