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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Mordaunt
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath 1509-1561
John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was born to Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt and Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt.
In 1608 [his father] Henry Mordaunt 4th Baron Mordaunt (age 41) died. His son John succeeded 5th Baron Mordaunt.
Before 1621 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 17) were married.
On 15th November 1621 [his son] Henry Mordaunt 2nd Earl Peterborough was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 18).
On 18th June 1626 [his son] John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 23) at Lowick, Northamptonshire.
On 9th March 1628 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough was created 1st Earl Peterborough. [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 25) by marriage Countess Peterborough.
From 1639 to 1643 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough lived at 3 Great Piazza Covent Garden.
On 18th June 1642 John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough died. His son [his son] Henry (age 20) succeeded 2nd Earl Peterborough, 6th Baron Mordaunt.
In 1671 [his former wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough (age 68) died.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Mordaunt Baroness Howard was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough.
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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.
[his daughter] Sophia Mordaunt was born to John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard Countess Peterborough.
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 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Peake
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Latimer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Edith Latimer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Hody
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 2nd Baron Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vere
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Baroness Mordaunt
GrandFather: Lewis Mordaunt 3rd Baron Mordaunt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzlewis
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzlewis
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ellen Fitzlewis
John Mordaunt 1st Earl Peterborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Compton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Aylworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Aylworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Peter Compton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Brereton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Werburga Brereton
GrandFather: Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Stafford Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Walden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Walden
Mother: Margaret Compton Baroness Mordaunt 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Empson
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Spencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Graunt
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Knightley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Knightley
GrandMother: Anne Spencer Countess Dorset
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath