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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: Boothby
In or before 1638 [his father] Henry Boothby 1st Baronet (age 45) and [his mother] Mary Hayes (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
Around 1638 William Boothby 1st Baronet was born to Henry Boothby 1st Baronet (age 46) and Mary Hayes (age 24).
On 3rd September 1648 [his father] Henry Boothby 1st Baronet (age 56) died. Baronet Boothby of Clater Cote extinct.
After 1649 [his mother] Mary Hayes (deceased) died.
After 13th August 1653 William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 15) and Frances Milward were married.
Around 1654 [his son] Francis Boothby was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 16) and [his wife] Frances Milward.
On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 19) and Hill Brooke (age 21) were married at Chiswick.
On 13th July 1660 William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 22) was created 1st Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
In 1661 William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 23) was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
Before 1st January 1664 the date he was baptised at Tamworth, Staffordshire [Map], [his son] William Boothby 3rd Baronet was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 26) and [his wife] Hill Brooke (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 8th January 1670 [his son] Brooke Boothby was born to William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his wife] Hill Brooke (age 34).
In 1671 William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 33) purchased Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] from Aston Cockayne 1st Baronet (age 62).
In 1684 [his son] Francis Boothby (age 30) died.
Before 1695 [his son] William Boothby 3rd Baronet (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Williams (age 46) were married.
On 14th May 1704 [his wife] Hill Brooke (age 68) died.
On 24th March 1707 William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 69) died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. His grandson [his grandson] Henry (age 25) succeeded 2nd Baronet Boothby of Broadlow Ash in Derbyshire.
On 24th March 1707. St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map]. Monument to William Boothby 1st Baronet (age 69) and [his former wife] Hill Brooke.
Hill Brooke: Around 1636 she was born to William Brooke and Pembroke Lennard. On 6th April 1657 William Boothby 1st Baronet and she were married at Chiswick. On 14th May 1704 Hill Brooke died.
GrandFather: William Boothby
Father: Henry Boothby 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Thomas Hayes
Mother: Mary Hayes