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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.
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In 1423 Humphrey Stafford (age 23) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1426 Humphrey Stafford (age 26) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1447 Humphrey Stafford (age 47) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1449 Humphrey Stafford (age 49) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1570 John Lyttelton of Frankley (age 50) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1571 John Lyttelton of Frankley (age 51) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1593 Rowland Berkeley (age 45) was elected MP Worcestershire. He was re-elected in 1597, 1601 and 1605. He died in office.
In 1620 Thomas Lyttelton 1st Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1624 Thomas Lyttelton 1st Baronet (age 31) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1640 Thomas Lyttelton 1st Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Worcestershire in the Short Parliament.
In April 1640 John Pakington 2nd Baronet (age 18) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1654 Edward Pytts of Kyre Park (age 48) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1656 Edward Pytts of Kyre Park (age 50) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1661 Samuel Sandys (age 45) was elected MP Worcestershire in the Cavalier Parliament.
In 1685 John Pakington 2nd Baronet was elected MP Worcestershire which seat he held until 1687.
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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.
In 1689 James Rushout 1st Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1695 Edwin Sandys (age 36) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1715 Thomas Vernon (age 60) was elected MP Worcestershire in the first parliament of George I.
On 6th March 1721 Thomas Lyttelton 4th Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Worcestershire.
In 1727 Thomas Lyttelton 4th Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Worcestershire in the 1727 General Election.