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.'
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MP Arundel is in Member Parliament.
In 1547 Nicholas Pelham (age 30) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1555 Henry Paget 2nd Baron Paget Beaudasert (age 16) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1559 Thomas Heneage (age 27) was appointed MP Arundel.
In 1586 Thomas Palmer 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1589 Owen Hopton (age 70) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1601 Thomas Palmer 1st Baronet (age 61) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1624 George Chaworth 1st Viscount Chaworth (age 70) was elected MP Arundel.
In March 1679 William Garway of Ford in Sussex (age 62) was elected MP Arundel.
In October 1679 William Garway of Ford in Sussex (age 62) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1681 William Garway of Ford in Sussex (age 64) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1685 William Garway of Ford in Sussex (age 68) was elected MP Arundel.
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.'
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In 1689 William Garway of Ford in Sussex (age 72) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1722 Thomas Lumley-Saunderson 3rd Earl Scarborough (age 31) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1727 John Lumley (age 24) stood for MP Arundel but came last in the poll.
On 23rd February 1728 John Lumley (age 25) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1741 James Lumley (age 35) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1754 George Colebrooke 2nd Baronet (age 24) was elected MP Arundel which seat he controlled. He held the seat until 1774.
On 10th May 1761 James Colebrooke 1st Baronet (age 38) died. His brother George (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baronet Colebrooke of Gatton in Surrey. George was left in sole charge of the family bank in Threadneedle Street. He invested some of his wealth in buying control of the borough of Arundel where the family lived. Arundel was not a classic pocket borough, where the power to return MPs was literally tied to property rights that could be freely bought and sold, but a thoroughly corrupt one where bribery was routine and where maintaining influence of the elections required constant expenditure.
In 1774 Thomas Brand Baron Dacre (age 24) was elected MP Arundel unopposed.
In 1790 Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (age 23) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1790 George Thomas 3rd Baronet (age 50) was elected MP Arundel which seat he held until 1797.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1820 Augustus Frederick Keppel 5th Earl Albermarle (age 25) was elected MP Arundel.
In 1852 Edward George Fitzalan Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 33) was elected MP Arundel.