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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.
St Andrew's Church, Blickling is in Blickling, Norfolk, Churches in Norfolk.
After 2nd January 1402. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial brass to Nicholas Dagworth of Blickling.
Nicholas Dagworth of Blickling: he was born to Nicholas Dagworth. Around 1395 he and Eleanor Rossall were married. On 2nd January 1402 he died without issue. His widow Eleanor Rossall sold the Blickling, Norfolk estates and around 1409 married a second time John Mortimer.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 1. Plate XIII. Sir Nicholas Dagworth, at Blickling [Map], 1401.
Blomefield's Norf. vi. 384. Gough's Sepulch. Monum. ii. 5: At the east end of the south aisle of Blickling Church, is a brass figure, armed cap-a-pie; under his head lie his helmet and crest, a griffin's head erased. About him are four shields; at the first corner, Ermine, on a fess Gules 3 Bezants, Dagworth: at the fourth, Gules, a fess between six martlets or, Rosale; 2 and 3, the same arms impaled. Round the slab was this inscription:
"Here lies Nicholas of Dagworth, knight, formerly lord of Blickling, who died on the [?] day of the month of January, in the year of our Lord 1401. May God be merciful to his soul. Amen."
"Hic jacet Nicholaus de Dagworth, miles, quondam dominus de Blickling, qui obiit die mensis Januarii, anno domini Millessimo cccc. primo, cujus anime propicietur Deus. Amen."
"In 1364, Sir Nicholas Dagworth, Knt. afterwards Lord of Blickling, was commander in Acquitaine; in 1373 he was employed by King Edward III. in a secret negotiation with John Fastolff and others, in France. In 1376 he was sent by the King and council into Ireland, to examine into Sir William de Windsor's carriage there: but, at the motion of Dame Alice Perers, he was stopped, she declaring him Sir William's enemy, and that it was unjust to appoint one enemy to judge another; but the next year he was sent with full commission to reform the state of that kingdom. He was in as great esteem of King Richard II. as he had always been with Edward IIL., for in 1380 he, Sir John Haukewood, and Walter Skirlawe, doctor of the decrees, and dean of St. Martin's le Grand, London, were sent into France to treat with the dukes and lords of Italy; and the same year, being one of the privy chamber to the King, he, with Bernard Vansedles, Simon de Burley the chamberlain, Robert Braybrook, licentiate in the laws, and Walter Skirlawe, had like powers to treat with the German princes; the next year, he and Skirlawe went as ambassadors to Pope Urban VI., and had power to treat with the King of Naples.
In 1384, he, John Baam and Sir John Haukewood, went ambassadors to the Pope, and to treat with Charles, King of Jerusalem and Sicily: and, notwithstanding his being so much in favour, in the 11th of Richard IJ. he was one of those impeached in parliament, and was imprisoned in Rochester castle in Kent; but being honourably discharged, was next year appointed a commissioner to treat with the French King, and with the Earl of Flanders; .in the 13th of Richard II. he was made one of the commissioners to take the oath of the King of Scotland, to the treaty then concluded, and afterwards demanded satisfaction of the Scots for infringing that treaty, and also the money for redemption of Robert Bruce.
He retired to his house at Blickling in Norfolk, and died without issue in January 1401.
[He appears to have made his will in December 1396, wherein, however, he ordered his body to be buried in the church of St. Bennett, near Paul's wharf, London. To Eleanor, his wife, who was the daughter of Walter, and sister and co-heir of Sir John Rosale, of Shropshire, he bequeathed one third part of his goods "to be quiet." (Testamenta Vetusta.) She was only twenty-six years old at his decease (Esch. 5 Hen.IV), and afterwards married John Mortimer, and was living in the 10th Hen. IV. Dugdale says of Sir Nicholas Dagworth that "with thirteen horse he fought with sixty French near to Flaveny; and by the means of certain chariots, which he made use of for his defence, (being placed in a circle whereunto he could enter at pleasure,) utterly vanquished them." Baronage, ii. 148. N.]
[In this brass appears the first approach towards pauldrons, in the overlapping epaulieres, which are considerably extended in front. The plates under the genouillieres occur likewise here, covering the upper edge of the greaves. See Meyrick's Armour, ii.92. The cord which attaches the camail to the bascinet is also covered, a protection rendered necessary, as it was so often hewn down by the cut of the sword, and this is probably the earliest instance. S. R. M.]
