Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Tyrrell
Around 1408 William Tyrrell was born to [his father] John Tyrrell (age 26) and [his mother] Alice Eleanor Coggeshall (age 26) at Heron Hall, Essex.
Before 1411 [his father] John Tyrrell (age 28) and [his mother] Alice Eleanor Coggeshall (age 28) were married.
In 1421 [his father] John Tyrrell (age 39) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 29th March 1422 [his mother] Alice Eleanor Coggeshall (age 40) died.
In 1429 [his father] John Tyrrell (age 47) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
In May 1431 [his father] John Tyrrell (age 49) was appointed Treasurer of the Royal Household.
In 1437 [his father] John Tyrrell (age 55) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
On 2nd April 1437 [his father] John Tyrrell (age 55) died at Heron Hall, Essex.
In 1452 William Tyrrell (age 44) and Margaret Darcy (age 27) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
Around 1455 [his son] James Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell (age 47) and [his wife] Margaret Darcy (age 30). He married 1469 Anne Arundell and had issue.
On 23rd February 1462 William Tyrrell (age 54), John Montgomery and Thomas Tuddenham (age 60) were beheaded at Tower Hill [Map].
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Chronicle of Robert Fabyan [-1512]. 12th February 1462. And upon the xii. day of February was the erle of Oxenforde (age 53), wt the lorde Aubry (age 21) his elder sone, syr Thomas Todenhame (age 60), Wyllya Tyrell (age 54), & other, brought unto the Towre of London:
Chronicle of Robert Fabyan [-1512]. 23rd February 1462. And upon the xxiii. daye of the same moneth, syr Thomas Todenham (age 60), Wyllyam Tyrell (age 54), & lohn Mongomory were also there behedid.
Chronicle of Gregory. 26th February 1462. And this same year the Erle of Oxforde (age 53), the Lord Abbry, the lord of Oxforde (deceased) is sone, Syr Thomas Todenham (deceased) knyght, John Mongomery, and William Terelle (deceased) squyer, were takyn in Esex, and brought unto Lundon to the Towre [Map]. Ande thenne they were ledde to Westemyster to the Kings palys, and there they were attaynte of hyghe and mighthy treson that they ymagenyd agayne þe King. And then they were drawe to the Towre from Westemyster. And at the Towre hylle was made a schaffolde for them, and there her heddys were smetyn on, and her bodys beryd, as it plesyd them to be qwethe her bodys.
In 1463 [his son] Jasper Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and [his former wife] Margaret Darcy (age 38). He married before February 1539 Anne Goring and had issue.
In 1525 [his former wife] Margaret Darcy died.
[his son] Thomas Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy.
[his son] John Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy.
[his son] Edward Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy.
[his daughter] Eleanor Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy. She married in or before 1484 Edmund Knyvet and had issue.
[his daughter] Dorothy Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy. She married in or before 1492 John Boteler and had issue.
[his daughter] Mary Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy.
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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[his son] Thomas Tyrrell was born to William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy.
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Tyrrell 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Tyrrell
GrandFather: Walter Tyrrell
Father: John Tyrrell
Great x 1 Grandfather: John or Edmund Flambard
GrandMother: Eleanor Flambard
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Coggeshall
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Coggeshall
GrandFather: William Coggeshall
Mother: Alice Eleanor Coggeshall