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The 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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Baron Sondes is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
22nd May 1760. Lewis Watson 1st Baron Sondes created.
30th March 1795. Son Lewis Watson 2nd Baron Sondes succeeded.
20th June 1806. Son Lewis Richard Watson 3rd Baron Sondes of Lees Court succeeded.
14th March 1836. Brother George John Milles 4th Baron Sondes of Lees Court succeeded.
17th December 1874. Son George Milles 1st Earl Sondes succeeded.
10th September 1894. Son George Milles-Lade 2nd Earl Sondes succeeded.
1st October 1907. Brother Lewis Milles 3rd Earl Sondes succeeded.
1941. Nephew George Milles 4th Earl Sondes succeeded.
30th April 1970. Son Henry Milles 5th earl Sondes succeeded.
2nd December 1996. Henry Milles 5th earl Sondes extinct.
On 22nd May 1760 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Sondes (age 31) was created 1st Baron Sondes. Grace Pelham Baroness Sondes (age 25) by marriage Baroness Sondes.
On 30th March 1795 Lewis Watson 1st Baron Sondes (age 66) died. His son Lewis (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Sondes.
On 20th June 1806 Lewis Watson 2nd Baron Sondes (age 52) died. His son Lewis (age 14) succeeded 3rd Baron Sondes.
On 14th March 1836 Lewis Richard Watson 3rd Baron Sondes of Lees Court (age 43) unmarried. George John Milles 4th Baron Sondes of Lees Court (age 42) succeeded 4th Baron Sondes.
On 17th December 1874 George John Milles 4th Baron Sondes of Lees Court (age 80) died. His son George (age 50) succeeded 5th Baron Sondes.
On 10th September 1894 George Milles 1st Earl Sondes (age 69) died. His son George (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Sondes, 2nd Viscount Throwley, 6th Baron Sondes.
On 1st October 1907 George Milles-Lade 2nd Earl Sondes (age 46) died without male issue. His brother Lewis (age 41) succeeded 3rd Earl Sondes, 3rd Viscount Throwley, 7th Baron Sondes.
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The 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. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1941 Lewis Milles 3rd Earl Sondes (age 75) died without male issue. His nephew George (age 26) succeeded 4th Earl Sondes, 4th Viscount Throwley, 8th Baron Sondes.
On 30th April 1970 George Milles 4th Earl Sondes (age 56) died. His son Henry (age 29) succeeded 5th Earl Sondes, 5th Viscount Throwley, 9th Baron Sondes.
On 2nd December 1996 Henry Milles 5th earl Sondes (age 56) died. Earl Sondes, Viscount Throwley, Baron Sondes extinct.