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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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Earl Aldborough is in Earl Ireland.
On 9th February 1777 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough (age 78) was created 1st Earl Aldborough. Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough (age 71) by marriage Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough.
On 29th May 1777 John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough (age 78) died. His son Edward (age 41) succeeded 2nd Earl Aldborough, 2nd Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 2nd Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow. Barbara Herbert Countess Aldborough (age 34) by marriage Countess Aldborough.
On 24th May 1787 Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough (age 51) and Anne Elizabeth Henniker Countess Aldborough were married. She by marriage Countess Aldborough. She brought a fortune of £50,000. He the son of John Stratford 1st Earl Aldborough and Martha O'Neale Countess Aldborough (age 81).
On 2nd January 1801 Edward Stratford 2nd Earl Aldborough (age 65) died at Belan House. He was buried at St Thomas' Church, Dublin. His brother John (age 61) succeeded 3rd Earl Aldborough, 3rd Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 3rd Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow. Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aldborough (age 44) by marriage Countess Aldborough.
On 7th March 1823 John Stratford 3rd Earl Aldborough (age 83) died at Belan House, County Kildare. His brother Benjamin (age 77) succeeded 4th Earl Aldborough, 4th Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 4th Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow.
On 11th July 1833 Benjamin Stratford 4th Earl of Aldborough (age 87) died. His son Mason (age 49) succeeded 5th Earl Aldborough, 5th Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 5th Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow.
On 4th October 1849 Mason Stratford 5th Earl of Aldborough (age 65) died. His son Benjamin (age 41) succeeded 6th Earl Aldborough, 6th Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare, 6th Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow.
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.
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On 19th December 1875 Benjamin O'Neale Stratford 6th Earl of Aldborough (age 67) died unmarried at Alicante, Spain. Earl Aldborough, Viscount Aldborough of Belan in Kildare,Baron Baltinglass of Wicklow extinct.