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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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On 3rd November 1684 William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry (age 47) was created 1st Duke Queensberry. Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry (age 42) by marriage Countess Queensberry.
In 1695 William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry (age 58) died. His son James (age 32) succeeded 2nd Duke Queensberry.
Before 1696 James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry (age 33) and Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury (age 31) were married. She by marriage Duchess Queensberry. He the son of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry.
On 6th July 1711 James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry (age 48) died. His son Charles (age 12) succeeded 3rd Duke Queensberry.
On 10th March 1720 Charles Douglas 3rd Duke Queensberry (age 21) and Catherine Hyde Duchess Queensbury (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Queensberry. She the daughter of Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon (age 47) and Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon. He the son of James Douglas 2nd Duke Queensberry and Mary Boyle Duchess Queensbury. They were second cousins.
On 11th January 1812 Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch (age 65) died. His son Charles (age 39) succeeded 4th Duke Buccleuch, 6th Duke Queensberry, 4th Earl Doncaster, 4th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 38) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.
On 20th April 1819 Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry (age 46) died. His son Walter succeeded 5th Duke Buccleuch, 7th Duke Queensberry, 5th Earl Doncaster, 5th Baron Scott of Tynedale.
On 13th August 1829 Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 18) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Duchess Buccleuch and Duchess Queensberry. She the daughter of Thomas Thynne 2nd Marquess of Bath (age 64) and Isabella Elizabeth Byng Marchioness Bath (age 55). He the son of Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry and Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 16th April 1884 Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry died at Bowhill. He was buried in Buccleuch Crypt, St Nicholas Church, Dalkeith. His son William (age 52) succeeded 6th Duke Buccleuch, 8th Duke Queensberry, 6th Earl Doncaster, 6th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Louisa Jane Hamilton Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 47) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensberry.
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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.
On 5th November 1914 William Scott 6th Duke Buccleuch 8th Duke Queensberry (age 83) died. His son John (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Buccleuch, 9th Duke Queensberry, 7th Earl Doncaster, 7th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 42) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensberry.
On 19th October 1935 John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry (age 71) died at Bowhill House, Bowhill. His son Walter (age 40) succeeded 8th Duke Buccleuch, 10th Duke Queensberry, 8th Earl Doncaster, 8th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Vreda Lascelles Duchess Buccleuch and Queensbury (age 35) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensberry.
On 4th October 1973 Walter Scott 8th Duke Buccleuch 10th Duke Queensberry (age 78) died. His son Walter (age 50) succeeded 9th Duke Buccleuch, 11th Duke Queensberry, 9th Earl Doncaster, 9th Baron Scott of Tynedale. Jane McNeill Duchess of Buccleuch (age 43) by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.
On 4th September 2007 Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott 9th Duke Buccleuch 11th Duke Queensberry (age 83) died. His son Richard (age 53) succeeded 10th Duke Buccleuch, 12th Duke Queensberry, 10th Earl Doncaster, 10th Baron Scott of Tynedale.