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Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton is in Bolton, Northumberland [Map].
Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map]. The Norman Chancel arch is dated as 12th Century. It may well be the only remaining feature of an earlier church. Excavations have unearthed learger base masonry on the chancel south wall and of what could be the earlier "Capella de Bouton" dedicated to Saint Thomas the Martyr. Rge rest of the building is Neo-Norman in style, built by the Victorians; the nave and north transept are 19th Century and the porch and vestry late 19th Century.
1209. Chronicles mention of Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] [Boyeltun] as the meeting place of King John of England (age 42) and King William I of Scotland (age 66). King William I of Scotland sent his two daughters Margaret Dunkeld Countess Kent (age 16) and Isabella Dunkeld Countess Norfolk (age 14) as hostages to keep the peace. They, Margaret and Isabella, were imprisoned with Eleanor Fair Maid of Brittany (age 25) at Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map].
In 1225 Robert de Ros (age 53), Baron of Wark-on-Tweed, and his wife Isabella, daughter of King William I of Scotland, founded a leper hospital at Bolton [Map] dedicated to St Thomas the Martyr. The chaplains at the hospital were granted a licence to build a chapel at the hospital for their own use, and this seems to have been a way of restoring to use the existing church here. Less positively those running the hospital seem to have been amongst the earliest Border reivers, as in 1285 the master and a number of the chaplains were accused of burning houses and stealing goods in the village of Branxton, close to the Scottish border.
On 7th September 1513 the English army of 26,000 men camped at Bolton, Northumberland [Map] on land now known as The Guards. Thomas Howard (age 70), Earl of Surrey and his senior commanders celebrated holy communion in Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] two days before the battle where they pledged they would "defeat the Scots or die in the field".
In 1547 The hospital of St Thomas the Martyr at Bolton was dissolved during the Reformation. Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] appears to be all that survives of it, and following the Reformation it seems to have again become a place of worship for those living in this part of the Parish of Edlingham.
1732. Font at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
On 10th September 1790 Matthew Forster (age 64) died. Memorial at Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] sculpted by Robert Blore (age 10) commissioned by his daughters Eleanor Forster (age 19) and Jane Forster (age 13).
Matthew Forster: Around 1726 he was born. On or before 1761 he and Jane Brown were married.
On 24th April 1791 Nicholas Brown Forster (age 30) died. Memorial at Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] commissioned by his sisters Eleanor Forster (age 19) and Jane Forster (age 13).
Nicholas Brown Forster: Aroundd 1761 he was born to Matthew Forster and Jane Brown.
On 3rd November 1806 Bryan Burrell (age 78) died. He was buried at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
In this Chancel are deposited the Remains of Bryan Burrell Esqre of Broome Park [Map], who departed this Life, November the 3rd Ano Domni 1806, Aged 78 Years Mary his Wife and Daughter of HENRY PARTRIDGE Esqre of Methwold in the County of Norfolk, who departed this Life, July the 12th Ano Domni 1776; Aged 28 Years. MARTHA his Sister, who departed this Life March the 17th Ano Domni 1806, Aged 68 Years. "Their Hope is full of Immortality"
Bryan Burrell: In 1728 he was born to William Burrell of Broome Park and Philadephia Grey. In May 1771 Bryan Burrell and Mary Partridge were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.
On 24th March 1809 Jane Brown (age 77) died. Memorial at Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] commissioned by her daughters Eleanor Forster (age 37) and Jane Forster (age 31).
Jane Brown: Around 1732 she was born to Nicholas Brown of Bolton, Northumberland.
On 13th June 1814 Henry Burrell (age 37) died. He was buried at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
in the vault beneath are deposited the remains of Henry Burrell esquire M.A. Fellow of University College in Oxford, Barrister at law and one of the principal secretaries of the Lord Chancellor Eldon. He was second son of Brian Burrell Esquire of Broome Park, and died at Lincoln's Inn on the xiii of june a.d. mdcccxiv in the xxxviii year of his age.
Henry Burrell: On or before 25th June 1776, the date he was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Edlingham was born to Bryan Burrell and Mary Partridge.
On 5th June 1831 Robert Bowey, Steward to William Burrell (age 58), died. William Burrell commissioned a monument to him at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
William Burrell: Before 23rd June 1805 William Burrell and Eleanor Forster were married.
On 20th May 1846 Eleanor Forster (age 74) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Eleanor Forster: On or before 23rd July 1771, the date she was baptised, she was born to Matthew Forster and Jane Brown.
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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 1st February 1847 William Burrell (age 74) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
On 23rd November 1861 Eleanor Ker (age 59) died at East Bolton, Northumberland [Map]. She was buried at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Eleanor Ker: On 1st March 1802 she was born to Walter Ker of Littledean in Roxburghshire and Jane Forster. In or before 1834 William Gray and she were married.
On 16th March 1862 Henry Matthew Burrell (age 19) drowned in the Bay of Melbourne during a squall. Memorial window at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
On 3rd January 1864 Lewis De Crespigny Buckle (age 19) died at sea whilst on the S.S. Nemesis, a collier that was transporting coal from Newcastle to Melbourne. Memorial at Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Lewis De Crespigny Buckle: In 1845 he was born to Reverend Matthew Hughes George Buckle.
On 7th June 1866 Frances Mary Quantock (age 52) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
On 29th March 1869 Reverend Mathew Burrell (age 58) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Reverend Mathew Burrell: On 16th January 1811 he was born to William Burrell and Eleanor Forster.
On 27th June 1872 William Gray (age 75) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
William Gray: On 14th November 1796 he was born to Bishop Robert Gray.
On 5th September 1881 Colonel Bryan Burrell (age 76) died. He was buried at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
On 20th July 1889 Major Bryan Burrell (age 50) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
On 10th January 1899 Lieutenant-Colonel William Gray (age 65) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Lieutenant-Colonel William Gray: In or before 1834 he was born to William Gray and Eleanor Ker.
On 9th July 1901 Reverend Walter Augustus Gray (age 66) died. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Reverend Walter Augustus Gray: In or before 1835 he was born to William Gray and Eleanor Ker.
On 20th April 1906 Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Gray (age 70) died at East Bolton, Northumberland [Map]. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Gray: In 1836 he was born to William Gray and Eleanor Ker. On 1st June 1878 Captain Arthur Gray and Louise Victoria Marshall were married at St Luke's Church, Paddington.
After 1907. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] to three children of Colonel Bryan Burrell and Frances Mary Quantock.
All About History Books
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 August 1910 Adam Scott (age 35) and Daughter Lambert were married at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
After 1914֫. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map] to three daughters of William Gray and Eleanor Ker.
On 28th October 1914 John Mounsey Lambert (age 31) was killed in action during an unsuccessful attack on the village of Neuve Chapelle. He is commemorated on a plaque at Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map]. He is buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez.
On 21st September 1929 Louise Victoria Marshall (age 82) died at East Bolton, Northumberland [Map]. Memorial at the Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Bolton [Map].
Louise Victoria Marshall: In 1847 she was born.