Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
All About History Books
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.
Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
23rd May 1711. Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer created.
21st May 1724. Son Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer succeeded.
16th June 1741. Half First Cousin Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer succeeded.
11th April 1755. Son Edward Harley 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortomer succeeded.
11th October 1790. Nephew Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer succeeded.
28th December 1848. Son Alfred Harley 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer succeeded.
19th January 1854. Alfred Harley 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer extinct.
On 23rd May 1711 Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 49) was created 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 21st May 1724 Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 62) died at Albermarle Street. His son Edward (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 30) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 16th June 1741 Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 52) died. His half first cousin Edward (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 42) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 11th April 1755 Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 56) died. His son Edward (age 28) succeeded 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Susanna Archer Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 27) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 11th October 1790 Edward Harley 4th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortomer (age 64) died at Brampton Bryan Hall without issue. His nephew Edward (age 17) succeeded 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
On 3rd March 1794 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 21) and Jane Elizabeth Scott Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 20) were married. Her She by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer. Her father Reverend James Scott of Itchen Stoke in Hampshire performed the service. The children of the marriage were known as the 'Harleian Miscellany' due to the uncertainty as to who their father, or fathers, might be given the number of lovers she took during the marriage. He the son of Bishop John Harley.
On 28th December 1848 Edward Harley 5th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 75) died. His son Alfred (age 39) succeeded 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Eliza Nugent Countess of Oxford and Mortimer (age 42) by marriage Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer.
On 19th January 1854 Alfred Harley 6th Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (age 45) died. Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer extinct. His estates passed to his sister Jane Elizabeth Harley Baroness Langdale and her husband Henry Bickersteth 1st Baron Langdale.