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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Earl Banbury is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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1626. William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 82] created.
25th May 1632. Son Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury [aged 5] de jure.
June 1645. Brother Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 14] succeeded.
1674. Son Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 11] de jure.
26th August 1740. Son Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 37] de jure.
13th March 1771. Son William Knollys 6th Earl Banbury [aged 44] de jure.
1776. Brother Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury [aged 48] de jure.
18th March 1793. Son William Knollys 8th Earl Banbury [aged 30] de jure.
1813. William Knollys 8th Earl Banbury extinct.
20th March 1834. William Knollys 8th Earl Banbury extinct.
In 1626 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 82] was created 1st Earl Banbury. Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury [aged 43] by marriage Countess Banbury.
On 25th May 1632 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury [aged 88] died. His son Edward [aged 5] de jure 2nd Earl Banbury, 2nd Viscount Wallingford, 2nd Baron Knollys. Parliament disallowed the succession on the basis that Edward had been born when William was some eighty-two years old and Edward was, in fact, the son of Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden [aged 43] whom Edward's mother [aged 49] subsequently married around a month after William's death.
Before June 1645 Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury [aged 18] was killed in a duel. His brother Nicholas [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Earl Banbury, 3rd Viscount Wallingford, 3rd Baron Knollys although was never summoned to Parliament as a consequence of questions over his father's paternity.
In 1674 Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury [aged 43] died. His son Charles [aged 11] de jure 4th Earl Banbury, 4th Viscount Wallingford, 4th Baron Knollys.
On 10th June 1685 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 23] unsuccessfully petitioned the House of Lords to become Earl Banbury.
On 16th May 1689 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 26] and Elizabeth Lister Countess of Banbury [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Banbury. Said to be at the Nag's Head Coffee-House James Street although this may have been the location of the reception. He the son of Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury and Anne or Abigail Sherard.
On 26th August 1740 Charles Knollys 4th Earl Banbury [aged 78] died at Dunkirk. His son Charles [aged 37] de jure 5th Earl Banbury, 5th Viscount Wallingford, 5th Baron Knollys.
On 13th March 1771 Charles Knollys 5th Earl Banbury [aged 67] died. He was buried on 19th March 1771 at St John the Baptist Church, Burford. His son William [aged 44] de jure 6th Earl Banbury, 6th Viscount Wallingford, 6th Baron Knollys.
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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In 1776 William Knollys 6th Earl Banbury [aged 49] died. His brother Thomas [aged 48] de jure 7th Earl Banbury.
On 18th March 1793 Thomas Woods Knollys 7th Earl Banbury [aged 65] died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map]. His son William [aged 30] de jure 8th Earl Banbury, 7th Viscount Wallingford, 7th Baron Knollys.
In 1813 William Knollys' [aged 49] claim to the Earldom of Banbury and Baron Knollys was rejected. Earl Banbury, Baron Knollys extinct.
On 20th March 1834 William Knollys 8th Earl Banbury [aged 71] died. The House of Lords passed a resolution rejecting his claim to the Earldom and as a consequence Earl Banbury, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Knollys extinct.