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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Biography of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson 1887-1973

Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson is in Sculptors.

On 11th October 1887 Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson was born.

Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. 1906. Memorial to Margaret Oliphant, 1828-1897, sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 18).

After 1918. South Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. WWI Memorial to the 5th Battalion Royal Scots - Queen's Edinburgh Rifles sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 30).

Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. 1923. Memorial to Thomas Chalmers sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 35).

Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to John Stewart Blackie, 1809-1895, sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 35).

Moray Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. 1923. Memorial to Dr John Brown, Physician, Essayist and Author, sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 35).

On 20th September 1973 Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (age 85) died.