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: Hurt Aka Sitwell
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831
In 1886 [her father] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 25) and [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 51) and [her grandmother] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 47).
On 7th September 1887 Edith Sitwell was born to [her father] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 27) and [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 19) in Scarborough, North Yorkshire [Map].
Around 1900. John Singer Sargent (age 43). Portrait of the Sitwell Family including, left to right, Edith Sitwell (age 12), George Sitwell 2nd Baronet, [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 31), [her brother] Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell 6th Baronet (age 2) and [her brother] Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell 5th Baronet (age 7).
George Sitwell 2nd Baronet: In 1797 he was born to Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet. On 14th July 1811 Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet died. His son George succeeded 2nd Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. In 1853 George Sitwell 2nd Baronet died. His son Sitwell succeeded 3rd Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.
1915. Roger Fry (age 48). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 27).
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson (age 27). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 29).
1918. Roger Fry (age 51). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 30).
1923-1935. Percy Wyndham Lewis (age 40). Portrait of Edith Sitwell (age 35).
In 1937 [her mother] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 68) died.
On 9th July 1943 [her father] George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 83) died. His son [her brother] Francis (age 50) succeeded 5th Baronet Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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1946. Cecil Beaton (age 41). Photograph of siblings [her brother] Osbert (age 53), [her brother] Sacheverell (age 48) and Edith (age 58) Sitwell.
On 9th December 1964 Edith Sitwell (age 77) died unmarried.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Hurt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Sitwell 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sitwell 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sitwell Sitwell 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Sitwell 2nd Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Sitwell Reresby Sitwell 3rd Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Edith Sitwell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Burton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham 
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Conyngham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Clements
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clements
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Gore
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Conygham aka Denison 1st Baron Londesborough
Great x 3 Grandfather: Joseph Denison 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham
GrandFather: William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Forester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Seymour 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Boscawen 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Evelyn Evelyn
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Smith
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Culling Smith
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wellesley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington