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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.
Around 1849 Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham was born to Peter Wells of Windsor Forest and Great Park.
In 1867 Richard Courtenay Musgrave 11th Baronet (age 28) and Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 18) were married.
On 11th October 1872 [her son] Richard George Musgrave 12th Baronet was born to [her husband] Richard Courtenay Musgrave 11th Baronet (age 34) and Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 23).
On 29th December 1872 [her father-in-law] George Musgrave 10th Baronet (age 73) died. His son [her husband] Richard (age 34) succeeded 11th Baronet Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmoreland. Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 23) by marriage Lady Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmoreland.
On 28th November 1875 [her son] Thomas Charles Musgrave was born to [her husband] Richard Courtenay Musgrave 11th Baronet (age 37) and Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 26).
On 13th February 1881 [her husband] Richard Courtenay Musgrave 11th Baronet (age 42) died. His son [her son] Richard (age 8) succeeded 12th Baronet Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmoreland.
In 1882 Henry Brougham 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux (age 45) and Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 33) were married.
On 3rd January 1886 [her father-in-law] William Brougham 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (age 90) died. His son [her husband] Henry (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux. Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 37) by marriage Baroness Brougham and Vaux.
Before 1896 [her son] Richard George Musgrave 12th Baronet (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Eleanor Harbord Lady Musgrave (age 27) were married. She by marriage Lady Musgrave of Hartley Castle in Westmoreland.
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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 17th December 1925 Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham (age 76) died.
On 24th May 1927 [her former husband] Henry Brougham 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux (age 90) died. His grandson [her grandson] Victor (age 17) succeeded 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux. His only son [her son] Henry Brougham had predeceased him twenty days before.
[her son] Henry Brougham was born to Henry Brougham 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux and Adora Frances Olga Wells Lady Musgrave and Baroness Brougham.