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 1459 Robert Manners (age 51) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1529 Robert Collingwood was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1621 William Grey 1st Baron Grey Werke (age 27) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1624 John Fenwick 1st Baronet (age 54) was elected MP Northumberland. He was re-elected in 1625, 1626 and 1628.
In April 1640 John Fenwick 1st Baronet (age 70) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1642 John Fenwick 1st Baronet (age 72) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1645 William Fenwick 2nd Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Northumberland which seat he held until 1648. He we re-elected in 1654, 1656, 1659, 1660 and 1661 which seat he held until 1676.
On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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In 1677 John Fenwick 3rd Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1701 Ferdinando Forster (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1708 General Thomas Forster of Adderstone (age 24) was elected MP Northumberland which seat he held until 1716 when he was attainted and expelled from Parliament.
In 1716 Francis Blake Delaval (age 23) was elected MP Northumberland at a by-election.
On 20th February 1723 William Wrightson of Cusworth (age 46) was elected MP Northumberland where his wife's family owned considerable estates. He was unseated on petition on 15th April 1724. He didn't stand again.
In 1748 Charles Bennet 3rd Earl Tankerville (age 31) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1774 Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley (age 23) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1780 Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley (age 29) was elected MP Northumberland.
In 1812 Charles Miles Lambert Monck 6th Baronet (age 32) was elected MP Northumberland which seat he held until 1820.