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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Thomas Bennett 1543-1627

In 1543 Thomas Bennett was born.

In 1577 [his daughter] Anne Bennett was born to Thomas Bennett [aged 34]. She married 22nd October 1584 William Duncombe and had issue.

Around 1584 [his son] Simon Bennett 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bennett [aged 41].

After 1584 [his son] Richard Bennett was born to Thomas Bennett [aged 41]. He married before 1624 Elizabeth Craddock and had issue.

On 22nd October 1584 [his son-in-law] William Duncombe [aged 19] and [his daughter] Anne Bennett [aged 7] were married at St Lawrence Jewry.

Around 1586 [his daughter] Mary Bennett was born to Thomas Bennett [aged 43]. She married 1610 George Croke and had issue.

Around 1588 [his son] John Bennet was born to Thomas Bennett [aged 45].

On 7th February 1594 Thomas Bennett [aged 51] was appointed Alderman of the Vintry Ward.

In 1603 Thomas Bennett [aged 60] was appointed Lord Mayor of London.

On 25th July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 37] was crowned I King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 67] was appointed Lord High Steward.

On 26th July 1603 Thomas Bennett [aged 60] and Thomas Cambell [aged 67] were knighted.

On 27th July 1603 William Wrey 1st Baronet was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].

On 30th July 1603 Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].

Bishop Thomas Bilson [aged 56] gave the sermon. While the wording conceded something to the divine right of kings, it also included a caveat about lawful resistance to a monarch.

In 1604 Thomas Bennett [aged 61] was appointed Alderman of the Lime Street Ward.

Around 1610 [his son-in-law] George Croke [aged 50] and [his daughter] Mary Bennett [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.

In July 1611 [his daughter] Anne Bennett [aged 34] died.

In 1612 Thomas Bennett [aged 69] was appointed Alderman of the Bassishaw Ward.

Before 1624 [his son] Richard Bennett [aged 39] and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Craddock were married.

In 1627 Thomas Bennett [aged 84] died.