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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MP Liverpool is in Member Parliament.
In 1555 Richard Shireburn (age 33) was elected MP Liverpool.
In 1559 Thomas Smith (age 45) was elected MP Liverpool.
In 1586 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 33) was elected MP Liverpool.
In 1628 Henry Jermyn 1st Earl St Albans (age 22) was elected MP Liverpool.
On 4th December 1694 Thomas Brotherton (age 37) was elected MP Liverpool which seat he held until 11 Jan 1695.
On 2nd February 1723 Langham Booth (age 38) was elected MP Liverpool; he died a year later.
On 20th November 1724 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 40) was elected MP Liverpool at a by-election. He was re-elected in 1727 which seat he held until 1729.
In 1734 Richard Gildart (age 61) was elected MP Liverpool which seat he held until 1754.
In 1734 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 50) was elected MP Liverpool, was re-elected in 1741 and 1747 and 1754 [Private Act of Parliament 1748 (22 Geo. 2)].
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1781 Banastre Tarleton 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Liverpool; he was defeated in 1784.
In 1823 William Huskisson (age 52) was elected MP Liverpool.