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: Palmer of Carlton
Before 12th June 1655 [his father] Lewis Palmer 2nd Baronet 1630-1713 (age 25) and [his mother] Jane Palmer Lady Palmer were married.
On 12th June 1655 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet was born to [his father] Lewis Palmer 2nd Baronet 1630-1713 (age 25) and [his mother] Jane Palmer Lady Palmer. In 1672 he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 5th May 1670 [his grandfather] Geoffrey Palmer 1st Baronet (age 72) died. His son [his father] Lewis (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baronet Palmer of Carlton in Northampton. [his mother] Jane Palmer Lady Palmer by marriage Lady Palmer of Carlton in Northampton.
On 2nd February 1681 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Grantham Lady Palmer (age 17) were married.
On 11th February 1701 [his mother] Jane Palmer Lady Palmer died.
In 1708 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Grantham.
In 1710 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Leicestershire.
In 1713 [his father] Lewis Palmer 2nd Baronet 1630-1713 (age 83) died. His son Geoffrey (age 57) succeeded 3rd Baronet Palmer of Carlton in Northampton. [his wife] Elizabeth Grantham Lady Palmer (age 49) by marriage Lady Palmer of Carlton in Northampton.
On 5th August 1714 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet (age 59) was elected MP Leicestershire at a by-election.
On 29th December 1732 Geoffrey Palmer 3rd Baronet (age 77) died without issue. His nephew Thomas (age 30) succeeded 4th Baronet Palmer of Carlton in Northampton.
On 22nd March 1740 [his former wife] Elizabeth Grantham Lady Palmer (age 76) died.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Palmer 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Palmer of Carlton
GrandFather: Geoffrey Palmer 1st Baronet 
GrandFather: Robert Palmer of Carlton Scroop in Lincolnshire
Mother: Jane Palmer Lady Palmer