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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.
In or before 1698 [his father] John Major and [his mother] Elizabeth Tennant were married.
On 17th May 1698 John Major 1st Baronet was born to John Major and Elizabeth Tennant at Bridlington.
In 1709 [his father] John Major died at sea.
In 1724 John Major 1st Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Dale were married.
In 1731 [his daughter] Elizabeth Major Duchess of Chandos was born to John Major 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Dale.
In 1747 [his son-in-law] John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker (age 22) and [his daughter] Anne Major Baroness Henniker were married.
In 1755 John Major 1st Baronet (age 56) was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex.
In 1761 John Major 1st Baronet (age 62) was elected unopposed MP Scarborough which set he held until 1768 when he was defeated. He did not stand for Parliament again.
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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 5th May 1765 John Major 1st Baronet (age 66) was created 1st Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk with a special remainder to his son-in-law [his son-in-law] John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker (age 40).
In 1767 [his son-in-law] Henry Brydges 2nd Duke Chandos (age 58) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Major Duchess of Chandos (age 36) were married. She by marriage Duchess Chandos. The difference in their ages was 22 years. He the son of James Brydges 1st Duke Chandos and Mary Lake.
In 1780 [his wife] Elizabeth Dale died.
Before 22nd February 1781 John Major 1st Baronet (age 82) was appointed Director of the South Sea Company.
On 22nd February 1781 John Major 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son-in-law [his son-in-law] John Henniker 1st Baron Henniker (age 56) succeeded 2nd Baronet Major of Worlingsworth Hall in Suffolk in accordance with the special remainder added at the creation.
[his daughter] Anne Major Baroness Henniker was born to John Major 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Dale.
Father: John Major
GrandFather: Reverend Richard Tennant
Mother: Elizabeth Tennant