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: Brownlow
In 1590 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet was born to Richard Brownlow [aged 36].
In March 1617 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 50] stayed as a guest of John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 27] at the old house near to the church at Belton House [Map] on his way to Scotland.
On 21st July 1638 [his father] Richard Brownlow [aged 85] died in Enfield [Map]. Monument to Richard Brownlow in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Joshua Marshall [aged 10].
Richard Brownlow: On 2nd April 1553 he was born. On 12th April 1553 Richard Brownlow was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. On 9th October 1591 he was appointed Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas which office he held until heis death which made him a very wealthy.
On 26th July 1641 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire.
Around 1644 Gilbert Soest [aged 39]. Portrait of John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 54]. Belton House.
Before 1676 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 85] and Alice Pulteney [aged 71] were married.
In 1676 [his wife] Alice Pulteney [aged 72] died.
On 24th November 1679 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 89] died without issue. Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire extinct. He left Belton House [Map] to his great-nephew John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [aged 20] (grand-son of his brother William Brownlow 1st Baronet) and niece Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [aged 20] (grand-daughter of his sister Elizabeth Brownlow ) who had married three years before in 1676. He also left them an income of £9,000 per annum and £20,000 in cash. They immediately bought a townhouse in Southampton Square.
After 24th November 1679. St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Monument to John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [deceased] sculpted by William Stanton [aged 40].