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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Battle of Prestonpans is in 1714-1760 George I and George II.
On 21st September 1745 the army of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] defeated the only government army in Scotland at the Battle of Prestonpans, led by General Sir John Cope [aged 57].
Colonel James Gardiner [aged 57] was killed in action. He was mortally wounded by the Highlanders after his dragoons had fled the field and he was attempting to rally some foot soldiers. He received a mortal blow whilst wounded on the ground and was stripped to the waist as his possessions were looted by the Highlanders. After the battle he was carried from the field by a servant to nearby Tranent where he soon died.
The 1745 Cairn [Map] marks the location of the Battle of Prestonpans fought on 21st September 1745.
The Thorntree Monument [Map] marks the location of the last stand of Colonel James Gardiner [aged 57] during the Battle of Prestonpans on 21st September 1745.
Colonel James Gardiner: On 11th January 1688 he was born to William Gardiner. 1726 he and Frances Erskine were married. She the daughter of David Erskine 9th Earl Buchan and Frances Fairfax Countess Buchan.
