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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In 1356 William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton was born.
In 1381 William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton (age 25) was responsible for pirating two Scottish ships.
In 1383 William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton (age 27) agreed to accompany the Bishop of Nowich on his crusade to Flanders.
In 1386 William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton (age 30) agreed to servce the King for fifty marks a year with twenty men-at-arms and twenty archers.
In 1403 William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton (age 47) was declared an outlaw.
In 1435 William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton (age 79) died.
Time Team Series 2 Episode 2: Medieval Dining Hall was filmed between 10th June 1994 and 12th June 1994. It was originally shown on 15th January 1995.
Location: Hylton Castle, County Durham [Map].
Category: Time Team Late Medieval.
Mick Aston (age 48), Bristol University Landscape Archaeologist
Carenza Lewis (age 31), Royal Commission on Historic Monuments
Phil Harding (age 44), Wessex Archaeological Trust Field Archaeologist
Robin Bush (age 51), Archivist
Victor Ambrus (age 59), Historical Illustrator
Susan Ord, Denny Wilson, Community Representatives
John Gator, Chris Gaffney, Geophysics
Stewart Ainsworth (age 43), Bernard, Landscape Archaeologist
Steve Speke, Local Archaeologist
Beric Morley, English Heritage Medieval Buildings Expert
Mark Horton, Bristol University
Rob Bell, Garden Archaeological Consultant
Graciela Ainsworth, Conservationist
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Eric Little, Castle Guide
Sources. English Heritage Managed, [Map] Effigy of William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton.
Historical Figures. William Hylton 4th Baron Hylton.
Outcomes. Early 15th Century Flemish floor tiles, stone roofing tiles, conserved stag on building and Hylton Achievement of Arms, Silver Coin, plan of site, 3D model of site. Later buildings around 1600 with gardens.