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.'
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William Bell is in Painters.
In 1733 William Bell was born.
1770. William Bell (age 37). Portrait of John Delaval (age 14), as an Archer, with a Black Page, in a Landscape Setting.
John Delaval: In 1756 he was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. In 1775 John Delaval died.
1770. William Bell (age 37). Portrait of Sophia Anne Delaval (age 15).
Sophia Anne Delaval: In 1755 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. In 1780 John Godfrey Maximillian Jadis and she were married. The age difference, and difference in social status, perhaps a reflection of her having been pregnant On 26th July 1793 Sophia Anne Delaval died. She was buried at St Peter's Church, Doddington [Map].
1770. William Bell (age 37). Portrait of Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval (age 40), Lady Delaval, as Venus, beside an Urn on a Pedestal, in a Landscape Setting.
Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval: Around 1730 she was born to Ralph Robinson of Gateshead and Margaret Delaval. In or before 1755 John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and she were married. They were first cousins. On 1st October 1783 she died.
1771. William Bell (age 38). Portrait of sisters Frances Delaval (age 12) and Sarah Hussey Delaval Countess Tyrconnel (age 8).
Frances Delaval: In 1759 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval at Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. On 22nd August 1778 John Fenton-Cawthorne and she were married. In 1839 Frances Delaval died.
1774. William Bell (age 41). Portrait of John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 45), in Van Dyck Dress.
1774. William Bell (age 41). Portrait of Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley (age 17), Playing a Lyre in a Landscape.
Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley: In 1757 she was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%. On 21st May 1781 George Thicknesse 19th Baron Audley 16th Baron Tuchet and she were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire. On 11th July 1785 Elizabeth Delaval Baroness Audley died.
1775. William Bell (age 42). View of the South (Park) Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
1775. William Bell (age 42). View of the North (Entrance) Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1794 William Bell (age 61) died.