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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Wymondham, Norfolk is in Norfolk.
In 1247 Robert Tiptoft was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].
In 1363 Isabel Clifford was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].
On 2nd December 1515 William Knyvet [aged 75] died at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].
Around 1621 John Wildman was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map].
On 30th November 1811 Thomas Maynard Haselrigge 10th Baronet [aged 83] and Letitia Wodehouse Lady Haselrigge [aged 37] were married at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map]. The difference in their ages was 45 years.
On 7th January 1826 John Wodehouse 1st Earl Kimberley was born to Henry Wodehouse [aged 27] in Wymondham, Norfolk [Map]. He married 16th August 1847 Florence Fitzgibbon Countess Kimberley, daughter of Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon 3rd Earl de Clare, and had issue.
On or before 20th June 1827 Thomas Jeckyll was born at Wymondham, Norfolk [Map]. He was baptised 20th June 1827.
The River Tiffey rises near Wymondham, Norfolk [Map] from where it flows past Carlton Forehoe, Norfolk [Map], Wramplingham, Norfolk [Map] to Barford, Norfolk [Map] after which it joins the River Yare.
Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk is also in Abbeys in England.
In 1107 William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 43] founded Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map] was a Benedictine Abbey founded in 1107 by William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 43].
Before 1129 Maud Bigod [aged 43] died. She was buried before the High Altar at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map].
In 1139 William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny [aged 75] died at Buckenham Wayland, Norfolk. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map].
Before 7th August 1224 William D'Aubigny 4th Earl Lincoln 4th Earl of Arundel [aged 24] died. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. His brother Hugh succeeded 5th Earl Lincoln, 5th Earl Arundel. Isabel Plantagenet Countess Lincoln and Arundel by marriage Countess Lincoln, Countess Arundel and inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].
On 7th May 1243 Hugh D'Aubigny 5th Earl Lincoln 5th Earl of Arundel died at Canelli. He was buried at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. Earl Lincoln extinct. His nephew John [aged 20] succeeded 6th Earl Arundel. Cicely D'Aubigny [aged 35] and her husband Roger de Montalt inherited Castle Rising Castle [Map].