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: Zouche
Around 1554 [his father] George Zouche 10th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 28] and [his mother] Margaret Welby were married.
On 6th June 1556 Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth was born to George Zouche 10th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 30] and Margaret Welby.
On 19th June 1569 [his father] George Zouche 10th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 43] died at Harringworth, Northamptonshire [Map]. His son Edward [aged 13] succeeded 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth.
Around April 1570 Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 13] was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1571 Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 14] graduated Master of Arts: Cambridge University at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1575 Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 18] admitted at Gray's Inn.
On 14th February 1579 [his daughter] Elizabeth Zouche was born to Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 22]. She married in or before 1606 William Tate and had issue.
In 1582 [his daughter] Mary Zouche was born to Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 25].
On 14th October 1586 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 42], Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt [aged 48], Henry Wentworth 3rd Baron Wentworth [aged 28], Christopher Wray [aged 62], John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton [aged 33] and Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 30] sat in judgement on Mary Queen of Scots [aged 43] in the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
Anthony Browne 1st Viscount Montagu [aged 57], George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland [aged 28], Henry Clinton 2nd Earl Lincoln [aged 45], Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent [aged 45], Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland [aged 37], Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 55], Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick [aged 56], George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 58], Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford [aged 36], William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester [aged 60], William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 66], Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 48] and Thomas Bromley [aged 56] were present on the side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John St John 2nd Baron St John [aged 51] was present on the left side of the Presence Chamber of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map].
John Stourton 9th Baron Stourton was a juror.
Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland was a commissioner.
On 25th October 1586 Mary Queen of Scots [aged 43] was convicted and sentenced to death. Only Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 30] offered any dissent against the judgement.
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.
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In 1603 Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 46] was appointed Privy Council.
In or before 1606 [his son-in-law] William Tate [aged 46] and Elizabeth Zouche [aged 26] were married. They had four sons and three daughters The difference in their ages was 20 years.
Around 21st April 1617 [his daughter] Elizabeth Zouche [aged 38] died.
On 18th August 1625 Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth [aged 69] died. Baron Zouche Harringworth abeyant between his two daughters Elizabeth Zouche and Mary Zouche [aged 43].
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 15 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Zouche 5th Baron Zouche Harringworth 
7 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Zouche 6th Baron Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice St Maur Baroness Zouche Harringworth
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Lenthall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Lenthall 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Grey 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Zouche 8th Baron Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Dynham Baroness Zouche Harringworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Arches
GrandFather: Richard Zouche 9th Baron Zouche Harringworth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Capell
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Capell of Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Capell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Capell Baroness Zouche Harringworth 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Arundell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: George Zouche 10th Baron Zouche Harringworth 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Edward Zouche 11th Baron Zouche Harringworth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Margaret Welby