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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Croft Castle, Herefordshire is in Croft, Herefordshire, Castles in Herefordshire.
In 1390 Nicholas Croft was born to John Croft (age 26) in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1393 William Croft was born to John Croft (age 29) in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1415 Douce Croft was born to Nicholas Croft (age 25) in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. She married before 1444 Walter Strickland and had issue.
In 1428 William Croft (age 35) died in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1465 Edward Croft was born to Richard "The Elder" Croft and Agnes or Annes Fox in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. He married 1483 Joyce Scull and had issue.
Around 1495 Ann Croft was born to Edward Croft (age 30) and Joyce Scull (age 31) in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. She married before 29th October 1521 John Harley of Brampton Bryan and had issue.
On 29th July 1509 Richard "The Elder" Croft died in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
On 23rd March 1547 Edward Croft (age 82) died in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
On 22nd December 1621 Thomas Cave 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Cave of Croft Castle (age 35) and Elizabeth Croft (age 26) at Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. He married (1) 11th May 1641 Katherine Haslewood (2) before 1651 Penelope Wenman Lady Cave, daughter of Thomas Wenman 2nd Viscount Wenman, and had issue.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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Richard "The Elder" Croft was born to William Croft in Croft Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. He married (1) before 1458 Agnes or Annes Fox and had issue (2) in or before 1470 Eleanor Cornwall and had issue.