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: Jenkinson
On 8th April 1813 [his father] Bishop John Jenkinson (age 31) and [his mother] Frances Augusta Pechell were married. They had two sons and two daughters.
On 27th September 1817 George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet was born to [his father] Bishop John Jenkinson (age 36) and [his mother] Frances Augusta Pechell.
On 23rd July 1825 [his father] Bishop John Jenkinson (age 43) was elected Bishop of St David's.
On 7th July 1840 [his father] Bishop John Jenkinson (age 58) died. He was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map].
In 1845 George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet (age 27) and Emily Sophia Lyster Lady Jenkinson were married. They had two sons and three daughters. He the son of Bishop John Jenkinson and Frances Augusta Pechell.
On 3rd May 1851 [his son] George Banks Jenkinson 12th Baronet was born to George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Emily Sophia Lyster Lady Jenkinson. He married before 9th June 1881 Madeline Holme-Sumner Lady Jenkinson and had issue.
On 6th March 1855 [his uncle] Charles Jenkinson 10th Baronet (age 76) died without male issue. His nephew George (age 37) succeeded 11th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire. [his wife] Emily Sophia Lyster Lady Jenkinson by marriage Lady Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 29th November 1860 [his mother] Frances Augusta Pechell died.
The London Gazette 22596. AT the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 5th day of February, 1862.
PRESENT, The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty (age 42) in Council
SHERIFFS appointed by Her Majesty in Council for the year 1862
ENGLAND (excepting Cornwall and Lancashire).
Gloucestershire. Sir George Samuel Jenkinson (age 44), of Eastwood, near Berkeley, Bart.
In 1868 George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet (age 50) was elected MP Wiltshire North which seat he held until 1880.
Before 9th June 1881 [his son] George Banks Jenkinson 12th Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Madeline Holme-Sumner Lady Jenkinson (age 20) were married.
On 19th January 1892 George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet (age 74) died. His son George (age 40) succeeded 12th Baronet Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire. [his daughter-in-law] Madeline Holme-Sumner Lady Jenkinson (age 30) by marriage Lady Jenkinson of Walcot in Oxfordshire and of Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
In February 1892 [his former wife] Emily Sophia Lyster Lady Jenkinson died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson of Walcot Oxfordshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Charles Jenkinson
GrandFather: Colonel John Jenkinson
Father: Bishop John Jenkinson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Rear-Admiral John Barker
GrandMother: Frances Barker
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Russell Charlton
George Samuel Jenkinson 11th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel De Pechels of Montanban
Great x 2 Grandfather: Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Pechell of Owenstown, County Kildare
Great x 1 Grandfather: Paul Pechell 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Boyd of Dublin
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Boyd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Wilmot of Tooting, Surrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Wilmot
GrandFather: Augustus Pechell of Berkhampstead in Hertfordshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke of Paglesham, Essex
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Brooke Lady Pechell
Mother: Frances Augusta Pechell