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 Edward Alcock -1778

Edward Alcock is in Painters.

Between 1775 and 1778. Edward Alcock. Portrait of Sarah Hussey Delaval Countess Tyrconnel (age 12).

Before 1778. Edward Alcock. Portrait of Sophia Anne Delaval (age 22). Possibly 1780 since referred to as Mrs Jadis; she was married in 1780.

Sophia Anne Delaval: In 1755 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. In 1780 John Godfrey Maximillian Jadis and she were married. The age difference, and difference in social status, perhaps a reflection of her having been pregnant On 26th July 1793 Sophia Anne Delaval died. She was buried at St Peter's Church, Doddington [Map].

Before 1778. Edward Alcock. Portrait of Frances Delaval (age 18).

Frances Delaval: In 1759 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval at Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. On 22nd August 1778 John Fenton-Cawthorne and she were married. In 1839 Frances Delaval died.

Before 1778. Edward Alcock. Portrait of Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley (age 20).

Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley: In 1757 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. On 21st May 1781 George Thicknesse 19th Baron Audley 16th Baron Tuchet and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire. On 11th July 1785 Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley died.

In 1778 Edward Alcock died.