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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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Paternal Family Tree: Primrose
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Moreton 1782
In or before 1776 [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery (age 46) and [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Rosebery. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his grandfather] James Primrose 2nd Earl Rosebery and [his grandmother] Mary Campbell Countess Rosebery.
On 14th October 1783 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery was born to [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery (age 54) and [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 31).
On 27th May 1800 [his brother-in-law] Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 32) and [his sister] Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Howard of Effingham. She the daughter of [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery (age 71) and [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 48). They were first cousin once removed.
In 1808 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 24) and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 17) were married. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery (age 79) and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 55).
On 7th August 1809 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 22) and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie were married. He would later marry her sister [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 18); an example of Married to Two Siblings.
On 2nd October 1809 [his son] Archibald John Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 25) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 18). He married 20th September 1843 Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland, daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope, and had issue.
In 1810 [his daughter] Harriet Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 26) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 19).
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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In 1812 [his daughter] Mary Anne Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 28) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 21).
In 1813 [his son] Bouverie Francis Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 29) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 22). He married Frederica Sophia Anson, daughter of Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson and Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson.
In 1813 Paulet St John-Mildmay (age 21) and Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie were married. His brother Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 25) had been married to her sister [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie, and would, in 1815 marry another sister, [his wife] Harriet (age 22); Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings.
In 1814 [his father] Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery (age 85) died. His son Archibald (age 30) succeeded 4th Earl Rosebery. [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 23) by marriage Countess Rosebery.
In 1815 Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 24) were married. She the sister of his first wife [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie; an example of Married to Two Siblings. Further, his brother Paulet St John-Mildmay (age 23) had two years before, in 1813, marry Anna Maria Wyndham Bouverie, sister of Harriet and Charlotte; Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. Further still, Harriet, Charlotte and Anna Maria's first cousin William Pleydell-Bouverie 3rd Earl Radnor (age 35) married Henry and Paulet's sister Judith (age 24).
In 1815 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 31) divorced [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 24) after she eloped with Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet (age 27) who had previously been married to her sister [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Bouverie who had died in childbirth five years previously.
In 1819 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 35) and Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Camden. He the son of Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery and Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 66).
On 11th February 1819 [his brother-in-law] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 23) and Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield (age 19) were married.
On 22nd August 1820 [his daughter] Anne Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 36) and [his wife] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 23).
On 4th May 1822 [his daughter] Louisa Primrose was born to Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 38) and [his wife] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 25).
On 9th March 1823 [his mother] Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery (age 70) died.
In 1826 [his daughter] Mary Anne Primrose (age 14) died.
On 9th December 1834 [his wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden (age 44) died.
In 1837 [his brother-in-law] Kenneth Alexander Howard 1st Earl of Effingham (age 69) was created 1st Earl of Effingham. [his sister] Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham (age 61) by marriage Countess of Effingham.
On 9th May 1839 Francis George Hugh Seymour-Conway 5th Marquess Hertford (age 27) and [his sister-in-law] Frances Elizabeth Anson Marchioness Hertford (age 29) were married.
On 20th September 1843 [his son] Archibald John Primrose (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 61) and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope. He the son of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 59) and [his former wife] Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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On 23rd January 1851 [his son] Archibald John Primrose (age 41) died.
On 18th March 1854 [his brother-in-law] Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield (age 58) died. His son Thomas (age 28) succeeded 2nd Earl Lichfield, 3rd Viscount Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave in Staffordshire and 3rd Baron Soberton of Soberton in Hampshire
On 17th September 1862 [his daughter] Anne Primrose (age 42) died.
On 17th September 1864 [his sister] Charlotte Primrose Countess Effingham (age 88) died.
On 4th March 1868 Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 84) died. His grandson [his grandson] Archibald (age 20) succeeded 5th Earl Rosebery.
On 19th August 1882 [his former wife] Anna Margaret Anson Countess Camden (age 85) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Primrose
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald Primrose 1st Earl Rosebery 
GrandFather: James Primrose 2nd Earl Rosebery
Father: Neil Primrose 3rd Earl Rosebery 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 7th Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Douglas Countess Argyll 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 9th Earl Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 7th Earl Morton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Keith Countess Morton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Gordon Countess Moray 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Argyll 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Home Countess Moray 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Dudley Countess Home 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Mary Campbell Countess Rosebery 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Elphinstone of Barnes 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Elphinstone 6th Lord Elphinstone 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Elphinstone 8th Lord Elphinstone 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Elphinstone 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maitland 1st Earl Lauderdale
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Maitland 3rd Earl Lauderdale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Maitland
Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Vincent 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Vincent 3rd Baronet 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Acland Lady Vincent 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Vincent 5th Baronet 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pitt
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Pitt Lady Vincent
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Vincent 6th Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
GrandFather: Francis Vincent 7th Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Mother: Mary Vincent Countess Rosebery 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Howard 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Howard 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Monson 
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Courthope
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Courthope
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lieutenenant-General Thomas Howard 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Kidder
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Kidder
GrandMother: Mary Howard Lady Vincent 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Moreton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Moreton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bishop William Moreton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Moreton