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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Saltire is in Charges.
Yorke Arms. Argent on a saltire azure a bezant. Source.
Portugal 1385 Arms. Argent, in Cross azure each charged with five plates in saltire charged with ten golden triple-towered castles and four fleur de lys in cross vert, Source.
Denny Arms. Gules, a saltire argent between twelve crosses pattee or. Source.
Neville Arms. Gules, a saltire argent.
Maxwell Arms. Argent, a two headed eagle displayed sable beaked and membered gules on an inescutcheon argent a saltire sable charged with a hedgehog or. Source.
Tailboys Arms. Argent, a saltire gules in chief gules three escallops argent. Source.
Tiptoft Arms. Argent, a saltire engrailed gules.
Wotton Arms. Argent, a saltire engrailed sable. Source.
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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Lennox Arms. Argent, a saltire between four roses gules. Source.
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