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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In 676 Escwin King Wessex died. His great uncle Centwine succeeded King Wessex.
In 716 Ceolred King Mercia died. He was buried at Lichfield Cathedral [Map]. His great uncle Eowa succeeded King Mercia.
In 1193 Richard Redvers 4th Earl Devon died. His great uncle William succeeded 5th Earl Devon.
On 21st November 1361 Philip I Duke Burgundy (age 15) died. His great uncle John succeeded Count Auvergne.
On 8th August 1493 Christoph Duke Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria (age 44) died. His great uncle William succeeded III Duke Bavaria.
On 23rd August 1683 William Verney 18th Baron Latimer 10th Baron Willoughby (age 15) died. He was buried at Compton Verney Chapel [Map]. His great uncle Richard (age 62) succeeded 19th Baron Latimer of Corby, 11th Baron Willoughby Broke.
On 28th December 1683 Edward Carr 4th Baronet (age 17) died unmarried. His great uncle Rochester succeeded 5th Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
In 1732 Henrietta Ashburnham 5th Baroness Strange Knockin (age 16) died. Her great uncle James (age 67) succeeded 6th Baron Strange Knockin.
On 10th August 1779 Henry Howard 13th Earl Suffolk 6th Earl Berkshire, who had been born posthumously, died two days old. His great uncle Thomas (age 58) succeeded 14th Earl Suffolk, 7th Earl Berkshire, 7th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 7th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.
On 24th February 1936 Anthony Francis Vincent 14th Baronet (age 41) died. His great uncle Frederick (age 84) succeeded 15th Baronet Vincent of Stoke d'Abernon which title he held for one week before he died.
On 16th August 1938 Lawrence Edward Broomfield Palk 4th Baron Haldon (age 42) died. His great uncle Edward (age 84) succeeded 5th Baron Haldon of Haldon in Devon, 8th Baronet Palk of Haldon House in Devon.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 4th November 1949 Henry Gerald St John-Mildmay 9th Baronet (age 23) died unmarried. His great uncle Aubrey (age 84) succeeded 10th Baronet St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.