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The 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.

Biography of John Borlase 1st Baronet 1619-1672

Paternal Family Tree: Borlase

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

Before 21st August 1619 [his father] William Borlase (age 30) and [his mother] Jane Popham were married.

On 21st August 1619 John Borlase 1st Baronet was born to William Borlase (age 30) and Jane Popham at Littlecote House.

In or before 1628 [his step-father] Thomas Luttrell (age 44) and [his mother] Jane Popham were married.

On 15th December 1630 [his father] William Borlase (age 41) died.

On 30th April 1635 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 15) matriculated Magdalen College, Oxford University.

On 4th December 1637 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 18) and Alice Bankes Lady Borlase were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. His brother William Borlase (age 17) married her sister Joanna Bankes.

Short Parliament

In April 1640 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 20) was elected MP Great Marlow in the Short Parliament.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 21) was elected MP Great Marlow in the Long Parliament but the election was subequently declared void.

In 1641 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 21) was elected MP Corfe Castle, Dorset.

In 1642 [his son] John Borlase 2nd Baronet was born to John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 22) and [his wife] Alice Bankes Lady Borlase at Bockmer End, Buckinghamshire.

On 4th May 1642 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 22) was created 1st Baronet Borlase of Bockmer in Buckinghamshire. [his wife] Alice Bankes Lady Borlase by marriage Lady Borlase of Bockmer in Buckinghamshire.

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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Before 1660 [his brother] William Borlase (age 39) and Joanna Bankes were married. His brother John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 40) married her sister [his wife] Alice Bankes Lady Borlase.

In 1661 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Wycombe which seat he held until his death in 1689.

In 1668 [his mother] Jane Popham died.

On 8th August 1672 John Borlase 1st Baronet (age 52) died. His son [his son] John (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Borlase of Bockmer in Buckinghamshire

Royal Ancestors of John Borlase 1st Baronet 1619-1672

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Borlase 1st Baronet 1619-1672

John Borlase 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: John Popham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stradling 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stradling 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Herbert

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stradling 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane aka Joan Stradling 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Arundell 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Dinham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches

Mother: Jane Popham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England