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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.
Chillingham, Northumberland is in Glendale, Northumberland [Map].
Around 1225 John Grey was born to Richard Grey (age 22) and Lucy Humez at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
In 1356 Elizabeth Grey Baroness Darcy Knayth was born to Thomas Grey (age 28) and Margaret Pressene at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
In 1432 Ralph Grey of Chillingham was born to Ralph Grey (age 26) and Elizabeth Fitzhugh at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Around 1436 Jacquetta Stanlow was born to William Stanlow (age 30) at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Around 1464 Edward Grey was born to Ralph Grey of Chillingham (age 32) at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Around 1510 Ralph Grey of Chillingham was born to Edward Grey (age 46) at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Around 1552 Ralph Grey was born to Ralph Grey of Chillingham (age 42) at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
On 17th December 1565 Ralph Grey of Chillingham (age 55) died at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Around August 1593 William Grey 1st Baron Grey Werke was born to Ralph Grey (age 41) in either Wark Castle, Northumberland [Map] or Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 7th September 1623 Ralph Grey (age 71) died at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
In 1866 Jacob Wilson was appointed land agent to Charles Bennet 6th Earl Tankerville (age 55) for his estates at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
On 15th February 1922 Olivia Montagu Countess Tankerville (age 91) died at Greystones, Tunbridge Wells. She was buried at Chillingham, Northumberland [Map].
Chillingham Castle, Northumberland is also in Castles in Northumberland.
Around 1560 Isabel Grey was born to Ralph Grey of Chillingham (age 50) at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland [Map].
1918. St Peter's Church, Chillingham [Map]. Memorial to Samuel Sanderson of the Northumberland Fusiliers who was killed in the First World War. The note at the bottom reads ... Sam went to the Village School, just beyond the ford, and was just seventeen when he was killed. Sam's father, his brother and his nephew each served as Head Gardener to the Castle [Map], as Sam surely would have done had he lived. Sam and his parents lived in the Castle East Lodge, just by this Church as did Sam's nephew, *Alan, whose sister was born in the East Lodge. *Alan restored the Castle Garden from ruin and only retired in 2012, the last of a long line of Saunderson Gardeners, maybe dating back to the 1500s. One 1500s ledger reads: "Alexander the Gardener Holdeth one Cottage at three shillings per year." Alexander's son would have been Alexanderson. Sam, Rest in Peace.
On 9th July 1931 George Montagu Bennet 7th Earl Tankerville (age 79) died at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland [Map]. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Chillingham [Map]. His son Charles (age 33) succeeded 8th Earl Tankerville, 9th Baron Ossulston of Ossulston in Middlesex.
In 1990 the Statue of Viscount Hugh Gough [Map] was moved from Phoenix Park to Chillingham Castle, Northumberland [Map] following repeated vandalised. The inscription on the status reads ... In honour of Field Marshal Hugh Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., an illustrious Irishman, whose achievements in the Peninsular War, in China, and in India, have added lustre to the military glory of his country, which he faithfully served for seventy five years. This statue [cast from cannon taken by troops under his command and granted by Parliament for the purpose] is erected by friends and comrades.
