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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: Clarges
On 4th July 1653 Walter Clarges 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Clarges (age 35) in Kingsey, Buckinghamshire.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 4th May 1660. In the afternoon came a minister on board, one Mr. Sharpe, who is going to the King; who tells me that Commissioners are chosen both of Lords and Commons to go to the King; and that [his father] Dr. Clarges (age 42)1 is going to him from the Army, and that he will be here to-morrow. My letters at night tell me, that the House did deliver their letter to Sir John Greenville, in answer to the King's (age 29) sending, and that they give him £500 for his pains, to buy him a jewel, and that besides the £50,000 ordered to be borrowed of the City for the present use of the King, the twelve companies of the City do give every one of them to his Majesty, as a present, £1000.
Note 1. Thomas Clarges, physician to the army, created a baronet2, 1674, died 1695. He had been previously knighted; his sister Anne married General Monk (age 51). "The Parliament also permitted General Monk to send Mr. Clarges, his brother-in-law, accompanied with some officers of the army, to assure his Majesty of the fidelity and obedience of the army, which had made publick and solemn protestations thereof, after the Letter and Declaration was communicated unto them by the General". Sir William Lowers Relation... of the Voiage and Residence which... Charles the II Hath made in Holland, Hague, 1660, folio.
Note 2. Twenty Trees. Appears to be a mistake. It was Thomas Clarge's son Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 6) who was created a baronet in 1674.
On 3rd February 1671 Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 17) was educated at Merton College, Oxford University.
On 30th October 1674 Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 21) was created 1st Baronet Clarges of St Martin's in the Fields in Middlesex.
Before 25th July 1688 Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 35) and Jane Herbert were married.
On 25th July 1688 [his son] Thomas Clarges 2nd Baronet was born to Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Jane Herbert.
In 1690 [his wife] Jane Herbert died.
Around 1695 [his daughter] Anne Clarges was born to Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 41).
On 4th October 1695 [his father] Thomas Clarges (age 77) died.
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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.
John Evelyn's Diary. 10th May 1700. The great trial between Sir Walter Clarges (age 46) and Mr. Sherwin concerning the legitimacy of the late Duke of Albemarle, on which depended an estate of £1,500 a year; the verdict was given for Sir Walter, 19th. Serjeant Wright (age 46) at last accepted the Great Seal.
In March 1706 Walter Clarges 1st Baronet (age 52) died. His son [his son] Thomas (age 17) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clarges of St Martin's in the Fields in Middlesex.
[his son] Walter Clarges was born to Walter Clarges 1st Baronet.
GrandFather: John Clarges
Father: Thomas Clarges