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.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Paternal Family Tree: Morgan
In 1560 William Morgan was born to Thomas Morgan [aged 26].
Around 1589 [his son] Thomas Morgan of Machen was born to William Morgan [aged 29]. He married in or before 1640 Rachel Hopton and had issue.
In 1603 [his father] Thomas Morgan [aged 69] died.
On 23rd July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 37] created a number Knights at the Royal Gardens Whitehall Palace:
Henry Savile 1st Baronet [aged 24], William Morgan [aged 43], George Carew, Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden [aged 46], Richard Musgrave 1st Baronet [aged 18], James Calthorpe [aged 44], Thomas Gresham [aged 56], George Fane of Burston [aged 22], Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 23], Robert Chichester [aged 25], William Pope 1st Earl Downe [aged 29], Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet [aged 15], Thomas Berkeley [aged 28], Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 40], William Herbert 1st Baron Powis [aged 30], Anthony Irby [aged 26], Drue Drury of Eccles and Rollesby in Norfolk and Arnold Lygon [aged 45].
24th July 1603 Richard Browne [aged 64].
In 1612 William Morgan [aged 52] was appointed High Sheriff of Monmouthshire.
In 1624 William Morgan [aged 64] was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In 1625 William Morgan [aged 65] was elected MP Monmouthshire.
In or before 1640 [his son] Thomas Morgan of Machen [aged 50] and [his daughter-in-law] Rachel Hopton [aged 45] were married.
On 16th July 1645 William Morgan [aged 85] was visited by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 15] who stayed ovenight.
In 1655 William Morgan [aged 95] died.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Morgan was born to William Morgan. She married William Morgan.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewelyn ap Morgan of Tredegar
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ieuan Morgan
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Morgan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan
GrandFather: Rowland Morgan of Machen
Father: Thomas Morgan