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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 13th August 1837 Bishop John Wogan Festing was born to Richard Grindall Festing and Eliza Mammatt at Brook House, Stourton.
In 1860 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 22) was ordained deacon, and priest the following year, and subsequently served as curate of Christ Church, Westminster, London, from 1860 to 1873.
In 1860 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 22) was awarded BA by Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1863 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 25) was appointed Assistant Honorary Secretary, Universities' Mission to Central Africa which office he held until 1882.
In 1873 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 35) was appointed vicar of St Luke's Church, Berwick Street, close to Seven Dials.
On 19th May 1878 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 40) was appointed vicar of Christ Church, Albany Street.
In 1882 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 44) was appointed Treasurer, Universities' Mission to Central Africa which office he held until 1890.
In 1887 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 49) was appointed Rural Dean of St Pancras.
On 26th June 1888 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 50) was appointed Prebendary of Brondesbury in St Paul's Cathedral.
On 24th June 1890 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 52) was appointed Bishop of St Albans. The diocese had been created in 1877 and had only had one bishop before Festing.
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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.
Before 28th December 1902. Photograph of Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 65). He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map].
On 28th December 1902 Bishop John Wogan Festing (age 65) died unmarried at 21 Endsleigh Street, Bloomsbury.
Father: Richard Grindall Festing
GrandFather: Edward Mammatt of Ashby de la Zouche
Mother: Eliza Mammatt