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Sussex is in South-East England.
On 16th June 1710 William Ashburnham 2nd Baron Ashburnham (age 31) died of smallpox at Ashburnham. His brother John (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex.
St Peter's Church, Ashburnham is also in Churches in Sussex.
On 10th March 1737 John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham (age 49) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ashburnham [Map]. His son John (age 12) succeeded 2nd Earl Ashburham, 4th Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex
On 12th May 1924 Thomas Ashburnham 6th Earl Ashburnham (age 69) died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Ashburnham [Map]. Earl Ashburham, Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex extinct.
In 1551 Bishop William Overton (age 26) was appointed Rector of St Mary's Church Balcombe.
Battle Abbey is also in Abbeys in England.
Flowers of History. 1067. King William (age 39), exulting in his victory, gave praise to God. The same year also, the king built an abbey, which, in reference to the battle that had been fought there, he called Battle [Map], in order that glory, and praise, and thanks, might be offered up in it to God for ever for the victory which he had given him, and also that offices for the souls of the dead who were slain there might be perfonned by the monks who were established in it, with the offering of salutary victims; and he endowed and enriched the church with estates and priyileges, and committed it to the patronage and protection of the kings who should reign in England after him.
Chronicon ex Chronicis. 1094. King William went to Hastings, and while there caused the church of Battle [Map] to be dedicated; and then crossing over to Normandy had a conference with his brother [Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy (age 43)], under a safe conduct, but came away without being reconciled to him, and the earl went to Rouen. The king returned to Eu, and establishing himself there, took soldiers into his pay from all quarters, and induced several of the Norman nobles to forfeit their allegiance to his brother, and place their castles in his power, some by promises, others by gifts of gold, silver, and lands; and having secured their consent, he distributed liis own troops among the castles which he already held, or those which were now made over to him. Meanwhile, he took the castle of Bures, and sent some of the earl's soldiers who were taken there prisoners to England, and contined the rest in Normandy. Thus he harassed his brother in various ways, and used his utmost efforts to deprive him of his inheritance.
On 8th April 1608 Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague (age 70) died at Battle Abbey [Map]. She was buried at Midhurst; subsequently moved to St Mary's Church, Easebourne, Sussex [Map].
Letters of Horace Walpole. 5th August 1752. Now you are fully master of Hurst Monceaux, I shall carry you on to Battel-By the way, we bring you a thousand sketches, that you may show us what we have seen. Battel Abbey [Map] stands at the end of the town, exactly as Warwick Castle does of Warwick; but the house of Webster have taken due care that it should not resemble it in any thing else. A vast building, which they call the old refectory, but which I believe was the original church, is now barn, coach-house, etc. The situation is noble, above the level of abbeys: what does remain of gateways and towers is beautiful, particularly the flat side of a cloister, which is now the front of the mansion-house. Miss of the family has clothed a fragment of a portico with cockle-shells! The grounds, and what has been a park, lie in a vile condition. In the church is the tomb of Sir Anthony Browne, master of the horse for life to Harry VIII: from whose descendants the estate was purchased. The head of John Hanimond, the last abbot, is still perfect in one of the windows. Mr. Chute says, "What charming things we should have done if Battel Abbey had been to be sold at Mrs. Chenevix's, as Strawberry was!" Good night!
On 19th November 1246 Henry Audley (age 71) died at Bersted.
Around 1197 Bertrade Mainwaring was born to Ralph Mainwaring at Mainwaring Bersted.
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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 1154 Engram de Braose was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber (age 39) and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber.
Around 1157 Sybil de Braose Countess Derby was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber (age 42) and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber.
Around 1160 John de Braose was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber (age 45) and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber.
On 18th July 1232 John "Tadody aka Fatherless" Braose 8th Baron Bramber (age 35) died from a fall from a horse at Bramber. His son William (age 8) succeeded 9th Baron Bramber Feudal.
Bertha de Braose Baroness Beauchamp was born to William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber and Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber at Bramber.
Bramber Castle is also in Castles in Sussex.
Around 1070 William de Braose 1st Baron Bramber commissioned the building of Bramber Castle [Map].
On 1st September 1909 Jack Russell 25th Baron de Clifford (age 25) died in a car accident at Small Dole, Bramber [Map]. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Cowfold [Map]. His son Edward (age 2) succeeded 26th Baron de Clifford.
