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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Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically, Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
Summary
13th April 1704. Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 27] created.
11th November 1718. Son William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 11] succeeded.
30th March 1775. Son Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston [aged 25] succeeded.
23rd March 1825. Son George Irby 3rd Baron Boston [aged 47] succeeded.
12th March 1856. Son George Ives Irby 4th Baron Boston [aged 53] succeeded.
22nd December 1869. Son Florance George Henry Irby 5th Baron Boston [aged 32] succeeded.
4th January 1877. Son George Florance Irby 6th Baron Boston [aged 16] succeeded.
16th September 1941. Nephew Grenville Northey Irby 7th Baron Boston [aged 52] succeeded.
16th September 1958. Brother Cecil Eustace Irby 8th Baron Boston [aged 61] succeeded.
12th October 1972. Third Cousin Once Removed Gerald Howard-Boteler Irby 9th Baron Boston [aged 75] succeeded.
17th February 1978. Son Timothy George Frank Boteler Irby 10th Baron Boston [aged 38] succeeded.
3rd February 2007. Son George William Eustace Boteler Irby 11th Baron Boston [aged 35] succeeded.
On 13th April 1704 Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 27] was created 1st Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
In 1706 Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 29] and Dorothy Paget Lady Irby were married. She by marriage Lady Irby of Whaplode and Boston. They were second cousins.
On 11th November 1718 Edward Irby 1st Baronet [aged 42] died intestate at Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire. His son William [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 30th March 1775 William Irby 1st Baron Boston [aged 68] died. His son Frederick [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Baron Boston, 3rd Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 23rd March 1825 Frederick Irby 2nd Baron Boston [aged 75] died at Lower Grosvenor Street, Belgravia. His son George [aged 47] succeeded 3rd Baron Boston, 4th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston. Rachel Ives Drake Baroness Boston [aged 42] by marriage Baroness Boston.
On 12th March 1856 George Irby 3rd Baron Boston [aged 78] died. His son George [aged 53] succeeded 4th Baron Boston, 5th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston. Fanny Elizabeth Hopkins-Northey Baroness Boston [aged 47] by marriage Baroness Boston.
On 22nd December 1869 George Ives Irby 4th Baron Boston [aged 67] died at 12 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia. His son Florance [aged 32] succeeded 5th Baron Boston, 6th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 4th January 1877 Florance George Henry Irby 5th Baron Boston [aged 39] died. His son George [aged 16] succeeded 6th Baron Boston, 7th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
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.
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On 16th September 1941 George Florance Irby 6th Baron Boston [aged 81] died. His nephew Grenville [aged 52] succeeded 7th Baron Boston, 8th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 16th September 1958 Grenville Northey Irby 7th Baron Boston [aged 69] died. His brother Cecil [aged 61] succeeded 8th Baron Boston, 9th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 12th October 1972 Cecil Eustace Irby 8th Baron Boston [aged 75] died unmarried. His third cousin once removed Gerald [aged 75] succeeded 9th Baron Boston, 10th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 17th February 1978 Gerald Howard-Boteler Irby 9th Baron Boston [aged 80] died. His son Timothy [aged 38] succeeded 10th Baron Boston, 11th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.
On 3rd February 2007 Timothy George Frank Boteler Irby 10th Baron Boston [aged 67] died. His son George [aged 35] succeeded 11th Baron Boston, 12th Baronet Irby of Whaplode and Boston.