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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.
MP Richmond is in Member Parliament.
In 1597 Christopher Wyvill (age 35) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1625 Christopher Wandesford (age 32) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1626 Christopher Wandesford (age 33) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1640 William Pennyman 1st Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Richmond which seat he held until 1642 when he was barred from sitting.
In 1659 Christopher Wyvill 3rd Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1660 Christopher Wyvill 3rd Baronet (age 45) was elected MP Richmond.
In April 1660 James Darcy (age 42) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1664 William Killigrew (age 58) was elected MP Richmond.
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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 1695 Marmaduke Wyvill 5th Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1727 Marmaduke Wyvill 6th Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Richmond. On petition the seats were awarded to their opponents on 14th March 1728.
In 1790 Lawrence Dundas 1st Earl Zetland (age 23) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1808 Lawrence Dundas 1st Earl Zetland (age 41) was elected MP Richmond.
In 1811 James Maitland 9th Earl Lauderdale (age 26) was elected MP Richmond which seat he held until 1820.
In 1841 George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (age 23) was elected MP Richmond.