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 1715. John Fayram. Portrait of John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol [aged 49].
Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Thomas Hervey [aged 28].
Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Thomas Hervey [aged 28].
Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey [aged 28].
Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Elizabeth Hervey.
Elizabeth Hervey: In 1698 she was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol. On 17th May 1724 Bussy Mansel 4th Baron Mansel and she were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol. In 1727 Elizabeth Hervey died.
1730. John Fayram. Portrait of Felton Hervey [aged 17].
Felton Hervey: On 12th February 1712 he was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol. On 16th August 1773 Felton Hervey died.
Around 1731. John Fayram. Portrait of Henrietta Hervey [aged 15].
Henrietta Hervey: On 25th September 1715 she was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol. In July 1732 Henrietta Hervey died.
1735. John Fayram. Portrait of William Hervey [aged 35].
William Hervey: On 25th December 1699 he was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol and Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol. In January 1776 William Hervey died.
1737. John Fayram. Portrait of John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey [aged 40].
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1744 John Fayram died.