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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Around 1704 Samuel Fludyer was born.
In 1734 Samuel Fludyer [aged 30] was elected to the Court of the Common Council of the City of London.
In 1753 Samuel Fludyer [aged 49] was appointed a director of the Bank of England.
In 1754 Samuel Fludyer [aged 50] was elected Sheriff of London.
In 1754 Samuel Fludyer [aged 50] was elected MP Chippenham. He is not recorded as having ever spoken during his 14 years in the House.
Before 1757 Samuel Fludyer [aged 52] and Jane Clerke were married.
In 1757 [his wife] Jane Clerke died.
Around 8th October 1759 [his son] Samuel Fludyer 2nd Baronet was born to Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet [aged 55] and [his future wife] Caroline Brudenell Lady Fludyer. He married 5th October 1786 Maria Weston and had issue.
The London Gazette 9947. Whitehall, November 13 [1759]. The King has been pleated to grant unto Sir Samuel Fludyer [aged 55], Knt. Alderman of the City of London, and his Heirs Male, and in Default of such Issue, to Thomas Fludyer, of the said City of London, Esq; Brother to the said Sir Samuel Fludyer, and his Heirs Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
In 1761 Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet [aged 57] was elected Lord Mayor of London.
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.
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On 2nd September 1761 [his son] George Fludyer was born to Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet [aged 57] and [his future wife] Caroline Brudenell Lady Fludyer. He married before 5th June 1794 Mary Fane, daughter of John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland and Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.
In 1762 Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet [aged 58] and Caroline Brudenell were married. She by marriage Lady Fludyer.
In 1766 Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet [aged 62] was appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of England which office he held for the remainder of his life.
On 18th January 1768 Samuel Fludyer 1st Baronet [aged 64] died. His son Samuel [aged 8] succeeded 2nd Baronet Fludyer.
In 1803 [his former wife] Caroline Brudenell Lady Fludyer died.