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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Dewe 1668
On 28th July 1658 [his father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (age 41) and [his mother] Margaret Dewe were married at St Margaret Pattens.
After 1668 [his mother] Margaret Dewe died.
On or before 7th February 1668 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet was born to Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (age 51) and Margaret Dewe at Lobthorpe. He was baptised on 7th February 1668 at St Mary's Church, North Witham.
On 12th September 1668 [his father] Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe (age 51) died at Lobthorpe. He was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads: "Near this Place lies the Body of Richard Sherard Of the Hamlet of Lopthorp in the County of Lincoln, Esq;, the only Son of [his grandfather] John Sherard, Esq;, who was the eldest Son of Sir William Sherard; the which Richard married [his mother] Margaret, Daughter of [his grandfather] Lumley Dewe of Bishop-Upton (age 68) in the County of Hereford, Esq;, and had by her six Children, namely, three Sons, (viz.) [his brother] John (age 6), [his brother] Richard (age 2), and Brownlow; and Three Daughters, (viz.) [his sister] Alice (age 9), Mary, and Elizabeth. He died the twelfth Day of September in the Year of our Lord 1668."
In or before 1702 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet (age 33) and Mary Methuen Lady Sherard were married. She by marriage Lady Sherard of Lobthorp in Lincolnshire.
Around 1702 [his son] Brownlow Sherard 4th Baronet was born to Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Mary Methuen Lady Sherard.
On 14th June 1730 [his brother] Richard Sherard 2nd Baronet (age 64) died. His brother Brownlow (age 62) succeeded 3rd Baronet Sherard of Lobthorp in Lincolnshire.
On 30th January 1736 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet (age 67) died. His son [his son] Brownlow (age 34) succeeded 4th Baronet Sherard of Lobthorp in Lincolnshire.
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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 12th February 1786 Brownlow Sherard 3rd Baronet was buried at St Mary's Church, North Witham. His memorial reads, in part: "He was Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to their Majesties William III, Anne, George I, and George II. He then Resigned that Post, and died one of the Gentlemen of The Privy Chamber. His Charity was distributed in So peculiar and happy a Manner, as to make him a Loss to Mankind.
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Sherard
GrandFather: John Sherard of Lobthorpe
Father: Richard Sherard of Lobthorpe
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Brownlow
GrandMother: Elizabeth Brownlow
GrandFather: Lumley Dewe of Bishop Upton in Hereforeshire
Mother: Margaret Dewe