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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Summary
1st April 1806. Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey [aged 76] created.
14th November 1807. Son Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey [aged 43] succeeded.
17th July 1845. Son Henry George Grey 3rd Earl Grey [aged 42] succeeded.
9th October 1894. Nephew Albert Henry George Grey 4th Earl Grey [aged 42] succeeded.
29th August 1917. Son Charles Robert Grey 5th Earl Grey [aged 37] succeeded.
2nd April 1963. Second Cousin Twice Removed Richard Fleming Grey 6th Earl Grey [aged 24] succeeded.
10th September 2013. Brother Philip Kent Grey 7th Earl Grey [aged 73] succeeded.
The London Gazette 15905. Whitehall, April 1, 1806.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Viscount Newark [aged 68], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title as Earl Manvers. [Anne Mills Countess Manvers [aged 59] by marriage Countess Manvers]
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Horatio Baron Walpole [aged 82], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Earl of Orford, in the County of Suffolk.
The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Grey [aged 76], of Howick; Knight of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and General of His Majesty's Forces, and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stile, and Titles of Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland, and Earl Grey. [Note. Elizabeth Grey Countess Grey [aged 62] by marriage Countess Grey.]
On 14th November 1807 Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey [aged 78] died. His son Charles [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Earl Grey, 2nd Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 2nd Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey [aged 31] by marriage Countess Grey.
On 17th July 1845 Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey [aged 81] died. His son Henry [aged 42] succeeded 3rd Earl Grey, 3rd Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 3rd Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 4th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland. Maria Copley 3rd Countess Grey [aged 46] by marriage Countess Grey.
On 9th June 1877 Albert Henry George Grey 4th Earl Grey [aged 25] and Alice Holford Countess Grey were married. She by marriage Countess Grey.
On 9th October 1894 Henry George Grey 3rd Earl Grey [aged 91] died. His nephew Albert [aged 42] succeeded 4th Earl Grey, 4th Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 4th Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 5th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland.
On 29th August 1917 Albert Henry George Grey 4th Earl Grey [aged 65] died. His son Charles [aged 37] succeeded 5th Earl Grey, 5th Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 5th Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 6th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland. Mabel Laura Georgiana Palmer Countess Grey [aged 32] by marriage Countess Grey.
On 2nd April 1963 Charles Robert Grey 5th Earl Grey [aged 83] died. His second cousin twice removed Richard [aged 24] succeeded 6th Earl Grey, 6th Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 6th Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 7th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland.
On 10th September 2013 Richard Fleming Grey 6th Earl Grey [aged 74] died. His brother Philip [aged 73] succeeded 7th Earl Grey, 7th Viscount Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 7th Baron Grey of Howick in Northumberland, 8th Baronet Grey of Howick in Northumberland.