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Knaresborough is in Kexby.
Around 1088 Eustace Fitzjohn 4th Baron Halton was born to John "Monoculus" Fitzrichard de Burgh (age 28) and Magdelena Cecily Blois (age 40) at Knaresborough [Map].
Close Rolls Edward II 1307-1313. On 16th January 1310 King Edward II of England (age 25). Stamford [Map]. To the Sheriff of York. Order to proclaim that the king does not intend to change the money current in the Kingdom in the late King's time, as had been rumoured, and to forbid anyone from thinking little of it, whereby victuals and other necessaries may be sold more dearly.
The like to all the Sheriffs of England [Ibid].
Enrolment of deed of Peter de Gavaston (age 26), knight, surrendering to the king the castle, manor, and honour of Knaresborough [Map], with the free chase of Knaresborough, and the manors of Routheclyve and Auldburgh, lately granted to him by the King for his lifetime. Witnesses: Gilbert de Clare 8th Earl Gloucester 7th Earl Hertford (age 18), Henry Lacy 4th Earl Lincoln, Earl Salisbury (age 59), John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 23), John de Brittania, Earl of Richmond, Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 48), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 36), Robert son of Walter, Robert son of Payn, William de Burford, William Inge. Dated at Stamford [Map] July 26, 3 Edward II.
Enrolment of like surrender by the said Peter of the county of Gaure and the castles of Talanon, Tantalon, and Mauleon, the provostships (preposituras) and Camparian(um) called 'la Cointal' and of the city of Bayonne, the manor of Erebafaveyra, Born, Comtad, Salmun, Dagenes, and the island of Oleron, and the lands of Marempne and of Lancras in Saintogne, and all rights, appurtenances, etc., etc., thereto pertaining to the king, which the king lately granted him for life. Witnesses as above. Dated August 4, 3 Edward II.
Memorandum, that this deed was delivered to the king in his chamber in the House of the Friars Preachers, Stamford [Map] at Stamford, by the hands of the said Peter and the king delivered the said deed to J his chancellor, to be enrolled in the chancery, and it was afterwards delivered to Ingelard de Warle, keeper of the King's Wardrobe to be kept in the king's wardrobe, but the king's charters that the said Peter hereof were not then restored.[CONTINUES].
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In 1376 John Savile of Shelley and Golcar (age 51) was elected MP Yorkshire in the Good Parliament. During the Good Parliament, he was sufficiently trusted to conduct Thomas Caterton from Queenborough Castle [Map] for interrogation before Parliament. Caterton had been appealed for treason by Sir John Annesley, and the court party, including Gaunt (age 35), was anxious to protect him from attack. In the event, they were able to hold off the opposition, despite some damning revelations about their conduct of the war-effort. The duke himself was singled out for particular criticism, and during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 he fled into Scotland, leaving his Savoy Palace [Map] to be destroyed by the London mob. Gaunt was, understandably, reluctant to cross the border again without the protection of a sizeable bodyguard. In late June 1376, therefore, his leading retainers in the north were instructed to provide an escort for his journey to Knaresborough [Map]. Not only did John Savile of Shelley and Golcar mobilize a personal retinue of ten men-at-arms and 40 archers; he also helped to suppress the rebellion in the north by serving on two commissions for the punishment of insurgents.
Around November 1938 Harry Oxley (age 60) died at Knaresborough [Map].
On 26th October 1849 Gerald William Lascelles was born to Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 25) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh (age 23) at Goldsborough Hall, Knaresborough.
On 21st August 1924 Gerald David Lascelles was born to Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 41) and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 27) at Goldsborough Hall, Knaresborough. He a grandson of King George V of the United Kingdom.
Knaresborough Castle is also in Castles in North Yorkshire.
Around 1125 William Fitzeustace was born to Eustace Fitzjohn 4th Baron Halton (age 37) and Beatrix Vesci at Knaresborough Castle [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.
15th April 1210. King John (age 43) performs the first Royal Maundy Thursday alms giving at Knaresborough Castle [Map]. Note Maundy Thursday described as "Jovis Cene" i.e. "[Last] Supper Thursday". From the Mise Roll 11: "Supper Thursday at Knaresborough: For royal orders to the amount of ... 3s 1d. For sewing three robes for the poor — 2s 2d. For 13 belts, 13 knives, and 13 pairs of breeches for the same poor — 4s 4½d."
Source: Mise Roll 11.
In 1290 William "Hardy" Douglas 2nd Lord Douglas (age 50) was imprisoned at Knaresborough Castle [Map].
On 13th January 1312 King Edward II of England (age 27) and Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall (age 28) were reunited at Knaresborough Castle [Map] (probably).
In 1485 George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 25) was appointed Constable of Pontefract Castle and Constable of Knaresborough Castle.
Vesta Monumenta. 1734. Plate 1.44. Knaresborough Castle [Map]. Engraving by George (age 50) Vertue after a drawing originally produced for a survey of the properties of the Duchy of Lancaster conducted by the Chancellor of the Duchy, Ambrose Cave, in 1561.
Knaresborough Castle [Map]. Dugdale's England & Wales, 1853.
1896. William Harold Cubley (age 79). "The Crypt, Knaresborough Castle [Map]".
The River Nidd rises at Nidd Head Spring, North Yorkshire [Map] after which it travels under Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire [Map], then past Knaresborough Castle [Map] before joining the River Ouse at Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire [Map].