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: Denny
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Troutbeck 1488-1507
On 16th January 1501 Anthony Denny was born to [his father] Edmund Denny (age 44) and [his mother] Mary Troutbeck (age 13) at Howe, Norfolk.
On 29th June 1507 [his mother] Mary Troutbeck (age 19) died.
Around 1515 Anthony Denny (age 13) educated at St Paul's School.
Around 1517 Anthony Denny (age 15) educated at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 22nd December 1520 [his father] Edmund Denny (age 63) died. He was buried at The Church of St Benet.
In 1525 Anthony Denny (age 23) and Joan Champernowne (age 12) were married at Modbury, Devon.
In 1526 [his daughter] Honora Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 24) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 13) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. She married before 1562 her half third cousin once removed Thomas Wingfield of Kimbolton Castle and had issue.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1528 [his daughter] Anne Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 26) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 15) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
In 1530 [his daughter] Mary Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 28) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 17) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Around 1532 [his son] Arthur Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 30) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 19).
Around 1534 [his daughter] Douglas Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 21) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. She married 24th November 1562 John Dive.
In 1534 [his son] Anthony Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 21) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
In 1536 [his son] Charles Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 34) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 23) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
In 1540 [his son] Henry Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 38) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 27) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. He married (1) 1560 Honora Grey, daughter of William Grey 13th Baron Grey of Wilton and Mary Somerset Baroness Grey Wilton, and had issue (2) 1570 Elizabeth Grey and had issue.
On 30th December 1546 Henry VIII (age 55) made his last revision to his will signed using the Dry Stamp that was used increasingly commonly. The will confirmed the succession as King Edward VI of England and Ireland (age 9), Queen Mary I of England and Ireland (age 30) and Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 13).
The will appointed sixteen executors: Anthony Browne (age 46), Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 57), Anthony Denny (age 45), John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 42), William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 45), Edward Montagu (age 61), Edward North 1st Baron North (age 50), William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 40), William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester (age 63), John Russell 1st Earl Bedford (age 61), Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 46), Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall (age 72) and Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton (age 41).
In 1547 Anthony Denny (age 45) was elected Knight of the Shire Hertfordshire.
In 1547 [his son] Edward Denny was born to Anthony Denny (age 45) and [his wife] Joan Champernowne (age 34) at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. He married 1583 Margaret Edgecombe and had issue.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 10th September 1549 Anthony Denny (age 48) died at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
In 1553 [his former wife] Joan Champernowne (age 40) died.
[his father] Edmund Denny and [his mother] Mary Troutbeck were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Denny 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Denny
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Denny
GrandFather: William Denny
Father: Edmund Denny
Anthony Denny 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Troutbeck
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Troutbeck
GrandFather: Robert Troutbeck 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Lathom 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Loring Baroness Harington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Goushill
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England