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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Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
27th December 1721. Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret [aged 23] created.
8th July 1753. Son George Fermor 2nd Earl Pomfret [aged 31] succeeded.
1785. Son George Fermor 3rd Earl Pomfret [aged 16] succeeded.
7th April 1830. Brother Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret [aged 59] succeeded.
29th June 1833. Son George William Fermor 5th Earl Pomfret [aged 8] succeeded.
8th June 1867. George William Fermor 5th Earl Pomfret extinct.
On 27th December 1721 Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract. Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret [aged 23] by marriage Countess Pomfret aka Pontefract.
On 8th July 1753 Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret [aged 55] died. His son George [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract, 3rd Baron Leominster, 4th Baronet Fermor of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.
In 1764 George Fermor 2nd Earl Pomfret [aged 42] and Anna Maria Delagard Countess Pomfret [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Pomfret aka Pontefract. He the son of Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret and Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret.
In 1785 George Fermor 2nd Earl Pomfret [aged 63] died. His son George [aged 16] succeeded 3rd Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract, 4th Baron Leominster, 5th Baronet Fermor of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.
On 7th April 1830 George Fermor 3rd Earl Pomfret [aged 62] died without issue. On His brother Thomas [aged 59] succeeded 4th Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract. Amabel Borough [aged 30] by marriage Countess Pomfret aka Pontefract.
On 29th June 1833 Thomas Fermor 4th Earl Pomfret [aged 62] died. His son George [aged 8] succeeded 5th Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract, 5th Baron Leominster, 6th Baronet Fermor of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire.
On 8th June 1867 George William Fermor 5th Earl Pomfret [aged 42] died unmarried. Earl Pomfret aka Pontefract, Baron Leominster, Baronet Fermor of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire extinct.