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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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On 8th July 1822 William Lindsay Windus was born to [his father] John Windus and [his mother] Agnes Meek in Liverpool. He was baptised on 15th September 1822
1840-1845. William Lindsay Windus (age 17). Self-portrait.
Around 1849. William Lindsay Windus (age 26). "The Interview of the Apostate Shaxton, Bishop of Salisbury, with Anne Askew".
1856. William Lindsay Windus (age 33). "Burd Helen".
1858. William Lindsay Windus (age 35). "Too Late". The picture was bought by Windus’ patron, a tobacco merchant named John Miller and is now in the possession of the Tate. In the picture the woman on the left is dying from consumption and a broken heart. Her errant lover has returned, but too late for them to enjoy any time together. Ruskin condemned it ‘as the product of sickness, temper, and dimmed sight,’ a criticism which so pained Windus that he never sent to the Academy again.
In 1858 William Lindsay Windus (age 35) and Mary Tonge were married.
On 8th September 1862 [his wife] Mary Tonge died.
1864. William Lindsay Windus (age 41). "The Baa Lamb: View on a Tributary of the River Duddon".
On 9th October 1907 William Lindsay Windus (age 85) died.