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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.

Biography of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 1730-1820

Paternal Family Tree: Curzon

On 19th February 1716 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 40) and [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 22) were married at Middleton, Lancashire.

On 2nd February 1730 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon was born to Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 54) and Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 36).

Around 1739 Andrea Soldi (age 36). Portrait of [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 45) and her children [his brother] Nathaniel Curzon 1st Baron Scarsdale (age 13) and Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 8).

Around 1742 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 11) educated at Brasenose College, Oxford University.

In 1754 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 23) was elected MP Clitheroe.

In 1756 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 25) and Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 18) were married.

On 16th November 1758 [his father] Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet (age 82) died. His son [his brother] Nathaniel (age 32) succeeded 5th Baronet Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire, 5th Baronet Curzon of Nova Scotia. [his wife] Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 20) by marriage Lady Curzon of Kedleston in Derbyshire.

After July 1764 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 34) and Dorothy Grosvenor Baroness Curzon were married.

On 19th July 1764 [his brother-in-law] Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor (age 33) and Henrietta Vernon Countess Grosvenor (age 28) were married.

On 21st July 1764 [his wife] Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon (age 26) died.

On 13th February 1774 [his son] Robert Curzon Baron Zouche was born to Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 44) and [his wife] Dorothy Grosvenor Baroness Curzon.

On 21st February 1774 [his wife] Dorothy Grosvenor Baroness Curzon died.

On 18th March 1776 [his mother] Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon (age 82) died.

In 1777 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 46) and Anna Margaretta Meredith Viscountess Curzon Penn Buckinghamshire were married.

In 1779 [his son-in-law] Henry Bilson Legge 2nd Baron Stawell (age 22) and [his daughter] Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell were married.

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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 1792 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 61) was elected MP Clitheroe.

In 1802 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 71) was created 1st Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire. [his wife] Anna Margaretta Meredith Viscountess Curzon Penn Buckinghamshire by marriage Viscountess Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire.

In June 1804 [his wife] Anna Margaretta Meredith Viscountess Curzon Penn Buckinghamshire died.

In 1808 [his son] Robert Curzon Baron Zouche (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Anne Bisshopp 13th Baroness Zouche (age 20) were married.

Before 21st March 1820 [his son] Penn Curzon died.

On 21st March 1820 Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon (age 90) died. His grandson [his grandson] Richard (age 23) succeeded 2nd Viscount Curzon of Penn in Buckinghamshire.

[his son] Penn Curzon was born to Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon and Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon.

[his daughter] Mary Curzon Baroness Stawell was born to Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon and Dorothy Grosvenor Baroness Curzon.

Royal Ancestors of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 1730-1820

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 1730-1820

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 1730-1820

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Curzon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Curzon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Curzon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Vernon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Vernon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ludlow 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Curzon 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sacheverell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Sacheverell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Lowe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Millicent Sacheverell 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dethick

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma Dethick

GrandFather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Randulph Crewe

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crew

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Crew

Great x 1 Grandmother: Patience Crewe Baroness Curzon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Bray

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Temperance Bray

Father: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Penn

GrandMother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon

Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 1st Baronet

GrandFather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet

Mother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Vavasour 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vavasour 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Vavasour of Spaldington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Vavasour 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England