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 Stamford is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
March 1628. Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford [aged 29] created.
21st August 1673. Grandson Thomas Grey 2nd Earl Stamford [aged 19] succeeded.
31st January 1720. First Cousin Henry Grey 3rd Earl Stamford [aged 34] succeeded.
16th November 1739. Son Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford [aged 24] succeeded.
30th May 1768. Son George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 30] succeeded.
28th May 1819. Son George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 53] succeeded.
26th April 1845. Grandson George Grey 7th Earl Stamford 3rd Earl Warrington [aged 18] succeeded.
2nd January 1883. Second Cousin Once Removed Harry Grey 8th Earl Stamford 4th Earl Warrington [aged 70] succeeded.
19th June 1890. Nephew William Grey 9th Earl Stamford 5th Earl Warrington [aged 40] succeeded.
24th May 1910. Son Roger Grey 10th Earl Stamford 6th Earl Warrington [aged 13] succeeded.
18th August 1976. Roger Grey 10th Earl Stamford 6th Earl Warrington extinct.
In March 1628 Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford [aged 29] was created 1st Earl Stamford. Anne Cecil Countess Stamford [aged 32] by marriage Countess Stamford.
On 21st August 1673 Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford [aged 74] died. His grandson Thomas [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Earl Stamford, 3rd Baron Grey of Groby.
On 31st January 1720 Thomas Grey 2nd Earl Stamford [aged 66] died. His first cousin Henry [aged 34] succeeded 3rd Earl Stamford, 4th Baron Grey of Groby. Dorothy Wright Countess Stamford [aged 35] by marriage Countess Stamford.
On 16th November 1739 Henry Grey 3rd Earl Stamford [aged 54] died. His son Henry [aged 24] succeeded 4th Earl Stamford, 5th Baron Grey of Groby. Mary Booth Countess Stamford [aged 35] by marriage Countess Stamford.
On 28th May 1763 George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 25] and Henrietta Bentinck Countess Stamford and Warrington [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Countess Stamford. She the daughter of William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland and Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland [aged 48]. He the son of Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford [aged 47] and Mary Booth Countess Stamford [aged 59].
On 30th May 1768 Henry Grey 4th Earl Stamford [aged 52] died at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. His son George [aged 30] succeeded 5th Earl Stamford, 6th Baron Grey of Groby.
On 28th May 1819 George Grey 5th Earl Stamford 1st Earl Warrington [aged 81] died at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. His son George [aged 53] succeeded 6th Earl Stamford, 2nd Earl Warrington, 7th Baron Grey of Groby, 2nd Baron Delamer. Henrietta Charteris Countess Stamford and Warrington by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 30th September 1844 Harry Grey 8th Earl Stamford 4th Earl Warrington [aged 32] and Susan Gaydon Countess Stamford and Warrington were married. She by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 26th April 1845 George Grey 6th Earl Stamford 2nd Earl Warrington [aged 79] died. His grandson George [aged 18] succeeded 7th Earl Stamford, 3rd Earl Warrington, 9th Baron Grey of Groby, 3rd Baron Delamer.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1848 George Grey 7th Earl Stamford 3rd Earl Warrington [aged 20] and Elizabeth Billage Countess Stamford and Warrington were married having eloped to Brighton. She by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 29th August 1855 George Grey 7th Earl Stamford 3rd Earl Warrington [aged 28] and Catherine Cox Countess Stamford and Warrington were married. She a circus performer, the fifth child of a farm worker and his gypsy wife from Dorset. Her brother had been jailed for horse stealing and one of her sisters, Tamar, was in the workhouse with three illegitimate children. She by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 6th December 1880 Harry Grey 8th Earl Stamford 4th Earl Warrington [aged 68] and Martha Solomon Countess Stamford and Warrington [aged 42] were married. She by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 2nd January 1883 George Grey 7th Earl Stamford 3rd Earl Warrington [aged 55] died. His second cousin once removed Harry [aged 70] succeeded 8th Earl Stamford, 10th Baron Grey of Groby. Earl Warrington and Baron Delamer extinct, along with an immense fortune of of £8,000 per annum.
On 19th June 1890 Harry Grey 8th Earl Stamford 4th Earl Warrington [aged 78] died of pneumonia without legitimate male issue. He was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Wynberg. His nephew William [aged 40] succeeded 9th Earl Stamford, 11th Baron Grey of Groby.
On 18th April 1895 William Grey 9th Earl Stamford 5th Earl Warrington [aged 45] and Penelope Theobald Countess Stamford and Warrington were married in London She by marriage Countess Stamford, Countess Warrington.
On 24th May 1910 William Grey 9th Earl Stamford 5th Earl Warrington [aged 60] died. His son Roger [aged 13] succeeded 10th Earl Stamford, 12th Baron Grey of Groby.
On 18th August 1976 Roger Grey 10th Earl Stamford 6th Earl Warrington [aged 79] died unmarried at Manchester, Lancashire. He was buried at St Mark's Church, Dunham Massey [Map]. Earl Stamford and Baron Grey of Groby extinct. He left his estate of Dunham Massey, Cheshire [Map] to the National Trust.