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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Spencer
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
Anne Spencer Countess Dorset was born to John Spencer and Katherine Kitson.
On 15th August 1560 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died at Hornby. His son [her future husband] William (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Monteagle. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Baroness Monteagle.
Before 1574 [her future husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 29) and Frances Hastings Baroness Compton (age 40) were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. She the daughter of Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 62). He the son of Peter Compton and [her future mother-in-law] Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke (age 50). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In February 1580 [her future husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 19) and Margaret Howard (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk and Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk. He the son of [her future father-in-law] Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 44) and [her future mother-in-law] Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 45).
On 10th November 1581 [her future husband] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died. His grandson William (age 6) succeeded 4th Baron Monteagle.
After 10th November 1581 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 37) and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He the son of Peter Compton and Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke (age 58).
Around 1584 [her son] Henry Compton was born to [her husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 39) and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
On 8th November 1586 [her mother] Katherine Kitson (age 62) died.
On 8th November 1586 [her father] John Spencer (age 62) died. He was buried at St Mary and All Saints Church, Fotheringhay [Map].
On 10th December 1589 [her husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton (age 45) died. His son William succeeded 2nd Baron Compton of Compton in Warwickshire.
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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.
Before 1591 [her future husband] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle and Anne Leybourne (age 58) were married.
After 1591 William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married.
On 4th December 1592 Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 31) and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. He the son of Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 56) and Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 57).
After 1606 [her son] Thomas Compton and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham (age 36) were married. He the son of [her former husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Before 1608 [her son-in-law] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt (age 40) and [her daughter] Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt were married. She by marriage Baroness Mordaunt. She the daughter of [her former husband] Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
On 19th April 1608 [her father-in-law] Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 72) died suddenly at the council table, having apparently suffered a stroke. His funeral was held at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He was buried in the Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son [her husband] Robert (age 47) succeeded 2nd Earl Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 27th February 1609 [her husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 48) died at Dorset House. He was buried at Sackville Chapel St Michael's Church Withyham East Sussex. His son [her step-son] Richard (age 19) succeeded 3rd Earl Dorset, 3rd Baron Buckhurst and inherited Knole House, Sevenoaks. Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 19) by marriage Countess Dorset.
On 27th February 1609 [her step-son] Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset (age 19) and Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke (age 19) were married. The same day that his father [her husband] Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset (age 48) died. She the daughter of George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland and Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland (age 48). He the son of Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset and Margaret Howard. They were fourth cousin once removed.
Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 1 199. [2nd May 1610] The last widow Lady Dorset found the way to the Fleet [Map] again, where she lay sixe or seven dayes for pressing into the privie chamber and importuning the King contrary to commaundment.
Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q Elizabeth and K James I Volume 3. [5th June 1610] The next Day was graced with a moft glorious Maske, which was double. In the first, came first in the little Duke of York between zwo great Sea Slaves, the cheefest of Neptune's Servants, attended upon by twelve little Ladies, all of them the Daughters of Earls or Barons. By one of these Men a Speech was made unto the King and Prince, expressing the Conceipt of the Maske; by the other, a Sword worth 20000 Crowns at the least was put into the Duke of York's Hands, who presented the same unto the Prince his Brother from the first of those Ladies which were to follow in the next Maske. This done, the Duke returned into his former Place in midst of the Stage, and the little Ladies performed their Dance to the Amazement of all the Beholders, considering the Tenderness of their Years and the many intricate Changes of the Dance; which was so disposed, that which way soever the Changes went the little Duke was still found to be in the midst of these little Dancers. These light Skirmishers having done their devoir, in came the Princesses; first the Queen, next the Lady Elizabeth's Grace, then the Lady Arbella (age 35), the Countesses of Arundell (age 25), Derby (age 34), Essex (age 20), Dorset, and Montgomery (age 23), the Lady Hadington, the Lady Elizabeth Grey, the Lady Windsor, the Lady Katherine Peter, the Lady Elizabeth Guilford, and the Lady Mary Wintour. By that time these had done, it was high time to go to Bed, for it was within half an Hour of the Sun's, not setting, but rifing: Howbeit a farther Time was to be spent in viewing and scrambling at one of the most magnificent Banquets that I have seen. The Ambassadors of Spaine; of Venice, and of the Low Countries, were present at this and all the rest of these glorious Sights, and in Truth so they were.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 22nd September 1618 Anne Spencer Countess Dorset died.
[her daughter] Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt was born to Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
[her son] Thomas Compton was born to Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton and Anne Spencer Countess Dorset.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Spencer
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Empson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Empson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
GrandFather: William Spencer
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Father: John Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
GrandMother: Susan Knightley
GrandFather: Thomas Kitson
Mother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
GrandMother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath