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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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Walter Crane is in Painters.
In 1840 [his father] Thomas Crane (age 31) and [his mother] Marie Kearsley were married.
On 15th August 1845 Walter Crane was born to [his father] Thomas Crane (age 37) and [his mother] Marie Kearsley in Liverpool, Lancashire [Map] at Maryland Street, Liverpool [Map]. Her father was a "maltster," a prosperous man in a good position in Chester. Her mother seems to have died early, and her father married a second time.
In July 1859 [his father] Thomas Crane (age 51) died.
1862. Walter Crane (age 16). "The Lady of Shalott". Part 4 Stanza 5.
1862. Walter Crane (age 16). "The Enchanted Boat".
1865. Walter Crane (age 19). "La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats".
On 6th September 1871 Walter Crane (age 26) and Mary Frances Andrews (age 25) were married. See An Artist's Reminiscences.
On 6th May 1876 [his son] Lionel Francis Crane was born to Walter Crane (age 30) and [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews (age 30). He married (1) July 1913 Gertrude Sandys, daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive" (2) 1921 Winifred Gertrude Sandys, daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive".
1877. Walter Crane (age 31). "The Renaissance of Venus".
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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1878. Walter Crane (age 32). "The Fate of Persephone".
1882. Walter Crane (age 36). "The Roll of Fate".
1882. Walter Crane (age 36). "The Bridge of Life".
1883. Walter Crane (age 37). "Diana and Endymion".
1885-86. Walter Crane (age 39). "The Apotheosis of Italian Art". Models for the central Florentine Group: Lisa Romana Stillman (age 19) as Fiammetta, the artist Walter Crane as Cimabue [in the white costume], the artist's [his wife] wife (age 39) as Beatrice, and their son the young Giotto. See An Artist's Reminiscences.
Lisa Romana Stillman: On 2nd December 1865 she was born to William James Stillman and Marie Spartali aka Stillman. On 11th February 1946 she died.
Mary Frances Andrews: In 1846 she was born. On 6th September 1871 Walter Crane and she were married. See An Artist's Reminiscences. On 18th December 1914 she died.
1886. Frederick Hollyer (age 47). Photograph of Walter Crane (age 40).
1887. Walter Crane (age 41). Illustration for Baby's Own Aesop.
1893. Walter Crane (age 47). "The Union Street Fire".
1900. Walter Crane (age 54). "Britomast". Spenser's Fairie Queene, Book III. See The Faerie Queene by Spenser.
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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Before 1904. George Frederick Watts (age 86). Portrait of Walter Crane (age 58).
1905. Walter Crane (age 59). "The Briar Rose".
1909. Walter Crane (age 63). "The Mirror". Illustration for Arthur Kelly's The Rosebud and Other Tales.
In July 1913 [his son] Lionel Francis Crane (age 37) and [his daughter-in-law] Gertrude Sandys (age 41) were married. an example of Married to Two Siblings - following her death in 1920 he married her sister [his future daughter-in-law] Winifred Gertrude Sandys (age 42). She the illegitmate daughter of Frederick Sandes and Mary Emma Jones aka "Miss Clive" (age 68). He the son of Walter Crane (age 67) and [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews (age 67).
On 18th December 1914 [his wife] Mary Frances Andrews (age 68) died.
Before 1915. Walter Crane (age 69). "Laura Reading".
On 14th March 1915 Walter Crane (age 69) died at Horsham Hospital, West Sussex.