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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In 1618 [his father] William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild (age 31) and [his mother] Mary King were married at .
In 1624 William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont was born to [his father] William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild (age 37) and [his mother] Mary King at Dunamon Castle.
In 1642 [his brother] Robert Caulfeild 4th Baron Caulfeild (age 20) died. His brother William (age 18) succeeded 4th Baron Caulfield.
On 6th January 1642 [his brother] Toby Caulfeild 3rd Baron Caulfeild (age 21) was shot and killed by Edmund Boy O'Hugh, foster-brother to Phelim O'Neill (age 38). His brother [his brother] Robert succeeded 3rd Baron Caulfield.
In 1653 William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 29) and Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Caulfield.
On 4th February 1653 Phelim Roe O'Neill of Kinard (age 49) was captured by William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 29) on an island in Roughan Lough where he had taken refuge. William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont possibly considered Phelim Roe O'Neill of Kinard was responsible for the death of his father [his father] William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild (age 66) with whom Phelim had been dining when captured, imprisoned and, fifteen weeks later, shot.
Around 1655 [his son] William Caulfeild 2nd Viscount Charlemont was born to William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 31) and [his wife] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont (age 23). He married 11th July 1678 Anne Margetson.
Around 1656 [his son] Toby Caulfeild of Clone in Kilkenny was born to William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 32) and [his wife] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont (age 24).
Around 1661 [his daughter] Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter was born to William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 37) and [his wife] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont (age 29). She married (1) 27th January 1678 John Margetson and had issue (2) 23rd January 1693 George Carpenter 1st Baron Carpenter and had issue.
In Jul or August 1663 [his mother] Mary King died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1665 William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 41) was created 1st Viscount Charlemont in County Armagh. [his wife] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont (age 33) by marriage Viscountess Charlemont in County Armagh.
In April 1671 William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont (age 47) died. His son William (age 16) succeeded 2nd Viscount Charlemont in County Armagh, 5th Baron Caulfield.
Around November 1712 [his former wife] Sarah Moore Viscountess Charlemont (age 80) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Caulfeild of Great Milton in Oxfordshire
GrandFather: James Caulfeild
Father: William Caulfeild 2nd Baron Caulfeild
William Caulfeild 1st Viscount Charlemont 11 x Great Grand Son of
GrandFather: John King
Mother: Mary King 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Drury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of
GrandMother: Catherine Drury 9 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carew 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Carew 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carew 8 x Great Grand Daughter of