Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge University is in Cambridge University.
On 23rd November 1583 Walter Mildmay [age 62] purchased the site of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University for £550 and on 11th January 1584 obtained the Queen's licence to set up Emmanuel College there.
In 1585 William Godolphin [age 18] was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
On 16th April 1607 John Burgoyne 1st Baronet [age 15] was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
In 1614 Thomas Twisden 1st Baronet [age 11] was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Around 1616 Theophilus Clinton 4th Earl Lincoln [age 16] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Before 11th September 1617. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Anthony Mildmay [age 68] at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University which father Walter Mildmay founded.
Around 1622 Basil Feilding 2nd Earl Denbigh [age 14] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
On 13th June 1622 Thomas Jermyn [age 5] admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Around 1623 William Spring 1st Baronet [age 10] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
In 1624 Henry Pierrepont 1st Marquess Dorchester [age 17] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
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.
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In 1624 William Pierrepont of Thoresby [age 16] was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
In 1626 Thomas Jermyn [age 9] was awarded Bachelor of Arts at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
In 1629 Thomas Jermyn [age 12] was awarded Master of Arts: Cambridge University at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
On 22nd October 1634 John Burgoyne 2nd Baronet [age 16] was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
In 1642 Edward Dering 2nd Baronet [age 16] transferred to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. He was awarded BA in 1643.
On 13th May 1647 William Croone [age 13] was admitted a pensioner of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, graduating B.A. in 1651, and M.A. in 1654
In 1649 Bishop James Gardiner [age 12] entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, being awarded B.A. 1652–3, M.A. 1656, and D.D. 1669.
On 3rd April 1652 Robert Pierrepont [age 15] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
John Evelyn's Diary. 31st August 1654. Catherine-Hall, though a mean structure, is yet famous for the learned Bishop Andrews, once Master. Emanuel College, that zealous house, where to the hall they have a parlor for the Fellows. The chapel is reformed, ab origine, built north and south, and meanly erected, as is the library.
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th February 1670. Dr. John Breton, Master of Emmanuel College, in Cambridge (uncle to our vicar), preached on John i. 27; "whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose", etc. [Note. This is the King [age 39] James Bible translation], describing the various fashions of shoes, or sandals, worn by the Jews, and other nations: of the ornaments of the feet: how great persons had servants that took them off when they came to their houses, and bore them after them: by which pointing the dignity of our Savior, when such a person as St. John Baptist acknowledged his unworthiness even of that mean office. The lawfulness, decentness, and necessity, of subordinate degrees and ranks of men and servants, as well in the Church as State: against the late levelers, and others of that dangerous rabble, who would have all alike.
In 1690 Reverend Pierre Allix [age 49] was awarded Doctor of Divinity by Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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In 1702 Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet was born to Robert Palmer of Medbourne in Leicestershire. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. He married 1735 Jemima Harpur, daughter of John Harpur 4th Baronet, and had issue.
On or before 20th February 1735 John Palmer 5th Baronet was born to Thomas Palmer 4th Baronet [age 33] and Jemima Harpur. He was baptised 20th February 1735. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University from 1752. He married 23rd July 1768 Charlotte Gough Lady Palmer, daughter of Henry Gough 1st Baronet and Barbara Calthorpe Lady Gough, and had issue.
In 1784 Theodore Henry Broadhead [age 16] was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.