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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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Biography of Arthur Onslow 1691-1768

Paternal Family Tree: Onslow

On 1st October 1691 Arthur Onslow was born to [his father] Foot Onslow (age 36).

On 11th May 1710 [his father] Foot Onslow (age 54) died.

On 23rd January 1728 Arthur Onslow (age 36) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.

In 1730 William Hogarth (age 32). Arthur Onslow (age 38) inviting Robert Walpole 1st Earl Orford (age 53) to speak.

On 13th September 1731 [his son] George Onslow 1st Earl Onslow was born to Arthur Onslow (age 39). He married 26th June 1753 Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow, daughter of John Shelley 4th Baronet and Margaret Pelham Lady Shelley, and had issue.

In 1735 Arthur Onslow (age 43) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.

In 1741 Arthur Onslow (age 49) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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In 1747 Arthur Onslow (age 55) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.

On 26th June 1753 [his son] George Onslow 1st Earl Onslow (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow (age 22) were married.

In 1754 Arthur Onslow (age 62) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons unanimously.

On 17th February 1768 Arthur Onslow (age 76) died.

Royal Ancestors of Arthur Onslow

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 England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Arthur Onslow

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Onslow

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Onslow

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Harding

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Onslow 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Shirley 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Shirley 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth aka Isabel Shirley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Kempe 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Kempe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cheney

GrandFather: Arthur Onslow 1st and 2nd Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of

Father: Foot Onslow 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Foote of Royston

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Foote

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Foote 1st Baronet

GrandMother: Mary Foote

Arthur Onslow 14 x Great Grand Son of