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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Paternal Family Tree: Cecil
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe
On 1st December 1608 [his father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 17] and [his mother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk [aged 47] and [his grandmother] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk [aged 44]. He the son of Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury [aged 45] and Elizabeth Brooke. They were fifth cousins.
In 1619 Charles Cecil was born to [his father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 27] and [his mother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 29].
Around 1635 Charles Cecil [aged 16] educated at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 4th March 1639 [his brother-in-law] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 21] and [his sister] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 47] and [his mother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 49]. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.
In 1640 Charles Cecil [aged 21] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.
In April 1640 Charles Cecil [aged 21] was elected MP Hertford during the Short Parliament.
In November 1640 Charles Cecil [aged 21] was elected MP Hertford during the Long Parliament.
Before 1648 Charles Cecil [aged 28] and Diana Maxwell were married. She the daughter of James Maxwell 1st Earl Dirletoun. He the son of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury [aged 56] and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury [aged 57].
In 1648 [his son] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury was born to Charles Cecil [aged 29] and [his wife] Diana Maxwell. He married 1661 his fifth cousin once removed Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury, daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland, and had issue.
Around 1649 [his daughter] Frances Cecil was born to Charles Cecil [aged 30] and [his wife] Diana Maxwell. She married 24th December 1679 William Bowyer 2nd Baronet, son of William Bowyer 1st Baronet and Margaret Weld Lady Bowyer, and had issue.
In 1660 Charles Cecil [aged 41] 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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[his daughter] Catherine Cecil Countess Kinnoul was born to Charles Cecil and Diana Maxwell. She married before 28th March 1677 William Hay 4th Earl Kinnoull, son of George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull and Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul, and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 24 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 
Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
GrandFather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Cooke
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Banbury in Oxfordshire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saunders
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Spencer 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 
7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Father: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Newton 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Newton of Hawtrey 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Gorges 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Gorges 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Howard 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Huddersfield
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Courtenay 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Charles Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Audley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Belknap
Mother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe