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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: Stafford
Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356
On 16th February 1519 [her father] Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 17) and [her mother] Ursula Pole (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Richard Pole and [her grandmother] Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury (age 45). He the son of [her grandfather] Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 41) and [her grandmother] Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 1st October 1526 Dorothy Stafford was born to Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 25) and Ursula Pole (age 22).
In 1534 [her future husband] William Stafford (age 26) and Mary Boleyn (age 35) were married in secret. The marriage was discovered when she, Mary, attended Court, when pregnant, angering both the King (age 42) and her sister the Queen (age 33). They was banished from Court. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 57) and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 54).
In March 1544 [her future husband] William Stafford (age 36) with his wife (age 17), children ([her daughter] Elizabeth Stafford, [her son] Edward Stafford, [her daughter] Ursula Stafford, [her son] William Stafford, [her son] John Stafford and [her daughter] Dorothy Stafford ), sister, cousin and servants settled in Geneva to avoid religious persecution.
In 1545 William Stafford (age 37) and Dorothy Stafford (age 18) were married. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1546 [her daughter] Elizabeth Stafford was born to [her husband] William Stafford (age 38) and Dorothy Stafford (age 19).
In 1552 [her son] Edward Stafford was born to [her husband] William Stafford (age 44) and Dorothy Stafford (age 25).
In 1553 [her daughter] Ursula Stafford was born to [her husband] William Stafford (age 45) and Dorothy Stafford (age 26).
On 1st March 1554 [her son] William Stafford was born to [her husband] William Stafford (age 46) and Dorothy Stafford (age 27).
On or before 4th January 1556 [her son] John Stafford was born to [her husband] William Stafford (age 48) and Dorothy Stafford (age 29). He was baptised on 4th January 1556; the first to be baptised as part of the English Congregation established in Geneva. John Calvin was his godfather,
On 5th May 1556 [her husband] William Stafford (age 48) died at Geneva. Calvin claimed the custody of his son [her son] John and forbade his widow (age 29) to leave with him. She appealed to Stafford's younger brother and the threat to invoke French aid persuaded Calvin to yield. She then moved to Basle, remaining there until January 1559.
In January 1559 Dorothy Stafford (age 32) returned to England with her young children.
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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 1563 Queen Elizabeth (age 29)appointed Dorothy Stafford (age 36) Mistress of the Robes.
On 30th April 1563 [her father] Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 61) died at Caus Castle [Map]. His son [her brother] Henry succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford. On 6th May 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford was buried at Church of All Saints Worthen, Shropshire.
On 12th August 1570 [her mother] Ursula Pole (age 66) died.
Around 1573 [her son] Edward Stafford (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Roberta Chapman were married.
Before 1575 [her son-in-law] William Drury (age 24) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Stafford (age 28) were married.
In 1578 [her son] Edward Stafford (age 26) was appointed English Ambassador to France, possibly through the influence of his mother Dorothy Stafford (age 51).
On 29th January 1580 [her son] John Stafford (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Millicent Gresham (age 11) were married.
In 1593 [her son] William Stafford (age 38) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Gryme were married.
On 29th November 1597 [her son] Edward Stafford (age 45) and [her daughter-in-law] Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield (age 55) were married. They were fourth cousins.
On 6th February 1599 [her daughter] Elizabeth Stafford (age 53) died.
Before 11th July 1603 [her son-in-law] Richard Drake (age 68) and [her daughter] Ursula Stafford (age 50) were married.
All About History Books
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.
On 22nd September 1604 Dorothy Stafford (age 77) died. She was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. Her effigy and monument are in the north aisle of the church. The inscription reads... Here Lyeth the Lady Dorothy Stafford, Wife and Widow to Sir [her former husband] William Stafford, Knight, Daughter to [her father] Henry, Lord Stafford, the only son of [her grandfather] Edward, the last Duke of Buckingham: Her mother was [her mother] Ursula, Daughter to the [her grandmother] Countesse of Salisbury, the only Daughter to George, Duke of Clarence, Brother to King Edward the Fourth. Shee continued a true Widow from the Age of 27 till her Death. She served Queen Elizabeth 40 Yeeres, lying in the Bedchamber, esteemed of her, loved of all, doing good, all she could, to every Body, never hurt any; a continual Remembrancer of the Suits of the Poor. As she Lived a religious Life, in great Reputation of Honour and Vertue in the World, so she ended in continual fervent Meditation, and hearty Prayer to God. At which Instant, as all her Life, so after her Death, she gave liberally to the Poore, and died aged 78, the 22 of September 1604. In whose Remembrance, Sir [her son] Edward Stafford (age 52), her sonne, hath caused this Memorial of her to be in the same Forme and Place as she herselfe long since required him.
[her daughter] Dorothy Stafford was born to William Stafford and Dorothy Stafford.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 1364-1425
Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York 1415-1495
George York 1st Duke of Clarence 1449-1478
Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379-1440
Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 1407-1462
Richard Neville Earl Salisbury 1400-1460
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York 1411-1460
Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Luxemburg Count St Pol 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brienne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sueva Orsini 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Father: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne
GrandMother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Wingfield Countess Suffolk
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Pole
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
GrandFather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Barre
Great x 2 Grandfather: Oliver St John
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Paulett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stourton 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
GrandMother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance York Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England