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: Eliot
On 25th September 1756 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 29] and [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 21] were married.
On 1st April 1767 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans was born to [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 39] and [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 32] at Port Eliot, Cornwall.
On 13th January 1784 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 56] was created 1st Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 49] by marriage Baroness Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.
In 1786 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 18] was awarded Master of Arts: Cambridge University at Pembroke College, Cambridge University.
On 9th September 1790 [his brother] John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans [aged 28] and [his sister-in-law] Caroline Yorke Countess St Germans [aged 25] were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
In 1791 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 23] was elected MP St Germans.
On 30th January 1797 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 29] and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 27] were married at Trentham, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 75] and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford.
On 29th August 1798 [his son] Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 31] and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 29] at Plymouth, Devon [Map]. He was educated at Westminster School [Map] from 1809 to 1811, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 13 December 1815. He married 2nd September 1824 Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans, daughter of Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis and Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis, and had issue.
On 27th July 1799 [his daughter] Caroline Georgina Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 32] and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 30].
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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In 1800 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 32] was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty.
On 12th April 1801 [his daughter] Susan Caroline Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 34] and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 31]. She married 1824 Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp, son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp, and had issue.
In 1802 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 34] was elected MP Liskeard.
On 28th May 1802 [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Eliot was born to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 35] and [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 33]. She married July 1825 Reverend George Martin and had issue.
On 20th June 1803 Nathaniel Ryder 1st Baron Harrowby [aged 67] died. His son Dudley [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Baron Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire. [his sister-in-law] Susanna Leveson-Gower Countess Harrowby Lincolnshire [aged 30] by marriage Baroness Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire.
On 11th October 1803 Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort [aged 58] died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry [aged 36] succeeded 6th Duke Beaufort, 8th Marquess Worcester, 12th Earl Worcester, 14th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 6th Baron Botetort. [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Beaufort.
On 26th October 1803 [his father-in-law] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford [aged 82] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 45] succeeded 2nd Marquess Stafford, 3rd Earl Gower, 4th Baron Gower, 8th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland [aged 38] by marriage Marchioness Stafford.
In 1804 [his mother] Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott [aged 69] died.
On 17th February 1804 [his father] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot [aged 76] died. His son [his brother] John [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall.
On 24th March 1806 [his wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower [aged 36] died.
On 13th February 1809 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 41] and Letitia à Court were married at Heytesbury, Wiltshire [Map]. She died eleven months later.
On 20th January 1810 [his wife] Letitia à Court died.
On 7th March 1812 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 44] and Charlotte Robinson [aged 22] were married at Earl of Powis' House Mayfair. She died sixteen months later. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
On 3rd July 1813 [his wife] Charlotte Robinson [aged 23] died.
On 30th August 1814 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 47] and Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans [aged 34] were married at Walton, Warwickshire.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 19th August 1819 [his brother] John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans [aged 57] and [his sister-in-law] Harriet CarewCountess St Germans were married. She by marriage Countess St Germans.
On 17th November 1823 John Eliot 1st Earl St Germans [aged 62] died without issue. He was buried at St Germans Priory [Map]. His brother William [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Earl St Germans, 3rd Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans [aged 43] by marriage Countess St Germans.
Monument sculpted by Richard Westmacott [aged 48].
Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans: On 15th December 1779 she was born to John Mordaunt 7th Baronet and Elizabeth Prowse Lady Mordaunt. On 30th August 1814 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans and she were married at Walton, Warwickshire.
In 1824 [his son-in-law] Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp [aged 39] and Susan Caroline Eliot [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 56] and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower. He the son of William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp.
On 2nd September 1824 Edward Granville Eliot 3rd Earl St Germans [aged 26] and Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans [aged 20] were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis and Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis [aged 47]. He the son of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 57] and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.
In July 1825 [his son-in-law] Reverend George Martin [aged 34] and Charlotte Sophia Eliot [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 58] and Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.
Before 1830. Thomas Lawrence [aged 60]. Portrait of William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 62].
On 5th February 1830 [his wife] Susan Mordaunt Countess St Germans [aged 50] died at Fulford Park [Map]. She was buried at St Swithun's Church, Shobrooke [Map]. Memorial at St Germans Priory [Map].
On 15th January 1835 [his daughter] Susan Caroline Eliot [aged 33] died.
On 8th July 1839 [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Eliot [aged 37] died.
After 1845. St Germans Priory [Map]. Memorial to William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 77] and [his former wife] Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.
Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower: On 13th April 1769 she was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford. On 30th January 1797 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans and she were married at Trentham, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford and Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford. On 24th March 1806 Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 19th January 1845 William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans [aged 77] died. His son Edward [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Earl St Germans, 4th Baron Eliot of St Germans in Cornwall. Jemima Cornwallis Countess St Germans [aged 41] by marriage Countess St Germans.
The Times. 20th February 1891. We regret to announce that [his grandson] EARL BEAUCHAMP [deceased], Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, died suddenly yesterday at Madresfield Court, his Worcestershire seat. He was taken ill while at luncheon, after a journey to a neighbouring town, and died before medical aid could be obtained, the cause of death being heart disease. His death will be felt as a serious loss, both in the English Church and in the Conservative party. A strong and moderately "high" Churchman, he took a leading position in his own diocese and in the Church at large in the promotion and defence of Anglican interests and; though he did not come prominently before the public as a politician, he exercised for many years considerable influence in the councils of the Tory' leaders. Frederic Lygon was the second son of the [his former son-in-law] fourth Earl Beauchamp by Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, daughter of the secoud earl of St. Germans. He was born in 1830, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1852 he was elected a Fellow of All Souls, and the received tho degree of D.C.L. from his University in 1870. As the Hon. Frederick Lygon, he entered Parliament as member for Tewkesbury in 1857, for which place be sat till 1863, when be was elected for West Worcestershire. At his elder brother's death, without issue, in 1866, he succeeded to the peerage as sixth Earl. Both as a member of the House of Commons and as a peer he hold posts in Conservative Governments. In 1859 he was for a short time a Lord of the Admiralty. During the whole of Mr. Disraeli's Ministry which lasted from 1874 to 1880 he was Lord Steward of the Queen's Household. On the return of the Conservatives to power in 1885 he ras Paymaster-General of the Forces for the few months that the Government lasted, and he returned the same post when the general election put an end to Mr. Gladstone's short-lived Administration in 1886. He did not, however, remain in the Goverornent for a year, as he resigned in June, 1887. Since 1876 he had been Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. The deceased earl was twice married, 1st, in 1868, to Lady Mary Catharine, only daughter of the sixth Earl Stanhope (she died in 1876), and, secondly, to Lady Emily Annora Charlotte [aged 37], daughter of the third Earl Mdanvers [aged 66]. He is succeeded by his eldest son, William, Viscount Elmley, who was born in 1872.
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Eliot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Eliot
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Eliot
GrandFather: Richard Eliot
Father: Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Craggs
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Craggs
GrandMother: Harriet Craggs
William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans
GrandFather: Edward Elliston
Mother: Catherine Elliston Baroness Eliott