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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.
Baron Altham is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1681. Altham Annesley 1st Baron Altham created.
1699. Son James Annesley 2nd Baron Altham succeeded.
1701. Uncle Richard Annesley 3rd Baron Altham succeeded.
19th November 1701. Son Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham succeeded.
16th November 1727. Brother Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey succeeded.
14th February 1761. Son Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris succeeded.
4th July 1816. Son George Annesley 2nd Earl Mountnorris succeeded.
23rd July 1844. George Annesley 2nd Earl Mountnorris extinct.
In 1681 Altham Annesley 1st Baron Altham was created 1st Baron Altham. Alicia Leigh Baroness Altham (age 20) by marriage Baroness Altham.
In 1699 Altham Annesley 1st Baron Altham died. His son James succeeded 2nd Baron Altham.
In 1701 James Annesley 2nd Baron Altham died. His uncle Richard (age 46) succeeded 3rd Baron Altham. Dorothy Davey Baroness Altham (age 37) by marriage Baroness Altham.
On 19th November 1701 Richard Annesley 3rd Baron Altham (age 46) died. His son Arthur (age 12) succeeded 4th Baron Altham.
Before 15th April 1715 Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 26) and Mary Sheffield Baroness Altham (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Altham. She the daughter of John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 67) and Ursula Stawell Countess Mulgrave and Conway.
On 16th November 1727 Arthur Annesley 4th Baron Altham (age 38) died. His brother Richard (age 34) succeeded 5th Baron Altham.
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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 14th February 1761 Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey (age 68) died. Earl Anglesey and Baron Annesley Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire extinct. His son Arthur (age 16) succeeded 8th Viscount Valentia, 6th Baron Altham.
Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris didn't succeed as 7th Earl Anglesey since his parent's secret marriage in September 1741 was not supported by sufficient evidence for the English House of Lords to accept his legitimacy. He was subsequently created Earl Mountnorris of Mountnorris Castle in Armagh more or less in compensation.
He succeeded to the Irish titles Viscount Valentia and Baron Altham since the Irish House of Lords did believe his legitimacy.
On 10th May 1767 Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris (age 22) and Lucy Lyttelton Baronet were married. She by marriage Baroness Altham. He the son of Richard Annesley 6th Earl Anglesey and Juliana Donovan Countess Anglesey.
On 4th July 1816 Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Mountnorris (age 71) died. His son George (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Mountnorris of Mountnorris Castle in Armagh, 9th Viscount Valentia, 7th Baron Altham.
On 23rd July 1844 George Annesley 2nd Earl Mountnorris (age 73) died. Earl Mountnorris of Mountnorris Castle in Armagh and Baron Altham extinct. His fourth cousin once removed Arthur (age 58) succeeded 10th Viscount Valentia.