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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Charlbury, Oxfordshire is in Oxfordshire.
On 23rd November 1685 Robert Jenkinson 3rd Baronet was born to Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet [aged 30]. He was baptised at Charlbury, Oxfordshire. He married on or after 4th February 1712 Henrietta Scarborough Lady Jenkinson.
On or before 24th January 1687 Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet was born to Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet [aged 32]. He was baptised at Charlbury, Oxfordshire on 24th January 1687. He married 12th June 1718 Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson, daughter of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet and Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood, and had issue.
Before 10th June 1690 Mary Jenkinson Lady Cope was born to Robert Jenkinson 2nd Baronet [aged 35]. She was baptised at Charlbury, Oxfordshire. She married in or before 1717 Johnathan Cope 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 4th September 1588 Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester [aged 56] died at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire. He was buried at Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map]. Earl of Leicester extinct.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th October 1664. I went with my Lord Viscount Cornbury, to Cornbury, in Oxfordshire, to assist him in the planting of the park, and bear him company, with Mr. Belin and Mr. May [aged 43], in a coach with six horses; dined at Uxbridge, lay at Wycombe.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th October 1664. At Oxford. Went through Woodstock, Oxfordshire [Map], where we beheld the destruction of that royal seat and park by the late rebels, and arrived that evening at Cornbury, a house lately built by the Earl of Denbigh [Note. Mistake by Evelyn; should be Earl of Danby], in the middle of a sweet park, walled with a dry wall. The house is of excellent freestone, abounding in that part, (a stone that is fine, but never sweats, or casts any damp); it is of ample dimensions, has goodly cellars, the paving of the hall admirable for its close laying. We designed a handsome chapel that was yet wanting: as Mr. May [aged 43] had the stables, which indeed are very fair, having set out the walks in the parks and gardens. The lodge is a pretty solitude, and the ponds very convenient; the park well stored.
John Evelyn's Diary. 20th October 1664. Hence, to see the famous wells, natural and artificial grots and fountains, called Bushell's Wells, at Enstone. This Bushell had been Secretary to my Lord Verulam. It is an extraordinary solitude. There he had two mummies; a grot where he lay in a hammock, like an Indian. Hence, we went to Dichley [Map], an ancient seat of the Lees, now Sir Henry Lee's [aged 25]; it is a low ancient timber-house, with a pretty bowling-green. My Lady gave us an extraordinary dinner. This gentleman's mother [aged 49] was Countess of Rochester, who was also there, and Sir Walter St. John [aged 42]. There were some pictures of their ancestors, not ill painted; the great-grandfather had been Knight of the Garter [Note. Reference to Henry Lee of Ditchley who was not great-grandfather; he was second-cousin once-removed]; there was a picture of a Pope, and our Savior's head. So we returned to Cornbury.
John Evelyn's Diary. 9th December 1667. To visit the late Lord Chancellor. I found him in his garden at his new-built palace, sitting in his gout wheel-chair, and seeing the gates setting up toward the north and the fields. He looked and spake very disconsolately. After some while deploring his condition to me, I took my leave. Next morning, I heard he was gone; though I am persuaded that, had he gone sooner, though but to Cornbury, and there lain quiet, it would have satisfied the Parliament. That which exasperated them was his presuming to stay and contest the accusation as long as it was possible: and they were on the point of sending him to the Tower [Map].
On 20th January 1644 Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby [aged 70] died at Earl of Danby's House Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire. He was reburied at St James' the Great Church, Dauntsey. Earl Danby extinct.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In September 1592 Henry Lee of Ditchley [aged 59] and Anne Vavasour [aged 32] were visisted by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 58] at their home in Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire [Map].
John Evelyn's Diary. 20th October 1664. Hence, to see the famous wells, natural and artificial grots and fountains, called Bushell's Wells, at Enstone. This Bushell had been Secretary to my Lord Verulam. It is an extraordinary solitude. There he had two mummies; a grot where he lay in a hammock, like an Indian. Hence, we went to Dichley [Map], an ancient seat of the Lees, now Sir Henry Lee's [aged 25]; it is a low ancient timber-house, with a pretty bowling-green. My Lady gave us an extraordinary dinner. This gentleman's mother [aged 49] was Countess of Rochester, who was also there, and Sir Walter St. John [aged 42]. There were some pictures of their ancestors, not ill painted; the great-grandfather had been Knight of the Garter [Note. Reference to Henry Lee of Ditchley who was not great-grandfather; he was second-cousin once-removed]; there was a picture of a Pope, and our Savior's head. So we returned to Cornbury.
Before 30th August 1669 Anne Wilmot was born to John Wilmot 2nd Earl Rochester [aged 22] and Elizabeth Malet Countess Rochester [aged 18] at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire [Map]. She married (1) in or before 1689 her half sixth cousin Henry Bayntun and had issue (2) before 1694 Francis Greville, son of Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke and Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke, and had issue.
On 8th August 1703 Anne Wilmot [aged 33] died at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire [Map].
In 1892 Arthur Edmund Denis Dillon 16th Viscount Dillon [aged 80] died at Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire [Map]. His son Harold [aged 47] succeeded 17th Viscount Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo. Julia Stanton Viscountess Dillon by marriage Viscountess Dillon of Costello Gallen in Mayo.
On or before 13th August 1720 Robert Jenkinson 5th Baronet was born to Robert Bankes Jenkinson 4th Baronet [aged 33] and Catherine Dashwood Lady Jenkinson [aged 27]. He was baptised on 13th August 1720 at St Mary's Church, Charlbury.
On 12th August 1766 Robert Jenkinson 5th Baronet [deceased] was buried at St Mary's Church, Charlbury.