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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Amherst
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In 1834 [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 28) and [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bishop Hugh Percy (age 49) and [his grandmother] Mary Manners Sutton. He the son of [his grandfather] William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 60) and [his grandmother] Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst (age 72). They were third cousin once removed.
On 26th March 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was born to William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 30) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 21) at Mayfair.
On 3rd May 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 25th October 1854 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) and William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 18) fought.
Major-General John Douglas (age 37) commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 36) and Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) fought.
On 5th November 1854 at the Battle of Inkerman ...
Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot (age 26) and Cavendish Hubert Greville (age 19) were killed.
Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) fought; his horse was killed under him by a shell.
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 18) was wounded.
Hedworth Jolliffe 2nd Baron Hylton (age 25) and Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (age 24) fought.
Captain William Kent Allix (age 31) was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Royal Regiment.
Robert Lydston Newman 2nd Baronet (age 32) was killed in action. His brother Lydston (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baronet Newman of Stokeley and Mamhead in Devon.
Charles Francis Seymour-Conway (age 35) was killed in action.
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In 1859 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 22) was elected MP West Kent.
On 27th August 1862 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 26) and Julia Mann Countess Amherst were married at Linton, Kent [Map]. She the daughter of James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis. He the son of William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 56) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 47).
On 26th March 1886 [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 80) died at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His son William (age 50) succeeded 3rd Earl Amherst, 4th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. [his wife] Julia Mann Countess Amherst by marriage Countess Amherst.
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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 27th April 1890 [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 75) died.
On 14th August 1910 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 74) died without issue as a result of an operation he received three months prior for a throat infection at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His brother [his brother] Hugh (age 54) succeeded 4th Earl Amherst, 5th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent.
[his daughter] Julia Amherst was born to William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jeffrey Amherst
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Amherst
GrandFather: William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Patterson
Father: William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Leigh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheke of Pirgo 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Laetitia Russell 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James West
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Strode 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Bishop Hugh Percy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amy Raymond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lewis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis
Mother: Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners-Sutton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaplin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chaplin of Blankney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Chaplin 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Archer 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
GrandMother: Mary Manners Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Thoroton of Screveton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Thoroton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Levett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Levett
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Thoroton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Roosilia Drake 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England