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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Titchfield, Hampshire is in Hampshire.
After 22nd August 1591 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 57] arrived in Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] as a guest of Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton.
On 5th November 1624 James Wriothesley [aged 19] died of fever at Roosendaal. On 28th December 1624 he was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map].
On 10th November 1624 Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton [aged 51] died. He was buried at Titchfield, Hampshire [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 17] succeeded 4th Earl of Southampton.
The River Meon is a chalk stream in Hampshire. It rises at East Meon, Hampshire [Map] and flows through West Meon, Hampshire [Map], Warnford, Hampshire [Map], Exton, Hampshire [Map], Corhampton, Hampshire [Map], Meonstoke, Hampshire [Map], Droxford, Hampshire [Map], Mislingford, Hampshire [Map], Wickham, Hampshire [Map], Knowle, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] to Hill Head, Hampshire [Map] where it reaches the Solent.
St Peter's Church, Titchfield is also in Churches in Hampshire.
St Peter's Church, Titchfield [Map]. The monuments to the Wriothesley family in Titchfield.The three main effigies are to Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton, his wife Jane Cheney Countess Southampton and Henry Wriothesley 2nd Earl of Southampton.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 4th August 1550. The imperfect paragraph with which the Manuscript now begins relates to the funeral of Sir Thomas Wriothesley [deceased], Earl of Southampton, K,G. who died on the 31st July 1550, and was buried on the 4th of August at St. Andrew's, Holborn [Map], Sir John Hoper, priest, preaching at his funeral, - Strype, Memorials, fol. 1721, ii. (283).
Note. Thomas Wriothesley, earl of Southampton. The first person noticed by our funereal chronicler was one of the most remarkable men of his age: one who had attained the summit of the law, and who was aspiring to the summit of the state. The historian Carte attributes his death to mortified ambition, and so does Lord Campbell in his recent Lives of the Chancellors: on this part of his history see the Archaeologia, vol. xxx. p. 468.
It should be remarked that, though the body of the earl of Southampton was at first buried in Saint Andrew's Holborn, it was afterwards removed to Tichfield [Map] in Hampshire, where a sumptuous monument with his effigy still exists. There is a fine portrait of him in Chamberlain's Holbein Heads.
Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire is also in Abbeys in England.
1232. Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] of St Mary and St John the Evangelist was founded by Bishop Peter de Roches, Bishop of Winchester, for Premonstratensian canons, an order founded at Prémontré in France and known also as the 'White Canons'. The first canons came from Halesowen Abbey, Shropshire [Map].
In 1393 King Richard II of England [aged 25] and Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England [aged 26] stayed at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map].
Before 31st July 1415 King Henry V of England [aged 28] stayed at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] when travelling to Southampton to commence his Agincourt campaign.
In 1434 Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 8] and Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 10] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map]. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 7] would marry her brother Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 5] two years later. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 34] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 27]. He the son of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 51] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 33]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 23rd April 1445 King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 23] and Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [aged 15] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] probably by Bishop William Ayscough [aged 50], Bishop of Salisbury. She the daughter of René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou [aged 36] and Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine [aged 45]. He the son of King Henry V of England and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. They were third cousins.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Chronicle of Gregory. And a pon the first day of Aprylle [1545] Quene Margarete [aged 15] landed at Portysmowthe [Map], and a-pon the x day of the same monythe sche was weddyd at a lytylle velage [Map] in Hampsehyre i-namyd.
1537. During the Suppression of the Monasteries Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map] was given to Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton [aged 31]. He converted the main buildings into Place House.
The River Meon is a chalk stream in Hampshire. It rises at East Meon, Hampshire [Map] and flows through West Meon, Hampshire [Map], Warnford, Hampshire [Map], Exton, Hampshire [Map], Corhampton, Hampshire [Map], Meonstoke, Hampshire [Map], Droxford, Hampshire [Map], Mislingford, Hampshire [Map], Wickham, Hampshire [Map], Knowle, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map], Titchfield, Hampshire [Map] to Hill Head, Hampshire [Map] where it reaches the Solent.
On 28th January 1832 Henry Paulet [aged 64] died at his home Westhill Lodge, Titchfield. He was buried in the family vault at St Mary's Church, Amport.