On 11th October 1525 Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West (age 68) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Broadwater. His son Thomas (age 50) succeeded 9th Baron De La Warr, 6th Baron West. Elizabeth Bonville Baroness De La Warr and West (age 51) by marriage Baroness De La Warr, Baroness West.
On 1st October 1615 Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 80) died in Buckhurst.
Around 1254 Robert Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh was born at Burghesh.
Around 1319 Joan Burghesh Baroness Dunster was born to Bartholomew "The Elder" Burghesh 1st Baron Burghesh (age 32) and Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh (age 19) at Burwash.
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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 10th October 1827 Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool (deceased) was buried Buxted.
On 2nd February 1846 Christopher Wordsworth (age 71) died at Buxted.
Around 1427 John Dudley was born to John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley (age 26) and Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley at Atherington Climping.
Around 1530 William Butler was born at Cuckfield.
In 1580 Margaret Greeke (age 46) died at Cuckfield.
On 21st September 1744 William Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny (age 49) died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. On 30th September 1744 he was buried at East Grinstead. His son George (age 17) succeeded 2nd Baron Abergavenny.
Around January 1291 William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber (age 67) died at Findon. He was buried at Sele Priory [Map]. His son William (age 31) succeeded 10th Baron Bramber Feudal, 2nd Baron Braose.
The Times. 27th January 1916. The death of Lady Ulrica Thynne (deceased) took place on Wednesday at 30, Grosvenor-gardens. She was the second daughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset and was born in 1833. She married, in 1858, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of the third Marquess of Bath, who was Treasurer of the Household to Queen Victoria and for over 25 years M.P. for South Wilts. There were four sons and two daughters of the marriage. The funeral will be at Findon, near Worthing, on Monday, at 1 o'clock.
On 2nd June 1898 John Pratt 4th Marquess Camden (age 26) and Joan Marion Neville Marchioness Camden (age 21) were married at St Alban's Church. She by marriage Marchioness Camden. She the daughter of Henry Neville 3rd Marquess Abergavenny (age 43) and Violet Streatfeild. He the son of John Charles Pratt 3rd Marquess Camden and Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill Countess Camden.
On 20th August 1326 John St Leger of Offley (age 32) died at Wartling Hailsham.
On 22nd November 1410 William Hoo (age 75) died at Wartling Hailsham.
Sibyl Filiol was born to William Filiol in Wartling Hailsham.
Around 22nd September 1597 Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 57) and Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 33) at Halland.
Around 1475 Reginald Bray (age 35) and Katherine Hussey were married. Katherine brought him lands in Harting.
On 3rd September 1670 Edward Ford (age 65) died at Ireland. His body was brought to England, and interred in the family burial-place at Harting.
In 1605 Edward Ford was born to William Ford of Harting (age 35) at Up Park.
St Giles' Church Horsted Keynes is also in Churches in Sussex.
On 9th January 1685 Elias Leighton died at the Parish of St Andrew's Holborn. He was buried at St Giles' Church Horsted Keynes [Map].
On 26th April 1366 Archbishop Simon Islip died at Mayfield. During his last three years he was unable to speak as a consequence of a stroke.
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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 1245 Cecilia Bohun was born to Ralph Bohun (age 25) and Sibyl Ferrers in Midhurst.
Around 28th September 1247 John Bohun was born to Ralph Bohun (age 27) and Sibyl Ferrers in Midhurst.
Around 5th December 1367 John Bohun (age 66) died in Midhurst.
On 29th June 1592 Anthony Browne (age 39) died at Riverbank House Cowdray Midhurst. He was buried at Midhurst.
On 8th April 1608 Magdalen Dacre Viscountess Montague (age 70) died at Battle Abbey [Map]. She was buried at Midhurst; subsequently moved to St Mary's Church, Easebourne, Sussex [Map].
Around 1489 Arthur Hopton was born to George Hopton (age 28) at Cowdray Midhurst.
On 29th June 1592 Anthony Browne (age 39) died at Riverbank House Cowdray Midhurst. He was buried at Midhurst.
