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Gilsland, Northumberland is in Tynedale, Northumberland.
In 1321 Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 31) was created 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland. Margaret "Flower of Gillesland" Multon Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 2nd Baroness Multon Gilsland by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
In April 1339 Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 49) died at Naworth Castle [Map]. His son William (age 20) succeeded 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland.
Before 1357 Hugh Dacre 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand (age 21) and Elizabeth Maxwell Countess Atholl (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
Before 1361 William Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 41) and Catherine Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 30) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
In 1361 William Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 42) died. His brother Ralph (age 40) succeeded 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland.
In 1375 Ralph Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 54) was murdered. His brother Hugh (age 40) succeeded 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 4th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
In 1383 Hugh Dacre 4th Baron Dacre of Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand (age 48) died. He was buried at Lanercost Priory, Cumberland [Map]. In 1383 His son William (age 26) succeeded 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 5th Baron Multon of Gilsland. Joan Douglas Baroness Dacre Gilsland by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland,.
In 1398 William Dacre 5th Baron Dacre Gilsland, Baron Multon of Gilsand (age 41) died. His son Thomas (age 10) succeeded 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 6th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
Before 20th July 1399 Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 11) and Philippa Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 13) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 35) and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby.
In 1428 Phillipa Dacre was born to Thomas Dacre (age 18) and Elizabeth Bowett at Gilsland, Northumberland [Map].
In 1431 Margaret Dacre was born to Thomas Dacre (age 21) and Elizabeth Bowett at Gilsland, Northumberland [Map].
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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.
Around 1433 Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland was born to Thomas Dacre (age 23) and Elizabeth Bowett at Gilsland, Northumberland [Map].
In June 1446 Richard Fiennes 7th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 31) and Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 13) were married. He by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 5th January 1458 Thomas Dacre 6th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 70) died. On 5th January 1458 His granddaughter Joan (age 25) succeeded 7th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 7th Baroness Multon of Gilsland.
On 8th March 1486 Joan Dacre 7th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 53) died. Her grandson Thomas (age 14) succeeded 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 8th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
In 1492 Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 20) and Anne Bourchier Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 48). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1518 Thomas Neville (age 43) and Catherine Dacre (age 33) were married at Gilsland, Northumberland [Map]. They were half second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 9th September 1534 Thomas Fiennes 8th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 62) died. He was buried at Herstmonceux. His grandson Thomas (age 19) succeeded 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 9th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
In 1536 Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21) and Mary Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 12) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 29th June 1541 Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 26) was hanged at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at St Sepulchre without Newgate Church. Baron Dacre Gilsland forfeit. His son Gregory (age 2) would be restored to the title in 1558.
Note. Hall's Chronicle says strangled.
In 1558 Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 18) was restored 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 10th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
In 1565 Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 25) and Anne Sackville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. She the daughter of Richard Sackville (age 58) and Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 25th December 1594 Gregory Fiennes 10th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 55) died. He was buried at Chelsea Old Church. His sister Margaret (age 53) succeeded 11th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 11th Baroness Multon of Gilsland. Samson Lennard Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 50) by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland.
On 16th March 1612 Margaret Fiennes 11th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 71) died. Her son Henry (age 41) succeeded 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 12th Baron Multon of Gilsland. Chrysogona Baker Baroness Dacre Gilsland by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 8th August 1616 Henry Lennard 12th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 46) died. His son Richard (age 20) succeeded 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 13th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 14th July 1617 Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21) and Elizabeth Throckmorton Baroness Dacre of Gilsland were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 4th January 1625 Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 28) and Dorothy North Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 20th August 1630 Richard Lennard 13th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 34) died. He was buried at Herstmonceux. His son Francis (age 11) succeeded 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 14th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
After 16th April 1641 Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21) and Elizabeth Bayning Baroness Dacre Gilsland were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 12th May 1662 Francis Lennard 14th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 43) died. He was buried at Chevening, Sevenoaks. His son Thomas (age 7) succeeded 15th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 15th Baron Multon of Gilsland. Anne Fitzroy Countess Sussex (age 1) by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 30th October 1715 Thomas Lennard 1st Earl of Sussex (age 61) died. Earl of Sussex extinct. Baron Dacre Gilsland abeyant.
