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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.
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire is in Gloucestershire.
Around 1379 Nicholas Poyntz was born to Robert Poyntz (age 19) at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
In 1381 Thomas Poyntz was born to Robert Poyntz (age 21) at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
Around 1415 Henry Poyntz was born to Nicholas Poyntz (age 36) and Elizabeth Hussey (age 4) at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map]. Adjusted date based on son John's date of birth in 1445.
On 15th June 1439 Robert Poyntz (age 80) died at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
Around 1450 John Poyntz and Alice Cox were married at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
Around 1450 Robert Poyntz was born to John Poyntz and Alice Cox at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
After 17th September 1450 Nicholas Poyntz (deceased) died at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
Around 1466 John Poyntz died at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
In 1500 Mary Poyntz was born to Anthony Poyntz (age 20) and Elizabeth Huddersfield (age 21) at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
On 4th November 1520 Robert Poyntz (age 70) died at Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
The River Frome, Gloucestershire rises in Dodington Park, Gloucestershire [Map] after which it flows past Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire [Map], Yate, Gloucestershire [Map], Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map], Frampton Cotterel, Gloucestershire [Map], Winterbourne Down, Goucestershire [Map], Frenchay, Bristol [Map] and Eastville, Bristol [Map] after which it is covered for a long stretch emerging into Bristol Floating Harbour [Map] before joining the Gloucestershire River Avon.
Acton Court Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, Welsh March, England, British Isles [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 21st August 1535 Nicholas Poyntz (age 25) visited by Henry VIII (age 44) and Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 34) at Acton Court Iron Acton, Gloucestershire [Map].
