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Skipton is in West Yorkshire.
See: Barden Bridge, West Yorkshire [Map], Holy Trinity Church Skipton [Map], Howgill, West Yorkshire [Map], Skipton Castle [Map], The Strid, West Yorkshire.
Around 1120 Richard Fitzeustace 5th Baron of Halton was born to Eustace Fitzjohn 4th Baron Halton (age 32) and Agnes Fitznigel at Skipton [Map]. He married before 1163 Albreda Lissours and had issue.
Around 1461 Elizabeth Clifford was born to John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25) and Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford (age 27) at Skipton [Map]. She married her fourth cousin in or before 1486 Robert Aske and had issue.
In 1513 Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 20) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 13) at Skipton [Map]. She married (1) her second cousin once removed in or before 1534 John Scrope 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton, son of Henry Scrope 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Mabel Dacre Baroness Scrope Bolton, and had issue (2) her half fifth cousin after 22nd June 1549 Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley and had issue.
In 1515 Elizabeth Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 22) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 15) at Skipton [Map].
In 1519 Ingeram Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 26) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 19) at Skipton [Map]. He married in or before 1578 Anne Radcliffe.
In 1520 Robert Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 27) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 20) at Skipton [Map].
Around 1523 Maud Clifford Baroness Conyers was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 30) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 23) at Skipton [Map]. She married her third cousin once removed before 28th October 1539 John Conyers 3rd Baron Conyers, son of Christopher Conyers 2nd Baron Conyers and Anne Dacre Baroness Conyers, and had issue.
Around 1525 Jane Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 25) at Skipton [Map].
Around 1526 Thomas Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 33) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 26) at Skipton [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.
In 1662 George Holmes was born at Skipton [Map].
The River Wharfe rises on the moors above High Birkwith, North Yorkshire [Map] after which it travels broadly south past Kettlewell, North Yorkshire [Map], Grassington, North Yorkshire [Map], under the Hebden Suspension Bridge [Map], past Burnsall Craven [Map], Howgill, West Yorkshire [Map], under Barden Bridge, West Yorkshire [Map], through te The Strid, West Yorkshire, past Bolton Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] and Bolton Bridge, North Yorkshire [Map], then Ilkley, North Yorkshire [Map], Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire [Map], Otley, West Yorkshire [Map], Harewood House [Map], Wetherby [Map] and Tadcaster, Yorkshire [Map], Kirkby Wharfe, West Yorkshire [Map], Rhyther, West Yorkshire [Map] before joining the River Ouse 1.25 Km north of Confluence of the Rivers Wharfe and Ouse [Map].
Holy Trinity Church Skipton is also in Churches in West Yorkshire.
On 22nd April 1542 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 49) died. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Skipton [Map]. His son Henry (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl of Cumberland, 12th Baron de Clifford, 12th Lord Skipton. Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 23).
The River Wharfe rises on the moors above High Birkwith, North Yorkshire [Map] after which it travels broadly south past Kettlewell, North Yorkshire [Map], Grassington, North Yorkshire [Map], under the Hebden Suspension Bridge [Map], past Burnsall Craven [Map], Howgill, West Yorkshire [Map], under Barden Bridge, West Yorkshire [Map], through te The Strid, West Yorkshire, past Bolton Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] and Bolton Bridge, North Yorkshire [Map], then Ilkley, North Yorkshire [Map], Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire [Map], Otley, West Yorkshire [Map], Harewood House [Map], Wetherby [Map] and Tadcaster, Yorkshire [Map], Kirkby Wharfe, West Yorkshire [Map], Rhyther, West Yorkshire [Map] before joining the River Ouse 1.25 Km north of Confluence of the Rivers Wharfe and Ouse [Map].
Skipton Castle is also in Castles in West Yorkshire.
In 1493 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland was born to Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford (age 39) and Anne St John Baroness Clifford at Skipton Castle [Map]. He married (1) his half third cousin once removed before 1512 Margaret Talbot Baroness Clifford, daughter of George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (2) his third cousin once removed in or before 1513 Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford, daughter of Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland and Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland, and had issue.
On 30th January 1590 Anne Clifford Countess Dorset and Pembroke was born to George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland (age 31) and Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland (age 29) at Skipton Castle [Map]. She married (1) her fourth cousin once removed 27th February 1609 Richard Sackville 3rd Earl Dorset, son of Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset and Margaret Howard, and had issue (2) her half third cousin twice removed 1630 Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery, son of Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke and Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke.
On 5th July 1635 Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington (age 22) and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington (age 21) were married at Skipton Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland (age 44) and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland (age 42). He the son of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork (age 68) and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.
The River Aire rises around Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire [Map] after which it travels broadley south-west past Skipton Castle [Map], Keighley, West Yorkshire [Map], Bingley [Map], Shipley, West Yorkshire [Map], Apperley Bridge, West Yorkshire [Map], Kirkstall Abbey, West Yorkshire [Map], Leeds [Map], Methley [Map], Castleford [Map], where it is joined by the River Calder, within 2km of All Saints Church, Ledsham [Map] then Brotherton [Map], Ferrybridge, where there was an historical crossing, Beal, North Yorkshire [Map], West Haddlesey, North Yorkshire [Map], Chapel Haddlesey, North Yorkshire [Map], Temple Hirst, North Yorkshire [Map], Snaith, East Yorkshire [Map], Rawcliffe, East Yorkshire [Map] before joining the River Ouse 800m north of Airmyn [Map].
1908. John Benjamin Stone (age 69). Photograph of The Strid, West Yorkshire.
The River Wharfe rises on the moors above High Birkwith, North Yorkshire [Map] after which it travels broadly south past Kettlewell, North Yorkshire [Map], Grassington, North Yorkshire [Map], under the Hebden Suspension Bridge [Map], past Burnsall Craven [Map], Howgill, West Yorkshire [Map], under Barden Bridge, West Yorkshire [Map], through te The Strid, West Yorkshire, past Bolton Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] and Bolton Bridge, North Yorkshire [Map], then Ilkley, North Yorkshire [Map], Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire [Map], Otley, West Yorkshire [Map], Harewood House [Map], Wetherby [Map] and Tadcaster, Yorkshire [Map], Kirkby Wharfe, West Yorkshire [Map], Rhyther, West Yorkshire [Map] before joining the River Ouse 1.25 Km north of Confluence of the Rivers Wharfe and Ouse [Map].