William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Paternal Family Tree: Tiptoft
Before 1313 [his father] Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot [aged 33] and [his mother] Agnes Ros Baroness Tibetot were married. She by marriage Baroness Tibetot.
On 20th July 1313 John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot was born to [his father] Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot [aged 33] and [his mother] Agnes Ros Baroness Tibetot.
On 24th June 1314 the Scottish army of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 39] including, James "Black" Douglas [aged 28], heavily defeated the English army led by King Edward II of England [aged 30] at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford [aged 23] was killed. Earl Gloucester, Earl Hertford extinct.
John Comyn 4th Lord Baddenoch [aged 20], Robert Felton 1st Baron Felton [aged 44] and William Vesci were killed.
William Marshal 1st Baron Marshal [aged 36] was killed. His son John [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Baron Marshal.
Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 40] was killed. His son Roger [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baron de Clifford.
John Lovell 2nd Baron Lovel [aged 25] was killed. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh.
Henry Bohun was killed by King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland. He was buried in Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire [Map].
Walter Fauconberg 2nd Baron Fauconberg [aged 50] possilby died although his death is also reported as being on 31 Dec 1318.
Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 38], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 38], Goronwy ap Tudur Hen Tudor, Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan [aged 35], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 39] and Robert Umfraville 8th Earl Angus [aged 37] fought.
[his father] Pain Tiptoft 1st Baron Tibetot [aged 34] was killed. His son John succeeded 2nd Baron Tibetot.
John Montfort 2nd Baron Montfort [aged 23] was killed. Peter Montfort 3rd Baron Montfort [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Baron Montfort.
Thomas Grey [aged 34] undertook a suicidal charge that contributed to the English defeat and subsequently blemished his career.
William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 38] was captured.
Michael Poynings [aged 44] was killed.
Before 7th June 1315 Thomas de Vere [aged 33] and [his mother] Agnes Ros Baroness Tibetot were married. He the son of Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford [aged 57] and Margaret Mortimer Countess of Oxford. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.
Calendar Inquitisitions Port Mortem Volume 8 Edward III 185. 185. Giles De Badelesmere [deceased], Knight.
Writ to Henry Darcy, mayor of the city of London, and king's escheator there, 16 July [1338], 12 Edward III.
London.
Inq. Friday before St. Bartholomew, 12 Edward III.
Alegate. A tenement, 17 shops, and a garden adjacent, within Alegate, worth when let 9l.; out of which there are paid yearly to the lords of that fee for quit rent, 56s. 4d., and for repairs, 40s.
Lymstret lane. A tenement and a garden, worth 40s., out of which are paid yearly for repair of houses and walls and for enclosing of the said tenement and garden, 20s.
All held of the king in chief, as the whole of the city of London is.
[his future sister-in-law] Margery [aged 30] the wife of Sir [his uncle] William de Ros [aged 53], Maud [aged 30] the wife of the earl of Oxford [aged 26], Elizabeth [aged 25] the wife of the earl of Northampton [aged 28], and Margery [aged 23] (sic) the wife of Sir John Tipetoft [aged 24], are his sisters and co-heirs, and of full age.
John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot.
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In or before 1341 John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot [aged 27] and Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Baroness Tibetot.
In 1341 [his son] Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot was born to John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot [aged 27] and [his wife] Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot [aged 26]. He married in or before 1365 his third cousin Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot, daughter of William Deincourt 2nd Baron Deincourt and Millicent Zouche Baroness Deincourt, and had issue.
In or before 1365 [his son] Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot [aged 23] and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Tibetot. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Before 13th April 1367 John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot [aged 53] and Elizabeth Aspall Baroness Tibetot were married. She by marriage Baroness Tibetot.
On 13th April 1367 John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot [aged 53] died. His son Robert [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Baron Tibetot.
[his son] John Tiptoft was born to John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot and Margaret Badlesmere Baroness Tibetot.
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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[his son] Pain Tiptoft was born to John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot and Elizabeth Aspall Baroness Tibetot. He married Agnes Wrothe and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ros 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros
Great x 4 Grandfather: King William I of Scotland 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Mac William Dunkeld
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel d'Avenel Abenel
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Ros
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Fitzherbert 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Fitzherbert
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Fitzpiers
GrandFather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Meschines Brito de Albini
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Albini
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Clare 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William de Albini
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trusbut
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agatha Trusbut
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel de Albini
Mother: Agnes Ros Baroness Tibetot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Oliver Vaux 
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Vaux
GrandMother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros
