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: Grosvenor
On 8th February 1914 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury was born to [his father] Francis Egerton Grosvenor 4th Baron Ebury (age 31).
On 5th November 1921 [his uncle] Robert Victor Grosvenor 3rd Baron Ebury (age 53) died. His brother [his father] Francis (age 38) succeeded 4th Baron Ebury.
On 1st June 1931 [his brother-in-law] William Edward Harcourt 2nd Viscount Harcourt (age 22) and [his sister] Maud Elizabeth Grosvenor Viscountess Harcourt (age 22) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire.
In 1932 [his father] Francis Egerton Grosvenor 4th Baron Ebury (age 49) died. His son Robert (age 17) succeeded 5th Baron Ebury.
On 1st July 1933 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 19) and Anne Acland-Troyte (age 21) were married.
On 8th February 1934 [his son] Francis Grosvenor 8th Earl Wilton was born to Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 20) and [his wife] Anne Acland-Troyte (age 21).
In 1941 Henry Peregrine Rennie Hoare (age 40) and [his wife] Anne Acland-Troyte (age 28) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
In 1941 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 26) and Anne Acland-Troyte (age 28) were divorced.
In 1941 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 26) and Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller (age 25) were married. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 55).
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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Before 1942 [his brother-in-law] William Edward Harcourt 2nd Viscount Harcourt (age 33) and [his sister] Maud Elizabeth Grosvenor Viscountess Harcourt (age 32) were divorced.
On 5th July 1946 [his son] Richard Alexander Grosvenor was born to Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 32) and [his wife] Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller (age 30). He married 24th October 1970 Gabriela Speckert and had issue.
On 13th February 1947 John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford (age 29) and [his sister-in-law] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford (age 29) were married. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston and [his mother-in-law] Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 61). He the son of Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 58) and Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.
On 9th October 1953 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 64) died. His son John (age 36) succeeded 13th Duke Bedford, 13th Marquess Tavistock, 17th Earl Bedford, 17th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 15th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 13th Baron Howland of Streatham. [his sister-in-law] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford (age 35) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 5th May 1957 Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 43) died in a car accident at Prescott, Gloucestershire whilst driving a Jaguar C-type. His son Francis (age 23) succeeded 6th Baron Ebury.
On 23rd June 1982 [his former wife] Anne Acland-Troyte (age 70) died.
In 2005 [his former wife] Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller (age 89) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 25 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 6th Baronet 
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Warre Lady Grosvenor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 1st Baron Ebury 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 6th Baronet 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton
GrandFather: Robert Grosvenor 2nd Baron Ebury 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
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 Grandfather: Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley Baroness Ebury 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Cadogan 2nd Baron Cadogan 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan 
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sloane Baroness Cadogan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Churchill 
16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Walpole 
Father: Francis Egerton Grosvenor 4th Baron Ebury 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry White 1st Baron Annaly
GrandMother: Emilie Beaujolais White
Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England