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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: Isham
In 1610 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet was born to John Isham 1st Baronet (age 27).
On 18th April 1627 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 17) admitted at Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1649 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 39) was imprisoned for being a delinquent.
On 8th July 1651 [his father] John Isham 1st Baronet (age 68) died. His son Justinian (age 41) succeeded 2nd Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire. [his future wife] Vere Leigh Lady Isham by marriage Lady Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
Before 1653 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 42) and Jane Garrard were married.
In or before 1653 [his daughter] Elizabeth Isham Lady Strange was born to Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 42) and [his wife] Jane Garrard.
In 1653 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 43) and Vere Leigh Lady Isham were married.
In 1654 William Temple 1st Baronet (age 26) and Dorothy Osborn (age 27) were married. Her suitors had included Thomas Osborne 1st Duke Leeds (age 21), Henry Cromwell (age 25) and Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 44). Before their marriage they had conducted a clandestine epistolary relationship; her seventy-nine letters survive: British Library (ADD. MSS. 33975) - see Letters of Dorothy Osborn.
On 15th March 1657 [his son] Thomas Isham 3rd Baronet was born to Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 47) and [his wife] Vere Leigh Lady Isham.
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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 11th August 1658 [his son] Justinian Isham 4th Baronet was born to Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 48) and [his wife] Vere Leigh Lady Isham.
In 1661 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 51) was elected MP Northamptonshire.
On 16th October 1662 [his son-in-law] Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Isham Lady Strange (age 9) were married. She by marriage Lady Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 2nd March 1675 Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet (age 65) died of smallpox at Oxford, Oxfordshire [Map]. He was buried at Church of All Saints, Lamport. His son [his son] Thomas (age 17) succeeded 3rd Baronet Isham of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
On 29th October 1704 [his former wife] Vere Leigh Lady Isham died.
Church of All Saints, Lamport. Fine monument to Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet by William Stanton.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Euseby Isham
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Isham
GrandFather: Thomas Isham of Langport in Northamptonshire
Father: John Isham 1st Baronet