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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Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark is in Newarke, Churches in Leicestershire.
After 22nd September 1345 Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [deceased] was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map], or possibly the Hospital Chapel, at a ceremony attended by King Edward III of England [aged 32] and his wife Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England [aged 35]. His son Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 35] subsequently had his remains moved to St Mary de Castro Leicester, Leicestershire [Map].
In 1353 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 43] founded at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
After 1353 Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster was reburied at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
On 23rd March 1361 Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 51] died at Leicester Castle [Map]. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Duke Lancaster, Earl Lincoln extinct.
Blanche Duchess of Lancaster [aged 18] succeeded 5th Countess Lancaster and 2nd Countess Derby. John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 21] by marriage Earl Lancaster, Earl Derby.
Maud Plantagenet Duchess Lower Bavaria [aged 20] succeeded 5th Countess of Leicester.
In 1365 Edward Lancaster was born to John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 24] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster [aged 22]. In 1365 Edward Lancaster died. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1365 John Lancaster [aged 3] died. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
In 1366 John Lancaster was born to John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 25] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster [aged 23]. In 1367 John Lancaster died. He was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1368 Isabel Lancaster died. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
On 24th March 1394 Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster [aged 40] died at Leicester Castle [Map]. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map].
On 4th June 1394 Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark was born to King Henry IV of England [aged 27] and Mary Bohun [aged 26] at Peterborough Castle [Map]. Her mother died in childbirth. She was buried at Church of the Annunciation of our Lady of the Newark [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.60%. She married 26th October 1406 King Eric of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.