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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.
On 16th September 1885 [his father] William Bilsland 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his mother] Agnes Anne Steven Lady Bilsland were married.
On 13th September 1892 Steven Bilsland 1st Baron Bilsland was born to William Bilsland 1st Baronet (age 45) and Agnes Anne Steven Lady Bilsland.
On 27th August 1921 [his father] William Bilsland 1st Baronet (age 74) died. His son Steven (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bilsland of Park Circus in Glasgow.
In 1922 Steven Bilsland 1st Baron Bilsland (age 29) and Amy Janet Colville were married.
On 23rd July 1935 [his mother] Agnes Anne Steven Lady Bilsland died.
The London Gazette 38827. Whitehall, January 31, 1950. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 31st instant, to confer the dignitiy of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon Sir Alexander Steven Bilsland (age 57), Baronet, M.C., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Bilsland of Kinrara in the County of Inverness.
In 1955 Steven Bilsland 1st Baron Bilsland (age 62) was appointed Knight of the Thistle.
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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.
On 10th December 1970 Steven Bilsland 1st Baron Bilsland (age 78) died. Baron Bilsland of Kinrara in Inverness-shire and Baronet Bilsland of Park Circus in Glasgow extinct.
Father: William Bilsland 1st Baronet
Steven Bilsland 1st Baron Bilsland
GrandFather: Alexander Steven
Mother: Agnes Anne Steven Lady Bilsland