The River Rother rises at Empshott, Hampshire [Map] from where it flows through Liss, Hampshire [Map], Sheet, Hampshire [Map], past Rogate [Map], Trotton [Map], Chithurst [Map], Iping [Map], Stedham [Map], Easebourne Midhurst [Map] and Cowdray House [Map], South Ambersham [Map], Selham [Map], Coultershaw Bridge [Map], Lower Fittleworth [Map] after which it joins the River Arun one km before Pulborough [Map].
On 28th November 1586 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bowyer of Leighthorne, Sussex and Jane Birch. He was baptised on 4th December 1586 at Church of St Stephen, North Mudham.
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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.
Before 28th February 1651 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 64) died. He was buried at the Church of St Stephen, North Mudham on 28th February 1651. His son Thomas (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bowyer of Leighthorne in Sussex.
On 20th April 1887 Dorothy Una Ratcliffe nee Clough was born to George Benson Clough at Preston.
On 20th July 1639, some sources say 11th July 1639, Henry Spencer 1st Earl of Sunderland (age 18) and Dorothy Sidney Countess Sunderland (age 21) were married at Penhurst Rother. She by marriage Baroness Spencer Wormleighton. Her long-term suitor, she was the 'Sacharissa' of his poems, Edmund Waller (age 33) wrote a letter to the bride's sister (age 12) on the occasion of the wedding. She the daughter of Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 43) and Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester (age 41). They were fifth cousins.
Madam,
In this common joy at Penshurst, I know none to whom complaints may come less unseasonably than to your ladyship, the loss of a bedfellow being almost equal to that of a mistress; and therefore you ought at least to pardon, if you consent not to the imprecations of, the deserted, which just Heaven no doubt will hear. May my lady Dorothy, if we may yet call her so, suffer as much, and have the like passion for this young lord, whom she has preferred to the rest of mankind, as others have had for her; and may his love, before the year go about, make her taste of the first curse imposed upon womankind, the pains of becoming a mother. May her first born be none of her own sex, nor so like her but that he may resemble her lord as much as herself. May she that always affected silence and retirement have the house filled with the noise and number of her children, and hereafter of her grandchildren; and then may she arrive at that great curse, so much declined by fair ladies, old age; may she live to be very old and yet seem young; be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth; and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again! My revenge being immortal, I wish all this may befall her posterity to the world's end and afterwards! To you, madam, I wish all good things, and that this loss may in good time be happily supplied with a more constant bedfellow of the other sex. Madam, I humbly kiss your hands, and beg pardon for this trouble, from
Your ladyship's
most humble servant,
E. Waller.
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Around 1430 Roger Copley was born to Richard Copley (age 36) in Rougham.
On 21st December 1490 Roger Copley (age 60) died in Rougham.
Around 6th December 1559 William Culpepper (age 50) died William Culpepper at Salehurst.
Sele Priory is also in Priories in England.
Sele Priory [Map] was a Benedictine Order priory founded before 1126.
Around January 1291 William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber (age 67) died at Findon. He was buried at Sele Priory [Map]. His son William (age 31) succeeded 10th Baron Bramber Feudal, 2nd Baron Braose.
On 3rd January 1835 Sarah Cox aka Fanny Cornforth was born to William Cox (age 21) and Jane Woolgar (age 21) at Steyning, Sussex. She was baptised on 1st February 1835.
Around 1300 Isabella St John was born to Edward St John (age 41) and Eve Hauterive at Stopham.
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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.
On 7th December 1816 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hollis Bradford (age 35) died at La Vacherie from wounds he had received at the Battle of Waterloo. He was buried at Storrington.
Around 1275 William Cheney was born to Alexander Cheney (age 27) and Agnes Saye (age 25) at Street.
Around 1351 Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys was born to John Camoys (age 31) and Elizabeth Latimer at Trotton.
Around 1469 Roger Lewknor was born to Thomas Lewknor (age 25) at Trotton.
On 15th January 1543 Roger Lewknor (age 74) died at Trotton.
On 3rd March 1652 Thomas Otway was born in Trotton.
On 20th April 1417 Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys (age 46) died. She was buried at St George's Church Trotton.
On 28th March 1421 Thomas Camoys 1st Baron Camoys (age 70) died. He was buried at St George's Church Trotton. His grandson Hugh (age 8) succeeded 2nd Baron Camoys.
