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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Biography of Sampson Hele 1582-1655

Sampson Hele and Joan Glanville were married.

In 1582 Sampson Hele was born to [his father] Walter Hele (age 27).

On 6th May 1597 Sampson Hele (age 15) was educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford University.

On 20th May 1609 [his father] Walter Hele (age 54) died.

In 1614 Sampson Hele (age 32) was elected MP Plympton Erle.

In 1621 Sampson Hele (age 39) was appointed High Sheriff of Devon.

In 1624 Sampson Hele (age 42) was elected MP Tavistock.

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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On 4th December 1655 Sampson Hele (age 73) died.

Ancestors of Sampson Hele

GrandFather: John Hele

Father: Walter Hele

Sampson Hele