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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: Stanhope
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Belnap
Michael Stanhope and Elizabeth Read were married.
In or before 1540 [his uncle] Michael Stanhope (age 33) and [his mother] Anne Rawson (age 24) were married.
Around 1549 Michael Stanhope was born to [his uncle] Michael Stanhope (age 42) and [his mother] Anne Rawson (age 34).
On 26th February 1552 Miles Partridge and Ralph Fane were hanged. Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle (age 50) and [his uncle] Michael Stanhope (age 45) were beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] for plotting to assassinate John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 48).
Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle was buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map].
Around 1564 Michael Stanhope (age 15) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
After 1564 [his brother-in-law] Roger Townshend (age 20) and [his sister] Jane Stanhope Baroness Berkeley (age 17) were married.
In 1568 Michael Stanhope (age 19) admitted at Gray's Inn.
In 1584 Michael Stanhope (age 35) was elected MP Castle Rising.
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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 20th February 1588 [his mother] Anne Rawson (age 73) died.
On 6th May 1589 [his brother] John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope (age 40) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope were married.
In 1597 Michael Stanhope (age 48) was elected MP Ipswich.
On 9th March 1598 [his brother-in-law] Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley (age 63) and [his sister] Jane Stanhope Baroness Berkeley (age 51) were married at St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Berkeley.
In 1601 Michael Stanhope (age 52) was elected MP Ipswich.
Before 1603 Michael Stanhope (age 53) was appointed Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 69).
On 7th May 1603 during his journey south King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 36) stayed at Theobalds House, Hertfordshire as a guest of William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley.
King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland knighted:
Gervase Helwys (age 41)
John Leventhorpe 1st Baronet (age 43)
Michael Stanhope (age 54).
Thomas Bishopp 1st Baronet (age 50).
In 1604 Michael Stanhope (age 55) was elected MP Orford.
On 21st December 1604 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanhope Baroness Berkeley was born to Michael Stanhope (age 55) and Elizabeth Read. She married 13th April 1614 George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley and had issue.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 13th April 1614 [his son-in-law] George Berkeley 8th Baron Berkeley (age 12) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanhope Baroness Berkeley (age 9) were married. She by marriage Baroness Berkeley.
Around 1615 [his daughter] Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond was born to Michael Stanhope (age 66) and Elizabeth Read at Great Shelford [Map]. She married before 29th December 1640 George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond, son of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh, and had issue.
In 1618 [his sister] Jane Stanhope Baroness Berkeley (age 71) died.
In 1621 Michael Stanhope (age 72) died.
[his daughter] Jane Stanhope was born to Michael Stanhope and Elizabeth Read. She married before 11th August 1645 her fourth cousin once removed William Withipoll and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Stanhope 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stanhope
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope
GrandFather: Edward Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Jerningham 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret or Mary Jerningham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Francis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Vincent Finch aka Herbert of Netherfield Sussex 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Finch
Father: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Louvaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester 
Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Fitzwarin 6th Baron Fitzwarin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lovell 6th Baron Lovel 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Arches
Michael Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex
Mother: Anne Rawson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Cooke of Lavenham in Suffolk
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cooke
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Cooke
GrandMother: Beatrix Cooke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap