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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 1543 Thomas Bennett was born.
In 1577 [his daughter] Anne Bennett was born to Thomas Bennett (age 34).
Around 1584 [his son] Simon Bennett 1st Baronet was born to Thomas Bennett (age 41).
After 1584 [his son] Richard Bennett was born to Thomas Bennett (age 41).
On 22nd October 1584 [his son-in-law] William Duncombe (age 19) and [his daughter] Anne Bennett (age 7) were married at St Lawrence Jewry.
Around 1586 [his daughter] Mary Bennett was born to Thomas Bennett (age 43).
On 7th February 1594 Thomas Bennett (age 51) was appointed Alderman of the Vintry Ward.
In 1603 Thomas Bennett (age 60) was appointed Lord Mayor of London.
On 25th July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) was crowned I King England Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 67) was appointed Lord High Steward.
On 26th July 1603 Thomas Bennett (age 60) and Thomas Cambell (age 67) were knighted.
On 27th July 1603 William Wrey 1st Baronet was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].
On 30th July 1603 Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond was knighted at Whitehall Palace [Map].
Bishop Thomas Bilson (age 56) gave the sermon. While the wording conceded something to the divine right of kings, it also included a caveat about lawful resistance to a monarch.
In 1604 Thomas Bennett (age 61) was appointed Alderman of the Lime Street Ward.
Around 1610 [his son-in-law] George Croke (age 50) and [his daughter] Mary Bennett (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years.
In July 1611 [his daughter] Anne Bennett (age 34) died.
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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.
In 1612 Thomas Bennett (age 69) was appointed Alderman of the Bassishaw Ward.
Before 1624 [his son] Richard Bennett (age 39) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Craddock were married.
In 1627 Thomas Bennett (age 84) died.