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 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough 1753-1807

Paternal Family Tree: Lumley

Before 1753 [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 27] and [his mother] Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough were married. She by marriage Countess of Scarborough. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough and [his grandmother] Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough.

On 22nd September 1753 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough was born to Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 28] and Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough.

In 1764 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 10] educated at Eton College [Map].

On 14th March 1766 James Lumley [aged 60] died unmarried, heavily in debt. He left his Durham estates to his nephew [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 40] and his Sussex estates to his nephew George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl Halifax [aged 49].

In 1771 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 17] was educated at King's College, Cambridge University [Map].

In 1774 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 20] was elected MP Lincoln.

On 12th May 1782 [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough [aged 57] died. His son George [aged 28] succeeded 5th Earl of Scarborough, 6th Viscount Lumley, 5th Baron Lumley.

In November 1785 [his brother] John Lumley-Savile 7th Earl Scarborough [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Anna Maria Herring Viscountess Lumley were married. He the son of [his father] Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough and [his mother] Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough.

On 5th September 1807 George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough [aged 53] died. His brother Richard [aged 50] succeeded 6th Earl of Scarborough, 7th Viscount Lumley, 6th Baron Lumley. Henrietta Willoughby Viscountess Lumley by marriage Viscountess Lumley.

Royal Ancestors of George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough 1753-1807

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough 1753-1807

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lumley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 1st Viscount Lumley 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Kurtwich

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lumley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Shelley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Shelley

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 1st Earl Scarborough 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Compton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Compton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Sackville 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Howard 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Rice Jones

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Jones of Oxfordshire

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Bray of Harrington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Bray

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Jones Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Viscount Fauconberg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Belasyse 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Barton of Smithells in Lancashire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Grace Barton

Father: Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 10th Earl Angus 2 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas 3 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Oliphant Countess Angus 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 4 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly 2 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Gordon Marchioness Douglas 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hamilton 1st Earl Orkney 5 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 2nd Marquess Hamilton 2 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton 3 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Cunningham Marchioness Hamilton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret aka Mary Feilding 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Frances Hamilton Countess Scarborough 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Villiers Countess Orkney 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

George Lumley-Saunderson 5th Earl Scarborough 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Savile 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Savile 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Savile 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Ayscough

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ayscough

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Savile 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: George Savile 7th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pratt of Dublin

GrandMother: Mary Pratt