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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Marquess Lothian is in Marquess.
On 23rd June 1701 Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian (age 65) was created 1st Marquess Lothian.
On 15th February 1703 Robert Kerr 1st Marquess Lothian (age 66) died. His son William (age 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 (age 61) died. His son William (age 32) succeeded 3rd Marquess Lothian, 6th Earl Lothian, 4th Earl Lothian.
On 28th July 1767 William Kerr 3rd Marquess Lothian (age 77) died. His son William (age 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 (age 65) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. His son William (age 38) succeeded 5th Marquess Lothian, 8th Earl Lothian, 6th Earl Lothian. Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian (age 30) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 4th January 1815 William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian (age 77) died. His son William (age 51) succeeded 6th Marquess Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian, 7th Earl Lothian. Harriet Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Lothian.
On 27th April 1824 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian (age 60) died at Richmond, Surrey [Map]. His son John (age 30) succeeded 7th Marquess Lothian, 10th Earl Lothian, 8th Earl Lothian.
In 1831 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian (age 36) and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian (age 22) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot (age 53) and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. He the son of William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore.
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 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian (age 47) died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William (age 9) succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes.
On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian (age 25) and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian (age 21) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 53) and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford (age 49). He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian (age 49). They were first cousins.
In 1870 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian (age 38) died without issue. His brother Schomberg (age 36) succeeded 9th Marquess Lothian. Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Lothian. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] sculpted by George Frederick Watts (age 52) in 1878.
William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian: In 1832 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes. On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins.
Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian: On 2nd December 1833 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. In 1865 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian and Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian were married. She the daughter of Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were sixth cousins. On 17th January 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian died. His daughter Robert succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian, 12th Countess Lothian, 10th Countess Lothian.
Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian: On 20th November 1844 she was born to Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. On 19th June 1938 Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian died.
On 17th January 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian (age 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 (age 47) succeeded 11th Marquess Lothian. Her first cousin once removed Peter (age 7) succeeded 12th Marquess Lothian, 13th Earl Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian.
On 7th June 1975 Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr 13th Marquess Lothian (age 29) and Theresa Jane Fitzalan Marchioness Lothian (age 29) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk and Lavinia Mary Strutt Duchess Norfolk (age 59). He the son of Peter Francis Walter Kerr 12th Marquess Lothian (age 52).
On 11th October 2004 Peter Francis Walter Kerr 12th Marquess Lothian (age 82) died. His son Michael (age 59) succeeded 13th Marquess Lothian, 14th Earl Lothian, 12th Earl Lothian.