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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 1736 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo was born to John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo (age 36).
In 1760 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 24) and Elizabeth Meade Countess Mayo were married. He the son of John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo (age 60).
In 1760 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 24) was appointed Prebendary of Armagh.
On 23rd April 1767 [his son] Richard Bourke was born to Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 31).
In 1768 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 32) was appointed Dean of Killaloe.
In 1772 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 36) was appointed Dean of Dromore.
On 7th September 1772 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 36) was elected Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.
On 11th October 1772 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 36) was consecrated Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin at St Thomas' Abbey by Archbishop John Cradock (age 64).
On 14th November 1779 Bishop John Hotham 9th Baronet (age 43) was consecrated Bishop of Ossory at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin by Archbishop Robert Fowler (age 54) assisted by Bishop Charles Jackson and Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 43).
On 2nd December 1790 [his father] John Bourke 1st Earl Mayo (age 90) died. His son [his brother] John (age 61) succeeded 2nd Earl Mayo, 2nd Viscount Mayo of Monycrower in Mayo, 2nd Baron Naas of Naas in Kildare. Mary Leeson Countess Mayo (age 56) by marriage Countess Mayo.
On 20th April 1792 [his brother] John Bourke 2nd Earl of Mayo (age 63) died. His brother Joseph (age 56) succeeded 3rd Earl Mayo. [his wife] Elizabeth Meade Countess Mayo by marriage Countess Mayo.
On 20th August 1794 Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo (age 58) died at Kilbeggan.
On 31st March 1807 [his former wife] Elizabeth Meade Countess Mayo died.
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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.
[his daughter] Mary Anne Bourke was born to Bishop Joseph Bourke 3rd Earl of Mayo.