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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Paternal Family Tree: Fitzwilliam
On 10th September 1838 [his father] William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 22] and [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton [aged 48] and [his grandmother] Frances Theodora Rose Countess of Morton [aged 39]. He the son of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 52] and Mary Dundas.
On 31st March 1848 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born to [his father] William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 32] and [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 28].
On 4th October 1857 [his grandfather] Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 71] died. His son [his father] William [aged 41] succeeded 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 38] by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
The London Gazette 23581. War Office, Pall Mall, 28th January, 1870
21st Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-General Frederick William Hamilton, C.B., to be Colonel, vice General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.B., deceased. Dated 10th January, 1870.
58th Regiment of Foot. Major-General Sir Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, K.C.B., to be Colonel, vice Major-General William Sullivan, C.B., deceased. Dated 6th January, 1870.
106th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-General Maurice Barlow, from the 3rd West India Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Sir David Capon, K.C.B. deceased. Dated 18th December, 1869.
Royal Horse Guards, The Honourable William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam [aged 21] to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Guinness, promoted. Dated 29th January, 1870.
The London Gazette 23876. The Commissions as Lieutenant of the under mentioned Officers who were promoted to that rank on 1st November, 1871, under the Royal Warrant of 30th October, 1871, to be antedated to 28th October, 1871, such Commissions being non-saleable, and not conferring any purchase rights. The antedate not to carry back pay:
Royal Horse Guards,
Thomas Priestley.
Honourable W. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 23].
John H. N. G. H., Viscount Dalrymple.
Frederick Richard Gascoigne [aged 20].
George Lamplugh Wickham.
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The London Gazette 24634. War Office, Pall Mall, 18th. October, 1878. Royal Horse Guards, Lieutenant the Honourable William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam [aged 30] to be Captain, vice Charles R., Lord Carington, retired. Dated 25th September, 1878.
On 31st October 1882 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 34] and Constance Anne Brocklehurst were married. He the son of William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 67] and Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 63].
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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The London Gazette 25223. War Office, Pall Mall, 20th April, 1883.
2nd Life Guards, Colonel Henry Peter Ewart, C.B., having completed five years' service as a Regimental Lieutenant-Colonel, has been placed on half-pay. Dated 10th April, 1883.
Royal Horse Guards, Captain the Honourable William C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 35] retires from the Service, receiving a gratuity. Dated 21st April, 1883.
Captain Frederick Richard Gascoigne [aged 32] retires from the Service, receiving a gratuity. Dated 21st April, 1883.
5th Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. Dyson Bourne, Bart., retires on half-pay. Dated 21st April, 1883
On 4th December 1883 [his son] Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam was born to William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 35] and [his wife] Constance Anne Brocklehurst.
On 16th June 1895 [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 75] died.
On 20th February 1902 [his father] William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 86] died. His grandson William [aged 29] succeeded 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, 9th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 24] by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 17th April 1925 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 77] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 30 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam 
14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cremor
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam 16 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stringer
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Moore
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Margetson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Margetson 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Ponsonby Countess Fitzwilliam 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hale
Father: William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Laurence Dundas 1st Baronet 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Dundas 1st Baron Dundas
GrandMother: Mary Dundas 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl Fitzwilliam 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam 15 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cremor
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam 16 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stringer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Fitzwilliam Baroness Dundas 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Douglas 10th Earl Morton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Douglas 13th Earl Morton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Douglas 14th Earl Morton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Douglas 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Dickens
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton
GrandFather: George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Lascelles 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Lascelles
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Chaloner
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Chaloner
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bowes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood
Mother: Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend David Rose of Lethnot
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Rose
Great x 4 Grandfather: Donald Rose of Wester Clune
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Rose
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Henry Rose
Great x 2 Grandmother: Theodora Duer
GrandMother: Frances Theodora Rose Countess of Morton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Duncombe
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary aka Ursula Duncombe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Duncombe 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Slingsby 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Slingsby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah or Susan Savile 
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Duncombe 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall in Shropshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Jennings-Clerke 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Jennings-Clerke