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: Dolben
Before 1658 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 32) and [his mother] Catherine Sheldon were married.
In 1658 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet was born to [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 33) and [his mother] Catherine Sheldon.
In 1661 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 36) was appointed Prebendary London.
In 1662 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 37) was appointed Dean of Westminster Abbey.
In 1664 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 39) was appointed Clerk of the Closet.
In 1666 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 41) was appointed Bishop of Rochester.
In 1675 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 50) was appointed Lord High Almoner.
In or before 1683 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 24) and Anne Mulso were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister Elizabeth Mulso married his brother John Dolben (age 20). He the son of Archbishop John Dolben (age 57) and Catherine Sheldon.
In 1683 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 58) was appointed Archbishop of York.
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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Before December 1683 [his brother] John Dolben (age 21) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Mulso were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings; her sister [his wife] Anne Mulso married his brother Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 25). He the son of [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 58) and [his mother] Catherine Sheldon.
In 1684 [his son] John Dolben 2nd Baronet was born to Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 26). He married 28th July 1720 Elizabeth Digby Lady Dolben, daughter of William Digby 5th Baron Digby and Jane Noel Baroness Digby, and had issue.
In 1684 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 26) was appointed Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1685 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Ripon.
Around 18th April 1686 [his father] Archbishop John Dolben (age 61) died of smallpox. He had been returned from York to London when he came into contact with a person infected with small-pox. Becoming infected himself he died a few days later.
On 1st April 1704 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Dolben of Finedon in Northamptonshire.
On 28th July 1720 [his son] John Dolben 2nd Baronet (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Digby Lady Dolben were married.
In 1722 Gilbert Dolben 1st Baronet (age 64) died. His son John (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet Dolben of Finedon in Northamptonshire. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Digby Lady Dolben by marriage Lady Dolben of Finedon in Northamptonshire.
Father: Archbishop John Dolben
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sheldon
GrandFather: Ralph Sheldon
Mother: Catherine Sheldon