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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.
On 11th October 1683 [his father] Colonel Henry Cornewall (age 29) and Margarita Laurentia Huyssen of Middelburg in Zeeland were married.
On 27th April 1695 [his father] Colonel Henry Cornewall (age 41) and [his mother] Sussanah Williams were married.
In 1697 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire was born to Colonel Henry Cornewall (age 43) and Sussanah Williams.
On 27th July 1698 Thomas Powell 1st Baronet (age 33) and [his future wife] Judith Herbert Lady Powell were married. She by marriage Lady Powell of Broadway in Carmarthenshire.
On 22nd February 1717 [his father] Colonel Henry Cornewall (age 63) died.
In 1722 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 25) was elected MP Herefordshire which seat he held for forty-six years until his death in 1768.
In April 1722 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 25) and Judith Herbert Lady Powell were married.
In October 1734 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 37) and Jane Bray were married. She died six months later.
In October 1735 [his wife] Jane Bray died.
On 2nd April 1737 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 40) and Catherine Hanbury were married.
On 26th February 1745 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 48) seconded a motion calling for a parliamentary enquiry into the Battle of Toulon the previous year, in which his younger brother James Cornewall had been killed. The motion was passed, and Cornewall appointed to chair a Committee of the Whole House to look into the matter.
In 1752 [his daughter] Catherine Cornewall was born to Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 55) and [his wife] Catherine Hanbury.
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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 6th June 1763 the High Sheriff, Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders [of Herefordshire] presented an address [...] expressing warmest thanks for [his] [Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 66)] diligence and steadiness in opposing the late tax." [Cider Bill of 1763]
On 3rd April 1768 Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire (age 71) died. He was buried at Hereford Cathedral [Map]. A monument to his memory was erected on the South wall of the Nave. It was moved to the cloister as part of the renovations.
In 1777 [his former wife] Catherine Hanbury died.
GrandFather: Edward Cornewall of Moccas Court in Herefordshire
Father: Colonel Henry Cornewall
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Pye of The Mynde in Herefordshire
GrandMother: Frances Pye
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Rudshall of Rudshall in Gloucestershire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Rudshall
Velters Cornewall of Moccas in Herefordshire
GrandFather: John Williams
Mother: Sussanah Williams