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 1839 Annie Hardie was born at Kelso.
On 28th April 1860 [her future husband] James Forsyth [aged 32] and Eliza Hastie [aged 26] were married.
1861. Census. Annie Hardie [aged 22]. Daughter. 22. Milliner. 3 Union Street.
Before 2nd April 1868 [her illegitimate daughter] Eliza Forsyth was born illegitimately to [her future husband] James Forsyth [aged 40] and Annie Hardie [aged 29]. She was baptised on the same day 26th September 1869 as her elder brother and sister. Given that she was three on the date of the 1871 Census 2nd April 1871 it suggests she was illegitimate since her parents married on 7th November 1868.
On 7th November 1868 James Forsyth [aged 40] and Annie Hardie [aged 29] were married.
2nd April 1871. Census. 8 Edward Street, St Pancras.
[her husband] James Forsyth [aged 43]. 43. Sculptor.
Annie Hardie [aged 32]. 32.
[her step-son] James Nesfield Forsyth [aged 7]. Son. 7. Scholar.
Agnes Ellen Forsyth [aged 5]. Daughter. 5. Scholar.
[her illegitimate daughter] Eliza Forsyth [aged 3]. Daughter. 3.
[her son] William Adam Forsyth. Son. 8. Scholar.
Agnes m Forsyth. Mother. 66. No occupation.
Mary Blackall. Servant. 16.
In 1873 [her son] William Adam Forsyth was born to [her husband] James Forsyth [aged 45] and Annie Hardie [aged 34].
In 1875 [her son] John Dudley Forsyth was born to [her husband] James Forsyth [aged 47] and Annie Hardie [aged 36].
In 1876 [her daughter] Annie Fosyth was born to [her husband] James Forsyth [aged 48] and Annie Hardie [aged 37].
In 1878 [her daughter] Jessie Forsyth was born to [her husband] James Forsyth [aged 50] and Annie Hardie [aged 39]
1881. Census. 8 Edward Street, St Pancras.
[her husband] James Forsyth [aged 53]. 53. Sculptor.
Annie Hardie [aged 42]. 42.
[her step-son] James Nesfield Forsyth [aged 17]. Son. 17. Sculptor.
Agnes Ellen Forsyth [aged 15]. Daughter. 15. Dressmaker.
[her illegitimate daughter] Eliza Forsyth [aged 12]. Daughter. 13. Scholar.
[her son] William Adam Forsyth [aged 8]. Son. 8. Scholar.
John Dudley Forsyth [aged 6]. Son. 6. Scholar.
Annie Fosyth [aged 5]. Daughter. 5. Scholar.
Jessie Forsyth [aged 3]. Daughter. 3.
Agnes m Forsyth. Mother. 77. No occupation.
Adam Forsyth. Nephew.
Adelaide Stansell. 21. Servant
Fanny Dann. Servant.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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1891. Census. Ednam House
[her husband] James Forsyth [aged 63]. 63. Sculptor.
Annie Hardie [aged 52]. 52.
[her step-son] James Nesfield Forsyth [aged 27]. Son. 27. Sculptor.
Agnes Ellen Forsyth [aged 25]. Daughter. 25. Dressmaker.
[her illegitimate daughter] Eliza Forsyth [aged 22]. Daughter. 23. Scholar.
[her son] William Adam Forsyth [aged 18]. Son. 18. Pupil Architect.
John Dudley Forsyth [aged 16]. Son. 16. Pupil Artist.
Annie Fosyth [aged 15]. Daughter. 15. Scholar.
Jessie Forsyth [aged 13]. Daughter. 13.
Emma Harrison Servant. 16. General Domestic Servant.
Agnes m Forsyth. Mother. 86. Living on own means.
On 3rd February 1910 [her husband] James Forsyth [aged 82] died. He was buried at Hampstead Cemetery.