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The 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." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland is in Seaton Delavall, Northumberland.
Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In 1560 Mary Carey (age 59) died at Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
On 22nd June 1723 Admiral George Delaval (age 56) died. He was buried at Church of our Lady Seaton Delaval [Map] on 4th July 1723. His nephew Francis Blake Delaval (age 30) inherited Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map] which had yet to be completed. By 1729 the house was completed according to Vanbrugh's original plan at an estimated cost of £10,000.
In 1745. Arthur Pond (age 40). View of the North Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In 1745. Arthur Pond (age 40). View of the South Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
On 9th December 1752 Francis Blake Delaval (age 59) died after falling down steps at his home Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].
In 1759 Frances Delaval was born to John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval (age 30) and Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval (age 29) at Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.26%.
1775. William Bell (age 42). View of the South (Park) Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, 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.
1775. William Bell (age 42). View of the North (Entrance) Front of Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].