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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.
Lord Douglas is in Scotland Lords.
See: Lord Douglas Hawick.
Around 1274 William "Longleg" Douglas (age 54) died. His son William (age 34) succeeded 2nd Lord Douglas.
Before 1290 William "Hardy" Douglas 2nd Lord Douglas (age 49) and Eleanor Louvain Baroness Douglas were married. She by marriage Lord Douglas.
On 17th August 1424 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine (age 34) succeeded 2nd Duke Touraine, 2nd Earl Wigtown, 5th Lord Douglas, 2nd Lord Annandale, 2nd Lord Galloway, 2nd Lord Bothwell.
On 26th June 1439 Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine (age 49) died. His son William (age 15) succeeded 3rd Duke Touraine, 3rd Earl Wigtown, 6th Lord Douglas, 3rd Lord Annandale, 3rd Lord Galloway, 3rd Lord Bothwell. Janet Lindsay Countess Wigtown (age 12) by marriage Countess Wigtown.
William Douglas 1st Lord Douglas was created 1st Lord Douglas.
William Douglas 1st Lord Douglas and Margaret Kerdal were married. She by marriage Lord Douglas.
William "Hardy" Douglas 2nd Lord Douglas and Elizabeth Stewart Baroness Douglas were married. She by marriage Lord Douglas.
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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 8th March 1640 William Douglas 1st Earl Queensberry (age 58) died. His son James (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Queensberry, 2nd Viscount Drumlanrig, 2nd Lord Douglas Hawick. Margaret Stewart Countess Queensberry by marriage Countess Queensberry.
On 23rd December 1810 Charles Douglas 6th Marquess Queensberry (age 33) succeeded 6th Marquess Queensberry, 6th Earl Drumlanrig, 8th Lord Douglas Hawick.
On 3rd December 1837 Charles Douglas 6th Marquess Queensberry (age 60) died. His brother John (age 58) succeeded 7th Marquess Queensberry, 9th Earl Queensberry, 8th Lord Douglas Hawick, 6th Lord Drumlanrig, 6th Baronet Kelhead. Sarah Douglas Marchioness Queensbury by marriage Marchioness Queensberry.
On 19th December 1856 John Douglas 7th Marquess Queensberry (age 77) died. His son Archibald (age 38) succeeded 8th Marquess Queensberry, 10th Earl Queensberry, 9th Lord Douglas Hawick, 7th Lord Drumlanrig, 7th Baronet Kelhead. Caroline Clayton Marchioness Queensbury (age 35) by marriage Marchioness Queensberry.