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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.
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In 1674 Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth (age 34) was elected MP Oxford University.
In 1678 John Edisbury (age 32) was elected MP Oxford University.
In 1698 Christopher Musgrave 4th Baronet (age 66) was elected MP Oxford University.
In 1698 William Glynne 2nd Baronet (age 34) was elected MP Oxford University.
In March 1701 William Bromley (age 37) was elected MP Oxford University at a by-election. He continued to hold one of the university's two seats for the rest of his life.
On 2nd February 1737 William Bromley (age 38) was elected MP Oxford University, a seat his father had represented for thirty years. He died suddenly five weeks later.
On 16th December 1762 Walter Wagstaffe Bagot 5th Baronet (age 60) was elected MP Oxford University.
On 3rd February 1768 William Dolben 3rd Baronet (age 41) was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held for just over a month until 11th March 1768.
In 1780 William Dolben 3rd Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held until 1806.
In 1854 William Heathcote 5th Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held until 1868.
In 1868 John Gilbert Talbot (age 32) was elected MP Kent West which seat he held until 1878 when he resigned to contend a by-election to be MP Oxford University which he won.
In 1878 John Gilbert Talbot (age 42) was elected MP Oxford University which he held until he stepped down in 1910.