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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.
Belsay, Northumberland
Beukley, Northumberland
Bradford
Cambois, Northumberland
Cockle Park, Northumberland
Ewesley, Northumberland
Guidepost, Northumberland
Hetherton House, Northumberland
St Andrew's Church, Bothal
Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Collingwood House, Morpeth
St Mary the Virgin Church Morpeth, Northumberland
Castle Morpeth is in Northumberland.
The River Blyth rises near Kirkheaton, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Bradford [Map], Belsay, Northumberland [Map], Ogle, Northumberland [Map], Kirkley, Northumberland [Map], Horton Grange, Northumberland [Map], Stannington, Northumberland [Map], Bedlington, Northumberland [Map] to Blyth, Northumberland [Map] where it reaches the North Sea.
From Corbridge Roman Fort, Northumberland [Map] Dere Street continues north through Hunnum aka Onnum Roman Fort [Map], where it crosses Hadrian's Wall, Little Whittington, Northumberland [Map], Beukley, Northumberland [Map], Great Swinburne, Northumberland [Map], Fourlaws Roman Camp [Map], Habitancum Roman Fort [Map], Blakehope Roman Fort [Map], High Rochester, Northumberland [Map], Featherwood Roman Camps [Map], Chew Green Roman Camps [Map] where it crosses the River Coquet and into Scotland.
On 7th November 1468 Ralph Ogle 3rd Baron Ogle was born to Owen Ogle 2nd Baron Ogle (age 28) in Bothal, Northumberland [Map].
On 18th April 1629 Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle (age 59) died at Bothal, Northumberland [Map]. Her son William (age 36) succeeded 9th Baron Ogle.
St Andrew's Church, Bothal is also in Churches in Northumberland.
St Andrew's Church, Bothal [Map]. Lady Isabella de Vexi (1314) Ralph Lord Ogle (1513) & Lady Margaret Gascoigne. Alabaster. Bothal. Ray State. 1513. May be the same as Alnwick.
On 16th January 1513 Ralph Ogle 3rd Baron Ogle (age 44) died in Morpeth, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Bothal [Map]. His son Robert (age 23) succeeded 4th Baron Ogle.
The River Blyth rises near Kirkheaton, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Bradford [Map], Belsay, Northumberland [Map], Ogle, Northumberland [Map], Kirkley, Northumberland [Map], Horton Grange, Northumberland [Map], Stannington, Northumberland [Map], Bedlington, Northumberland [Map] to Blyth, Northumberland [Map] where it reaches the North Sea.
On or before 30th August 1716, the date he was baptised at St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkharle [Map], Lancelot "Capability" Brown was born to William Brown and Ursula Hall at Kirkharle, Northumberland. His father was land agent to William Loraine 2nd Baronet (age 58). His mother was in servvice at Kirkharle Hall, Northumberland. He was educated at Cambo, Northumberland until he was sixteen years.
In 1688 the estates of Wallington Hall, Northumberland [Map] were sold by John Fenwick 3rd Baronet (age 43) to William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 30) for £4000 and an annuity of £2000 a year. The annuity was to be paid for his lifetime and that of his wife, Mary (age 35). Blackett was happy with the deal as he discovered lead on the land and became wealthy.
In December 1705 William Blackett 1st Baronet (age 48) died. His son William (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baronet Blackett of Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland and inherited Wallington Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In 1777 Wallington Hall, Northumberland [Map] was substantially rebuilt again, in Palladian style, for Walter Blackett (age 69) by architect Daniel Garret.
1867 . Thomas Woolner (age 41). "Civilization", Wallington Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In 1942 Wallington Hall, Northumberland [Map] was donated to the National Trust by Charles Trevelyan 3rd Baronet (age 71).
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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.
The River Wansbeck rises near Risdale, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland [Map], Wallington, Northumberland [Map], Low Angerton, Northumberland [Map] to Meldon Park, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the Hart Burn.
The River Wansbeck continues through Mitford, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the River Font.
After Mitford, Northumberland [Map] the River Wansbeck flows past Morpeth, Northumberland [Map], Guidepost, Northumberland [Map] and Stakeford, Northumberland [Map] before joining the North Sea at Cambois, Northumberland [Map].
On 20th November 1597 Cuthbert Ogle 7th Baron Ogle (age 57) died at Cockle Park, Northumberland [Map]. Baron Ogle abeyant between his two daughters Joane Ogle Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 31) and Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle (age 27).
