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: Grey
Between 2nd March 1662 and 1671 [his father] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 16] and [his mother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Amabel Benn Countess Kent [aged 54].
In 1671 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent was born to Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 25] and Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 27].
On 21st February 1695 [his son] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 24] and [his future wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 19]. He married 17th February 1718 his sixth cousin Mary Tufton Countess Gower, daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet.
On 20th April 1695 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 24] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 19] were married. They had five sons and seven daughters of whom only three surviving her. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 49] and Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 51].
Around 1696 [his son] Henry Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 25] and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 20].
On 9th June 1698 [his daughter] Amabel Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 27] and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 23]. She married 20th February 1718 John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland, son of John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland, and had issue.
Around 1699 [his daughter] Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 28] and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 23]. She married before 30th October 1724 John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham, son of John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham and Bridget Vaughan Baroness Ashburnham, and had issue.
On 19th August 1702 [his father] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 57] died. His son Henry [aged 31] succeeded 12th Earl Kent. [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 27] by marriage Countess Kent.
On 1st November 1702 [his mother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 58] died. Her son Henry [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
On 20th October 1703 [his daughter] Henrietta de Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 32] and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 28].
In 1704 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 33] was appointed Lord Chamberlain.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1704 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 33] was appointed Privy Council.
On 3rd June 1705 or 18th September 1721 Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Crew Countess Arran [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory.
On 20th January 1706 [his daughter] Anne Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 35] and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 30]. She married 9th January 1729 Charles Cavendish, son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire, and had issue.
In 1710 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 39] was created 1st Duke Kent, 1st Marquess Kent, 1st Viscount Gooderich. [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Kent.
In 1712 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46] appointed Knights of the Garter:
518th Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort [aged 27].
519th James Hamilton Duke Hamilton, 1st Duke Brandon [aged 53].
520th Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 41].
521st John Paulett 1st Earl Paulett [aged 44].
522nd Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 50].
523rd Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 39].
On 4th January 1717 [his daughter] Henrietta de Grey [aged 13] died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Henrietta de Grey: On 20th October 1703 she was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent.
On 4th December 1717 [his son] Henry Grey [aged 21] died. He was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Henry Grey: Around 1696 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent.
On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 22] and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 73] and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 47] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 42]. They were sixth cousins.
On 20th February 1718 [his son-in-law] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 21] and Amabel Grey [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 47] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 42]. He the son of John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 55] and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.
In May 1719 [his daughter] Mary Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 48] and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 44]. She married before 7th January 1762 David Gregory.
On 21st July 1723 [his son] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 28] died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His niece [his granddaughter] Jemima succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.
Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas: On 21st February 1695 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. They were sixth cousins. On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.
Before 30th October 1724 [his son-in-law] John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham [aged 37] and Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 53] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 49].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 2nd August 1726 [his daughter] Amabel Grey [aged 28] died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
On 27th July 1728 [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 53] died. Memorial on her husband's monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
On 9th January 1729 [his son-in-law] Charles Cavendish [aged 24] and Anne Grey [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 58] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 57] and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire.
On 24th March 1729 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 58] and Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland [aged 57]. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent and Mary Lucas Countess Kent.
In or after 1730 [his daughter] Anne Sophia Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 59] and [his wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent [aged 28]. She married 21st November 1748 her first cousin Bishop John Egerton, son of Bishop Henry Egerton and Elizabeth Adriana Bentinck, and had issue.
On 7th July 1731 [his daughter] Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham [aged 32] died.
Around 1732 [his son] George Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 61] and [his wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent [aged 30]. He died aged one in 1733.
In 1733 [his son] George Grey [aged 1] died.
On 20th September 1733 [his daughter] Anne Grey [aged 27] died. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Anne Grey: On 20th January 1706 she was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 9th January 1729 Charles Cavendish and she were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire.
In 1740 [his grandson-in-law] Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke [aged 19] and [his granddaughter] Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey [aged 16] were married. She being the heiress of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 69]. She the daughter of [his former son-in-law] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 43] and Amabel Grey. He the son of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke [aged 49] and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.
In 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 69] was created 1st Marquess Grey. [his wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent [aged 38] by marriage Marchioness Grey.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 5th June 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 69] died without surviving male issue. Duke Kent, Marquess Kent, Earl Kent and Viscount Gooderich extinct. His granddaughter Jemima [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Marchioness Grey.
Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Edward Shepherd.
On 14th June 1741 [his former wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent [aged 40] died. Memorial panel on the monument to her husband Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent: On 4th April 1701 she was born to William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland. On 24th March 1729 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent and Mary Lucas Countess Kent. In 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent was created 1st Marquess Grey. She by marriage Marchioness Grey.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 14 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Grey 2nd Earl Kent 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Grey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Herbert Countess Kent 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Grey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Grey 9th Earl Kent 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Salvaine of Croxall, County Durham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Salvaine
GrandFather: Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Purefoy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Purefoy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzherbert 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Purefoy 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Magdelane Purefoy Countess Kent 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Benn
GrandMother: Amabel Benn Countess Kent
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Kingston
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Williams
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rose Williams
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Evelyn
Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lucas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Lucas
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fermor 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux
GrandFather: John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield
Mother: Mary Lucas Countess Kent 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Neville 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Neville 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Windsor Baroness Scrope Masham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Brome
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Neville 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lennard
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Lennard Baroness Bergavenny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamon
GrandMother: Mary Neville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mundy 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Darcy 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jacopo Guicciardini
Great x 3 Grandfather: Vincenzo Guicciardini
Great x 2 Grandmother: Camilla Guicciardini