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: Wordsworth
On 9th June 1774 Christopher Wordsworth was born to [his father] John Wordsworth and [his mother] Ann Cookson at Wordsworth House.
In 1783 [his father] John Wordsworth died. [his sister] Dorothy Wordsworth (age 11) was sent to live with her aunt Elizabeth Threlkeld in Halifax.
In 1798 Christopher Wordsworth (age 23) became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1802 [his brother] William Wordsworth (age 31) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Hutchinson were married.
In 1804 Christopher Wordsworth (age 29) and Priscilla Lloyd were married.
On 30th October 1807 [his son] Bishop Christopher Wordsworth was born to Christopher Wordsworth (age 33) and [his wife] Priscilla Lloyd.
In 1810 Christopher Wordsworth (age 35) published an Ecclesiastical Biography in 6 volumes.
In 1810 Christopher Wordsworth (age 35) received his Doctor of Divinity degree.
In 1815 [his wife] Priscilla Lloyd died.
In 1820 Christopher Wordsworth (age 45) was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map] which position he held until 1846 when he resigned.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 2nd February 1846 Christopher Wordsworth (age 71) died at Buxted.