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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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Thomas Benjamin Kennington 1856-1916

On 7th April 1856 Thomas Benjamin Kennington was born.

1885. Thomas Benjamin Kennington [aged 28]. "Orphans".

1890. Thomas Benjamin Kennington [aged 33]. Portrait of Marian Mckenzie [aged 32].

Marian Mckenzie: In 1858 she was born. "The Lute", 1st September 1890. In addition to being an Associate of the Royal Academy, Miss McKenzie is a Member of the Royal Society of Musicians, and also an Associate of the Philharmonic Society.RL = ; "The Minin", May 1894. Marian McKenzie is one of the best vocalists the Royal Academy of Music has ever produced, and her record of successes there is a long one. The Parepa-Rosa Scholarship, Llewellyn-Thomas Gold Medal and bronze and silver medals all fell to her lot; and on her leaving the Academy she was created an Associate, a distinction awarded only to students of any special merit. She still, however, continued to study with Signor Randegger and, later, with her sister-in-law, so well known on the concert platform, Miss Anna Williams, In fact, up to the present time she is still as earnest and devoted a student as ever; a fact worthy of imitation by many who leave off hard study with their first paid engagements. In 1927 she died.

1908. Thomas Benjamin Kennington [aged 51]. "Pandora".

1912. Thomas Benjamin Kennington [aged 55]. Portrait of Elizabeth Batley [aged 58].

Elizabeth Batley: In 1854 she was born. On 7th January 1875 John Young Walker MacAlister and she were married in Edinburgh. In 1939 she died.

On 10th December 1916 Thomas Benjamin Kennington [aged 60] died.