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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On 1st May 1741 John Smart was born.
1788. John Smart (age 46). Miniature of Ann Chase née Rand, 1759-1837.
1788. John Smart (age 46). Miniature of "Peniston Lamb (age 17)".
Peniston Lamb: On 3rd May 1770 he was born to Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne and Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne. In 1793 Peniston Lamb was elected MP Newport, Isle of Wight which seat he held util 1796. In 1802 Peniston Lamb was elected MP Hertfordshire which seat he held until his death in 1805. On 24th January 1805 Peniston Lamb died of tuberculosis unmarried.
1796. John Smart (age 54). Miniature portrait of Emily Baring Lady Young (age 20), in her wedding dress. Signed with initials and dated JS / 1796
Emily Baring Lady Young: On 29th August 1775 she was born to Charles Baring and Margaret Gould. On 29th April 1796 Samuel Young 1st Baronet and she were married. On 13th December 1847 Emily Baring Lady Young died.
On 1st May 1811 John Smart (age 70) died.