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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.

Biography of John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett 1585-1649

Paternal Family Tree: Paulett

Maternal Family Tree: Aoife NI Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188

In or before 1585 [his father] Anthony Paulett (age 22) and [his mother] Catherine Norreys (age 31) were married.

In 1585 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett was born to Anthony Paulett (age 23) and Catherine Norreys (age 32).

In 1600 [his father] Anthony Paulett (age 38) died.

Around 1600 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 15) educated at University College, Oxford University.

Around 1610 [his daughter] Florence Poulett was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 25) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett.

Before 1615 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 29) and Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett were married.

In 1615 [his son] John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett.

Letters of John Chamberlain Volume 2 252. [14th November 1616] The sheriffes were prickt on Sonday. Those that I remember are Master Pawlet (age 31) for Somersetshire, Sir Thomas Temple (age 49) for Buckingham, Sir Thomas Spenser (age 31) for Oxford, one Beswicke1 for Kent, Thomas Lucas for Essex, Master Newce2 (whose sonne maried Mall Fanshaw) for Hartford, and one Standen a widower (a neere neighbor of Sam Backhouse and shall marrie his youngest daughter) for Berkshire.

Note 1. William Beswick of Spelmorden.

Note 2. William, son of Thomas Newce of Much Hadham, Berkshire, married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Fanshawe.

On 12th April 1627 [his son-in-law] Thomas Smyth (age 17) and [his daughter] Florence Poulett (age 17) were married at Ashton Court, Somerset.

On 23rd June 1627 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 42) was created 1st Baron Poulett. [his wife] Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett by marriage Baroness Poulett.

Around 1630 [his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 45) and [his wife] Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett.

In or before 1631 [his son-in-law] Denys Rolle (age 16) and [his daughter] Margaret Poulett were married.

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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.

After 1638 [his daughter] Margaret Poulett died.

Before 1644 [his son-in-law] Richard Cholmondeley (age 23) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Paulett (age 13) were married.

Before 1648 [his son-in-law] Michael Wharton (age 24) and [his daughter] Susan Paulett were married.

In 1648 [his son] John Paulett 2nd Baron Paulett (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Vere Baroness Poulett (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Poulett.

On 20th March 1649 John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett (age 64) died. His son [his son] John (age 34) succeeded 2nd Baron Poulett.

[his daughter] Margaret Poulett was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett and Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett.

[his daughter] Susan Paulett was born to John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett and Elizabeth Ken Baroness Poulett.

Royal Ancestors of John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett 1585-1649

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

Ancestors of John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett 1585-1649

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Paulett

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Paulett

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amyas Paulett

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Paulett

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Kellaway

Great x 2 Grandmother: Laura Kellaway

GrandFather: Amias Paulett

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lewis Pollard

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Pollard

Father: Anthony Paulett

John Paulett 1st Baron Paulett 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Norreys

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Norreys

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Merbrook

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Norreys 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Vere 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Countess of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Norreys 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lovell 7th Baron Lovel 4th Baron Holand 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lovell 8th Baron Lovel 5th Baron Holand 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Deincourt 6th Baroness Deincourt, Baroness Lovel and Sudeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frideswell Lovell 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys of Rycote 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fiennes 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzhugh 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Berners Baroness Berners

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Mother: Catherine Norreys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Williams

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Williams 1st Baron Williams

GrandMother: Margery Williams Baroness Norreys Rycote 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 4th Baron Despencer 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Saye Baroness Despencer 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Tyrrell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Tyrrell Baroness Despencer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Arundell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fortescue

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adrian Fortescue 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fortescue Baroness Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stonor 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stonor 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England