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Rosslyn Chapel is in Rosslyn, Midlothian.
Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
In 1650 Oliver Cromwell's troops, under the command of General Monck, stabled their horses in Rosslyn Chapel [Map] while they ransacked the nearby castle.
On 6th September 1890 Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 57) died. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]
Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn: On 2nd March 1833 he was born. On 8th November 1866 he and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy were married.
On 8th December 1933 Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 94) died at Regent's Park. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]
Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy: On 22nd August 1839 she was born to Henry Fitzroy in Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire and Jane Elizabeth Beauclerk. On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard and she were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.
On 10th August 1939 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn (age 70) died. He was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
On 17th December 1973 James Alexander Wedderburn St Clair-Erskine (age 64) died. He was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
James Alexander Wedderburn St Clair-Erskine: On 23rd August 1909 he was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn and Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn.
On 24th February 1975 Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn (age 88) died. She was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn: On 24th February 1887 she was born. On 8th October 1908 James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn and she were married.
All About History Books
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 25th October 1985 David Simon St Clair-Erskine (age 67) died. He was buried at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map].
David Simon St Clair-Erskine: On 18th November 1917 he was born to James St Clair-Erskine 5th Earl of Rosslyn and Vera Mary Bayley Countess of Rosslyn.
The Visitor Centre at Rosslyn Chapel [Map] was opened by the Prince of Wales (age 49) on 2nd April 1998.