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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Gerard Johnson The Elder 1550-1611St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire
Gerard Johnson The Elder 1550-1611Southwark Cathedral
Gerard Johnson The Elder is in SculptorsSculptors.
Around 1550 Gerard Johnson The Elder was born. Gerard Johnson the Anglicised form of Gheerart Janssen
In 1568 Gerard Johnson The Elder [aged 18] became an English citizen.
After 14th April 1587. Elizabethan PeriodElizabethan Period monument to Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland 1549-1587Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland [deceased] and Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland [aged 37] sculpted by Gerard Johnson The Elder [aged 37] in the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, LeicestershireSt Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map].
Isabel Holcroft Countess Rutland: In 1550 she was born to Thomas Holcroft. On 6th June 1573 Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland 1549-1587Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland and she were married. She by marriage Earl of RutlandCountess of Rutland, Baron Ros HelmsleyBaroness Ros Helmsley. He the son of Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland 1526-1563Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland and Margaret Neville Countess Rutland -1559Margaret Neville Countess Rutland. Around 16th January 1606 she died.
Detail of the sculpture of their only child MannersElizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley [aged 12].
His feet resting on a Bulls HeadBulls Head with a chained coronet around its neck - a change from the UnicornUnicorn seen on earlier Manners effigies.
Detail of her Ermine lined mantle and hands clasped in prayer.
Her arms quarterd 1&4 Holcroft 2 Unknown? A squirrel, possibly fox, eating what may be a nut. 3 A black bird and an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes.
After 1595. Elizabethan PeriodElizabethan Period monument to John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland 1551-1588John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland and Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland 1553-1595Elizabeth Charlton Countess Rutland [aged 42] in the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, LeicestershireSt Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map] sculpted by Gerard Johnson The Elder [aged 45].
Armorial above the monument showing top row: Manners Augmented Arms
Manners Augmented Arms, Ros Arms
Ros Arms, Roet Arms
Roet Arms, Trusbutt [or Belvoir],
2nd Row: Beauchamp Arms
Beauchamp Arms, Beaumont Arms
Beaumont Arms, Berkeley Arms
Berkeley Arms, Lisle Arms
Lisle Arms
3rd Row: Unknown, Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350 1397 Arms
Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350 1397 Arms, Tiptoft Arms
Tiptoft Arms, Powys Arms
Powys Arms aka Charlton
4th Row: Badlesmere Arms
Badlesmere Arms, Vaux Arms
Vaux Arms, Todeni [Albini ancient] Arms, Daubeney Arms
Daubeney Arms.
Before 30th July 1611 Gerard Johnson The Elder [aged 61] died. He was buried at Southwark CathedralSouthwark Cathedral [Map] on 30th July 1611.
[his son] Nicholas Johnson -1624Nicholas Johnson was born to Gerard Johnson The Elder.
