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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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Esquire to the Body is in Royal Household.
In 1441 John Norreys (age 41) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
In 1460 John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 18) was appointed Esquire to the Body to Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 23).
Before December 1462 Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 31) was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Edward IV of England (age 20), and to the Privy Council.
In 1469 William Norreys (age 28) was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Edward IV of England (age 26).
On 27th October 1485 Thomas Lovell was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28).
In 1509 Edward Chamberlayne (age 25) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
In 1509 Giles Strangeways (age 22) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
In or before 1522 Francis Bryan (age 31) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
Before 1525 Robert Tyrwhitt Master (age 21) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
Before 1528 William Carey (age 27) was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Before 1528 Thomas Morgan (age 45) was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 36).
In 1533 George Harper (age 29) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
Before 1534 Edward Rogers (age 35) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
In 1539 Richard Manners (age 30) was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1541 Robert Oxenbridge (age 33) was appointed Esquire to the Body.
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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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On 5th January 1656 Sharington Talbot was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 25).
William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland.
Edward Neville was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Henry Knollys was appointed Esquire to the Body to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.
Ambrose Willoughby was appointed Esquire to the Body to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.
William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton was appointed Esquire to the Body to King Henry VII of England and Ireland.