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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St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street is in Broad Street.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 23rd February 1559. The xxiij day of Feybruary was bered at Alder .... my lady Roche, the wyff of ser Wylliam Roche draper, latte mare of London; and he was bered at santt Peters Powre be-syd frere Augustynes.
Note. P. 190. Funeral of lady Roche. Sir William Roche was lord mayor in 1541, and buried in St. Peter's le Poor in Broad street (Smith's List), where the body of his wife was laid by his side.
On 3rd May 1562 Gabriel Fowler and Elizabeth Moore [aged 18] were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 4th November 1566 Henry Killigrew [aged 38] and Katherine Cooke were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
In 1571 Thomas Hales of Thanington in Kent was born to Charles Hales [aged 26] and Anne Honywood [aged 26] at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. He married 15th May 1598 Anne Peyton and had issue.
On 7th November 1590 Henry Killigrew [aged 62] and Jaél Peigne were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 6th July 1630 Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover [aged 50] and Mary Morris Countess Dover [aged 65] were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. She by marriage Countess Dover.
On 1st February 1638 Thomas Abdy 1st Baronet [aged 25] and Mary Corsellis were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On or before 10th October 1639 Edward Harington 5th Baronet was born to James Harington 3rd Baronet [aged 31] and Katherine Wright Lady Harington [aged 22]. He was baptised on 10th October 1639 at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
On 12th June 1709 John Buckworth 1st Baronet [aged 46] died. He was buried at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. His son John [aged 5] succeeded 2nd Baronet Buckworth of Sheen in Surrey.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 20th May 1737 Elizabeth Hall Lady Buckworth died. She was buried at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street on 27th May 1737.