Leonard Chamberlain 1504-1561

Before 1504 [his father] Edward Chamberlayne [aged 19] and Cecily Verney [aged 18] were married.

Before 1504 Leonard Chamberlain was born to Edward Chamberlayne [aged 19].

Before 1520 Francis Conyers [aged 29] and [his future wife] Anne Blount [aged 19] were married.

In 1532 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 28] was appointed Esquire of the Body.

Before 1533 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 29] and Dorothy Newdigate [aged 27] were married.

Around 1543 [his father] Edward Chamberlayne [aged 59] died.

Before 1545 Henry Brinklow and [his future wife] Margery Unknown were married.

After 20th January 1546 Stephen Vaughan Merchant [aged 44] and [his future wife] Margery Unknown were married at Calais [Map].

Before 23rd June 1551 George Rolle [aged 56] and [his future wife] Margery Unknown were married.

Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'

This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.

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Before 20th November 1552 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 48] and Margery Unknown were married.

In October 1553 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 49] was elected MP Scarborough.

In April 1554 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 50] was elected MP Oxfordshire.

In November 1554 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 50] was elected MP Oxfordshire.

Before 29th November 1554 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 50] and Dorothy Andrews of Woodstock were married.

Before 5th May 1557 [his wife] Margery Unknown died.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th May 1557. The v day of May a-for non was bered my [his wife] lade Chamburlayne, the wyff of ser Lenard Chamburlayne [aged 53] of Oxffordshyre, with ij whyt branchys and a fayr [herse] of wax, and v dosen penselles and skochyons and ij dosen of [staff-torches]; xxiiij powre men and women dyd bere them, and they [had] gownes of fyne brode cottun of blake; and iiij baners borne abowte her; and with prestes and clarkes, a grett compene of mornars; and ther dyd pryche att the masse docthur Chadsay, and he mad a godly sermon; and after a grett dener; and master Longkaster was the harold; and ther was a grett dolle of money at the cherche.

After 5th May 1557 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 53] and Anne Blount [aged 57] were married.

After 1560 [his former wife] Anne Blount [deceased] died.

Before 22nd May 1560 [his wife] Dorothy Newdigate [aged 54] died.

Around August 1561 Leonard Chamberlain [aged 57] died at Guernsey [Map].

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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Henry Machyn's Diary. 30th October 1561. The xxx day of October was mad for the berehyng of ser Reynold Chamburlayn knyght and capten of Garnsey [Map] a standard and a pennon and a cote armur and a target, sword, and mantyll, helmet and crest, and a (blank) dosen of skochyons of armes, the wyche he had iiij wyffes and (unfinished)