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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.'
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Effigy in the Abbey Church of Tewkesbury is in Monumental Effigies of Great Britain.
THIS figure has not been appropriated by Mr. Stothard, and the topographical works on Gloucestershire afford no light by which it may be identified. It lies under an arch in the wall of the North aisle of the Church. The hands are raised in the attitude of prayer, and the bare feet indicate, perhaps, a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The details of the armour, mail and plate, are curious. The cuisses, as in two or three preceding examples, are remarkable: they appear to be composed of fluted steel intermixed with studs. Front and profile views of the figure are given. The herald may perhaps discover the family to which it belongs by the bearing on the shield and surcoat, a chevron between three lions' heads langued.
