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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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John Downman is in Painters.
Around 1750 John Downman was born.
Around 1779. Possibly John Downman (age 29). Portrait of John Mortlock (age 24).
John Mortlock: In 1755 he was born. In 1784 John Mortlock was elected MP Cambridge. In 1816 he died.
Around 1780. John Downman (age 30). Portrait of Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire (age 22).
Around 1780. John Downman (age 30). Portrait of Baron Gustaf Adam von Nolcken (age 46).
Around 1792. John Downman (age 42). Miniature portrait of Sarah Hussey Delaval Countess Tyrconnel (age 29).
Before 1815. After John Downman (age 64). Portrait of Antony Gibbs (age 58).
Antony Gibbs: In 1756 he was born. In 1815 Antony Gibbs died.
Before 1824. John Downman (age 73). Portrait of Jane Surtees (age 72).
Jane Surtees: In 1751 she was born to Robert Surtees and Dorothy Lambton.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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On 24th December 1824 John Downman (age 74) died.
1873. John Downman. Stone lithograph after the original by Edward H. Mitchell. Portrait of Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough.