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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.
MP Lancashire is in Member Parliament.
In 1427 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley (age 22) was elected MP Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1433, 1439, 1442, 1447, 1449, 1450, 1453 and 1455.
In October 1553 Richard Shireburn (age 31) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1601 Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1604.
In 1614 Cuthbert Halsall (age 41) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1621 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet (age 30) was elected MP Lancashire which seat he held until 1622.
In 1626 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Lancashire.
In April 1640 Gilbert Hoghton 2nd Baronet (age 49) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1645 Richard Hoghton 3rd Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1656 Richard Hoghton 3rd Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1705 Richard Shuttleworth (age 21) was elected MP Lancashire. He was returned in 1708, 1710, 1715, 1722, 1727, 1734 and 1741.
In 1761 James Shuttleworth (age 47) was elected MP Lancashire whchi seat he held until 1768.
In 1768 Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke Hamilton 6th Duke Brandon (age 27) was elected MP Lancashire.
On 4th September 1772 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 23) was elected MP Lancashire.
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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 1774 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 24) was elected MP Lancashire.
In 1780 Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton (age 30) was elected MP Lancashire.