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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Biography of John Cust 3rd Baronet 1718-1770

Paternal Family Tree: Cust

Before 1717 [his father] Richard Cust 2nd Baronet (age 36) and [his mother] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

On 29th August 1718 John Cust 3rd Baronet was born to [his father] Richard Cust 2nd Baronet (age 37) and [his mother] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust (age 24).

On 25th July 1734 [his father] Richard Cust 2nd Baronet (age 53) died. He was buried at St George's Church, Stamford. His son John (age 15) succeeded 3rd Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

In 1741 Enoch "The Younger" Seeman (age 47). Portrait of the Cust Family. From left to right … [his brother] Francis Cockayne-Cust (age 19), [his brother] William Cust (age 21) seated wearing a blue coat, [his sister] Jane Cust (age 16), [his brother] Peregrine Cust (age 18), [his uncle] Savile Cockayne-Cust (age 59) seated stroking a dalmatian, [his brother] Richard Cust (age 15), John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 22) holding a miniature of his new wife [his future wife] Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 21), [his mother] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust (age 47) wears a black widow's hood and lace-trimmed kerchief, kept in place by a band attached to the robings of a closed blue damask gown, [his sister] Lucy Cust (age 9), Jane Cust pouring tea, and, lastly, [his sister] Dorothy Cust (age 12).

In 1743 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Grantham.

On 30th July 1743 [his son-in-law] Philip Yorke and [his daughter] Elizabeth Cust were married.

On 8th December 1743 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 25) and Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 23) were married. She by marriage Lady Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire.

On 3rd December 1744 [his son] Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow was born to John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 24). He married (1) 16th October 1770 Jocosa Drury Lady Cust, daughter of Thomas Drury 1st Baronet and Martha Tyrrell Lady Drury, and had issue (2) 1775 Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow and had issue.

On 27th February 1754 [his uncle] John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel (age 63) died. Viscount Tyconnel, Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire extinct. John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 35) inherited Belton House [Map].

In 1761 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 42) was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

In 1762 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 43) was appointed Privy Council.

On 24th January 1770 John Cust 3rd Baronet (age 51) died. His son Brownlow (age 25) succeeded 4th Baronet Cust of Stamford in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].

Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Sculpted by William Tyler (age 41).

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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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In 1775 [his former wife] Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust (age 55) died.

[his daughter] Daughters x 2 Cust was born to John Cust 3rd Baronet and Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Cust was born to John Cust 3rd Baronet and Etheldreda Payne Lady Cust. She married 30th July 1743 Philip Yorke and had issue.