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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Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland 1600-1669

Paternal Family Tree: Boteler

Maternal Family Tree: Audrey Saunders 1551-1588

Before 1600 John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler [aged 33] and [her mother] Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield [aged 26] were married.

Before 1608 [her brother-in-law] Francis Anderson [aged 26] and Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester were married.

On 31st July 1617 Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester [aged 19] and Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester were married.

After 1618 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough [aged 66] and [her sister] Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough were married.

On 7th February 1626 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 29] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 26] were married. He the illegitmate son of Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.

On 8th November 1627 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 30] was captured at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau in Pont du Feneau, Île de Ré. He was released soon after.

On 8th November 1627 Ralph Bingley [aged 57] was killed in action at the Battle of the Pont du Feneau.

In 1628 Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester [aged 29] was created 1st Baron Dunsmore of Dunsmore in Warwickshire with special remainder to his stepson [her nephew] John Anderson 1st Baronet who was the son of his second wife Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester and [her former brother-in-law] Francis Anderson. John Anderson 1st Baronet predeceased Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester so the remainder had no effect.

On 30th July 1628 John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler [aged 62] was created 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield. [her mother] Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield [aged 55] by marriage Baroness Boteler of Brantfield.

Around 1630 [her daughter] Isabella Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 33] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 30]. She married before February 1655 her first cousin twice removed Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury, son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury.

Before 23rd April 1631 [her son] Charles Blount died.

Before 16th September 1632 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 35] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 32]. She died aged one point nine four eight five five in 1634.

Before 10th January 1634 [her son] Charles Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 37] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 34].

Before 1st April 1634 [her daughter] Henrietta Maria Blount [aged 1] died.

In 1637 [her daughter] Anne Blount was born to Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 40] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 37].

Around 1638. Follower of Anthony Van Dyck [aged 38]. Portrait of Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 38].

In 1644 Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester [aged 45] was created 1st Earl Chichester with special remainder to Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester [aged 36] who was the husband of his daughter [her niece] Elizabeth Leigh Countess Southampton [aged 23]. Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester by marriage Countess Chichester.

The Battle of St Neots on 10th July 1648 was a skirmish during the Second English Civil War at St Neots in Cambridgeshire. A Royalist force led by Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland [aged 57], who was captured, and Colonel John Dalbier, who was killed, was defeated by a hundred veteran troops from the New Model Army, commanded by Colonel Adrian Scrope [aged 47].

Kenelm Digby [aged 23] drowned whilst attempting to cross the River Great Ouse.

On 16th September 1652 Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester died.

Before February 1655 Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 24] and Isabella Blount [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport [aged 58] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 55]. He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 72]. They were first cousin twice removed.

Before February 1655 [her daughter] Isabella Blount [aged 25] died.

On 19th April 1658 Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 70] died. His son Robert [aged 46] succeeded 3rd Earl Warwick, 5th Baron Rich of Leez.

After 1666 Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland [aged 56] and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 66] were married. She by marriage Countess of Portland. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. They were half fifth cousins.

On 26th May 1669 Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland [aged 69] died.

In May 1688 [her former husband] Thomas Weston 4th Earl of Portland [aged 78] died. Earl of Portland, Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk extinct.

Royal Ancestors of Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland 1600-1669

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland 1600-1669

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boteler

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Boteler

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Boteler

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Tyrrell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Tyrrell

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Darcy

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Boteler 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 8 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: Henry Boteler 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Griselda Roche

Father: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Waller

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Waller

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Waller

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Waller

Grandmother: Catherine Waller

Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Villiers

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Villiers

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire

Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Clarke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Collette Clarke

Mother: Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire

Grandmother: Audrey Saunders