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: Bridgeman
On 5th March 1818 [his father] George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 28] and [his mother] Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford [aged 27] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford [aged 55] and [his grandmother] Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford [aged 51].
On 24th April 1819 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford was born to George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 29] and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford [aged 28].
On 7th September 1825 [his grandfather] Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford [aged 63] died. His son [his father] George [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Earl Bradford, 2nd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 3rd Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 7th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [his mother] Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford [aged 35] by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 12th October 1842 [his mother] Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford [aged 52] died.
On 20th April 1844 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 24] and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford were married. He the son of George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 54] and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1845 [his son] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 25] and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. He married 7th September 1869 his second cousin once removed Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford, daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough, and had issue.
In 1846 [his son] Francis Charles Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 26] and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
On 30th October 1849 [his father] George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 60] and [his step-mother] Helen Mackay Countess Bradford [aged 49] were married. She by marriage Countess Bradford. She the widow of his first wife [his mother] Georgina's brother [his uncle] David Moncrieffe 6th Baronet. He the son of [his grandfather] Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford and [his grandmother] Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford.
The London Gazette 21397. St, James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce [aged 41], to be Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable Orlando-George-Charles-Bridgeman [aged 33], Viscount Newport, resigned.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1859 [his daughter] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 39] and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. She married 5th November 1881 her third cousin Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood, son of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh, and had issue.
On 22nd March 1865 [his father] George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford [aged 75] died. His son Orlando [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 4th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 8th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 7th September 1869 George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford [aged 24] and Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough [aged 56] and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. He the son of Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 50] and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. They were second cousin once removed.
On 5th November 1881 [his son-in-law] Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood [aged 35] and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 62] and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. He the son of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood [aged 57] and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh. They were third cousins.
The London Gazette 25486. Whitehall, July 1, 1885. The Queen [aged 66] has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing the Right Honourable Orlando George Charles [aged 66], Earl of Bradford, to be Master of the Horse to Her Majesty.
On 27th July 1885 [his sister-in-law] Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield [aged 82] died.
In November 1894 [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford died.
On 12th March 1898 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford [aged 78] died at Weston Park, Staffordshire. His son George [aged 53] succeeded 4th Earl Bradford, 4th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 5th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 9th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford [aged 49] by marriage Countess Bradford.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. My girlhood's friend, the Marquis of Granby, was very much in love with his cousin, Miss Forester, but as his father did not approve of cousins marrying, Lord Granby promised the Duke not to think of her as a wife. Miss Forester married the Earl of Bradford, but she and Granby indulged in a very romantic flirtation after her marriage, both posing as the unfortunate victims of a stern father's caprice. Lady Bradford did not like me and always snubbed me as much as she dared. One day at Melton I met her at Egerton Lodge when she was uncommonly disagreeable. Lady Wilton asked me to play and of course I willing complied. Lady Bradford and Jim Macdonald were sitting near the pianoforte, and under cover of the music I heard the heroine of Granby's blighted love affair say in languishing tones, "Oh, Jim, whenever I meet you I always take off my wedding ring and forget I'm married". Of course I was highly amused, and the next time I met Lady Bradford with Granby in attendance I could not resist saying quite innocently, "Oh, Lady Bradford, what did you mean the other day when you told Jim Macdonald that you always took off your wedding ring and forgot you were married when you saw him?".
It was rather mean of me, but I had not forgotten my undeserved snubbings from her Ladyship.
[his daughter] Mabel Selina Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 20 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bridgeman 2nd Baronet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bridgeman 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Orlando Bridgeman 4th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bridgeman 1st Baron Bradford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford 
11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Diana Russell Countess Bradford 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Newport Lady Bridgeman 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wilbraham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mytton Lady Wilbrahim
GrandFather: Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend John Simpson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Simpson Baroness Bradford
Father: George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington 
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Byng 3rd Viscount Torrington
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington
GrandMother: Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Boyle 2nd Earl Orrery 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 4th Earl Cork 4th Earl Orrery 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sackville Countess Orrery 
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Boyle 5th Earl Cork 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Boyle Viscountess Torrington 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 4th Baronet
GrandFather: Thomas Moncrieffe 5th Baronet
Mother: Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford