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 Trelawny 6th Baronet 1722-1772

Paternal Family Tree: Trelawny

In or before 1722 [his father] Captain William Trelawny [aged 25] and [his mother] Mary Bisset were married.

Around 1722 William Trelawny 6th Baronet was born to [his father] Captain William Trelawny [aged 26] and [his mother] Mary Bisset.

On 25th June 1754 William Trelawny 6th Baronet [aged 32] and Laetitia Trelawny [aged 26] were married at Maker, Cornwall. They had a son and a daughter. They were first cousins.

On 26th June 1756 [his son] Harry Trelawny 7th Baronet was born to William Trelawny 6th Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Laetitia Trelawny [aged 28]. Coefficient of inbreeding 8.01%. He married 28th February 1778 Anne Brown Lady Trelawny and had issue.

In 1757 William Trelawny 6th Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP West Looe which seat he held until 1767.

On 7th April 1762 [his uncle] Harry Trelawny 5th Baronet [aged 75] died. His nephew William [aged 40] succeeded 6th Baronet Trelawny of Trelawny in Cornwall.

In 1767 William Trelawny 6th Baronet [aged 45] was appointed Governor of Jamaica which post he held until his death.

On 11th December 1772 [his wife] Laetitia Trelawny [aged 44] died.

On 11th December 1772 William Trelawny 6th Baronet [aged 50] died. His son Harry [aged 16] succeeded 7th Baronet Trelawny of Trelawny in Cornwall.

Royal Ancestors of William Trelawny 6th Baronet 1722-1772

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Trelawny 6th Baronet 1722-1772

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trelawny

Great x 3 Grandfather: Johnathan Trelawny

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Reskymer

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Trelawny 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Killigrew 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jonathan Trelawny 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

GrandFather: Brigadier-General Henry Trelawny 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Walshe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Champernowne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Champernowne Baroness Seymour

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Seymour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Killigrew

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Killigrew Baroness Seymour 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Captain William Trelawny 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthew Hals 1676 of Efford in Cornwall

GrandMother: Rebecca Hals

William Trelawny 6th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Mary Bisset