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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Paternal Family Tree: Wordsworth
On 7th April 1770 William Wordsworth was born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson at Wordsworth House.
In 1783 [his father] John Wordsworth died. [his sister] Dorothy Wordsworth [aged 11] was sent to live with her aunt Elizabeth Threlkeld in Halifax.
In 1802 William Wordsworth [aged 31] and Mary Hutchinson were married.
In 1840 Henry William Pickersgill [aged 57]. Portrait of William Wordsworth [aged 69].
On 23rd April 1850 William Wordsworth [aged 80] died.