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 1631 William Kerr 1st Earl Lothian [aged 26] was created 1st Earl Lothian. Anne Kerr 3rd Countess of Lothian by marriage Countess Lothian.
In 1675 William Kerr 1st Earl Lothian [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Earl Lothian.
On 15th February 1703 Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 42] succeeded 2nd Marquess Lothian, 5th Earl Lothian, 3rd Earl Lothian. Jean Campbell Marchioness Lothian by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 28th February 1722 William Kerr 2nd Marquess Lothian [aged 61] died. His son William [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Marquess Lothian, 6th Earl Lothian, 4th Earl Lothian.
On 28th July 1767 William Kerr 3rd Marquess Lothian [aged 77] died. His son William [aged 57] succeeded 4th Marquess Lothian, 7th Earl Lothian, 5th Earl Lothian. Caroline Darcy Marchioness Lothian by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 12th April 1775 William Henry Kerr 4th Marquess Lothian [aged 65] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son William [aged 38] succeeded 5th Marquess Lothian, 8th Earl Lothian, 6th Earl Lothian. Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian [aged 30] by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 4th January 1815 William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian [aged 77] died. His son William [aged 51] succeeded 6th Marquess Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian, 7th Earl Lothian. Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 27th April 1824 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian [aged 60] died at Richmond, Surrey [Map]. His son John [aged 30] succeeded 7th Marquess Lothian, 10th Earl Lothian, 8th Earl Lothian.
On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian [aged 47] died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William [aged 9] succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes.
On 17th January 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian [aged 66] died. His daughter Robert succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian, 12th Countess Lothian, 10th Countess Lothian.
On 16th March 1930 Robert Schomberg Henry Kerr 10th Marchioness Lothian died. Her first cousin Philip [aged 47] succeeded 11th Marquess Lothian. Her first cousin once removed Peter [aged 7] succeeded 12th Marquess Lothian, 13th Earl Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 11th October 2004 Peter Francis Walter Kerr 12th Marquess Lothian [aged 82] died. His son Michael [aged 59] succeeded 13th Marquess Lothian, 14th Earl Lothian, 12th Earl Lothian.