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 9th February 1845 Adrian Jones was born to [his father] James Brookholding Jones at Ludlow, Shropshire [Map] to James Brookholding Jones and Jane Marshal.
In 1867 Adrian Jones (age 21) enrolled in the Army as a veterinary officer in the Royal Horse Artillery.
In 1868 Adrian Jones (age 22) saw service in the Abyssinian Expedition.
In 1869 Adrian Jones (age 23) joined the 3rd Hussars. From 1871 to 1881 he served with the Queen's Bays in Ireland and was then attached to the 7th Queen's Own Hussars and fought with them in the First Anglo-Boer War in 1881.
In 1870 Adrian Jones (age 24) and Emma Buckingham of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire1887 were married.
In 1887 [his wife] Emma Buckingham of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire1887 died.
In 1891 Adrian Jones (age 45) and Emma Wedlake were married.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1912 Adrian Jones (age 66) became a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He was elected Fellow in 1923.
On 24th January 1938 Adrian Jones (age 92) died at his home 147 Church Street, Chelsea.