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 Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster

Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.

Summary

29th February 1731. 1st. Robert Brown 1st Baronet created.

5th October 1760. 2nd. Nephew James O'Hara Brown 2nd Baronet [aged 39] succeeded.

21st April 1784. 3rd. Son William Augustus Brown 3rd Baronet [aged 19] succeeded.

20th October 1830. 3rd. William Augustus Brown 3rd Baronet extinct.

The London Gazette 7069. Whitehall, February 29 [1731]. His Majesty has been pleased to grant unto John Baron, Master of Arts, the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, void by the Promotion of the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Thomas Tanner [aged 57] to the Bishoprick of St. Asaph.

His Majesty has been pleased to confer the Dignity of a Baronet of Great Britain upon Robert Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster, Esq;. [Note. Created with a special remainder to his brothers.]

On 5th October 1760 Robert Brown 1st Baronet died. His nephew James [aged 39] succeeded 2nd Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster.

On 21st April 1784 James O'Hara Brown 2nd Baronet [aged 63] died. His son William [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster.

On 20th October 1830 William Augustus Brown 3rd Baronet [aged 66] died. Baronet Brown of the City and Liberty of Westminster extinct.