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 Soame 1st Baronet 1645-1686

Paternal Family Tree: Soame

Around 1645 William Soame 1st Baronet was born to Stephen Soame.

In 1672 William Soame 1st Baronet [aged 27] was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.

In 1684 William Soame 1st Baronet [aged 39] was appointed Ambassador to Constantinople.

On 5th February 1685 William Soame 1st Baronet [aged 40] was created 1st Baronet Soame of Thurlow in Suffolk with a special reminder, failing issue male of his body, to his father's first cousin Peter Soame 2nd Baronet [aged 51].

John Evelyn's Diary. 6th September 1685. I din'd at Lord Sunderland's [aged 44], with (amongst others) Sr Wm Soames [aged 40], design'd Ambass. to Constantinople.

Before June 1686 William Soame 1st Baronet [aged 41] and Beata Pope were married. She the daughter of Thomas Pope 3rd Earl Downe and Beatrix Poole.

In June 1686 William Soame 1st Baronet [aged 41] died in Malta. His first cousin once removed Peter [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Baronet Soame of Thurlow in Suffolk.