In 1741 Anne Lennard 16th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland Baroness Teynham (age 56) succeeded 16th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 16th Baroness Multon of Gilsland.
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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 26th June 1755 Anne Lennard 16th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland Baroness Teynham (age 70) died. Her son Thomas (age 38) succeeded 17th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 17th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 12th January 1786 Thomas Barrett Lennard 17th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 69) died. His nephew Charles (age 41) succeeded 18th Baron Dacre Gilsland.
On 4th February 1794 Charles Trevor Roper 18th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 49) died. His sister Gertrude (age 43) succeeded 19th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 18th Baroness Multon of Gilsland. Thomas Brand Baron Dacre (age 44) by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland albeit for seventeen days only since he died on 21st February 1794.
On 3rd October 1819 Gertrude Trevor Roper 19th Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 69) died. Her son Thomas (age 45) succeeded 20th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 19th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 21st March 1851 Thomas Brand 20th Baron Dacre 19th Baron Multon (age 76) died without issue. His brother Henry (age 73) succeeded 21st Baron Dacre Gilsland, 20th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 2nd June 1853 General Henry Otway Trevor 21st Baron Dacre 20th Baron Multon (age 75) died. His son Thomas (age 44) succeeded 22nd Baron Dacre Gilsland, 21st Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 26th February 1890 Thomas Trevor 22nd Baron Dacre 21st Baron Multon (age 81) died without issue. His brother Henry (age 75) succeeded 23rd Baron Dacre Gilsland, 22nd Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 14th March 1892 Henry Brand 1st Viscount Hampden (age 77) died. His son Henry (age 50) succeeded 2nd Viscount Hampden, 24th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 23rd Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 22nd November 1906 Henry Brand 2nd Viscount Hampden (age 65) died. His son Thomas (age 37) succeeded 3rd Viscount Hampden, 25th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 24th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
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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 4th September 1958 Thomas Brand 3rd Viscount Hampden (age 89) died. His son Thomas (age 58) succeeded 4th Viscount Hampden, 26th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 25th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 17th October 1965 Thomas Brand 4th Viscount Hampden (age 65) died. His brother David (age 63) succeeded 5th Viscount Hampden. Imogen Alice Rice Viscountess Hampden (age 62) by marriage Viscountess Hampden.
Baron Dacre Gilsland abeyant between his two surviving daughters Rachel Leila Brand 27th Baroness Dacre (age 35) and Tessa Mary Brand (age 31). The former succeeded in 1970 when the abeyance was terminated.
In 1970 Rachel Leila Brand 27th Baroness Dacre (age 40) abeyance terminated 27th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 26th Baroness Multon of Gilsland. William Douglas-Home Baron Dacre (age 57) by marriage Baron Dacre Gilsland.
On 25th December 2012 Rachel Leila Brand 27th Baroness Dacre (age 83) died. Her son James (age 60) succeeded 28th Baron Dacre Gilsland, 27th Baron Multon of Gilsland.
On 8th May 2014 James Thomas Douglas-Home 28th Baron Dacre 27th Baron Multon (age 61) died. His daughter Emily (age 31) succeeded 29th Baroness Dacre Gilsland, 28th Baroness Multon of Gilsland.
The River Irthing rises from a number of becks and burns on Padderburn Moor, Northumberland [Map] from where it flows past Churnsike Lodge, Northumberland [Map], Butterburn, Westmoreland and Lampert, Northumberland [Map] where it is joined by the Butter Burn, Smith Farm, Northumberland [Map], Gilsland Spa, Northumberland [Map], Gilsland, Northumberland [Map], Nether Denton, Cumberland [Map], under Lanercost Old Bridge, Cumberland [Map], past Irthington, Cumberland [Map] to Newby East, Cumberland [Map] after which it joins the River Eden.