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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Tilly Kettle is in Painters.
On 31st January 1735 Tilly Kettle was born.
Around 1755. Tilly Kettle (age 19). Portrait of Henry Vansittart (age 22).
Henry Vansittart: On 3rd June 1732 he was born to Arthur van Sittart and Martha Stonhouse. In 1770 Henry Vansittart disappeared assumed drowned when the ship in which they sailed, the frigate Aurora, was lost at sea.
1762. Tilly Kettle (age 26). Self-portrait.
1762. Tilly Kettle (age 26). Pportrait of William Beckford (age 52).
William Beckford: Before 19th December 1709 he was born to Peter Beckford in Jamaica. On 19th December 1709 William Beckford was baptised. Before 8th June 1756 William Beckford and Maria Hamilton were married. On 21st June 1770 William Beckford died.
1766. Tilly Kettle (age 30). Portrait of Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur (age 21) and her son Henry Crewe 7th Baronet (age 3).
Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur: On 11th May 1744 she was born to Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick. In 1762 Henry Harpur 6th Baronet and she were married. She the daughter of Francis Greville 1st Earl Brooke Warwick Castle 1st Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Brooke Warwick Castle and Warwick. On 6th April 1825 Frances Elizabeth Greville Lady Harpur died.
In 1786 Tilly Kettle (age 50) died.