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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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Wodehouse Arms. Sable a chevron or between three cinquefoils. Source.

Lewis Arms. Sable a chevron or three fleur de lys or. Source.

Arundell Arms. Sable, six martlets argent. Source.

Loftus Arms. Sable, a chevron engrailed ermine, between three trefoils slipped argent. Source.

Bonville Arms. Sable, six mullets argent pierced gules. Source.

Mosley Arms. Sable a chevron between three pickaxes argent. Source.

Browne Arms. Sable a bend sable cotised three lions rampant argent. Source.

Newton Arms. Sable, a skull and crossbones argent. Source

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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Cavendish Arms. Sable, three buck's heads caboshed argent. Source.

Oldham Arms. Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules. Possibly an example of canting arms where owl represents owl-dam. Source.

Clifton Arms. Sable semée of cinquefoils and a lion rampant argent. Source.

Paget Arms. Sable, on a cross engrailed between four eagles displayed argent, five lions passant guardant of the field. Source.

Conway Arms. Sable, on a bend cotised argent a rose gules between two annulets of the first. Source.

Palmer Carlton Arms. Sable a chevron or three crecents argent. Source.

Dymoke Arms. Sable, two lions passant in pale argent ducally crowned or. Source.

Parker Arms. Sable, a stag's head cabossed between two flaunches argent. Source.

Hohenstaufen Arms. Sable a lion rampant or.

Paulet Arms. Sable three swords pilewise points in base proper pomels and hilts or. Source.

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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Griffin Arms. Sable, a griffin segreant argent beak and forelegs or. Source.

Peyton Arms. Sable, a cross engrailed or a mullet in the first quarter argent.

Hood Arms. Sable, on a fess argent between three leopards passant guardant or spotted of the field as many escallops gules. Source.

Ridgeway Arms. Sable, a pair of wings conjoined and elevated argent. Source.

Jermyn Arms. Sable, a crescent between two mullets in pale argent. Source.

Riley Arms. Sable, on a pile or three crosses formy fitchy at the foot sable. Source.

Lake Arms. Sable, a bend argent six crosslets fitchy.

Rous Arms. Sable, a fess dancetté or between three crescents argent. Source.

Ayscough Arms. Sable, a fess or, between three asses passant argent, maned and unguled of the second. Source.

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Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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Segrave Arms. Sable, a lion rampant argent, crowned or.

Buller Arms. Sable, on a cross argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first. Source.

NO IMAGE. Sable, a fess cotised between three martlets or. Source.

Compton Arms. Sable a lion passant guardant or between three Esquire's Helmets argent. Source.

Spelman Arms. Sable, ten plates between two flaunches argent.

Foljambe Arms. Sable a bend between six escallops or.

Stourton Arms. Sable, a bend or between six fountains. Source.

Hobart Arms. Sable, an estoile of six points or between two flaunches ermine.

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Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Strangeways Arms. Sable two lions passant paly of six argent and gules. Source.

Kitson Arms. Sable three fishes hauriant in fess argent a chief or. Source.

Strickland Arms. Sable three escallops argent. SSource.

Bridgeman Arms. Sable, ten plates, four, three, two, and one, on a chief argent a lion passant ermines. Source

Turner Baronets Arms. Sable, a chevron ermine between three fers de moline or on a chief argent a lion passant gules. Source.

Hovell Arms. Sable, a crescent or.

Lascelles Arms. Sable a cross patoncé within a Bordure or. Source.

Churchill Arms. Sable a lion rampant argent a canton of the last a cross gules. Source.

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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall

Describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience.

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Greville Arms. Sable a cross in a border Engrailed or with five roundels sable on the cross. Source.

Ufford Arms. Sable, a cross engrailed or. Source.

Vaughan Arms. Sable a chevron between three fleurs-de-lys argent. Source.

Wentworth Arms. Sable, a chevron or three leopard's faces or. Source.

Coventry Arms. Sable a fess between three crescents or. Source.