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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Weimar is in Thuringia.
On 7th October 1561 Maria Wettin was born to Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 31] and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar at Weimar.
On 25th April 1562 Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar was born to Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 32] and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar at Weimar. He married (1) 5th May 1583 his third cousin once removed Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and had issue (2) 9th September 1591 his fourth cousin once removed Anna Maria Countess Palatine of Neuburg and had issue.
On 7th November 1563 Sibylle Marie Wettin was born to Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 33] and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar at Weimar. She died aged five in 1569.
On 9th October 1564 Stillborn Wettin was born to Johann Wilhelm Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 34] and Dorothea Susanne Palatine Duchess Saxe Weimar at Weimar.
On 8th May 1584 Dorothea Marie Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 22] and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar [aged 20] at Weimar. She died aged two in 1586.
On 9th September 1586 Dorothea Marie Wettin [aged 2] died at Weimar.
On 26th September 1586 Friedrich Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 24] and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar [aged 22] at Weimar. He died aged less than one years old.
On 19th January 1587 Friedrich Wettin died at Weimar.
On 19th December 1587 Dorothea Sophia Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 25] and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar [aged 24] at Weimar.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 31st March 1589 Anna Marie Wettin was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 26] and Sophie of Württemberg Duchess of Saxe-Weimar [aged 25] at Weimar.
On 31st March 1597 John Wettin was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 26] and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Weimar. He died aged seven in 1604.
On 7th July 1602 Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 40] died at Weimar. His son Friedrich [aged 3] succeeded Duke Saxe Altenburg.
On 7th February 1603 Frederick William Wettin was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 32] and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Weimar.
On 12th February 1603 Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin II Duke Saxe Altenburg was born to Friedrich Wilhelm Wettin I Duke Saxe Weimar and Anna Maria Countess Palatine of Neuburg [aged 27] at Weimar.
On 6th August 1604 Bernhard Wettin was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 34] and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Weimar.
On 6th October 1604 John Wettin [aged 7] died at Weimar.
On 14th April 1606 Johanna Wettin was born to Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar and Dorothea Maria Anhalt at Weimar. He died aged three in 1609.
On 3rd July 1609 Johanna Wettin [aged 3] died at Weimar.
On 17th October 1628 John Frederick Wettin [aged 28] died at Weimar.
On 18th September 1638 Johann Ernest Saxe Gotha was born to Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha [aged 36] and Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha [aged 18] at Weimar. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.17%. He died aged less than one years old.
On 27th November 1638 Johann Ernest Saxe Gotha died at Weimar.
On 10th February 1645 Dorothea Sophia Wettin [aged 57] died at Weimar.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 17th May 1662 William Wettin Duke Saxe Weimar [aged 64] died at Weimar.