The River Medway rises near Turners Hill [Map] from where it flows through Wood Weir Reservoir [Map], past Forest Row [Map], between Hartwell [Map] and Hartfield [Map], after which it is joined by the River Grom, past Ashurst, Kent [Map], Hedge Barton, Kent [Map], Penshurst, Kent [Map], under Ensfield Bridge, Kent [Map], through Tonbridge, Kent [Map], past East Peckham, Surrey [Map], Nettlestead, Kent [Map], under Teston Bridge, Kent [Map], under Kettle Bridge, Kent [Map] and East Farleigh Bridge, Kent [Map], through Maidstone, Kent [Map].
After Maidstone the river flows past Aylesford, Kent [Map], Burnham Causewayed Enclosure [Map] and Wouldham, Kent [Map] to Rochester, Kent [Map].
The Times. 5th January 1938. MR. J. NEVILL (age 23) AND MISS HARRISON (age 22).
The Duke (age 37) and Duchess of Gloucester (age 36) have sent a silver condiments set to Mr. John Nevill, Life Guards, elder son of Major (age 54) and Mrs. Guy Larnach-Nevill (age 47), of Uckfield House, and Miss Patricia Harrison, daughter of Major and the Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison, of Kings Walden Bury, Hitchin, whose marriage took place yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Rev. G. S. Shackleford officiated, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Dunford. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of ivory-tinted panne velvet, embossed with sprays of silver flowers. The bodice was fashioned with a square neckline and long sleeves, slightly full at the shoulder, and the square train was lined with silver tissue. A headdress of silver-tipped doves' wings surmounted her long tulle veil, and she carried a spray of mixed white flowers. A retinue of six little girls and four pages folowed the bride. They were Penelope Harrison (sister of the bride), the Hon. Clare Beckett, Marye Pepys (niece of the bridegroom), Margaret Rosselli, Caroline Bury, Joanna Spencer, Hugh Lawson (cousin of the bride), David Myddelton (cousin of the bridegroom), Thomas Pilkington (nephew of the bride), and Charles Smith-Bingham. The pages wore replicas of the uniform of the Life Guards of the early nineteenth century, and the little girls wore long frocks of silver lame, the high-waisted bodices cut with short, puff sleeves, and square necks. They wore caps of silver lame, trimmed with white fur, and carried white fur muffs. Lord Roderic Pratt (age 22), Life Guards, was best man, and there was a guard of honour from the same regiment. The Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison afterwards held a reception at 28, Grosvenor Square, W1. The honeymoon wil be spent in Switzerland.
Around 1516 Thomas Cheney was born to Thomas Cheney (age 42) at Warbleton.
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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.
In 1563 John Cheney was born to Thomas Cheney (age 47) at Warbleton.
Around 1384 Elizabeth Cheney was born to Richard Cheney (age 32) at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1417 Alexander Cheney was born to Simon Cheney (age 25) at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
Around 1417 William Cheney was born to Simon Cheney (age 25) at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1419 Richard Cheney was born to Simon Cheney (age 27) at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1421 Robert Cheney was born to Simon Cheney (age 29) at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
In 1443 John Cheney was born to William Cheney (age 26) at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
On 6th June 1494 John Cheney (age 51) died at Cralle Manor Warbleton.
On 25th September 1410 Elizabeth Carew (age 38) died at West Poyning.
In 1538 Francis Culpepper was born to William Culpepper (age 29) and Cicely Barrett (age 26) at Wigsell.
In 1321 Thomas Culpepper (age 61) died at Winchelsea [Map].
In 1321 Walter Culpepper (age 55) died at Winchelsea [Map].
On 29th August 1350 the English fleet defeated a Castilian fleet at Winchelsea [Map] during the Battle of Winchelsea. Around twenty Castilian ships were captured; several were sunk. For the English King Edward III of England (age 37) and his son Edward "Black Prince" (age 20), James Audley (age 32), Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 37), Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 40) and John Sully (age 67) fought.
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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.
