Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Paternal Family Tree: Burnaby
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Garritt
On 29th August 1829 [his father] Edwyn Burnaby (age 30) and [his mother] Anne Caroline Salisbury (age 24) were married.
On 22nd May 1830 Edwyn Sherard Burnaby was born to [his father] Edwyn Burnaby (age 31) and [his mother] Anne Caroline Salisbury (age 25). He was educated at Eton College [Map].
On 5th November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman..
Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot (age 26) and Cavendish Hubert Greville (age 19) were killed.
Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) fought; his horse was killed under him by a shell.
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 18) was wounded.
Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton (age 25) and Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 24) fought.
Captain William Kent Allix (age 31) was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Royal Regiment.
Robert Lydston Newman 2nd Baronet (age 32) was killed in action. His brother Lydston (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead in Devon.
Charles Francis Seymour-Conway (age 35) was killed in action.
On 23rd July 1855 Edward Fitz-Clarence (age 18) was killed at the Siege of Sevastopol.
Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 25) and Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) fought.
On 29th January 1864 Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 33) and Louisa Julia Mary Dixie (age 21) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
Around 1866 [his daughter] Hilda Burnaby was born to Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 35) and [his wife] Louisa Julia Mary Dixie (age 23).
On 18th September 1867 [his father] Edwyn Burnaby (age 68) died. Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 37) inherited Baggrave Hall.
On 9th April 1868 [his son] Algernon Edwyn Burnaby was born to Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 37) and [his wife] Louisa Julia Mary Dixie (age 25). He married (1) 13th April 1896 Sybil Cholmondeley, daughter of Hugh Cholmondeley 2nd Baron Delamere and Augusta Emily Seymour-Conway Baroness Delamere, and had issue (2) 18th July 1908 Minna Field.
In 1880 Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 49) and John Manners 7th Duke Rutland (age 61) were elected MP North Leicestershire
In 1881 [his wife] Louisa Julia Mary Dixie (age 38) died.
On 3rd May 1881 [his mother] Anne Caroline Salisbury (age 76) died.
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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On 31st May 1883 Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 53) died at Brighton. [his son] Algernon Edwyn Burnaby (age 15) inherited Baggrave Hall.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend Andrew Burnaby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archdeacon Andrew Burnaby
GrandFather: Edwyn Andrew Burnaby
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Edwyn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Edwyn
Father: Edwyn Burnaby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend William Browne 
GrandMother: Mary Browne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Adcock
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury
GrandFather: Thomas Salisbury of Marshfield House
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Lister 
Mother: Anne Caroline Salisbury
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Webb of Church Stanway in Gloucestershire
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Webb
GrandMother: Frances Webb
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Garritt