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In 1549 Robert Keilway (age 52) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Berkshire.
In 1756 John Wynn (age 54) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Caernarvonshire.
In 1579 Hugh "The Elder" Cholmondeley (age 66) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Cheshire.
In 1547 William Babthorpe (age 58) was appointed Custos Rotulorum East Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1750 Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer (age 54) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Flintshire.
In 1753 Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth (age 21) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Flintshire.
In 1624 Henry Wallop (age 55) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Hampshire.
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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.'
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Around 1547 Henry Parker (age 34) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Hertfordshire.
In 1704 Charles Finch 4th Earl Winchilsea (age 31) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Kent.
In 1547 Roger Cholmeley (age 52) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Middlesex.
In 1602 William Herbert 1st Baron Powis (age 29) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In January 1679 Andrew Newport (age 58) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1685 Andrew Newport (age 64) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1691 Andrew Newport (age 70) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1701 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford (age 56) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope was appointed Custos Rotulorum North Riding.
In 1660 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 39) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
In 1708 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford (age 63) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
Edward Leighton was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
In 1690 John Berkeley 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 40) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Somerset.
In 1731 Henry Shirley 3rd Earl Ferrers (age 39) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Staffordshire.
In 1622 William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh (age 35) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Warwickshire.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th March 1660. Ash Wednesday. In the morning I went to my Lord at Mr. Crew's (age 62), in my way Washington overtook me and told me upon my question whether he knew of any place now void that I might have, by power over friends, that this day Mr. G. Montagu (age 37) was to be made 'Custos Rotulorum' for Westminster, and that by friends I might get to be named by him Clerk of the Peace, with which I was, as I am at all new things, very much joyed, so when I came to Mr. Crew's, I spoke to my Lord about it, who told me he believed Mr. Montagu had already promised it, and that it was given him only that he might gratify one person with the place I look for. Here, among many that were here, I met with Mr. Lynes, the surgeon, who promised me some seeds of the sensitive plant. [Note. Evelyn, about the same date (9th August 1661), "tried several experiments on the sensitive plant and humilis, which contracted with the least touch of the sun through a burning glass, though it rises and opens only when it shines on it"]