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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7 Gower Street, Camden
St Giles' Church, Wrexham
Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Cartmel Priory, Lancashire
St Mary's Church, Hendon
Thomas Woolner is in Sculptors.
On 17th December 1825 Thomas Woolner was born to Thomas Woolner and Rebecca Leeks in Hadleigh, Suffolk. He received his first education at Ipswich, but in his boyhood his father removed to London on obtaining an appointment in the post office.
After 1837 William Behnes [aged 42] was tutor to Henry Weekes [aged 29] and Thomas Woolner [aged 11]. So great was Woolner's promise that Behnes agreed to receive him without a premium, on condition that, when sufficiently advanced, he should work for him at something less than the usual rate of pay. He continued with Behnes four years, and in December 1842, at his master's recommendation, entered the schools of the Royal Academy, continuing to be employed by Behnes in his spare time.
In 1843, aged only 17, Thomas Woolner [aged 17] exhibited his first work, a model of Eleanor of Castile sucking the poison from the arm of Prince Edward, the future King Edward I, In 1844 a life-sized group, representing The Death of Boadicea was exhibited in Westminster Hall. In 1845 he gained the Society of Arts' medal for a design representing Affection, a woman with two children. In 1846 a graceful bas-relief of Alastor was exhibited at the academy. The now well-known statuette of Puck, afterwards cast in bronze for Lady Ashburton, was exhibited at the British Institution in 1847, when it attracted the attention of Tennyson.
In September 1847 the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed at 7 Gower Street, Camden [Map], the home of John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 18]. The seven founder members were Millais, brothers Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 19] and William Michael Rossetti [aged 17], William Holman Hunt [aged 20], James Collinson [aged 22], Frederick George Stephens [aged 19] and Thomas Woolner [aged 21].
1855. Ford Madox Brown [aged 33]. "The Last of England". Modelled by himself and his wife Emma Matilda Hill [aged 25]. Inspired by the departure to Australia of his friend Thomas Woolner [aged 29].
The Diary of George Price Boyce 1861. May 29. Went down to Epsom by rail and walked to the course. Met Woolner [aged 35] and a brother sculptor, Burnett, John [aged 31] and William [aged 33] Millais, Mr. Abraham Salomon [aged 38] and Mrs. Abraham Salomon and Miss Salomon. Tom Taylor and a lady. When the 18 horses were running for the Derby Stakes and I and Woolner and Burnett were against the ropes on the side the horses took, and we were struck by the thunder and tramping rush of their progress—that was in truth a sublime moment. In the evening adiourned to Cremorne which was densely thronged by men and women in all states of hilarity and inebricty. Met Munro [aged 35] and Ormsby, Poynter, Du Maurier, Millais and Jopling and others.
On 9th September 1863 Ellen Mary Palmer died. Monument in St Giles' Church, Wrexham [Map] sculpted by Thomas Woolner [aged 37].
Ellen Mary Palmer: she was born to William Henry Roger Palmer 4th Baronet. On 25th May 1857 Archibald Peel and she were married.
On 6th September 1864 Thomas Woolner [aged 38] and Alice Gertrude Waugh were married. He had previously proposed to her sister Fanny Waugh [aged 31]. They had two sons and four daughters.
Around 1865 . Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Thomas Woolner [aged 39].
In 1866 [his son] Hugh Woolner was born to Thomas Woolner [aged 40] and [his wife] Alice Gertrude Waugh.
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.
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1867 . Thomas Woolner [aged 41]. "Civilization", Wallington Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In November 1875 William Holman Hunt [aged 48] and Marion Edith Waugh [aged 28] were married at Neuchâtel, Switzerland since marrying your late wife's sister was illegal in England - see 1835 Marriage Act. She his [his sister-in-law] first wife's younger sister contrary to English Law; an example of Married to Two Siblings. His brother-in-law Thomas Woolner [aged 49] considered the marriage immoral; they never spoke again.
After 6th May 1882. Cartmel Priory, Lancashire [Map]. Monument to Frederick Charles Cavendish [deceased]. Sculpted by Thomas Woolner [aged 56]. Marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest. See Phoenix Park Killings.
On 7th October 1892 Thomas Woolner [aged 66] died somewhat suddenly, following an internal complaint from which he seemed to be recovering. He was buried in the churchyard at St Mary's Church, Hendon [Map].