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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.
Cheadle, Staffordshire is in Staffordshire.
The River Tean rises around Cheadle, Staffordshire [Map] from where it flows through Upper Team, Staffordshire [Map] to Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [Map] where it joins the River Dove.
Around 1300 Elizabeth Verdun Baroness Burghesh was born to Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun (age 21) and Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun (age 14) at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.90%.
On 24th August 1309 Theobald Verdun 1st Lord Verdun (age 61) died at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire.
On 18th September 1312 Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun (age 26) died at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire. She was buried at Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire [Map].
On 2nd October 1334 Joan Verdun Baroness Furnivall (age 31) died at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire.
On 2nd October 1875 Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry (age 23) and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry (age 19) were married at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot (age 45) and Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 39). He the son of George Henry Vane-Tempest 5th Marquess Londonderry (age 54) and Mary Cornelia Edwards Marchioness Londonderry (age 46).
On 8th September 1278 Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun was born to Theobald Verdun 1st Lord Verdun (age 30) and Margery Bohun Lady Verdun (age 27) at Alton Castle, Staffordshire.
On 10th August 1310 Margaret Verdun Baroness Hussey was born to Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun (age 31) and Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun (age 24) at Alton Castle, Staffordshire. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.90%.
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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 27th July 1316 Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun (age 37) died at Alton Castle, Staffordshire. His son Theobald (age 9) succeeded 3rd Lord Verdun.
All Saints Church, Dilhorne is also in Churches in Staffordshire.
On 8th August 1894 Charles Stuart Cockburn (age 26) and Lillian Manningham-Buller (age 20) were married at All Saints Church, Dilhorne [Map].