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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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MP Southampton is in Member Parliament.
In 1572 Henry Wallop (age 32) was elected MP Southampton.
In 1581 Fulk Greville 13th Baron Latimer 5th Baron Willoughby 1st Baron Brooke (age 26) was elected MP Southampton.
In 1624 John Mill 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Southampton. He was re-elected in 1625 and 1626.
In April 1640 John Mill 1st Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Southampton.
In 1661 Richard Ford (age 47) was elected MP Southampton.
In 1729 William Heathcote 1st Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Southampton.
In 1780 Hans Sloane Stanley (age 40) was elected MP Southampton.
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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1784 James Amyatt of Freemantle in Hampshire (age 49) was elected MP Southampton which seat he held until 1806.
In 1841 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 29) was elected MP Southampton but the election was declared void on petition.
In 1862 Colonel William Anderson Rose (age 41) was elected MP Southampton.