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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Brooke Paternal Family Tree

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Thomas Brooke

Father: Thomas Brooke

Richard Brooke

Born 1510

In or before 1549 m Christiana Carew x 2

Died 1569 (59)

8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Father: Richard Brooke

Mother: Christiana Carew

Thomas Brooke

Born 1549

Before 14 Mar 1571 m Anne Tuchet x 1

After 1579 m Elizabeth Merbury x 1

Before 1622 m Eleanor Gerard

Died 1622 (73)

8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Thomas Brooke

Mother: Anne Tuchet

Richard Brooke of Norton

Born 14 Mar 1571

Before 1574 m Jane Chaderton

13 Oct 1608 m Catherine Neville x 1

Sixth Cousin

Died 10 Apr 1632 (61)

7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke of Norton

Mother: Catherine Neville

Henry Brooke 1st Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 1611

Died 1664 (53)

8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Henry Brooke 1st Baronet

Richard Brooke 2nd Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 1635

Apr 1656 m Francisca Postuma Leigh x 2

Died Feb 1710 (75)

9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 2nd Baronet

Mother: Francisca Postuma Leigh

Thomas Brooke 3rd Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 1664

Died 1739 (75)

10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Thomas Brooke 3rd Baronet

Richard Brooke

Born 1692

Died 1720 (28)

11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke

Richard Brooke 4th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 1719

Died 06 Jul 1781 (62)

12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 4th Baronet

Richard Brooke 5th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 1753

02 May 1780 m Mary Cunliffe Lady Brooke x 2

Died 06 Mar 1795 (42)

13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 5th Baronet

Mother: Mary Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 18 Aug 1785

04 Dec 1809 m Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke x 6

First Cousin

Died 11 Nov 1865 (80)

14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Mother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Coefficient of Inbreeding: 6.25%

Mary Brooke

Born 1810

07 May 1831 m Rowland Eyles Egerton-Warburton x 3

Died 21 Apr 1881 (71)

14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Mother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Coefficient of Inbreeding: 6.25%

Richard Brooke 7th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 13 Dec 1814

12 Dec 1848 m Louisa Tollemache Duff x 1

Died 03 Mar 1888 (73)

15 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 7th Baronet

Mother: Louisa Tollemache Duff

Richard Marcus Brooke 8th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 28 Oct 1850

Died 30 Sep 1920 (69)

16 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Marcus Brooke 8th Baronet

Richard Christopher Brooke 9th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 08 Aug 1888

Died 1981 (92)

17 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Christopher Brooke 9th Baronet

Richard Neville Brooke 10th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 01 May 1915

21 Jul 1937 m Mabel Jocelyn x 1

Died 09 Dec 1997 (82)

15 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England

Father: Richard Neville Brooke 10th Baronet

Mother: Mabel Jocelyn

Richard David Christopher Brooke 11th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 23 Oct 1938

Died 24 Oct 2012 (74)

16 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England

Father: Richard David Christopher Brooke 11th Baronet

Richard Christopher Brooke 12th Baronet

Baronet Brooke of Norton Priory in Cheshire

Born 10 Jul 1966

14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Mother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Coefficient of Inbreeding: 6.25%

Caroline Frances Brooke

18 Nov 1834 m Arthur Lascelles x 3

Died 08 Jan 1895

14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Mother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Coefficient of Inbreeding: 6.25%

Harriot Brooke Countess Meath

Countess Meath

24 Nov 1837 m William Brabazon 11th Earl of Meath x 1

Died 16 Jul 1898

14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Mother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Coefficient of Inbreeding: 6.25%

Jessy Brooke

22 May 1832 m Richard Bootle-Wilbraham x 1

Died 18 Jul 1892

14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 6th Baronet

Mother: Harriet Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Coefficient of Inbreeding: 6.25%

Clare Emily Brooke

23 Sep 1845 m Frederick Hervey-Bathurst 3rd Baronet x 4

Died 24 Jan 1867

13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 5th Baronet

Mother: Mary Cunliffe Lady Brooke

Mary Brooke

Born 1792

27 Mar 1822 m James Milles Riddell 2nd Baronet x 1

Died 30 Jan 1866 (74)

12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 4th Baronet

Thomas Brooke

Born 1760

In or before 1825 m Margaret Cunliffe

Died 1825 (65)

13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Thomas Brooke

Harriet Brooke

Before 1879 m Robert Townley Parker

13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Thomas Brooke

Emily Brooke

9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Richard Brooke 2nd Baronet

Mother: Francisca Postuma Leigh

Letitia Brooke

17 Oct 1701 m Henry Legh x 1

Third Cousin

Died 1756

9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Thomas Brooke

Mother: Elizabeth Merbury

Townsend Brooke

Born 08 Sep 1580

06 Dec 1596 m Thomas Legh x 1

8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Richard Brooke

Mother: Christiana Carew

Christiana Brooke

Before 09 Jan 1585 m Richard Grosvenor of Eaton x 1

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