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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: Ley
Around 1552 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough was born to [his father] Henry Ley of Teffont Evias in Wiltshire.
In 1574 [his father] Henry Ley of Teffont Evias in Wiltshire died.
Before 3rd December 1595 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 43) and Mary Pettie were married.
On 3rd December 1595 [his son] Henry Ley 2nd Earl of Marlborough was born to James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 43) and [his wife] Mary Pettie. He married before 28th January 1618 Mary Capell.
In 1597 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 45) was elected MP Westbury.
In 1612 [his son] William Ley 4th Earl Marlborough was born to James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 60) and [his wife] Mary Pettie.
In 1618 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 66) and Mary Pierson were married.
After 1618 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 66) and Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough were married.
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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Before 28th January 1618 [his son] Henry Ley 2nd Earl of Marlborough (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Capell (age 20) were married. He the son of James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 66) and [his wife] Mary Pettie.
On 5th February 1626 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 74) was created 1st Earl Marlborough by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 25). [his wife] Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough by marriage Countess Marlborough.
On 7th February 1626 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 29) and [his sister-in-law] Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 26) were married. He the illegitmate son of Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
In July 1627 Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 30) was created 1st Earl Newport in the Isle of Wight. [his sister-in-law] Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 27) by marriage Countess Newport in the Isle of Wight.
In 1628 Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester (age 29) was created 1st Baron Dunsmore of Dunsmore in Warwickshire with special remainder to his stepson John Anderson 1st Baronet who was the son of his second wife [his sister-in-law] Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester and Francis Anderson. John Anderson 1st Baronet predeceased Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester so the remainder had no effect.
In 1629 James Ley 1st Earl of Marlborough (age 77) died. His son Henry (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Marlborough. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Capell (age 31) by marriage Countess Marlborough.
Before 1672 William Ashburham (age 67) and [his former wife] Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough were married. They were half second cousin once removed.
In 1672 [his former wife] Jane Boteler Countess Marlborough died.