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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.
Lancaster, Lancashire is in Lancashire.
Around 1590 John Harrison was born in Lancaster, Lancashire [Map].
On 16th May 1777 James Lonsdale was born in Lancaster, Lancashire [Map].
Around 1882 Florence Oxley was born to Henry Oxley (age 29) and Mary Hannah Bottomley (age 32) at Lancaster, Lancashire [Map].
The River Lune rises near Newbiggin-on-Lune, Westmoreland [Map] from where it flows past Kelleth, Westmoreland [Map], Tebay, Westmoreland [Map], Beckfoot, Westmoreland [Map], Firbank, Westmoreland [Map], Hallbeck, Westmoreland [Map], Middleton, Westmoreland [Map], Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland [Map], Gressingham, Lancashire [Map] to Lancaster, Lancashire [Map] after which it joins the Irish Sea.
Gressingham, Lancaster, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles
Around 1520 Bishop Edmund Scambler was born at Gressingham. He was educated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge University [Map] and Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Lancaster Castle, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
Lancaster Castle is also in Castles in Lancashire.
. Meanwhile, Richard, Duke of Normandy, gave to his brother John the daughter of the Earl of Gloucester along with the County of Gloucester, and the castle of Marlborough [Map] along with that honour; and the castle of Ludgershall [Map] along with that honour; and the castle of Peak [Map] along with that honour; and the castle of Bolsover [Map]; and all the land that belonged to William Peverel; and the town of Nottingham along with that honour, and the castle of Lancaster [Map] along with that honour, and Derbyshire, and the honour of Wallingford, and the honour of Tickhill [Map], and many other things which are too long to enumerate individually. He gave him all these things with the forests, towns, and all their other appurtenances.
Interim Ricardus dux Normanniæ dedit Johanni fratri suo filiam comitis Gloucestriæ cum comitatu Gloucestriæ, et castellum de Merleberg cum honore illo; et castellum de Lutegareshale cum honore illo; et castellum de Pech cum honore illo; et castellum de Boleshoveres; et totam terram que fuit Willelmi Peverel1; et villam de Notingham cum honore illo, et castellum de Lounecastre cum honore illo, et Derebisiram, et honorem de Walinford, et honorem de Tikehil, et multa alia quae longum est enumerare per singula. Hæc omnia dedit ei cum forestis, villis et aliis omnibus pertinentiis suis.
Note 1. Forfeited in 1155 for the poisoning of the earl of Chester - see Ranulf Gernon, 4th Earl Chester.
Vesta Monumenta. 1734. Plate 1.41. Lancaster Castle [Map] and Priory Church [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.
Lancaster Priory Church, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
Lancaster Priory Church is also in Churches in Lancashire, Priories in England.
In 1094 Roger "The Poitevin" Montgomery Viscount Hiemois (age 29) established the Benedictine Lancaster Priory [Map], dedicated to St Mary, as a cell of the Abbey of Saint Martin of Sées in Normandy.
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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 1360 Lancaster Priory Church [Map] Nave was widened to about 15m.
In 1431 Lancaster Priory [Map] was transferred from Sées to Syon Abbey [Map] after which there was a major reconstruction in Perpendicular style.
In 1539 Lancaster Priory [Map] was dissolved; the church became a Parish Church.
Vesta Monumenta. 1734. Plate 1.41. Lancaster Castle [Map] and Priory Church [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.
Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
St Paul's Church, Scotforth, Lancaster, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles [Map]
St Paul's Church, Scotforth is also in Churches in Lancashire.
On 28th May 1880 Frederick Oxley was christened at St Paul's Church, Scotforth [Map].
Springfield Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles
5 Springfield Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles
1881. 1881 Census Lancashire St Anns Springfield Street. 5 Springfield Street, Lancaster.
Henry Oxley (age 28). Head. 28. Certificated Schoolmaster. Leeds [Map].
Mary Hannah Bottomley (age 31). Wife. Sowerby Bridge [Map].
Ada Oxley. Daughter. 7. Scholar. Leeds [Map].
Edith Oxley. Daughter. 5. Scholar. Bedale.
Harry Oxley (age 3). 3. Son. Barthomley, Cheshire.
Frederick Oxley. 1. Son. Lancaster, Lancashire [Map].
Ada Oxley: Around 1884 she was born to Henry Oxley and Mary Hannah Bottomley.
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