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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Jerusalem is in Middle East.
See: Church of the Holy Sepulchre [Map], St George's Cathedral Jerusalem [Map], Temple of Jerusalem.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1031. This year returned King Knute [aged 36]; and as soon as he came to England he gave to Christ's church in Canterbury [Map] the haven of Sandwich, Kent [Map], and all the rights that arise therefrom, on either side of the haven; so that when the tide is highest and fullest, and there be a ship floating as near the land as possible, and there be a man standing upon the ship with a taper-axe in his hand, whithersoever the large taper-axe might be thrown out of the ship, throughout all that land the ministers of Christ's church should enjoy their rights. This year went King Knute to Rome; and the same year, as soon as he returned home, he went to Scotland; and Malcolm, king of the Scots [aged 77], submitted to him, and became his man, with two other kings, Macbeth and Jehmar; but he held his allegiance a little while only. Robert, Earl of Normandy [aged 30], went this year to Jerusalem [Map], where he died; and William [aged 3], who was afterwards King of England, succeeded to the earldom, though he was a child.
In 1129 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 40] travelled to Jerusalem [Map] on pilgrimage. His son Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy [aged 15] was appointed Count Anjou.
On 2nd June 1129 Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem [aged 40] and Melisende Queen of Jerusalem [aged 24] were married at Jerusalem [Map]. She by marriage Countess Anjou. Her father [aged 54] had written to Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem requesting the marriage since he had no male heirs. She the daughter of Baldwin II King Jerusalem. He the son of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France.
In 1161 Baldwin IV King Jerusalem was born to Almaric I King Jerusalem [aged 25] and Agnes Courtenay Queen Jerusalem [aged 25] at Jerusalem [Map].
In 1169 Stephen Chateaudun Archbishop Palermo [aged 32] died at Jerusalem [Map].
In August 1186 Baldwin IV King Jerusalem [aged 25] died at Jerusalem [Map]. He was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre [Map]. His nephew Baldwin [aged 9] succeeded V King Jerusalem.
In 1187 Hugh Beauchamp [aged 83] died at Jerusalem [Map].
In June 1192 King Richard "Lionheart" I of England [aged 34] and the crusader army advanced on Jerusalem [Map] coming within sight of it before factionalism caused the army to retreat.
On 17th November 1437 John Howard [aged 71] died in Jerusalem [Map].
Before 27th June 1452 Edward Stradling [aged 54] died in Jerusalem [Map].
In 1506 Richard Guildford [aged 56] died at Jerusalem [Map].
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 27th October 1672. I went to hear that famous preacher, Dr. Frampton [aged 50], at St. Giles's, on Psalm xxxix. 6. This divine had been twice at Jerusalem [Map], and was not only a very pious and holy man, but excellent in the pulpit for the moving affections.
In 1878 Gladys Hunt was born to William Holman Hunt [aged 50] and Marion Edith Waugh [aged 31] at Jerusalem [Map].
On 28th January 1944 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington [aged 28] and Diana McConnel Duchess of Wellington [aged 22] were married at St George's Cathedral Jerusalem [Map]. Before he married he was twice engaged to Rose Mary Primrose Paget [aged 24]. He the son of Gerald Wellesley 7th Duke Wellington [aged 58] and Dorothy Violet Ashton Duchess Wellington [aged 54].
Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 3 Verses 2 8. 2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!" 5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
6 Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." 7 Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. 8 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.