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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.
Earl Winchester is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Earl Winchester:
1st. 1207. Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 1170-1219. Extinct. 25th April 1264.
2nd. 10th May 1322. Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 1261-1326. Forfeit. 27th October 1326. Execution of the Despencers.
3rd. 1472. Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester 1427-1492. Renounced. 1512.
Earl Winchester is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1207. Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester created.
3rd November 1219. Son Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester succeeded.
25th April 1264. Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester extinct.
In 1207 Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester (age 37) was created 1st Earl Winchester. Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester by marriage Countess Winchester.
On 3rd November 1219 Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester (age 49) died at Damietta. His son Roger (age 24) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchester.
Before 1250 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester (age 54) and Helen Galloway Countess Winchester were married. She by marriage Countess Winchester. He the son of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. They were half third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In or after 1250 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester (age 55) and Maud Bohun Countess Pembroke and Winchester were married. She by marriage Countess Winchester. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 46) and Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex. He the son of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. They were half third cousin once removed.
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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.
In 1252 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester (age 57) and Eleanor Ferrers Countess Winchester (age 16) were married. She by marriage Countess Winchester. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby (age 59) and Sibyl Marshal (age 51). He the son of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 25th April 1264 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester (age 69) died. Earl Winchester extinct.
Earl Winchester is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Forfeit Earldoms of England.
Summary
10th May 1322. Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester created.
27th October 1326. Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester forfeit. See Execution of the Despencers.
On 10th May 1322 Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 61) was created 1st Earl Winchester.
On 27th October 1326 Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester (age 65) was hanged at Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map]. Earl Winchester, Baron Despencer forfeit as a result of attainder.
Earl Winchester is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Renounced Earldoms of England.
Summary
1472. Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester created.
24th November 1492. Son John de Bruges 2nd Earl of Winchester succeeded.
1512. John de Bruges 2nd Earl of Winchester renounced.
In 1472 Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester (age 45) was created 1st Earl Winchester.
On 24th November 1492 Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester (age 65) died. His son John (age 34) succeeded 2nd Earl Winchester.
In 1512 John de Bruges 2nd Earl of Winchester (age 54) renounced the title Earl Winchester since he was now supporting the King of France.