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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.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Cornwallis
Maternal Family Tree: Anne Carlton 1625-1715
On 6th June 1699 [his father] Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis (age 24) and [his mother] Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Cornwallis. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran and [his grandmother] Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran (age 44).
On 29th March 1700 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis was born to [his father] Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis (age 25) and [his mother] Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis (age 21).
On 20th January 1722 [his father] Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis (age 47) died. His son Charles (age 21) succeeded 5th Baron Cornwallis.
On 28th November 1722 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 22) and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis were married.
On 8th August 1725 [his mother] Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis (age 46) died.
On 6th June 1736 [his daughter] Mary Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 36) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis. She married 13th August 1769 Samuel Whitbread and had issue.
On 31st December 1738 [his son] Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. He married 14th July 1768 Jemima Tullekin Jones Countess Cornwallis and had issue.
On 10th September 1740 [his son] Henry Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 40) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 25th February 1743 [his son] James Cornwallis 4th Earl Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 42) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis. He married 30th April 1771 Catherine Mann and had issue.
In 1744 [his son] William Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 43) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
In 1753 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 52) was created 1st Earl Cornwallis. [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis by marriage Countess Cornwallis.
In July 1753 [his son-in-law] Bowen Southwell (age 40) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Cornwallis were married. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 53) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
On 8th April 1756 [his son-in-law] Bishop Spencer Madan (age 27) and [his daughter] Charlotte Cornwallis were married. She the daughter of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 56) and [his wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis.
In 1761 [his son] Henry Cornwallis (age 20) died.
On 23rd June 1762 Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis (age 62) died. His son Charles (age 23) succeeded 2nd Earl Cornwallis, 6th Baron Cornwallis.
On 1st December 1785 [his former wife] Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis died.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Before 23rd August 1792 Joshua Reynolds (age 69). Portrait of Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis.
[his daughter] Charlotte Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis. She married 8th April 1756 Bishop Spencer Madan and had issue.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Cornwallis was born to Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis and Elizabeth Townshend Countess Cornwallis. She married July 1753 Bowen Southwell, son of Thomas Southwell 1st Baron Southwell and Meliora Coningsby.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cornwallis
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cornwallis 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jerningham 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Cornwallis 1st Baron Cornwallis 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hercules Meautys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Meautys 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Cooke 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cornwallis 2nd Baron Cornwallis 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ashburnham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beaumont 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Beaumont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Farnham
GrandFather: Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Playstead
Father: Charles Cornwallis 4th Baron Cornwallis 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fox of Farley Wiltshire 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Stephen Fox
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christian Palfreyman
GrandMother: Elizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Whittle of the City of London
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Whittle
Charles Cornwallis 1st Earl Cornwallis 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Butler 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Butler 11th Earl Ormonde 4th Earl Ossory 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Burke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Butler Viscount Thurles 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 2nd Viscount Mountgarret 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Butler Countess Ormonde and Ossory 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grizzel Fitzpatrick Viscountess Mountgarret
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Acton 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Poyntz 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Verney 
13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Syndeham 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sydenham 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Preston of Whitehill in Midlothian 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 9th Earl Ormonde 2nd Earl Ossory 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas "Black Tom" Butler 10th Earl Ormonde 3rd Earl Ossory 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sheffield 2nd Baron Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheffield Countess Ormonde and Ossory 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Douglas Howard Baroness Sheffield 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Mother: Charlotte Butler Baroness Cornwallis 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bradbourne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Ferrers 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Ferrers 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Pakington of Hampton Lovett 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Lusty" Pakington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ambrose Smith of Withcote in Leicestershire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Smith
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Coe
GrandMother: Dorothy Ferrers Countess Arran 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Carleton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Carlton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dudley Carlton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Carlton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England