The River Font rises near Ewesley, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Nunnykirk, Northumberland [Map], Netherwitton, Northumberland [Map], Newton Underwood, Northumberland [Map] to Mitford, Northumberland [Map] where it joins the River Wansbeck.
The River Wansbeck rises near Risdale, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland [Map], Wallington, Northumberland [Map], Low Angerton, Northumberland [Map] to Meldon Park, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the Hart Burn.
The River Wansbeck continues through Mitford, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the River Font.
After Mitford, Northumberland [Map] the River Wansbeck flows past Morpeth, Northumberland [Map], Guidepost, Northumberland [Map] and Stakeford, Northumberland [Map] before joining the North Sea at Cambois, Northumberland [Map].
The Hart Burn rises near Harwood, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Hetherton House, Northumberland [Map], Scots Gap, Northumberland [Map], Hartburn, Northumberland [Map] to Meldon Park, Northumberland [Map] where it joins the River Wansbeck.
Collectanea by John Leland [1502-1552]. The XXVIth Day of the said Monneth [26th July 1503] the said Qwene departed from the said Place, after the Custome precedent, varey richly and in fayr Aray. And the sayd Mayr conveyd hyr out of the said Towne, and after tuke Lyve of hyr.
Haff a Mylle owt of the said Towne was Syr Hnmfrey Lyde and the Prior of Bryngburn, well apoynted and well horst, to the Nombre of XX Horsys. Their Folks arayd of their Liveray. And a Mylle from the said Towne was in Ordre the Scheryrfe of Northumberlaund, Syr Rawff Evers, in Company of many other Gentylmen, varey well appoynted, their Folks clothed in their Liveray, well monted. And with them wer many honests Folks of the Countre. with Spers and Bowes, in Jackets, to the Nombre of Two hondreth Horsys.
With the sam fayr Company was the said Qwene conveyd to Morpath [Map], and by the Towne passed in fayr Ordre, wher ther was much People; and so she went to the Abbay [Map], where sche was well receyved by th Abbot and Religyous revested, at the Gatt of the Church, with the Crosse. And after the Receyvyng she was conveyd to her Lodgyngs in the said Place for that sam Nyght.
On 16th January 1513 Ralph Ogle 3rd Baron Ogle (age 44) died in Morpeth, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried in St Andrew's Church, Bothal [Map]. His son Robert (age 23) succeeded 4th Baron Ogle.
Tudor Tracts Chapter 4. Monday the 29th of August [1547]. All Captains with their bands, that had been mustered, were commanded forward. My Lord's Grace himself did early also then depart the town; dined at Morpeth [Map], twelve miles on the way; and lay that night at Alnwick Castle [Map], with Sir Robert Bowes (age 55) Knight Lord Warden of the Middle Marches; being twelve miles further. Where neither lacked any store of guests, nor of good cheer to welcome them with; in the provision whereof, a man might note great cost and diligence, and in the spending, a liberal heart.
14th June 1913. Funeral Procession of Emily Wilding Davison (deceased) at Morpeth, Northumberland [Map].
14th June 1913. The Central News reported:
Emily Wilding Davison's (deceased) funeral procession passing Piccadilly Circus [Map], 14th June 1913. Following her tragic death, Davison was instantly embraced as a martyr to the cause. On 14 June 1913 her body was borne on an open hearse through London to a memorial service at St George's Church, Bloomsbury before being taken by train to Morpeth, Northumberland [Map] for a family funeral. The funeral procession (the last great suffrage march) was organised by fellow suffragette Grace Roe, and the memorial service was presided over by clergy from the Church League for Women's Suffrage.
The River Wansbeck rises near Risdale, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland [Map], Wallington, Northumberland [Map], Low Angerton, Northumberland [Map] to Meldon Park, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the Hart Burn.
The River Wansbeck continues through Mitford, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the River Font.
After Mitford, Northumberland [Map] the River Wansbeck flows past Morpeth, Northumberland [Map], Guidepost, Northumberland [Map] and Stakeford, Northumberland [Map] before joining the North Sea at Cambois, Northumberland [Map].
St Bartholomew's Church, Whittingham [Map]. Memorial to Alexander Collingwood of Collingwood House, Morpeth [Map], died 26th September 1795.