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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.
Cistercian is in Religious Buildings by Order.
In 1128 Waverley Abbey [Map] was founded by Bishop William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester as the first Cistercian Abbey in England.
Around 1130 Combermere Abbey [Map] was founded by Hugh Malbank, Baron of Nantwich, confirmed in 1130 by Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester (age 31) who was one of the witnesses of its foundation charter. Other witnesses included Hugh Malbank's son, William, and Roger de Clinton, the Bishop of Coventry. The original grant included the manor of Wilkesley, comprising two Domesday manors worth 18 shillings pre-Conquest; the villages of Dodcott, Lodmore and Royal; land at Burleydam; a mill and fishery at Chorley; and woods at Brentwood, Light Birchwood and Butterley Heyes. The Abbey originally belonged to the Savigniac order, which merged with the Cistercian order by 1147.
In 1132 Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester (age 33) founded Basingwerk Abbey [Map]. The first location of the abbey was at the nearby Hen Blas. In 1147 the abbey joined the Cistercian Order. It was a daughter house of Combermere Abbey [Map].
In 1145 Woburn Abbey [Map] was established as a Cistercian Monastery. It was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.
In 1147 Margam Abbey, Glamorganshire [Map] was founded as a Cistercian monastery.
In 1151 William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York (age 50) founded Meaux aka Mesla Abbey [Map] as Cistercian house.
In 1178 the Abbey of St Mary, Haddington [Map], was founded by Countess Ada of Northumbria (age 58) as a Cistercian nunnery. She was the daughter-in-law of King David I of Scotland, the founder of many Scottish monasteries. Haddington ‘Abbey' was in fact a Priory with a Prioress at its head, but commonly called the Abbey.