Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Text this colour are links that disabled for Guests.
Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page.
Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Paternal Family Tree: Wynn of Gwydir
In or before 1520 Maurice Wynn was born to [his father] John "Wynn" ap Maredudd.
In 1551 Maurice Wynn (age 31) and Sian Bulkeley were married. They had three sons and five daughters.
In 1553 [his son] John Wynn 1st Baronet was born to Maurice Wynn (age 33) and [his wife] Sian Bulkeley. He married in or before 1615 Sidney Gerard and had issue.
On 9th July 1559 [his father] John "Wynn" ap Maredudd died. Maurice Wynn (age 39) inherited Gwydir Castle [Map].
In or before 1564 John Salusbury (age 23) and [his future wife] Katheryn of Berain were married.
Before 1568 Richard Clough (age 37) and [his future wife] Katheryn of Berain were married.
In or before 1570 Maurice Wynn (age 50) and Anne Greville were married.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Around 1570 [his wife] Anne Greville died.
In or before January 1573 Maurice Wynn (age 53) and Jane Velville were married.
before February 1573 Maurice Wynn (age 53) and Katheryn of Berain were married.
In 1575 [his son-in-law] Thomas Salusbury (age 11) and [his daughter] Margaret Wynn were married. They were step-brother and step-sister. His mother [his wife] Katheryn of Berain had married as her third husband her father Maurice Wynn (age 55).
On 18th August 1580 Maurice Wynn (age 60) died. [his son] John Wynn 1st Baronet (age 27) inherited Gwydir Castle [Map].
On 27th August 1591 [his former wife] Katheryn of Berain died.
Around 1640 Edward Thelwall of Plas-y-Ward and [his former wife] Katheryn of Berain were married.
Tudor ap Robert Vychan and Jane Velville were married.
[his son] Edward Wynne of Ystrad was born to Maurice Wynn and Katheryn of Berain. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
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.'
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
[his daughter] Margaret Wynn was born to Maurice Wynn and Sian Bulkeley. She married 1575 Thomas Salusbury.