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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.
Before 14th September 1603 [his grandfather] Edward Vaughan and [his grandmother] Letitia Stedman of Strata Florida were married.
On the same day his son [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed and [his mother] Jane Stedman were married.
In 1635 Edward Vaughan was born to [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 31) and [his mother] Jane Stedman (age 17).
In 1635 [his grandfather] Edward Vaughan died. His son [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 31) succeeded to his estates and was charged with securing marriages for his two sisters as well as the guardianship of his nine-year-old stepbrother, Edward.
Before 7th December 1667 Edward Vaughan (age 32) and Letitia Hooker were married.
On 7th December 1667 [his son] John Vaughan 1st Viscount Lisburne was born to Edward Vaughan (age 32) and [his wife] Letitia Hooker. He married 18th August 1692 Malet Wilmot Viscountess Lisburne, daughter of John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester and Elizabeth Malet Countess Rochester, and had issue.
On 23rd May 1668 [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 64) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He won lasting fame for his important decision in Bushell's Case, that juries were not to be fined for returning a verdict against the direction of the judge.
On 10th December 1674 [his father] John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 71) died at Serjeants' Inn. He was buried at Temple Church, London [Map] on 22nd December 1674. His marble monument was destroyed in WWII. Edward Stillingfleet (age 39) preached his funeral sermon. His son Edward Vaughan (age 39) inherited a Cardiganshire estate worth £1,200 each year.
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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.
In 1679 Edward Vaughan (age 44) was elected MP Cardiganshire.
Before 1680 [his mother] Jane Stedman (age 61) died.
On 15th February 1684 Edward Vaughan (age 49) died.
After 15th February 1684 Edward Vaughan (deceased) was buried at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow [Map]. His monument has an epitaph that reads ... Visitor, whoever you are, respect the glorious remains of the distinguished Edward Vaughan of Trawscoed, heir by descent of John Vaughan, famous knight, like his noble father in appearance. From boyhood to his dying day he devoted himself with enthusiasm to literature of all kinds and of every period; to render conspicuous service to prince and country; and he successfully achieved this aim and was welcome and popular everywhere and a most respected citizen in a turbulent era; that you may know that here is buried a man whom the ancients called a 'cubic' man (i.e. a man of great integrity) and also godlike. So great and of such character was he, that even his enemies wept, and his friends almost died with him, when the earth gladly and willingly received his body, and he departed to the realms of the blessed in the year of our Lord 1648 when he was 48 years old. To a husband and parent most dearly missed, his widow and children, grief-stricken, set up this mortal tomb. His own life is his immortal epitaph.
In 1716 [his former wife] Letitia Hooker died.
GrandFather: Edward Vaughan
Father: John Vaughan of Transgoed
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Steadman of Strata Florida
GrandMother: Letitia Stedman of Strata Florida
GrandFather: John Steadman of Cilcennin, Cardiganshire
Mother: Jane Stedman
GrandMother: Anne Jones