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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Baronet Banks

There have been two creations of Baronet Banks:

1st. 25th July 1661. John Banks 1st Baronet. Extinct. 18th October 1699.

2nd. 1781. Joseph Banks 1st Baronet. Extinct. 19th June 1820.

Baronet Banks of London 1st Creation 1661

Summary

25th July 1661. 1st. John Banks 1st Baronet [aged 34] created. See 1661 Creation of Baronets and Peerages by Charles II Post Coronation.

18th October 1699. 1st. John Banks 1st Baronet extinct.

In July 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 31] created new Baronetcies and Peerages...

10th July 1661 Christopher Guise 1st Baronet [aged 44] was created 1st Baronet Guise of Elmore in Gloucestershire.

16th July 1661 Philip Parker 1st Baronet [aged 43] was created 1st Baronet Parker of Arwarton in Suffolk. Rebecca Long Lady Parker by marriage Lady Parker of Arwarton in Suffolk.

21st July 1661 Charles Hussey 1st Baronet [aged 35] was created 1st Baronet Hussey of Caythorpe in Lincolnshire.

21st July 1661 Edward Barkham 1st Baronet [aged 31] was created 1st Baronet Barkham Waynflete.

25th July 1661 John Banks 1st Baronet [aged 34] was created 1st Baronet Banks of London by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland.

On 18th October 1699 John Banks 1st Baronet [aged 72] died without surviving male issue. Baronet Banks of London extinct.

Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey 2nd Creation 1781

Summary

1781. 1st. Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 37] created.

19th June 1820. 1st. Joseph Banks 1st Baronet extinct.

In 1781 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 37] was created 1st Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey.

On 19th June 1820 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 77] died at Spring Grove House. Baronet Banks of Revesby Abbey extinct.