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Paternal Family Tree: Mildmay
Around 1521 Walter Mildmay was born to Thomas Mildmay and Agnes Read at Moulsham, Essex. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In or before 1540 [his father] Thomas Mildmay and [his mother] Agnes Read were married.
In 1541 Walter Mildmay (age 20) was elected MP Lostwithiel.
Around 1545 Walter Mildmay (age 24) was appointed Surveyor General of the Court of Augmentations.
In 1546 Walter Mildmay (age 25) became a student at Gray's Inn.
On 22nd February 1546 Walter Mildmay (age 25) was knighted.
In 1547 Walter Mildmay (age 26) was elected MP Lewes.
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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 22nd May 1547 Walter Mildmay (age 26) was knighted.
On 8th September 1549 Anthony Mildmay was born to Walter Mildmay (age 28) and Mary Walsingham (age 21). It appears from his widow's provision for a memorial sermon to him, on the Nativity of Our Lady, 8th Sept, but in the year is unclear. To judge from the date of his entry to Peterhouse, it may have been 1549. He married 1567 Grace Sharington and had issue.
On 12th November 1549 Walter Mildmay (age 28) was ordered by the Privy Council to examine the Westminster Palace [Map] which had been in the custody of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 49).
In 1550 Walter Mildmay (age 29), John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 46) and William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke (age 49) were directed to examine the accounts of the Royal Mint.
In 1552 Walter Mildmay (age 31) was granted Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire.
On 1st March 1553 Walter Mildmay (age 32) was elected MP Maldon.
On 5th October 1553 Walter Mildmay (age 32) was elected MP Peterborough.
Around 1555 Humphrey Mildmay was born to Walter Mildmay (age 34) and Mary Walsingham (age 27). He married Mary Capell.
Before 5th October 1557 [his mother] Agnes Read died.
Around 1558 Christian Mildmay was born to Walter Mildmay (age 37) and Mary Walsingham (age 30). She married 9th June 1586 John Leveson and had issue.
On 20th December 1558 Walter Mildmay (age 37) was employed in preparing a census of the farms of the royal revenues.
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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 28th March 1559 Walter Mildmay (age 38) was employed in compounding with those who refused knighthood.
On 29th October 1560 Walter Mildmay (age 39) was employed in directing the issue of a new coinage.
In May 1563 Walter Mildmay (age 42) was employed in selling crown lands.
On 29th January 1566 [his father] Thomas Mildmay died.
After 21st April 1566 Walter Mildmay (age 45) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and Auditor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
In 1567 [his son] Anthony Mildmay (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Grace Sharington (age 15) were married. They lived at Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire.
Before 1571 Walter Mildmay (age 49) and Mary Walsingham (age 42) were married.
In January 1572 Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk (age 35) was tried for high treason for his involvement in the Ridolphi Plot. Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset (age 36) acted as judge.
George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 44) was appointed Lord High Steward for the trial.
Walter Mildmay (age 51) helped prepare evidence against Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk.
On 16th March 1576 [his wife] Mary Walsingham (age 48) died.
In October 1577 Walter Mildmay (age 56) and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 57) visited Mary Queen of Scots (age 34) at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map] after she had announced that she had important secrets to reveal to Elizabeth.
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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 23rd November 1583 Walter Mildmay (age 62) purchased the site of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University for £550 and on 11th January 1584 obtained the Queen's licence to set up Emmanuel College there.
On 9th June 1586 [his son-in-law] John Leveson (age 31) and [his daughter] Christian Mildmay (age 28) were married.
Before 14th October 1586 Walter Mildmay (age 65) went to Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire [Map] to inform Mary Queen of Scots (age 43) of her forthcoming trial in which he subsequently took part as one of the special commissioners.
On 31st May 1589 Walter Mildmay (age 68) died at Hackney. He is buried at St Bartholomew the Less with his wife [his former wife] Mary Walsingham.