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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Paternal Family Tree: Carr
After 1511 [his father] Robert Carr and [his mother] Elizabeth Cawdron were married.
In or after 1543 Edward Carr 1st Baronet was born to Robert Carr [aged 32] and Elizabeth Cawdron.
After 16th September 1566 [his father] Robert Carr [aged 55] and Ann Tailboys [aged 73] were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 5th May 1589 Edward Carr 1st Baronet [aged 46] and Catherine Bolle were married.
Before 11th September 1590 [his father] Robert Carr [aged 79] and Anne Knyvet [aged 62] were married. They were third cousin twice removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 11th September 1590 [his father] Robert Carr [aged 79] died at Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
On 23rd April 1603 Edward Carr 1st Baronet [aged 60] was knighted at Belvoir Castle [Map].
On 11th October 1607 Edward Carr 1st Baronet [aged 64] and Anne Dyer Lady Carr were married.
On 22nd May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I [aged 44]
Walter Aston 1st Baronet [aged 27] was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth [aged 54] was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey [aged 43] by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr [aged 68] was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. [his wife] Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 23] was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea [aged 54] by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet [aged 41] was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet [aged 55] was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet [aged 71] was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton [aged 47] by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet [aged 50] was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet [aged 61] was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet [aged 52] was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley [aged 41] by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John [aged 25] was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet [aged 44] was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet [aged 48] was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
In 1614 Edward Carr 1st Baronet [aged 70] was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
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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Around 1615 [his son] Robert Carr 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Carr 1st Baronet [aged 71] and [his wife] Anne Dyer Lady Carr. He married 30th April 1629 Mary Gargrave Lady Carr and had issue.
On 1st October 1618 Edward Carr 1st Baronet [aged 75] died. His son Robert [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
After 1st October 1618. Monument to Edward Carr 1st Baronet [deceased] at St Denys' Church, Sleaford [Map] sculpted by Maximilian Colt [aged 43].
[his son] Rochester Carr 5th Baronet was born to Edward Carr 1st Baronet and Anne Dyer Lady Carr.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert John Carr 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Carr 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: George Carr 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Elmedine of the Bishopric
Great x 1 Grandmother: Unknown Elmedine
Father: Robert Carr 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Ann Flower
Edward Carr 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Robert Cawdron
Mother: Elizabeth Cawdron