In or before 1397 Roger Thornton and Agnes Wauton were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters.
In 1399 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1400 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1402 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and was re-elected the following three years.
In 1411 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
On 24th November 1411 [his wife] Agnes Wauton died. Monumental brass at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
Agnes Wauton: In or before 1397 Roger Thornton and she were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters.
In 1416 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1417 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1419 Roger Thornton was elected MP Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1423 Roger Thornton was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and re-elected the following year.
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 3rd January 1430 Roger Thornton died. Monumental brass at the Cathedral Church St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne [Map].
