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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Earl Nugent

Earl Nugent is in Earl Ireland.

In 1776 Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 67) was created 1st Earl Nugent. Elizabeth Drax Countess Berkeley and Nugent (age 56) by marriage Countess Nugent.

On 13th October 1788 Robert Nugent 1st Earl Nugent (age 79) died. George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Nugent. Viscount Clare, Baron Nugent extinct.

On 11th February 1813 George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 59) died. His son Richard (age 36) succeeded 2nd Marquess Buckingham, 4th Earl Temple, 3rd Earl Nugent, 5th Viscount Cobham. Anne Elizabeth Brydges Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Buckingham.