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Winwick, Cheshire is in Cheshire.
Domesday Winwick. 1086. Winwick, Cheshire was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Newton and the county of Cheshire. It had no recorded population (sometimes the case for large towns, as well as abandoned settlements).
In or after 1630 Frances Gerard was born to Thomas Gerard (age 21) and Susannah Snow (age 20) at Winwick, Cheshire. The date of her birth based on the date of her parent's marriage. She married 20th March 1676 John Washington.
After 1641. Around 1.5 km north of Winwick Church is St Oswald's Well, Hermitage Green supposedly at the place where King Oswald of Northumberland during the Battle of Maserfield. The well chamber is square and measures 0.7m across and is about 1.9m deep with three steps on the south side leading down to the water. A large stone slab has been placed over the aperture, covering half of the opening and protecting the remains from cattle or human access.
St Oswald's Church, Winwick is also in Churches in Cheshire.
Around 750. Arm of Anglo-Saxon Cross found in the churcyard St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] in 1873.
1350. Stones from an earlier church re-used as foundations for columns in the Nave.
On 4th August 1468 Piers Legh (age 35) died at Macclesfield, Cheshire [Map]. He was subsequently buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
On 27th November 1478 Piers Legh (age 63) died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
1495. Brass to Peter Gerrard. Beneath the floor is the family vault. This has not been used since the Reformation..
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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1527. Brass to Peter Leigh (age 72) and Eleanor Savage (age 75). The only example of a brass with a Priest in armour with sword. He became a Priest after his wife died. .
Peter Leigh: Around 1455 he was born to Piers Legh. In or before 1480Peter Leigh and Eleanor Savage were married. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. On 11th August 1527 Peter Leigh died.
Eleanor Savage: Around 1452 she was born to John Savage and Katherine Stanley.
Around 19th August 1648 considerable damage was done to St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] by Parliamentary troops following the Battle of Winwick aka Red Bank.
After 16th May 1671. Monument to the Reverend John Stanley.
Reverend John Stanley: On or before 6th September 1692, the day he was baptised, he was born to Thomas Horton Stanley 4th Baronet and Elizabeth Patten. On 23rd May 1753 Reverend John Stanley and Sarah Earle were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. On 16th May 1781 Reverend John Stanley died.
On or before 4th December 1684 Mary Finch was born. She was baptised at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] on 4th December 1684.
After 31st August 1687 Monument to Richard Legh (deceased) and Elizabeth Chicheley. Unsigned; possibly sculpted by Grinling Gibbons (age 39). St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
Richard Legh: On 7th May 1634 he was born to Reverend Thomas Legh. On or after 31st December 1660 Richard Legh and Elizabeth Chicheley were married. In March 1679 Andrew Fountaine was elected MP Newton. His wife's brother-in-law Richard Legh controlled the Newton constituency and paid for his election expenses. On 31st August 1687 Richard Legh died.
Elizabeth Chicheley: she was born to Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole and Sarah Russell. In 1728 she died.
After 11th January 1701 Monument to Thomas Brotherton (deceased).
1711. Ceiling of the Legh Chapel at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
In 1720 the South Porch was added to St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
After 8th July 1755 Monument to Benet Legh 1747-1855 died aged eight, son of Peter Legh of Lyme and Martha Benet.
On 25th June 1780 Thomas Gerard 8th Baronet (age 57) died. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] on 7th July 1780. His brother Robert (age 55) succeeded 9th Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire. Catherine Anderton Lady Gerard (age 38) by marriage Lady Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
On 7th August 1797 Colonel Thomas Peter Legh (age 44) died unmarried. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map]. He left three illegitimate sons and four illegitimate daughters by seven different ladies. Thomas Legh (age 4) inherited Lyme Hall, Cheshire [Map].
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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1800. The Stanley Chapel.
1800 The Garrard Chapel.
After 25th February 1800. Monument to Reverend John Lowe.
After 1811. Italian Flag bearing the Arms of Italy under French Control captured at the Battle of Lissa and send home to his father the Reverend G Hornby, Rector of Winwick, by his son Captain Phipps Hornby RN.
After 31st July 1812. Monument to Reverend Geoffrey Hornby.
After 20th March 1825. Monument to Reverend Edward Thomas Stanley.
After 23rd June 1830 Monument to Hester Hornby.
On 27th January 1831 Ellen Turner (deceased) was buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map]. The service was performed by Reverend Thomas Hinde. Monument sculpted by Richard James Wyatt (age 35).
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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After 20th October 1838 Monument to John Fitchett of Warrington.
After 8th March 1842 Monument to Thomas Claughton.
After 4th April 1843 Monument to Jacob John Hornby.
1848. The Chancel of St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] refurbished by Pugin.
Around 1850 the organ at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] was relocated from Powys Castle.
13th January 1887. Marriage Certificate of Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington who were married at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map]. He, twenty-five years later, was Captain of the Titanic who went down with his ship.
After 3rd May 1911. Memorial at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map] to 2nd Lieutenant Agnew Appleton of the 2/4 West Riding Regiment kille in action at Bullecourt.
After 1918. World War Memorials.
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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2023. Exterior of St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map].
