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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Carew Castle is in Carew, Castles in Pembrokeshire.
In 1100 William Fitzgerald was born to Gerald of Windsor (age 25) and Nest ferch Rhys Dinefwr (age 15) at Carew Castle [Map]. He married Maria Montgomery and had issue.
Around 1150 Maria Montgomery (age 40) died at Carew Castle [Map].
In 1173 William Fitzgerald (age 73) died at Carew Castle [Map].
On 9th July 1271 Alice Marshal (age 56) died at Carew Castle [Map].
In 1279 William Carew (age 64) died at Carew Castle [Map].
Around 1283 John Carew was born to Nicholas Carew (age 30) in Carew Castle [Map] to Nicholas Carew. He married in or before 1313 Joan Talbot, daughter of Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot and Anne Boteler Baroness Talbot, and had issue.
Around 1297 Nicholas Carew (age 62) died in Carew Castle [Map].
On 20th October 1311 Nicholas Carew (age 58) died in Carew Castle [Map].
In 1313 John Carew was born to John Carew (age 30) and Joan Talbot (age 18) in Carew Castle [Map]. He married his fifth cousin once removed Margaret Mohun, daughter of John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster and Ada Tiptoft Baroness Dunster, and had issue.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Around 1320 Joan Carew was born to John Carew (age 37) and Joan Talbot (age 25) in Carew Castle [Map]. She married before 1348 Guy de Bryan.
On 26th June 1324 John Carew (age 41) died in Carew Castle [Map].