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: Cocks
On 26th April 1716 John Somers 1st Baron Somers (age 65) died unmarried and without issue. Baron Somers extinct. His great nephew Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers became 1st Baron Somers of the second creation in 1784.
On 3rd September 1724 [his father] John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire and [his mother] Mary Cocks were married. They were uncle and niece.
On 29th June 1725 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers was born to [his father] John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire and [his mother] Mary Cocks. Coefficient of inbreeding 12.50%.
On 8th August 1759 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and Elizabeth Eliot were married.
On 6th May 1760 [his son] John Cocks 1st Earl Somers was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Eliot.
In 1771 [his wife] Elizabeth Eliot died.
On 24th June 1771 [his father] John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire died.
On 14th March 1773 [his daughter] Anna Maria Cocks was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 47) and [his wife] Anne Pole (age 21). She married 4th December 1797 her second cousin Philip Yorke, son of Bishop James Yorke and Mary Maddox, and had issue.
On 2nd December 1774 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel Philip James Cocks was born to Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 49) and [his wife] Anne Pole (age 22).
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 4th February 1779 [his mother] Mary Cocks died.
On 17th May 1784 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 58) was created 1st Baron Somers. His great-uncle was John Somers 1st Baron Somers.
On 4th December 1797 [his son-in-law] Philip Yorke (age 27) and [his daughter] Anna Maria Cocks (age 24) were married. He the son of Bishop James Yorke (age 67) and Mary Maddox. They were second cousins.
On 30th January 1806 Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 80) died. His son John (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baron Somers.
On 25th April 1833 [his former wife] Anne Pole (age 81) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Cocks of Castleditch Herefordshire
GrandFather: Charles Cocks
Father: John Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Somers
GrandMother: Mary Somers
Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cocks of Castleditch Herefordshire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cocks
GrandFather: Reverend Thomas Cocks of Castleditch in Eastnor in Herefordshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Somers
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Somers
Mother: Mary Cocks
