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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.
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In 1404 William Wynell was appointed Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire.
In 1495 John Mordaunt (age 39) was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire.
In 1497 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1510 Thomas Englefield was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire. Thomas Englefield was elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
In 1539 John Gostwick (age 59) was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire.
In 1553 Edward Fitton (age 25) was appointed Knight of the Shire Cheshire.
In 1404 Nicholas IV Longford (age 31) was appointed Knight of the Shire Derbyshire.
In 1547 John Chichester was appointed Knight of the Shire Devon.
In April 1554 John Chichester was appointed Knight of the Shire Devon.
In 1563 John Chichester was appointed Knight of the Shire Devon.
In 1831 William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley 4th Earl Mornington (age 42) was elected Knight of the Shire Essex.
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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 1460 Thomas Brugge 5th Baron Chandos (age 33) was appointed Knight of the Shire Gloucestershire.
In 1547 Nicholas Poyntz (age 37) was appointed Knight of the Shire Gloucestershire.
In 1553 Edmund Brydges 2nd Baron Chandos (age 31) was appointed Knight of the Shire Gloucestershire.
In 1601 Henry Wallop (age 32) was elected Knight of the Shire Hampshire.
In 1472 Thomas Brugge 5th Baron Chandos (age 45) was appointed Knight of the Shire Herefordshire.
In 1547 Anthony Denny (age 45) was elected Knight of the Shire Hertfordshire.
In 1559 Adrian Stokes (age 39) was elected Knight of the Shire Leicestershire.
In 1571 Adrian Stokes (age 51) was elected Knight of the Shire Leicestershire.
In 1445 William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme (age 30) was appointed Knight of the Shire Lincolnshire.
In 1512 Robert Sheffield (age 51) was elected Knight of the Shire Lincolnshire.
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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 1513 Robert Sheffield (age 52) was elected Knight of the Shire Lincolnshire.
In 1553 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 32) was elected Knight of the Shire Lincolnshire.
In 1555 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 34) was elected Knight of the Shire Lincolnshire.
In 1559 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 38) was elected Knight of the Shire Lincolnshire.
In 1523 Thomas More (age 44) was elected Knight of the Shire Middlesex.
In 1491 Richard Empson (age 41) was appointed Knight of the Shire Northamptonshire.
In 1563 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 42) was elected Knight of the Shire Northamptonshire.
In March 1416 Robert Ogle (age 46) was elected Knight of the Shire Northumberland.
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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.
Around July 1529 Edward Littleton (age 24) was elected Knight of the Shire Staffordshire. His senior colleague was his neighbour John Giffard (age 63).
In 1536 Edward Littleton (age 31) was elected Knight of the Shire Staffordshire.
In 1547 William Paget 1st Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 41) was elected Knight of the Shire Staffordshire.
Around April 1554 Edward Littleton (age 49) was elected Knight of the Shire Staffordshire.
In 1555 Edward Littleton (age 50) was elected Knight of the Shire Staffordshire.
In 1545 Edmund Walsingham (age 65) was elected Knight of the Shire Surrey.
In 1301 Henry Tregoz 1st Baron Tregoz (age 51) was appointed Knight of the Shire Sussex.
In 1495 Edmund Dudley (age 33) was elected Knight of the Shire Sussex.
In 1685 Richard Verney 19th Baron Latimer 11th Baron Willoughby (age 63) was elected Knight of the Shire Warwickshire.
In 1690 William Bromley (age 26) was elected Knight of the Shire Warwickshire.
In 1404 Thomas Strickland (age 37) was elected Knight of the Shire Westmoreland.
In 1429 Thomas Strickland (age 62) was elected Knight of the Shire Westmoreland.
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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.
In 1431 Thomas Strickland (age 64) was elected Knight of the Shire Westmoreland.
In 1406 Thomas Rokeby (age 13) was called to Parliament as Knight of the Shire Yorkshire.
In 1423 Thomas Rokeby (age 30) was called to Parliament as Knight of the Shire Yorkshire.
In 1728 George Savile 7th Baronet (age 49) was elected Knight of the Shire Yorkshire.