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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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In 1571 Thomas Walsingham (age 45) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1624 George Fane of Burston (age 43) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1626 George Fane of Burston (age 45) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1628 George Fane of Burston (age 47) was elected MP Maidstone.
In April 1640 Samuel Sandys (age 24) was elected MP Droitwich.
Thomas Jermyn (age 67) was elected MP Cambridge University.
Thomas Jermyn (age 23) was elected MP Corfe Castle, Dorset.
Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 35) was elected MP Corfe Castle, Dorset.
John Jennings was elected MP St Albans.
Ambrose Browne 1st Baronet was elected MP Surrey.
John Curzon 1st Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Derbyshire.
George Fane of Burston (age 59) was elected MP Maidstone.
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In November 1640 Humfrey Tufton 1st Baronet (age 56) was elected MP Maidstone during the Long Parliament.
In 1646 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1654 John Banks 1st Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1659.
In 1679 John Tufton 2nd Baronet (age 56) was elected MP Maidstone.
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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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In 1681 John Tufton 2nd Baronet (age 58) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1685 John Tufton 2nd Baronet (age 62) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1695 John Banks 1st Baronet (age 68) was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1698.
In 1698 Robert Marsham 4th Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1702.
In 1708 Robert Marsham 1st Baron Romney (age 22) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1768 Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney (age 23) was elected MP Maidstone.
In 1888 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 23) was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1900.
In 1888 Fiennes Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis (age 23) was elected MP Maidstone which seat he held until 1895.