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Knowsley, Lancashire is in Lancashire.
In 1364 Isabel Lathom was born to Thomas Lathom (age 35) at Knowsley, Lancashire.
Around 1405 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley was born to John Stanley (age 19) and Elizabeth Harrington (age 19) at Knowsley, Lancashire.
On 20th February 1459 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley (age 54) died at Knowsley, Lancashire. He was buried at Burscough Priory [Map]. His son Thomas (age 24) succeeded King Mann, 2nd Baron Stanley. Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley (age 12) by marriage Baroness Stanley.
In 1460 George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 25) and Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley (age 13) at Knowsley, Lancashire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1462 Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 27) and Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley (age 15) at Knowsley, Lancashire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 6th January 1588 Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon was born to Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby (age 29) and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 38) at Knowsley, Lancashire. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 31st January 1607 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby was born to William Stanley 6th Earl of Derby (age 46) and Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 31) at Knowsley, Lancashire. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 21st April 1893 Edward Henry Stanley 15th Earl of Derby (age 66) died at Knowsley, Lancashire. His brother Frederick (age 52) succeeded 16th Earl Derby, 10th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe. Constance Villiers Countess Derby (age 53) by marriage Countess Derby.
Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles
On 24th February 1660 John Murray 1st Duke Atholl was born to John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl (age 28) and Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl (age 27) at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
On 23rd April 1829 Elizabeth Farren Countess Derby (age 70) died at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
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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 4th February 1948 Edward George Villiers Stanley 17th Earl of Derby (age 82) died at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. His grandson Edward (age 29) succeeded 18th Earl Derby, 12th Baronet Stanley of Bickerstaffe.
The Pype, Knowsley, Lancashire, North-West England, British Isles
In 1480 Roger Cheney (age 38) and Anne Stanley were married at The Pype, Knowsley. The difference in their ages was 38 years.