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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 Thynne 1555-1604

Paternal Family Tree: Thynne

John Thynne and Joan Hayward were married.

In 1549 [his father] John Thynne (age 34) and [his mother] Christian Gresham (age 27) were married.

On 21st September 1555 John Thynne was born to John Thynne (age 40) and Christian Gresham (age 33).

Around 1556 [his father] John Thynne (age 41) and [his step-mother] Dorothy Wroughton (age 31) were married.

Before 1567 [his mother] Christian Gresham (age 44) died.

Around 1578 [his son] Thomas Thynne was born to John Thynne (age 22) and Joan Hayward.

On 21st May 1580 [his father] John Thynne (age 65) died. He was buried at Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map].

In 1584 John Thynne (age 28) was elected MP Heytesbury.

In 1586 John Thynne (age 30) was elected MP Heytesbury.

In 1589 John Thynne (age 33) was elected MP Wiltshire.

In 1593 John Thynne (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

In 1593 John Thynne (age 37) was elected MP Heytesbury.

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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.

In May 1594 [his son] Thomas Thynne (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Tuchet were married. She the daughter of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven (age 43) and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet.

In 1597 John Thynne (age 41) was elected MP Heytesbury.

In 1601 John Thynne (age 45) was elected MP Heytesbury.

In 1603 John Thynne (age 47) was knighted.

In 1604 John Thynne (age 48) was elected MP Wiltshire.

On 21st November 1604 John Thynne (age 49) died.

[his daughter] Christian Thynne was born to John Thynne and Joan Hayward.