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.'
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Leintwardine, Herefordshire is in Herefordshire.
Around 200AD. Bravinium Roman Station [Map] on the XII Antonine Iter, 22 M.P. from Magnis (Kenchester) and 27 M.P. from Uriconium (Wroxeter [Map]). The Roman site forms a roughly rectangular area with an internal extent of about 10 acres, formerly enclosed by earth banks but these are now partly obliterated by the village which occupies much of the area.
1086. Domesday Leintwardine. Land of Picot (of Sai).
Land and resources: Ploughland: 2 ploughlands.
Valuation: Annual value to lord: 5 shillings in 1086.
Owners: Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Picot (of Sai).
Lord in 1086: Fulco (of Le Pin).
1086. Domesday Leintwardine. Land of Ralph of Mortimer (age 17)Domesday Leintwardine.
Households: Households: 15 villagers. 11 smallholders. 5 slaves. 1 priest. 11 other.
Land and resources: Ploughland: 14 ploughlands. 4 lord's plough teams. 10 men's plough teams.
Other resources: Woodland 1 leagues. 1 mill, value 6 shillings and 7 pence. 1 church.
Valuation: Annual value to lord: 4 pounds in 1086; 1 pound 10 shillings when acquired by the 1086 owner; 2 pounds in 1066.
Owners: Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer. Lords in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer; man-at-arms, one. Lord in 1066: King Edward.
1086. Leintwardine, Herefordshire [Map] is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Lenteurde", and was recorded as being a large settlement for its time. Its name is apparently derived from the Celtic name for the River Teme – formerly known as the Lent which means simply 'torrent, stream'.
Domesday Leintwardine. 1086. Leintwardine [Map] was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Leintwardine, mentioned in the chapters for Herefordshire and Shropshire. It had a recorded population of 43 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday, and is listed under 2 owners in Domesday Book.
On 15th January 1833 Banastre Tarleton 1st Baronet (age 78) died at Leintwardine, Herefordshire [Map]. Baronet Tarleton of Liverpool in Lancashire extinct.
The River Teme rises around three miles south of Dolfor [Map] in Powys. For much of its upper course it forms the border between England and Wales. It passes through, or near, Felindre, Radnoshire [Map], Knighton, Radnorshire [Map], Leintwardine, Herefordshire [Map], Bromfield, Shropshire [Map], Ludlow, Shropshire [Map], Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire [Map], Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire [Map], Shelsey Beauchamp, Worcestershire [Map], Leigh, Worcestershire [Map] and Bransford, Worcestershire [Map] after which it joins the River Severn around 3 km south of Worcester, Worcestershire [Map].
The River Clun rises near Anchor, Shropshire [Map], 400m from the England and Wales border, after which it travels past Hall in the Forest, Clun [Map], Clun Castle [Map] and NO IMAGE [Map] before joining the River Teme at Leintwardine, Herefordshire [Map].
Leintwardine Bridge, Herefordshire [Map] crosses the River Teme just below its confluence with the River Clun. Originally the crossing point of a Roman Road known locally as Watling Street; a spur or extension of the Welsh Border Road which terminated at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map] around thirty-five kilometres north of Leintwardine, Herefordshire [Map] and which may have connected Wroxeter to Usk, Monmouthshire [Map]. The current bridge is around 1850 widened by twelve feet in 1930.
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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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Welsh Border Road describes an unamed Roman Road, and unnumbered by Margery, that went from Caerleon [Map] to Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map], passing through Usk, Monmouthshire [Map], Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [Map], Hereford [Map], Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire [Map], Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map] and Leintwardine Bridge, Herefordshire [Map] where it crosses the River Teme just after its convergence with the River Clun.