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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.
Baron Dunsany is in Baron Ireland.
Around 1462 Christopher Plunkett 1st Baron Dunsany (age 52) died. His son Richard succeeded 2nd Baron Dunsany.
In 1480 Richard Plunkett 2nd Baron Dunsany died. His son John succeeded 3rd Baron Dunsany.
In 1500 John Plunkett 3rd Baron Dunsany died. His son Edward succeeded 4th Baron Dunsany.
In 1521 Edward Hussey 4th Baron Dunsany died. His son Robert succeeded 5th Baron Dunsany.
In 1559 Robert Plunkett 5th Baron Dunsany died. His son Christopher succeeded 6th Baron Dunsany.
In 1564 Christopher Plunkett 6th Baron Dunsany died. His son Patrick (age 20) succeeded 7th Baron Dunsany.
On 17th March 1602 Patrick Plunkett 7th Baron Dunsany (age 58) died. His son Christopher succeeded 8th Baron Dunsany.
On 15th December 1603 Christopher Plunkett 8th Baron Dunsany died. His son Patrick (age 8) succeeded 9th Baron Dunsany.
After May 1668 Patrick Plunkett 9th Baron Dunsany (deceased) died. His grandson Christopher succeeded 10th Baron Dunsany.
In 1690 Christopher Plunkett 10th Baron Dunsany died. His brother Randall succeeded 11th Baron Dunsany.
On 16th March 1735 Randall Plunkett 11th Baron Dunsany died. His son Edward (age 22) succeeded 12th Baron Dunsany.
On 9th June 1781 Edward Plunkett 12th Baron Dunsany (age 68) died. His son Randall (age 42) succeeded 13th Baron Dunsany.
On 4th April 1821 Randall Plunkett 13th Baron Dunsany (age 82) died. His son Edward (age 48) succeeded 14th Baron Dunsany.
In 1848 Edward Wadding Plunkett 14th Baron Dunsany (age 75) died. His son Randall (age 43) succeeded 15th Baron Dunsany.
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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.
On 7th April 1852 Randall Edward Plunkett 15th Baron Dunsany (age 47) died. His brother Edward (age 43) succeeded 16th Baron Dunsany. Anne Constance Dutton Baroness Dunsany (age 35) by marriage Baroness Dunsany.
On 22nd February 1889 Edward Plunkett 16th Baron Dunsany (age 80) died. His son John (age 35) succeeded 17th Baron Dunsany.
On 16th January 1899 John William Plunkett 17th Baron Dunsany (age 45) died. His son Edward (age 20) succeeded 18th Baron Dunsany.
On 15th September 1904 Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany (age 26) and Beatrice Child-Villiers Baroness Dunsany (age 23) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dunsany. She the daughter of Victor Albert George Child-Villiers 7th Earl Jersey (age 59) and Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Countess Jersey (age 54).
Christopher Plunkett 1st Baron Dunsany was created 1st Baron Dunsany.