Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Before 10th February 1818 [his father] John La Forey Butler [aged 32] and [his mother] Henrietta Patrick were married.
On 10th February 1818 William John Butler was born to [his father] John La Forey Butler [aged 32] and [his mother] Henrietta Patrick.
In 1832 William John Butler [aged 13] became a queen's scholar at Westminster School [Map].
In 1836 William John Butler [aged 17] entered Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. He won the Trinity essay in 1839, but, though a fair classical scholar, was unable to give sufficient time to the tripos, and took a pass degree in 1840. He was awarded M.A. in 1844.
In 1841 William John Butler [aged 22] was ordained by Bishop Charles Richard Sumner and presented to the Curacy of Dogmersfield, under Charles Dyson.
On 29th July 1843 William John Butler [aged 25] and Emma Barnett were married.
In 1848 [his father] John La Forey Butler [aged 62] died. She was buried beside her husband at Lincoln Cathedral [Map].
In 1885 William John Butler [aged 66] was appointed Dean of Lincoln.
On 14th January 1894 William John Butler [aged 75] died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] on 18th January 1894. On 25th April 1896 a monument by Farmer & Brindley of red Verona marble with an alabaster effigy carved by Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud [aged 35] was unveiled.
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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On 21st January 1894 [his former wife] Emma Barnett died one week after the death of her husband William John Butler [deceased].
Father: John La Forey Butler 
GrandFather: Captain Robert Patrick
Mother: Henrietta Patrick