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Around 1669 Peter King 1st Baron King was born to Jerome King in Exeter, Devon [Map].
In 1706 [his son] John King 2nd Baron King was born to Peter King 1st Baron King (age 37) in Exeter, Devon [Map].
In 1709 [his son] Peter King 3rd Baron King was born to Peter King 1st Baron King (age 40) in Exeter, Devon [Map].
In 1711 [his son] William King 4th Baron King was born to Peter King 1st Baron King (age 42) in Exeter, Devon [Map].
In 1712 [his son] Thomas King 5th Baron King was born to Peter King 1st Baron King (age 43) in Exeter, Devon [Map].
Before 1723 Godfrey Kneller (age 76). Portrait of Peter King 1st Baron King (age 53).
The London Gazette 6377. 27th May 1725. His Majesty has been pleased to order Letters Patents to be passed under the Great Seal of Great Britain, containing a Grant of the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain unto Sir Peter King (age 56), Kt, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord King Baron of Ockham in the County of Surrey.
On 1st June 1725 Peter King 1st Baron King (age 56) was appointed Lord Chancellor. He
On 28th March 1727 Isaac Newton (deceased) was buried in Scientist's Corner, Westminster Abbey [Map]; the first scientist to be buried there. The service was performed by the Bishop of Rochester (age 74).
Before the funeral his body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey [Map]. His coffin was followed by most of the Fellows of the Royal Society.
The Pall Bearers were the Lord Chancellor Peter King 1st Baron King (age 58), James Graham 1st Duke Montrose (age 44), Robert Ker 2nd Duke Roxburghe (age 18), Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery (age 71), Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex (age 36) and Thomas Parker 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 60).
The Chief Mourner was Michael Newton 4th Baronet (age 32); his third cousin.
Voltaire observed, "He was buried like a king who had done well by his subjects.".
He was buried at Scientist's Corner, Westminster Abbey [Map] on 28th March 1727.; the first scientist to be buried there. The inscription on his John Michael Rysbrack (age 32) monument reads "Here is buried Isaac Newton, Knight, who by a strength of mind almost divine, and mathematical principles peculiarly his own, explored the course and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, the tides of the sea, the dissimilarities in rays of light, and, what no other scholar has previously imagined, the properties of the colours thus produced. Diligent, sagacious and faithful, in his expositions of nature, antiquity and the holy Scriptures, he vindicated by his philosophy the majesty of God mighty and good, and expressed the simplicity of the Gospel in his manners. Mortals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race! He was born on 25th December 1642, and died on 20th March 1726."
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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.
In October 1729 William Stukeley (age 41) was granted the living of All Saints Church, Stamford [Map] by Peter King 1st Baron King (age 60).
On 22nd July 1734 Peter King 1st Baron King (age 65) died in Ockham, Surrey. His son [his son] John (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baron King of Ockham in Surrey.