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On 26th June 1458 Cecily Boleyn (age 50) died at Blickling, Norfolk. She was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]
After 26th June 1458. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial brass to Cecily Boleyn (deceased). The inscription reads "Here lyth Cecilie Boleyn, Suster to Geffrey Boleyn, Lord of the Manor of Blicklyng, whiche Cecille decessed in her Maydenhode, of the Age of L. Yeeres, the xxvi Day of Juyn the Yer of our Lord Mcccclviij, whose Soule God pardoune Amen."
Cecily Boleyn: In 1408 she was born to Geoffrey Boleyn and Alice Bracton. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%. On 26th June 1458 Cecily Boleyn died at Blickling, Norfolk. She was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]
On 31st October 1479 Anna Boleyn (age 3) died. Brass in St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Her incription reads "Hic iacet Anna Boleyn, filia Willi; Boleyn, Armigeri, Etatis trium Annorum undecem Mensum et tredecem Dierum, que obiit ultimo Die Mensis Octobr' Anno Domini Mcccclrrir cuius anime propicietur Deus Amen." i.e. "Here lies Anne Boleyn, daughter of Will; Boleyn, Squire, of the Age of Three Years, Eleven Months and Thirteen Days, who died on the last Day of the Month of October, in the Year of the Lord Mccclxxix, whose soul may God have mercy on him, Amen." The amorial shows her father's (age 28) and mother's (age 25) quartered.
Anna Boleyn: In 1476 she was born to William Boleyn and Margaret Butler.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 1. Plate XXXII. Ann Boleyn (deceased), at Blickling [Map], 1479.
Blomefield's Norf. vi. 388. Gough's Sepulch. Monum. ii. 184.
This brass is to the memory of Ann, infant daughter of Sir William Boleyn and his lady Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond, and aunt of the unfortunate queen who afterwards bore her name.
This brass gives us the first example of the necklace, which nevertheless had been for many years a conspicuous feature in female attire.
[The arms are Boleyn, Argent, a chevron gules, between three bulls' heads couped Sable, quarterly with Azure, three mullets, a chief dauncette or, Bracton, the heiress of Bracton having been wife of Geoffery, grandfather of Sir William Boleyn. The mullets, which were probably enamelled, do not appear. There was in the chancel at Blickling another brass of this family, representing Cecily, sister of Geoffrey Boleyn, lord of Blickling: she died 26 June, 1458, aged 50. The most interesting memorial of the family, which, from the connexion with Queen Elizabeth, possesses an additional interest, is the brass in Hever church, Kent, of Sir Thomas Boleyn, the eldest brother of Cecily, who was created Earl of Wiltshire by Henry VI. It is engraved in Thorpe's Custumale Roff. p. 115. Impressions of both are preserved in the British Museum.—A. W.]
After 23rd April 1485. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial brass to Isabella Boleyn (deceased). The inscription reads "Hic jacet Isabella Cheyne, quondam Uxor Willi. Cheney Amigeri, de Insula de Shippey, in Comitatu Cancie que obijt xxiijo die Mensis Aprilis, Anno Domini Mcccclxxxv, cuius anime propicietur DeusAmen." i.e. "Here lies Isabella Cheyne, formerly the wife of Will. Cheney Knight, of the Island of Shippey, in the County of Canterbury, who died on the xxiith day of the month of April, in the year of the Lord Mccclxxxv, may God bless her soul."
Isabella Boleyn: Henry Aucher and she were married. William Cheney and she were married. In 1434 she was born to Geoffrey Boleyn and Ann Hoo at Blickling, Norfolk. On 23rd April 1485 Isabella Boleyn died at Blickling, Norfolk.
On 30th September 1493 Anthony Boleyn (age 18) died.St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].
Anthony Boleyn: In 1475 he was born to William Boleyn and Margaret Butler.
On 18th August 1512 Anne Wood aka Wode died in childbirth whilst visiting her sister Elizabeth at Blickling, Norfolk. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial brass to Anne Wood aka Wode depicted holding the two and female twins that she died giving birth to. The inscription:
Pray for the soul of Anne Wode, the second wife of Thomas Astley of Melton Constable (age 43), Esquire, who on the feast day of Saint Agapitus the Martyr gave birth to a male and a female child, and after the peril of childbirth, suddenly departed to the Lord in the year one thousand five hundred and twelve of Christ.
Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a Anne a wode ux[oris] s[e]cu[n]de Tho[m]e Asteley de Melton Constable. Armig[eri], que in die s[an]c[t]i Agapiti Martyris masculu[m] et femella[m] ad partu[m] pep[er]it et post pariendi p[er]iculu[m] subito migravit ad Domi[num] A[nn]o M[illensim]o benignissimi Vo XIIo Xpi.
Anne Wood aka Wode: she was born to John Wood aka Wode. Before 1507 Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable and she were married.
Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable: In 1469 he was born. On 19th October 1543 he died.
On 10th August 1529 Robert Clere (age 83) died at Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] where his inscription reads "Orate pro anima Roberti Clere Militis, qui obiit decimo die Mensis Augusti, Anno Domini Millessimo Quingentissimo Uices simo Nono, cuius anime propicietur Deus Amen." i.e. "Pray for the soul of Robert Clere Militis, who died on the tenth day of the month of August, in the year of the Lord one thousand five hundred and twenty-nine, may God rest his soul, Amen."
In 1561 James Boleyn (age 68) died. His great-nephew Edward Clere (age 24), grandson of James' sister Alice Boleyn, inherited the estate at Blickling, Norfolk. Curiously Edward Clere's mother was Anne Tyrrell, grand-daughter of James Tyrrell who had been executed in 1502, and who had reportedly confessed to the murder of the Princes in the Tower.
He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] on 6th September 1561. In his will he left he great-niece Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 27) a basin and gilt ewer and "my written book of the revelations of Saint Bridget".
In or after 1582. Memorial to Elizabeth Gurdon 1565-1582 who, apparently died of a cold whilst visiting Edward Clere (age 45). Semicircular niche with leaf spandrels and modillion cornice on Ionic colonnettes containing a kneeling figure at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].
On 8th June 1606 Edward Clere (age 69) died. Chest tomb in St Andrew's Church, Blickling [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.
On 22nd August 1622 Henry Clere 1st Baronet (age 24) died without surviving male issue. Baronet Clere of Ormesby in Norfolk extinct. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] where his inscription reads:
Here rests Henry Clere, Baronet, who married Meriel, daughter of Edmund Lord Mondeford, Knight of the Golden Knight, by whom he had an only daughter, Abigail, who died xxii. Augustus, Anno Domini Mdcxxii. of his age - - - - - - - - - - -.
Hic requiescit Henricus Clere Baronettus, qui Thalamo sibi Conjunxit, Merielem, Filiam Edmundi Domini Mondeford, Equitis Aurati, ex quâ habuit prolem Filiam unicam, Abigalem, obijt xxii. Augusti, Anno Domini Mdcxxii. Ætatis suæ - - - - - - - - - - -".
On 29th December 1625 Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 65) died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. His son John (age 32) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Frances Egerton Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
On or before 12th October 1635 Philippa Hobart was born to John Hobart 2nd Baronet (age 42) and Frances Egerton Lady Hobart. She was bvaptised on 12th October 1635 at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].
After 1st August 1821. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial to William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield (deceased) erected by his widow Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield.
After 14th November 1841. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Monument to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian (deceased) and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian (age 33).
John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian: On 1st February 1794 he was born to William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore. On 27th April 1824 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian died at Richmond, Surrey succeeded 7th Marquess Lothian. In 1831 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. He the son of William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore. On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes.
Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian: On 17th April 1808 she was born to Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot and Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. On 13th May 1877 Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian died at Rome, Italy.
In 1870 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian (age 38) died without issue. His brother Schomberg (age 36) succeeded 9th Marquess Lothian. Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Lothian. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] sculpted by George Frederick Watts (age 52) in 1878.
William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian: In 1832 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins.
Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian: On 2nd December 1833 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. In 1865 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian and Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian were married. She the daughter of Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were sixth cousins. On 17th January 1900 Schomberg Henry Kerr Kerr 9th Marquess Lothian died. His daughter Robert succeeded 10th Marchioness Lothian.
Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian: On 20th November 1844 she was born to Walter Scott 5th Duke Buccleuch 7th Duke Queensberry and Charlotte Anne Thynne Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury. On 19th June 1938 Victoria Alexandrina Montagu-Douglas-Scott Marchioness Lothian died.
Around 1904. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Monument to Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian sculpted by Arthur George Walker (age 42) around 1904.
Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian: On 15th June 1836 she was born to Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. On 10th October 1901 Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian died without issue at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].
Academy Architecture 1905. 1905. Memorial to the late Marchioness of Lothian at Blickling [Map], Arthur G. Walker (age 43), Sculptor.