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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Biography of William Morice 1660-1688

Paternal Family Tree: Morice

In or before 1660 [his father] William Morice 1st Baronet [aged 31] and [his mother] Gertrude Bampfylde Lady Morice were married.

In or before 1660 William Morice was born to William Morice 1st Baronet [aged 31] and Gertrude Bampfylde Lady Morice.

In 1676 [his father] William Morice 1st Baronet [aged 48] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Reynell Lady Morice were married. She by marriage Lady Morice of Werrington in Devon.

In 1681 William Morice [aged 21] was elected MP Newport.

In 1685 William Morice [aged 25] was elected MP Newport.

In 1687 William Morice [aged 27] and Anne Lower were married.

On or before 24th June 1688, the date he was buried at Werrington, Devon, William Morice [aged 28] died.

On 1st May 1690 Charles Trelawny [aged 37] and [his wife] Anne Lower were married. Her second husband having previously been married to William Morice.

Royal Ancestors of William Morice 1660-1688

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of William Morice 1660-1688

GrandFather: William Morice

Father: William Morice 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Prideaux of Souldon in Holsworthy, Devon

GrandMother: Elizabeth Prideaux

William Morice 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bampfield of Poltimore

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Bampfield of Poltimore and Bampfylde House

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wadham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amyas Bampfylde of Poltimore and North Molton

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sydenham of Brympton d'Evercy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sydenham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula Brydges

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bampylde 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Clifton of Barrington

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clifton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: John Bampfylde 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Gertrude Bampfylde Lady Morice 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Amias Coplestone

GrandMother: Gertrude Coplestone