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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: Oglander
Before 12th May 1585 [his father] William Oglander of West Dean, Sussex and [his mother] Anne Dillington were married.
On 12th May 1585 John Oglander was born to William Oglander of West Dean, Sussex and Anne Dillington at Nunwell House, Isle of Wight.
On 8th July 1603 John Oglander (age 18) matriculated Balliol College, Oxford University.
In or before 1611 John Oglander (age 25) and Frances More were married. They had four sons and three daughters.
Around 1611 [his son] William Oglander 1st Baronet was born to John Oglander (age 25) and [his wife] Frances More.
On 22nd December 1615 John Oglander (age 30) was knighted.
In 1620 John Oglander (age 34) was appointed Deputy-Governor of Portsmouth by William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 39).
In 1624 John Oglander (age 38) was appointed Deputy-Governor of the Isle of Wight.
In 1625 John Oglander (age 39) was elected MP Yarmouth Isle of Wight. He was re-elected in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629.
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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 1637 John Oglander (age 51) was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire.
In or before 1642 [his son] William Oglander 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Clerke were married.
On 28th November 1655 John Oglander (age 70) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Dillington of Dillington in Somerset
GrandFather: Anthony Dillington of Knighton on the Isle of Wight
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lovell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Lovell
Mother: Anne Dillington