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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.
On 15th May 1886 Mary Borden Lady Spears was born.
1917. Glyn Philpot (age 32). Portrait of Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 30).
In January 1918 Edward Louis Spears 1st Baronet (age 31) and Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 31) were married at the British Embassy, Paris.
Around 1925. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 31). Photograph of Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 38). © National Portrait Gallery.
On 30th July 1953 [her husband] Edward Louis Spears 1st Baronet (age 66) was created 1st Baronet Spears of Warfield in Berkshire. Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 67) by marriage Lady Spears of Warfield in Berkshire.
On 2nd December 1968 Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 82) died at Warfield, Berkshire. She was buried in the churchyard of St Michael the Archangel Church, Warfield.
On 27th January 1974 [her former husband] Edward Louis Spears 1st Baronet (age 87) died at the Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot. He was buried in the churchyard of St Michael the Archangel Church, Warfield. Baronet Spears of Warfield in Berkshire extinct.