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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Before 1659 [her father] Richard Spencer [aged 54] and [her mother] Martha Briggs were married.
In 1659 Martha Spencer was born to Richard Spencer [aged 54] and Martha Briggs.
On 10th October 1668 [her father] Richard Spencer [aged 63] died.
On or after 10th October 1668 [her step-father] John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet [aged 29] and [her mother] Martha Briggs were married. The license was dated 10th October 1668.
John Evelyn's Diary. 27th November 1679. I went to see [her step-father] Sir John Stonehouse [aged 40], with whom I was treating a marriage between my [her future father-in-law] son [aged 59] and his daughter-in-law [aged 20] [Note. Means step-daughter. Martha Spencer was the daughter of [her mother] Martha Briggs who re-married John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet after her first husband Richard Spencer died in 1668].
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th December 1679. I went to meet [her step-father] Sir John Stonehouse [aged 40], and give him a particular of the settlement on my [her future father-in-law] son [aged 59], who now made his addresses to the young lady [aged 20] his daughter-in-law [Note. Step-daughter], daughter of [her mother] Lady Stonehouse.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th February 1680. The writings for the settling jointure and other contracts of marriage of my [her future father-in-law] son [aged 59] were finished and sealed. The lady [aged 21] was to bring £5,000, in consideration of a settlement of £500 a year present maintenance, which was likewise to be her jointure, and £500 a year after mine and my [her future mother-in-law] wife's [aged 45] decease. But, with God's blessing, it will be at the least £1,000 a year more in a few years. I pray God make him worthy of it, and a comfort to his excellent mother, who deserves much from him!
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1680. Shrove-Tuesday. My [her future husband] son [aged 25] was married to Mrs. Martha Spencer [aged 21], daughter to my [her mother] Lady Stonehouse by a [her father] former gentleman, at St. Andrew's [Map], Holborn, by our Vicar, borrowing the church of Dr. Stillingfleet [aged 44], Dean of St. Paul's, the present incumbent. We afterward dined at a house in Holborn; and, after the solemnity and dancing was done, they were bedded at [her step-father] Sir John Stonehouse's [aged 41] lodgings in Bow Street, Convent Garden.
On 24th February 1680 John The Younger Evelyn [aged 25] and Martha Spencer [aged 21] were married. He the son of John Evelyn [aged 59] and Mary Browne [aged 45].
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th March 1680. To London, to receive £3,000 of my daughter-in-law's [aged 21] portion, which was paid in gold.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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On 1st March 1682 [her son] John Evelyn 1st Baronet was born to [her husband] John The Younger Evelyn [aged 27] and Martha Spencer [aged 23] at Sayes Court, Deptford [Map]. He was baptised on 2nd March 1682. He married 18th September 1705 Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn and had issue.
In 1699 [her husband] John The Younger Evelyn [aged 43] died.
On 18th September 1705 John Evelyn 1st Baronet [aged 23] and Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn [aged 30] were married. They had six sons and three daughters.
In 1726 Martha Spencer [aged 67] died.
Father: Richard Spencer 
GrandFather: Robert Briggs Merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard London
Mother: Martha Briggs