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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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On 30th December 1804 [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 34) and [her mother] Andalusia Grant were married.
On 6th December 1809 Andalusia Carstairs was born to [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 39) and [her mother] Andalusia Grant.
On 26th December 1823 Arscott Ourry Molesworth 7th Baronet (age 34) died at Pencarrow House, Cornwall. His son [her future husband] William (age 13) succeeded 8th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall.
In January 1831 the Bath Herald reviewed a performance of Andalusia Carstairs (age 21) at a Christmas Eve concert: 'Behold & See (a duet with Braham from the Messiah, Handel), electrified the audience….. Her performance in the whole of the pieces allotted to her was sweet & beautiful in the extreme.'
In June 1831 Temple West (age 60) and Andalusia Carstairs (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.
In April 1839 [her husband] Temple West (age 68) died from a stroke. His will, made within three months of the marriage, left his wife Andalusia Carstairs (age 29) Mathan Lodge his Worcestershire and some £2000.
On 9th July 1844 William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 34) and Andalusia Carstairs (age 34) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. They had met only four months before.
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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On 10th September 1845 [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 75) died.
Egloshayle Church [Map]. After 10th September 1845. Memorial to [her father] James Bruce Carstairs (age 75), commissioned by his daughter of Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth (age 35), wife of [her husband] William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 35). The reference to him being the last Baronet of Kinross would appear to be a mistake although the last Baronet John Bruce 2nd Baronet had a sister Anne Bruce who married a John Carstairs of Kilconquhar?
On 22nd October 1855 [her husband] William Molesworth 8th Baronet (age 45) died without issue. His half first cousin Hugh (age 37) succeeded 9th Baronet Molesworth of Pencarrow in Cornwall. His will provided for his widow Andalusia Carstairs (age 45) to live at Pencarrow during her lifetime.
On 16th May 1888 Andalusia Carstairs Lady Molesworth (age 78) died. She left the bulk of her personal estate £26,140 13s & 7d to her friends Lord Torrington's nephew George Stanley Byng 8th Viscount Torrington (age 47) who she had never met.