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After 20th June 1560. Hasting's Chapel, St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch [Map]. Monument to Francis Hastings 2nd Earl Huntingdon (deceased) and Catherine Pole Countess Huntingdon (age 49) by Richard Parker of Burton on Trent. Chest tomb with five sons on one side, five daughters on the other side, and eldest son on the end. Elizabethan Period. Leg Garter. Garter Robes. Widow's Barbe. Lancastrian Esses and Inter-twined Knots Collar. Feet resting on the Manticore badge of the Hasting's family.
Inscription: "Here lyeth ye corps of Francys late Erle of Hutyngdun, Lord Hastyngs, Hungerford, Botreaux, Molyns, and Moyles, Knight of ye honorable order of ye Garter, which deceased ye XXth daye of June ao Dni 1561: and ye ladie Katheryn, Countisse of Hutyngdon his wife, which deceased ye XXIIId daye of Sepbr anno dni 1576". Moved at least twice. Some restoration.
In 1611 Robert "The Elder" Peake (age 60). Portrait of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 10) in his Garter Robes and Leg Garter.
Around 1615 Unknown Painter. Posthumous portrait of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 30) wearing his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
In 1616 William Larkin (age 34). Portrait of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 23) wearing his Garter Robes and Leg Garter.
Before 1619 Robert "The Elder" Peake (age 67). Portrait of Henry Frederick Stewart Prince of Wales in his Garter Robes and Leg Garter.
Around 1639 Anthony Van Dyck (age 39). Portrait of Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby (age 65) in his Garter Robes.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 9th October 1660. This morning Sir W. Batten (age 59) with Colonel Birch (age 45) to Deptford, to pay off two ships. Sir W. Pen (age 39) and I staid to do business, and afterwards together to White Hall, where I went to my Lord, and found him in bed not well, and saw in his chamber his picture1, very well done; and am with child2 till I get it copied out, which I hope to do when he is gone to sea.
Note 1. Peter Lely (age 42). Portrait of Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich (age 35) in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
Note 2. A figurative expression for an eager longing desire, used by Udall and by Spenser. The latest authority given by Dr. Murray in the "New English Dictionary", is Bailey in 1725.
Around 1661 Peter Lely (age 42). Portrait of Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
Around 1665 John Greenhill (age 21). Portrait of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 34) in his Garter Robes.
Before 3rd January 1670 Peter Lely (age 51). Portrait of George Monck 1st Duke Albemarle (age 61) in his Garter Robes.
Around 1673 Peter Lely (age 54). Portrait of Charles II King Scotland in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar.
Before 4th January 1674 Peter Lely (age 55). Portrait of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 40) wearing his Garter Robes.
Around 1676 Peter Lely (age 57). Portrait of Henry Bennet 1st Earl Arlington (age 58) wearing his Garter Robes.
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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.
Around 1678 Peter Lely (age 59). Portrait of Charles II King Scotland in his Garter Robes and Garter Collar and Leg Garter.
Around 1678 Peter Lely (age 59). Portrait of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 67) in his Garter Robes.
Before 7th December 1680 Peter Lely (age 62). Portrait of John Maitland 1st Duke Lauderdale (age 64) wearing his Garter Robes.
Around 1686 Willem Wissing (age 30). Portrait of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester (age 43) wearing his Garter Robes including the Garter Collar and holding his white Lord Treasurer Staff of Office.
Around 1720 Charles Jervas (age 45). Portrait of Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyne (age 26) in his Garter Robes.
In 1721 Charles Jervas (age 46). Portrait of John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland (age 44) in his Garter Robes.
In 1730 John Vanderbank (age 35). Portrait of Philip Stanhope 4th Earl Chesterfield (age 35) in his Garter Robes
In 1756 Joshua Reynolds (age 32). Portrait of Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke Grafton in his Garter Robes.
Before 25th October 1760 George Knapton (age 62). Portrait.of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland (age 76) wearing his Garter Robes.
In 1773 Joshua Reynolds (age 49). Portrait of Richard Coote 1st Earl Bellomont in his Garter Robes.
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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.
In 1773 Joshua Reynolds (age 49). Portrait of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 59) in his Garter Robes.
In 1807 John Hoppner (age 48). Portrait of King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 44) in his Garter Robes and Leg Garter.
After 18th November 1834. St Andrew's Church, Wimpole [Map]. Monument to Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (deceased).
Altar tomb with shaped ends and recumbent effigy in Garter robes with Leg Garter, all in white marble; the ends of the tomb chest are carved with arms and heraldic emblems; signed 'R. WESTMACOTT, JUNR, A.R.A. (age 35) 1844'.
