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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: Smith aka Smith-Marriott
In 1733 John Smith 1st Baronet was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
On 10th April 1744 John Smith 1st Baronet was born.
On 18th February 1768 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 23) and Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith were married.
On 19th May 1770 [his son] John Wyldbore Smith 2nd Baronet was born to John Smith 1st Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith.
In 1772 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 27) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset.
On 1st June 1774 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 30) was created 1st Baronet Smith of Sydling St Nicholas. [his wife] Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith by marriage Lady Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.
On 13th February 1796 [his wife] Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith died.
After 13th February 1796 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 51) and Anna Eleonora Morland Lady Smith were married. She by marriage Lady Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.
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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.
On 13th May 1797 [his son] John Wyldbore Smith 2nd Baronet (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Marriot Lady Smith (age 30) were married.
On 13th November 1807 John Smith 1st Baronet (age 63) died. His son [his son] John (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Smith of Sydling St Nicholas. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Anne Marriot Lady Smith (age 40) by marriage Lady Smith of Sydling St Nicholas.
[his daughter] Amelia Smith was born to John Smith 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Curtis Lady Smith.