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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In 1448 Robert Wingfield (age 45) was pardoned as MP Hertfordshire.
In 1529 Philip Boteler (age 37) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1539 Henry Parker (age 26) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1539 Philip Boteler (age 47) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1545 John Cock (age 39) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1547 John Cock (age 41) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1547 Henry Parker (age 34) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1553 John Brocket (age 40) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In April 1554 John Cock (age 48) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In November 1554 John Cock (age 48) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1555 John Brocket (age 42) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In November 1555 John Cock (age 49) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1572 John Brocket (age 32) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1589 Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 25) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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In 1593 Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 29) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1597 Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 33) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1601 Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 37) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1601 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 26) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1604 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 29) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1621 Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland (age 46) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1625 John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 59) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1626 John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler (age 60) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1660 Henry Caesar (age 29) was elected MP Hertfordshire.
In 1669 Bernard Hale was elected MP Hertfordshire at a by-election in 1669, after James Cecil (age 21) succeeded as Earl of Salisbury.
In 1802 Peniston Lamb (age 31) was elected MP Hertfordshire which seat he held until his death in 1805.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In 1835 Rowland Alston of Pishiobury in Hertfordshire was elected MP Hertfordshire which seat he held until 1841.
In 1841 Granville Dudley Ryder (age 41) was elected MP Hertfordshire which seat he held until 1846.
In 1852 Edward George Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton (age 48) was elected MP Hertfordshire which seat he held until 186.