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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.
Letheringham, Suffolk is in Suffolk.
Around 1345 John Wingfield was born to Thomas Wingfield (age 17) at Letheringham, Suffolk.
In 1378 Robert Wingfield was born to John Wingfield (age 33) and Margaret Hastings (age 23) at Letheringham, Suffolk.
On 6th November 1386 Margaret Hastings (age 31) died at Letheringham, Suffolk.
In 1389 John Wingfield (age 44) died at Letheringham, Suffolk.
Around 1403 Robert Wingfield was born to Robert Wingfield (age 25) at Letheringham, Suffolk.
On 31st January 1405 John Russell (age 65) died at Letheringham, Suffolk.
On 3rd May 1409 Robert Wingfield (age 31) died at Letheringham, Suffolk.
Around 1432 Robert Wingfield was born to Robert Wingfield (age 29) and Elizabeth Goushill (age 30) in Letheringham, Suffolk.
Around 1434 Henry Wingfield was born to Robert Wingfield (age 31) and Elizabeth Goushill (age 32) in Letheringham, Suffolk.
On 21st November 1454 Robert Wingfield (age 51) died at Letheringham, Suffolk.
Around 1469 Richard Wingfield was born to John Wingfield (age 41) and Elizabeth Fitzlewis (age 38) at Letheringham, Suffolk.
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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 22nd December 1500 Elizabeth Fitzlewis (age 69) died in Letheringham, Suffolk.
On 29th October 1762 Richard Wingfield 4th Viscount Powerscourt was born to Richard Wingfield 3rd Viscount Powerscourt (age 31) and Amelia Stratford Viscountess Powerscourt at Letheringham, Suffolk.