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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Archbishop Athelm was born to [his father] Unknown Grandfather of Dunstan.
In 909 Archbishop Athelm was appointed Bishop Wells. The first Bishop of Wells.
Around 923 Archbishop Athelm was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
On 4th September 925 King Æthelstan I of England (age 31) was crowned I King Anglo Saxons by Archbishop Athelm, possibly at a site now known as the Coronation Stone, Kingston upon Thames [Map], or possibly in front of St Mary's chapel, which stood at the south-east of All Saint's Church, Kingston upon Thames [Map]. It was the first coronation in which the King wore a Crown rather than a helmet.
In 926 Archbishop Athelm died. He was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist, Canterbury.
After 926 the remains of Archbishop Athelm were moved to the North Transept, Canterbury Cathedral.
After 926 the remains of Archbishop Athelm were moved to the Chapel of St Benedict Lady Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral.