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: Gower
In 1584 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Gower.
On 28th May 1604 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 20) and Anne Doyley Baroness Gower were married.
Around 1605 [his son] Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 21) and [his wife] Anne Doyley Baroness Gower. He married (1) Frances Leveson Baroness Gower and had issue (2) Elizabeth Howard.
In 1620 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 36) was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.
In June 1620 two further baronetcies were created....
Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 36) was created 1st Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his wife] Anne Doyley Baroness Gower by marriage Lady Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire.
John Pakington 1st Baronet (age 20) was created 1st Baronet Pakington.
On 2nd June 1620 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 36) was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 53).
On 28th October 1633 [his wife] Anne Doyley Baroness Gower died. She was buried at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster [Map].
In 1651 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His son Thomas (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. Frances Leveson Baroness Gower by marriage Lady Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire.
[his son] Doyley Gower was born to Thomas Gower 1st Baronet and Anne Doyley Baroness Gower.