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
14th January 1876. William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny [aged 49] created. See New Years Appointments.
12th December 1915. Son Reginald Neville 2nd Marquess Abergavenny [aged 62] succeeded.
13th October 1927. Brother Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny [aged 73] succeeded.
10th January 1938. Nephew Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny [aged 54] succeeded.
30th March 1954. Son John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny [aged 39] succeeded.
23rd February 2000. Nephew Christopher Neville 6th Marquess Abergavenny [aged 44] succeeded.
On 14th January 1876...
William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny [aged 49] was created 1st Marquess Abergavenny, 1st Earl Lewes. Caroline Vanden Bempte Johnston Marchioness Abergavenny by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.
Edward Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Earl Wharncliffe [aged 48] was created 1st Earl Wharncliffe. Susan Charlotte Lascelles Countess Wharncliffe [aged 42] by marriage Countess Wharncliffe.
John Ormsby-Gore 1st Baron Harlech [aged 59] was created 1st Baron Harlech with remainder to his brother William in the absence of male heirs.
Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 50] was created 1st Baron Alington. Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington [aged 43] by marriage Baroness Alington.
On 12th December 1915 William Neville 1st Marquess Abergavenny [aged 89] died. His son Reginald [aged 62] succeeded 2nd Marquess Abergavenny, 6th Earl Abergavenny, 6th Viscount Neville, 2nd Earl Lewes, 7th Baron Abergavenny.
On 13th October 1927 Reginald Neville 2nd Marquess Abergavenny [aged 74] died at Cheadle, Cheshire [Map]. His brother Henry [aged 73] succeeded 3rd Marquess Abergavenny, 7th Earl Abergavenny, 7th Viscount Neville, 3rd Earl Lewes, 8th Baron Abergavenny.
On 10th January 1938 Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny [aged 83] died. His nephew Guy [aged 54] succeeded 4th Marquess Abergavenny, 8th Earl Abergavenny, 8th Viscount Neville, 4th Earl Lewes. Baron Abergavenny abeyant between David George Pratt 6th Marquess Camden [aged 7] and Delaval Thomas Harold Astley 23rd Baron Hastings. Isabel "Nellie" Larnach Marchioness Abergavenny [aged 47] by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.
On 30th March 1954 Guy Larnach Neville 4th Marquess Abergavenny [aged 70] died. His son John [aged 39] succeeded 5th Marquess Abergavenny, 9th Earl Abergavenny, 9th Viscount Neville, 5th Earl Lewes. Mary Patricia Harrison Marchioness Abergavenny [aged 38] by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.
On 23rd February 2000 John Henry Guy Neville 5th Marquess Abergavenny [aged 85] died. His nephew Christopher [aged 44] succeeded 6th Marquess Abergavenny, 10th Earl Abergavenny, 10th Viscount Neville, 6th Earl Lewes. Venetia Maynard Marchioness Abergavenny [aged 42] by marriage Marchioness Abergavenny.