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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Adrian Scott Stokes is in Painters.
On 23rd December 1854 Adrian Scott Stokes was born at Southport, Lancashire.
In 1884 Adrian Scott Stokes (age 29) and Marianne Stokes aka Preindlsberger were married.
1886. Adrian Scott Stokes (age 31). "Hunters on the moor north of Skagen".
In 1890 Adrian Scott Stokes (age 35) was elected the first President of the St Ives Society of Arts.
1903. Adrian Scott Stokes (age 48). "Autumn in the Mountains".
In 1909 Adrian Scott Stokes (age 54) was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.
In 1919 Adrian Scott Stokes (age 64) was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
Around 1920. Adrian Scott Stokes (age 65). "Lago Maggiore".
On 1927 [his wife] Marianne Stokes aka Preindlsberger died.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Before 1935. Adrian Scott Stokes (age 80). "Dawn".
On 30th November 1935 Adrian Scott Stokes (age 80) died.