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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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In 1768 Mary Ann Flaxman was born to [her father] John Flaxman (age 42).
In 1782 [her brother] John Flaxman (age 26) and [her sister-in-law] Anne Denman (age 22) were married. They lived at Wardour Street Soho [Map].
On 16th August 1800 Admiral Samuel Barrington (age 69) died. He has a monument sculpted by [her brother] John Flaxman (age 45) at St Andrew's Church, Shrivenham.
In 1803 [her father] John Flaxman (age 77) died.
On 13th January 1808 Margaret Cunynghame (age 62) died. She was buried at the Church of St Leonard, Wortley [Map]. Memorial sculpted by [her brother] John Flaxman (age 52).
Margaret Cunynghame: On 13th December 1745 she was born to David Cunynghame 3rd Baronet. On 8th June 1767 James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie and she were married. He the son of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute.
On 28th July 1809 Captain Richard Beckett (age 27) was killed in action at the Battle of Talavera. He has a monument by [her brother] John Flaxman (age 54) at the Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds [Map].
In 1810 Mary Ann Flaxman (age 42) moved into the home of her brother [her brother] John Flaxman (age 54) at 7 Buckingham Street Fitzroy Square.
On 10th January 1811 William Saltren (age 29) died while ice skating on a lake at Thoresby. Church of St Edmund, Holme Pierrepoint [Map]. Sculpted by [her brother] John Flaxman (age 55).
Inscription: "Sacred to the memory of the Reverend William Saltren Rector of Cotgrave, in the county of Nottingham, he was a pious christian, an affectionate son, a sincere friend and a benevolent man: died January 10th 1811, aged 29 years. this monument is erected by his mother Elizabeth Saltren, in testimony of his virtues, and her grateful and affectionate remembrance.
William Saltren: Around 1782 he was born.
On 4th September 1815 Harriet Susan Dashwood (age 32) died. Memorial in Christchurch Priory [Map] sculpted by [her brother] John Flaxman (age 60).
Harriet Susan Dashwood: In 1783 she was born to Francis Bateman Dashwood. On 17th June 1806 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury and she were married. He the son of James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 6th February 1817 Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh (age 39) died. She was buried at St Mary The Virgin Church, Rufford [Map]. Monument by [her brother] John Flaxman (age 61).
Sophia Hinde Lady Hesketh: In 1778 she was born. On 1st February 1798 Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh 3rd Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Hesketh of Rufford in Lancashire.
On 7th February 1820 [her sister-in-law] Anne Denman (age 60) died. Her sister Maria Denman (age 44) continued to live with Anne's husband [her brother] John Flaxman (age 64) as did John Flaxman's sister Mary Ann Flaxman (age 52).
On 7th December 1826 [her brother] John Flaxman (age 71) died. His sister-in-law [her former sister-in-law] Anne Denman and half-sister Mary Ann Flaxman (age 58) were co-executors of his estate.
On 17th April 1833 Mary Ann Flaxman (age 65) died.
Cansick's Monumental Inscriptions Volume 2 St Giles' Cemetery, Kings Road. Here rest the mortal remains of [her former sister-in-law] Ann Flaxman, The virtuous and beloved wife of [her brother] John Flaxman, R.A.P.S., Whose soul returned to the Almighty Creator and Blessed Redeemer On the 7th of February, In the year of Our Lord, 1820, And the 60th year of her age. Under the same stone Is interred her husband, John Flaxman, R.A.P.S.1, Whose mortal life Was a constant preparation For a blessed immortality. His angelic spirit returned to the Divine Giver On the 7th of December, 1826, In the 72nd year of his age.
Also in the same vault Are deposited the mortal remains of Mary Ann Flaxman (deceased), Sister of the above John Flaxman, Whose gentle spirit returned to the Divine Giver On the 17th of April, 1833, in the 65th year of her age.
Note 1. Mr. John Flaxman, was born at York, 1755. From boyhood lie displayed a remarkable genius for modelling in clay.
In 1787 he visited Rome, where, during a residence of seven years, he executed his celebrated designs in outline from Homer, Æschylus and Danté.
These were engraved and published, as were some which he made from Hesiod.
Whilst at Rome he also executed the splendid group from Ovid's Metamorphoses entitled "The Fury of Athamas;" consisting of four figures larger than life. For this work he received only £6oo; an amount very much below the cost. It was executed for the Earl of Bristol. In 1794 he returned to England and executed the monument for Lord Mansfield, now in Westminster Abbey. For this he received £2,500. After this he produced a large number of fine works, and was considered the greatest of modem sculptors. His collections of drawings and models he bequeathed to the University of London, to form a Flaxman Gallery.