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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Lady Chapel, St Albans Cathedral is in St Albans Cathedral [Map].
The Lady Chapel, St Albans Cathedral is vaulted in three bays with a modern stone ribbed vault, replacing the wooden vault set up by Hugh of Eversdon about 1310. It forms part of the eastward extension of the church which was begun about 1257.
In 1553 Edward VI granted the town of St. Albans' a charter empowering the erection of a grammar school within the church or in some other convenient place. Accordingly, the Lady Chapel and retro-choir were converted into the grammar school by cutting a public footpath through the retro-choir and bounding the path with brick walls on either side.
On September 30th, 1881, the east window of the Lady Chapel at St Albans Cathedral was unveiled. This was a gift from the Corporation of London, who had voted £350 for its restoration, as previously mentioned, and had later paid for the glass.
After the First Battle of St Albans Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset was buried in the Lady Chapel, St Albans Cathedral.