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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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Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe 1798-1890

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On 11th March 1798 Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe was born to Vice-Admiral Thomas Francis Fremantle [aged 32].

On 19th December 1819 [his father] Vice-Admiral Thomas Francis Fremantle [aged 54] died.

The London Gazette 17730. Whitehall, July 27, 1821. His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to the following Gentlemen respectively, and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Sir Edward Kerrison [aged 44], of Wyke-House, in the county of Sussex, Knight, Major-General in the Army.

Sir Harry Niven Lumsden, of Auchindoir, in the county of Aberdeen, Knight.

Thomas Francis Fremantle [aged 23], of Swanbourne, in the county of Buckingham, Esq (eldest son of the late [his father] Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath); with remainder, in failure of issue male, to the heirs male of the body of the said Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, deceased.

John Dugdale Astley, of Everleigh, in the county of Wilts, Esq.

Alexander Boswell [aged 45], of Auchinleck, in the county of Ayr, Esq.

Robert Shaw, of Bushy-Park, in the county of Dublin, Esq.

Arthur Chichester, of Greencastle, in the county of Donegall, Esq.

George Pocock [aged 56], of Hart, in the county palatine of Durham, and of Twickenham, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. [Note. Charlotte Mary Long Lady Pocock [aged 36] by marriage Lady Pocock of Hart in County Durham and Twickenham in Middlesex.]

William George Hylton Jolliffe, of Merstham, in the county of Surrey, Esq.

Robert Townsend Farquhar [aged 44], Esq. Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Island of Mauritius [Baronet Farquhar of Mauritius].

Thomas Trayton Fuller Eliott Drake, of Nutwell-Court, Buckland-Abbey, or Monachorrum, Sherford, and Yarcombe, in the county of Devon, Esq. Major in the Army; with remainder in default of issue male, to his brothers William Stephen Fuller and Rose Henry Fuller, Esqrs. Commanders in the Royal Navy, and their heirs male.

John Eardley Eardley Wilmot [aged 38], of BerkswellHall, in the county of Warwick, Esq.

Robert Dundas, of Beechwood, in the county of Mid-Lothian, Esq.

James Carmichael Smyth, of Nutwood, in the county of Surrey, Esq. Colonel in the Army.

David Erskine, of Cambo, in the county of Fife, Esq.

William Young, of Baileiborough Castle, in the county of Cavan, Esq.

John D'Oyly, of Kandy, in the inland of Ceylon, Esq.

David William Smith, of the province of Upper Canada, and of Preston, in the county of Northumberland, Esq.

Astley Paston Cooper [aged 52], of Gadesbridge, in the county of Hertford, Esq. Surgeon to His Majesty's Person, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his nephew, Astley Paston Cooper [aged 23], Esq. and his heirs male.

Thomas Phillipps [aged 29], of Middle-Hill, in the county of Worcester, Esq. [Harriet Molyneux Lady Phillipps [aged 26] by marriage Lady Phillipps of Middle Hill in Worcestershire]

John Dean Paul, of Rodborough, in the county of Gloucester, and of the Strand, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.

Coutts Trotter, of West-Ville, in the county of Lincoln, Esq.; with remainder in default of issue male, to the heirs male of the body of Anne, eldest daughter of the said Coutts Trotter.

Claude Scott, of Lytchet-Minster, in the county of Dorset, Esq.

George Blackman, of Harley-Street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.

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On 24th November 1824 Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe [aged 26] and Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Lady Fremantle of Swanborne in Buckinghamshire.

On 30th January 1830 [his son] Thomas Fremantle 2nd Baron Cottesloe was born to Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe [aged 31] and [his wife] Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe [aged 27]. He married 1859 Augusta Henrietta Scott Baroness Cottesloe, daughter of John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon and Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon, and had issue.

On 25th October 1853 [his son-in-law] William Brodrick 8th Viscount Midleton [aged 23] and [his daughter] Augusta Mary Fremantle were married.

In 1859 [his son] Thomas Fremantle 2nd Baron Cottesloe [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Augusta Henrietta Scott Baroness Cottesloe were married. She the daughter of John Scott 2nd Earl Eldon and Louisa Duncombe Countess Eldon.

The London Gazette 24071. Whitehall, February 28, 1874.

The Queen [aged 54] has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable John Robert, Viscount Sydney [aged 68], GCB, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Earl Sydney, of Scadbury, in the county of Kent. [Note. Emily Paget Countess Sydney [aged 63] by marriage Countess Sydney of Scadbury in Kent.]

The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Cardwell, of Ellerbeck, in the county palatine of Lancaster.

The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the undermentioned persons, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten:-

The Right Honourable Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue [aged 51], by the name, style, and title of Baron Carlingford, of Carlingford, in the county of Louth.

The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle [aged 75], Baronet, by the name, style, and title of Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne, and of Hardwick, in the county of Buckingham. [[his wife] Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe [aged 71] by marriage Baroness Cottesloe of Swanbourne and Hardwick in Buckinghamshire]

The Right Honourable Edmund Hammond, by the name, style, and title of Baron Hammond, of Kirkella, in the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull.

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In 1875 [his wife] Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe [aged 72] died.

1881. Eden Upton Eddis [aged 68]. Portrait of Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe [aged 82].

On 3rd December 1890 Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe [aged 92] died. His son Thomas [aged 60] succeeded 2nd Baron Cottesloe of Swanbourne and Hardwick in Buckinghamshire, 2nd Baronet Fremantle of Swanborne in Buckinghamshire. Augusta Scott by marriage Augusta Henrietta Scott Baroness Cottesloe.

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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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[his daughter] Augusta Mary Fremantle was born to Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe and Louisa Elizabeth Nugent Baroness Cottesloe. She married 25th October 1853 William Brodrick 8th Viscount Midleton, son of William Brodrick 7th Viscount Midleton and Harriet Brodrick, and had issue.

Ancestors of Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe 1798-1890

Thomas Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe