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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.

Biography of John Talbot of Albrighton 1485-1549

Paternal Family Tree: Talbot

Before 1485 [his father] Gilbert Talbot (age 32) and [his mother] Etheldreda Audrey Cotton (age 30) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford.

Around 1485 John Talbot of Albrighton was born to Gilbert Talbot (age 33) and Etheldreda Audrey Cotton (age 31) at Albrighton, Shropshire.

Around 1505 [his mother] Etheldreda Audrey Cotton (age 51) died.

Before 1510 John Talbot of Albrighton (age 24) and Margaret Troutbeck (age 17) were married. They were fourth cousins.

In 1513 [his son] John Talbot was born to John Talbot of Albrighton (age 28) and [his wife] Margaret Troutbeck (age 21)

In 1515 [his daughter] Anne Talbot was born to John Talbot of Albrighton (age 30) and [his wife] Margaret Troutbeck (age 23).

Around 1517 [his daughter] Constance Talbot was born to John Talbot of Albrighton (age 32) and [his wife] Margaret Troutbeck (age 25)

On 16th August 1517 [his father] Gilbert Talbot (age 65) died. He was buried at Whitchurch, Shropshire.

After 11th July 1521 John Talbot of Albrighton (age 36) and Elizabeth Wrottesley (age 7) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.

Around 15th July 1521 [his wife] Margaret Troutbeck (age 29) died.

In 1528 John Talbot of Albrighton (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire.

On 30th March 1533 [his son-in-law] George Blount (age 20) and [his daughter] Constance Talbot (age 16) were married.

Around 1537 [his daughter] Margaret Talbot was born to John Talbot of Albrighton (age 52) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wrottesley (age 23).

In 1538 John Talbot of Albrighton (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire.

In 1542 John Talbot of Albrighton (age 57) was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire.

On 18th February 1544 [his son] John Talbot (age 31) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Giffard (age 24) were married. The date somewhat suspect given they had a daughter Jane in 1531 but her birthdate may be wrong.

In 1549 [his son] John Talbot was born to John Talbot of Albrighton (age 64) and [his wife] Elizabeth Wrottesley (age 35) at Salwarpe, Worcestershire.

On 10th September 1549 John Talbot of Albrighton (age 64) died at Albrighton, Shropshire. He was buried at St John the Baptist Church, Bromsgrove [Map].

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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 10th May 1558 [his former wife] Elizabeth Wrottesley (age 44) died.

[his father] Gilbert Talbot and Elizabeth Greystoke Baroness Scrope Masham were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

John Talbot of Albrighton 1485-1549 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of John Talbot of Albrighton 1485-1549

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 18 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Talbot of Albrighton 1485-1549

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde

Great x 3 Grandmother: Petronella Butler Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Fitzalan Baroness Strange Blackmere 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel

GrandFather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Neville Baron Furnivall 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival 2nd Baron Furnivall 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Furnival 4th Baron Furnivall 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Verdun Baroness Furnivall 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Furnival 5th Baroness Furnivall 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Gilbert Talbot 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Burgh Countess Kildare

Great x 1 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

John Talbot of Albrighton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Cotton of Langwade

GrandFather: William Cotton

Mother: Etheldreda Audrey Cotton

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Abbott

GrandMother: Alice Abbott