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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Hungerford
Thomas Hungerford and Eleanor Strug were married.
Thomas Hungerford was born to Walter Hungerford and Elizabeth Fitzjohn.
In 1355 Thomas Hungerford was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.
In 1355 [his mother] Elizabeth Fitzjohn (age 43) died.
In April 1357 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1360 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1362 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In January 1367 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1375 Thomas Hungerford was knighted.
In January 1377 Thomas Hungerford was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
Before 1378 Thomas Hungerford and Joan Hussey (age 28) were married.
In 1378 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Somerset.
In 1378 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Somerset.
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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.
Around 22nd June 1378 [his son] Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford was born to Thomas Hungerford and [his wife] Joan Hussey (age 29) at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset.
In 1380 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1380 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1382 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Somerset.
In 1384 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1386 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In 1388 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Somerset.
In 1390 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Somerset.
In January 1390 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
In January 1393 Thomas Hungerford was appointed MP Wiltshire.
On 3rd December 1397 Thomas Hungerford died at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset. He was buried at Chapel of St Anne in St Leonard's Chapel, Farleigh Hungerford Castle [Map].
On 21st March 1412 [his former wife] Joan Hussey (age 63) died.
Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Volume 3 Pages 114-124. No. 1. Sir Thomas and [his former wife] Joan Lady Hungerford. —This is the monument of the purchaser of Farleigh and his lady, Joan Hussey. It stands within a very handsome iron railing, of antique pattern, under the arch which divides the chantry chapel from the larger one. Sir Thomas died a.d. 1398; his lady a.d. 1411-12. On each of the sides are five coats of arms —-Hungerford, Heytesbury, Hussey, both single and in combination. These effigies were formerly painted. Under the knight's head, on a helmet, is a talbot's head for a crest. On the west side of this tomb are three shields, on which are the arms, and the letters t.h. and i.h. The eastern side abuts against the letters pier of the arch.
GrandFather: Unknown Hungerford
Father: Walter Hungerford
GrandFather: Adam Fitzjohn
Mother: Elizabeth Fitzjohn