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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Biography of Samuel Egerton 1711-1780

Paternal Family Tree: Egerton

On 28th December 1711 Samuel Egerton was born to [his father] John Egerton [aged 32] and [his mother] Elizabeth Barbour at Tatton Park, Cheshire.

Before 9th July 1720 [his father] John Egerton [aged 41] and [his mother] Elizabeth Barbour were married.

On 9th July 1720 [his father] John Egerton [aged 41] died.

On 4th January 1736 John Egerton died. His brother Samuel Egerton [aged 24] inherited Tatton Park, Cheshire.

Before 10th February 1743 [his mother] Elizabeth Barbour died.

In 1750 Samuel Egerton [aged 38] and Beatrix Copley [aged 29] were married.

In 1754 Samuel Egerton [aged 42] was elected MP Cheshire.

Before 1st May 1755 [his wife] Beatrix Copley [aged 34] died from childbirth. On 1st May 1755 she was buried.

In 1758 Samuel Egerton [aged 46] inherited the considerable estates of his uncle Samuel Barbour aka Hill of Shenstone Park [aged 67].

On 10th February 1780 Samuel Egerton [aged 68] died. On 19th February 1780 he was buried at St Mary's Church, Rostherne, Tatton [Map]. Monument sculpted by John "The Elder" Bacon [aged 39]. Figures representing Hope and Patience.

The monument inscription describes those also buried in the vault: [his father] John Egerton, his wife Elizabeth Barbour buried 10th February 1743, her mother Elizabeth Hill [aged 85] buried 17th April 1713 and John and Elizabeth's daughter-in-law Beatrix Copley [aged 22] buried 1st May 1755.

[his daughter] Beatrix Egerton was born to Samuel Egerton and Beatrix Copley.

Royal Ancestors of Samuel Egerton 1711-1780

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 27 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Samuel Egerton 1711-1780

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Egerton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sparkes of Bickerton

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Grosvenor

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson

GrandFather: Thomas Egerton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cuthbert Ogle 7th Baron Ogle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carnaby Baroness Ogle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bassett 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzherbert 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: John Egerton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Busby

GrandMother: Hester Busby

Samuel Egerton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Samuel Barbour of Preese

Mother: Elizabeth Barbour

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rowland Hill of Hawkestone

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rowland Hill

GrandMother: Elizabeth Hill