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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Exton, Rutlandshire is in Rutlandshire.
Around 1384 Robert Harrington was born to John Harrington [aged 15] at Exton, Rutlandshire.
In 1403 Thomas Culpepper was born to Thomas Culpepper [aged 43] at Exton, Rutlandshire.
In 1414 John Harrington was born to Robert Harrington [aged 30] at Exton, Rutlandshire. He married Catherine Culpepper and had issue.
In 1419 Robert Harrington [aged 35] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
In 1421 John Harrington [aged 52] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
In 1448 Henry Southill was born in Exton, Rutlandshire.
In 1450 Catherine Culpepper was born to Thomas Culpepper [aged 47] at Exton, Rutlandshire. She married John Harrington and had issue.
Around 1464 Thomas Culpepper [aged 61] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
Around 1465 Robert Harrington was born to John Harrington [aged 51] and Catherine Culpepper [aged 15] at Exton, Rutlandshire.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Around 1476 Catherine Culpepper [aged 26] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
After 1480 John Harrington was born to Robert Harrington [aged 15] at Exton, Rutlandshire. Date adjusted from 1473 to 1480 to be consistent with father's birth in 1465. He married 1500 Alice Southill.
In 1481 John Harrington [aged 67] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
Around 1497 John Alexander Harrington was born to John Harrington [aged 16] at Exton, Rutlandshire. He married in or before 1511 Elizabeth Moton and had issue.
On 10th February 1501 Robert Harrington [aged 36] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
Around 1511 James Harrington was born to John Alexander Harrington [aged 14] and Elizabeth Moton at Exton, Rutlandshire. He married in or before 1540 Lucy Sidney and had issue.
On 5th November 1524 John Harrington [aged 44] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
Around 1591 Lucy Sidney [aged 71] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
On 19th June 1849 James Carnegie 9th Earl Southesk [aged 21] and Catherine Hamilton Noel [aged 19] were married at Exton, Rutlandshire. She the daughter of Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough [aged 67] and Arabella Hamlyn-Williams. He the son of James Carnegie 5th Baronet.
On 10th November 1870 Leland Noel [aged 73] died at Exton, Rutlandshire.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1611 Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 29] and Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 24] at Exton Hall, Rutlandshire. He married (1) 25th December 1632 Anne Feilding, daughter of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh (2) June 1636 Ann Lovett Countess Bath (3) 21st December 1639 Hester Wotton Viscountess Campden, daughter of Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton, and had issue (4) 6th July 1655 his second cousin twice removed Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden, daughter of Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey and Martha Cockayne Countess Holderness, and had issue.
In September 1614 Frances Markham [aged 15] died at Exton Hall, Rutlandshire.
On 30th August 1615 Henry Noel was born to Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden [aged 33] and Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden [aged 29] at Exton Hall, Rutlandshire. He married (1) 20th November 1637 Susanna Howland (2) 8th November 1642 Mary Perry Lady Fermor.