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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: Knightley
On 8th February 1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded in the Great Hall at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent, Richard Knightley and Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton witnessed her execution.
There are a number of extant primary sources, eye-witness accounts, describing Mary's execution:
Letter of Robert Wingfield to William Cecil, 08 Feb 1587.
The manner of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
The manner of the Scottish Queen's execution
Warrender Papers 167. Anonymous.
Warrender Papers 168. Anonymous. Based on the Narration of Richard Wingfield
Ashmole MS. 830, F. 18, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Jebb's De vita et rebus gestis serenissimæ principis Mariæ Scotorum Reginæ published in French, attributed to her physician Dominique Bourgoin.
letter-books of Sir Amias Poulet, Keeper of Mary Queen of Scots,
the Calendar of State Papers, Spain (known as the Simancas), Volume 4, 1587-1603
Beale's sketch of the execution.
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In 1533 Richard Knightley was born to Valentine Knightley (age 38) and Anne Ferrers (age 38).
On 12th December 1554 [his mother] Anne Ferrers (age 59) died.
Around 1555 [his son] Valentine Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 22) and [his future wife] Mary Fermor (age 22).
Around 1560 [his daughter] Dorothea Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 27) and [his future wife] Mary Fermor (age 27).
Around 1562 [his son] Edward Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 29) and [his future wife] Mary Fermor (age 29).
Before 1566 [his father] Valentine Knightley (age 70) and [his mother] Anne Ferrers were married.
In 1566 Richard Knightley (age 33) and Mary Fermor (age 33) were married. They had three sons and three daughters.
On 8th May 1566 [his father] Valentine Knightley (age 71) died
1567. Attributed to Hans Eworth (age 47). Portrait of Richard Knightley (age 34).
In 1567 attrbuted to Hans Eworth (age 47). Portrait of Richard Knightley (age 34).
On 27th September 1573 [his wife] Mary Fermor (age 40) died.
In 1575 Richard Knightley (age 42) entertained Queen Elizabeth I (age 41) at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire [Map]. The Queen stayed in the Jane Skenard Room at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire [Map].
Around 1578 Richard Knightley (age 45) and Elizabeth Seymour (age 28) were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 81). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1579 [his daughter] Dorothea Knightley (age 18) died.
In or before 1579 [his son-in-law] Edward Unton (age 22) and [his daughter] Dorothea Knightley (age 18) were married. There were no children from the marriage. He the son of Edward Unton (age 44) and [his sister-in-law] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 40).
On 15th May 1580 [his son] Seymour Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 47) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 30). Named for his mother's family Seymour.
On 26th May 1581 [his son] Ferdinando Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 48) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 31).
In 1582 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 42) and Frances Howard Countess Hertford (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 85). They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
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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 16th September 1582 Edward Unton (age 48) died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Faringdon. The inscription on his monument ... Here lyeth Sir Edward Unton, Knight of the Noble Order of the Bathe, whoe married [his sister-in-law] Anne Countess of Warwick (age 44), daughter of Edwarde Seymer Duke of Somersett and Protector of England, by whome he had ffive sonnes, whereof 3 died younge in the life of their father; Two, namelye [his former son-in-law] Edwarde (age 26) and Henry (age 24) onely, survyved and succeeded him, the one after the other in their father's inheritance; and two daughters, [his future daughter-in-law] Anne (age 27) married to Sir [his son] Valentine Knightley (age 27), Knight, and Scissil (age 21) married to John Wentworth (age 18), Esquire.
Around 1583 [his son] Dudley Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 50) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 33).
On 24th February 1583 [his daughter] Anne Knightley died.
On 25th July 1584 [his daughter] Anne Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 51) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 34).
On 1585 [his son-in-law] Thomas Barnardiston of Witham Knights, Essex and [his daughter] Mary Knightley were married.
On 1st August 1585 [his son] John Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 52) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 35).
On 25th February 1586 [his son] Nathaniel Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 53) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 36).
In 1588 [his sister-in-law] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 50) died.
On 15th September 1588 [his son] Robert Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 55) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 38).
In 1589 Richard Knightley (age 56) was arrested for the printing of the second Marprelate Tract. He was released in Feb 1589 being fined £2000 by the Court of the Star Chamber.
On 19th January 1590 [his son] Francis Knightley was born to Richard Knightley (age 57) and [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 40).
Around 1594 [his son] Edward Knightley (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Coles de Preston (age 16) were married.
On 3rd March 1594 [his daughter] Mary Knightley died.
On 18th November 1598 [his son] Edward Knightley (age 36) died.
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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.
Around 1601 [his son] Seymour Knightley (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Bedell (age 17) were married.
On 27th May 1601 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 62) and Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 39 years. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1602 [his son] Nathaniel Knightley (age 15) died.
In June 1602 [his son] Dudley Knightley (age 19) died in Norton, Northamptonshire [Map]. He had been shot in the neck whilst in the defense of Ostend. Having returned home he "fell down wherwith a fever took him whereof he died".
On 3rd June 1602 [his wife] Elizabeth Seymour (age 52) died. She was buried at All Saints Church, Norton [Map] on 6th June 1603. Painted alabaster Elizabethan Period monument with recumbent praying effigy in coffered arch flanked by black marble Corinthian Columns and outer obelisks and topped by armorial panels. The monument also to [his son] Dudley Knightley (deceased).
Here Lieth ye bodie of ye Right Honorable ye ladie Elizabeth Seymour ye 4 daughter to ye High and Mightie Prince Edward Duke of Somerset Protector of England unckle to King Edward the 6. Who was also ye second wife of Sr Richard Knightley of Norton Kni. By whom he had issue 7 sons & 2 daughters (vis) Seymour, Ferdinand, Dudley, John, Nathaniel, Robert, & Francis; Ann deceased & Ann Knightley ye yonger married to Sr Euseby Andrew of Winick Knight. Wch Ladie Elizabeth died ye 3 June and dni 1602
Elizabeth Seymour: Around 1550 she was born to Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset in the year in which her father was executed. Around 1578 Richard Knightley and she were married. They had seven sons and seven daughters. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Dudley Knightley: Around 1583 he was born to Richard Knightley and Elizabeth Seymour. In June 1602 Dudley Knightley died in Norton, Northamptonshire [Map]. He had been shot in the neck whilst in the defense of Ostend. Having returned home he "fell down wherwith a fever took him whereof he died".
In 1614 [his son] John Knightley (age 28) died.
On 1st September 1615 Richard Knightley (age 82) died in Norton, Northamptonshire [Map]. He was buried in St Mary's Church, Fawsley [Map].
[his daughter] Mary Knightley was born to Richard Knightley and Elizabeth Seymour.
[his daughter] Anne Knightley was born to Richard Knightley and Elizabeth Seymour.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
GrandFather: Richard Knightley
Father: Valentine Knightley
Richard Knightley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hoo Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Ferrers 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baldwin Freville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Freville
GrandFather: Edward Ferrers 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Mother: Anne Ferrers 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England