Chronicle of Gregory [1400-1467]. 1405. Ande that year Syr Thomas (age 17) the kyngys son was Amerelle of the See, and he wente unto Flaundrys and brent bothe in Cachante and in Flaundrys, ande londyd at Scluse [Map] and gaffe there to a strong sawte. Alle so he toke carrekys of Jene and brought them unto Wynchylse [Map], and they were brent thorowe mysse governaunce and moche of the goode ther ynne.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th June 1652. On Whit Sunday, I went to the church (which is a very fair one), and heard one of the canters, who dismissed the assembly rudely, and without any blessing. Here I stayed till the 10th with no small impatience, when I walked over to survey the ruins of Winchelsea [Map], that ancient cinq-port, which by the remains and ruins of ancient streets and public structures, discovers it to have been formerly a considerable and large city. There are to be seen vast caves and vaults, walls and towers, ruins of monasteries and of a sumptuous church, in which are some handsome monuments, especially of the Templars, buried just in the manner of those in the Temple at London. This place being now all in rubbish, and a few despicable hovels and cottages only standing, hath yet a Mayor. The sea, which formerly rendered it a rich and commodious port, has now forsaken it.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st October 1666. This afternoon walking with Sir H. Cholmly (age 34) long in the gallery, he told me, among many other things, how Harry Killigrew (age 29) is banished the Court lately, for saying that my Baroness Castlemayne (age 25) was a little lecherous girle when she was young.... This she complained to the King (age 36) of, and he sent to the Duke of York (age 33), whose servant he is, to turn him away. The Duke of York hath done it, but takes it ill of my Lady that he was not complained to first. She attended him to excute it, but ill blood is made by it. He told me how Mr. Williamson (age 33) stood in a little place to have come into the House of Commons, and they would not choose him; they said, "No courtier". And which is worse, Bab May (age 38) went down in great state to Winchelsea [Map] with the Duke of York's letters, not doubting to be chosen; and there the people chose a private gentleman in spite of him, and cried out they would have no Court pimp to be their burgesse; which are things that bode very ill. This afternoon I went to see and sat a good while with Mrs. Martin, and there was her sister Doll, with whom, contrary to all expectation, I did what I would, and might have done anything else.
In 1443 Ralph Shirley was born to Ralph Shirley (age 30) and Elizabeth Blount (age 27) at Wiston.
In 1451 Alice Shirley was born to Ralph Shirley (age 38) and Elizabeth Blount (age 35) at Wiston.
Around 1478 Richard Shirley was born to Ralph Shirley (age 35) and Jane Bellingham (age 22) at Wiston.
In 1498 William Shirley was born to Richard Shirley (age 20) at Wiston.
On 10th November 1540 Richard Shirley (age 62) died at Wiston.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 9th May 1542 Thomas Shirley was born to William Shirley (age 44) at Wiston.
Around 1546 Anthony Shirley was born to William Shirley (age 48) at Wiston.
On 29th May 1551 William Shirley (age 53) died at Wiston.
Before 1601 Henry Neville 2nd Baron Abergavenny (age 21) and Mary Sackville (age 16) were married at Buckhurst Withyham. She the daughter of Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 64) and Cicely Baker Countess Dorset (age 65). They were sixth cousins.
The River Medway rises near Turners Hill [Map] from where it flows through Wood Weir Reservoir [Map], past Forest Row [Map], between Hartwell [Map] and Hartfield [Map], after which it is joined by the River Grom, past Ashurst, Kent [Map], Hedge Barton, Kent [Map], Penshurst, Kent [Map], under Ensfield Bridge, Kent [Map], through Tonbridge, Kent [Map], past East Peckham, Surrey [Map], Nettlestead, Kent [Map], under Teston Bridge, Kent [Map], under Kettle Bridge, Kent [Map] and East Farleigh Bridge, Kent [Map], through Maidstone, Kent [Map].
After Maidstone the river flows past Aylesford, Kent [Map], Burnham Causewayed Enclosure [Map] and Wouldham, Kent [Map] to Rochester, Kent [Map].
Around 1474 Edward Guildford was born to Richard Guildford (age 24) and Ann Pympe (age 20) at Offington Worthing.
On 25th September 1554 Thomas West 9th Baron De La Warr 6th Baron West (age 79) died at Offington Worthing. Baron West and Baron De La Warr abeyant between the two daughters of his half-brother Owen West. A new barony Baron De La Warr was conferred on Thomas' heir-male William West 1st Baron De La Warr (age 28).
On 11th August 1902 or 14th August 1902 George Truefitt (age 78) died at Old House, Worthing.