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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 Rochester is in Member Parliament.
In 1529 Nicholas Hurleston was elected MP Rochester.
In 1625 Roger Palmer (age 48) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1679 John Banks 1st Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Rochester which seat he held until 1690.
In 1689 Roger Twisden 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Rochester which seat he held until 1690.
In 1690 Joseph Williamson (age 56) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1702 Edward Knatchbull 4th Baronet (age 28) was elected MP Rochester which seat he held until 1705.
In 1708 Admiral John Leake (age 51) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1772 George Finch-Hatton (age 24) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1774 George Finch-Hatton (age 26) was elected MP Rochester.
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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 1780 George Finch-Hatton (age 32) was elected MP Rochester.
In 1794 Admiral Richard King 1st Baronet (age 63) was elected MP Rochester which seat he held until 1802.