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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.

Biography of Thomas Hervey 1699-1775

Paternal Family Tree: Hervey

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Pakenham 1485-1544

On 1st November 1668 [his father] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 3) and Isabella Carr were married in St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].

On 25th July 1695 [his father] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 29) and [his mother]  (age 18) were married. They were third cousin twice removed.

On 20th January 1699 Thomas Hervey was born to John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 33) and (age 22).

On 10th May 1717 Thomas Hervey (age 18) matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.

On 17th February 1720 Thomas Hervey (age 21) was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.

Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Thomas Hervey (age 28).

Around 1728. John Fayram. Portrait of Thomas Hervey (age 28).

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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 29th June 1733 Thomas Hervey (age 34) was elected MP Bury St Edmunds which seat he held until 1747.

In 1737 Elizabeth Folkes Lady Hamner (age 37), wife of Thomas Hanmer 4th Baronet (age 59), eloped with Thomas Hervey (age 37). In 1739 she made a will bequeathing to Hervey the reversion of her estates in Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Anglesey and Caernarvonshire, which had been settled 'after death of me and my husband and failure of issue of my body to the use of such person or persons as I should appoint'.

In 1741 [his mother]  (age 64) died.

On 20th January 1751 [his father] John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol (age 85) died. His grandson George (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl Bristol.

On 16 or 18th January 1775 Thomas Hervey (age 75) died.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Hervey 1699-1775

Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Hervey 1699-1775

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Hervey

GrandFather: Thomas Hervey

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Jermyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ambrose Jermyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Spring

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Jermyn

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Heveningham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Heveningham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Jermyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Blagge

Great x 2 Grandmother: Judith Blagge

Father: John Hervey 1st Earl Bristol

Thomas Hervey 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Felton 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Felton 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cavendish

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Felton 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Windsor Baroness Grey Groby 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Felton 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bassingbourne Gawdy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Gawdy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Framlingham

GrandFather: Thomas Felton 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Jermyn

Great x 2 Grandfather: Lionel Tollemache 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cromwell 2nd Baron Cromwell Oakham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Paulett Baroness Cromwell Oakham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susanna Tollemache Lady Felton 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rawson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Lady Talmash 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Macwilliams

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Macwilliams Baroness Stanhope

Mother: Elizabeth Felton Countess Bristol 1676-1741 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Howard 3rd Earl Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Manderston Home

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Home 1st Earl Dunbar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Home Countess Suffolk 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 3rd of Gight 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Dunbar 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Beaton

GrandMother: Elizabeth Howard Lady Felton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Collette Clarke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Villiers

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Harrington Northamptonshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders

Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Villiers Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas St John 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blount 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Hungerford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Dormer