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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Marquess Winchester is in Marquessates of England Alphabetically, Marquessates of England Chronologically, Extant Marquessates of England.
Summary
11th October 1551. William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester [aged 68] created. See Edward VI's 14th Birthday.
10th March 1572. Son John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester [aged 62] succeeded.
4th November 1576. Son William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [aged 44] succeeded.
24th November 1598. Son William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 39] succeeded.
4th February 1629. Son John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 31] succeeded.
5th March 1675. Son Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton [aged 45] succeeded.
27th February 1699. Son Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton [aged 38] succeeded.
21st January 1722. Son Charles Powlett 3rd Duke Bolton [aged 36] succeeded.
26th August 1754. Brother Harry Powlett 4th Duke Bolton [aged 63] succeeded.
9th October 1759. Son Charles Powlett 5th Duke Bolton [aged 41] succeeded.
5th July 1765. Brother Harry Powlett 6th Duke Bolton [aged 44] succeeded.
25th December 1794. Third Cousin Once Removed George Paulett 12th Marquess Winchester [aged 72] succeeded.
22nd April 1800. Son Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester [aged 36] succeeded.
29th November 1843. Son John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester [aged 42] succeeded.
4th July 1887. Son Augustus Paulet 15th Marquess of Winchester [aged 29] succeeded.
11th December 1899. Brother Henry Paulet 16th Marquess of Winchester [aged 37] succeeded.
28th June 1962. First Cousin Twice Removed Richard Charles Paulet 17th Marquess of Winchester [aged 57] succeeded.
1968. First Cousin Once Removed Nigel George Paulet 18th Marquess of Winchester [aged 26] succeeded.
11th October 1551, the day before his fourteenth birthday, King Edward VI [aged 13] celebrated at Hampton Court Palace [Map] by rewarding his guardians; it may have been a case of his guardians rewarding themselves.
John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland [aged 47] was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Northumberland. His son Henry Dudley [aged 25] was knighted.
Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 34] was created 1st Duke Suffolk for having married King Edward VI's first cousin Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 34]. Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk by marriage Duchess Suffolk.
William Paulet [aged 68] was created 1st Marquess Winchester. Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
His guardian William Herbert [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Pembroke. Anne Parr Countess Pembroke [aged 36] by marriage Countess Pembroke.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 51], the King's uncle attended.
Henry Dudley was knighted at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
On 10th March 1572 William Paulet 1st Marquess Winchester [aged 89] died. On His son John [aged 62] succeeded 2nd Marquess Winchester, 2nd Earl Wiltshire, 2nd Baron St John. Winifred Brydges Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 4th November 1576 John Paulet 2nd Marquess Winchester [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Marquess Winchester, 3rd Earl Wiltshire, 3rd Baron St John. Agnes Howard Marchioness Winchester [aged 41] by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 24th November 1598 William Paulet 3rd Marquess Winchester [aged 66] died. His son William [aged 39] succeeded 4th Marquess Winchester, 4th Earl Wiltshire, 4th Baron St John. Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 4th February 1629 William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester [aged 70] died. His son John [aged 31] succeeded 5th Marquess Winchester, 5th Earl Wiltshire, 5th Baron St John. Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 4th October 1633 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 35] and Honora Burke Marchioness Winchester [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 61] and Frances Walsingham Countess Essex. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester.
On 30th April 1669 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 71] and Isabella Stafford-Howard Marchioness Winchester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. She the daughter of William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford [aged 54] and Mary Stafford Countess Stafford [aged 49]. He the son of William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester and Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester. They were third cousin twice removed.
On 5th March 1675 John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester [aged 77] died. His son Charles [aged 45] succeeded 6th Marquess Winchester, 6th Earl Wiltshire, 6th Baron St John. Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
On 27th February 1699 Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton [aged 69] died. His son Charles [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Duke Bolton, 7th Marquess Winchester, 7th Earl Wiltshire, 7th Baron St John.
On 21st January 1722 Charles Paulet 2nd Duke Bolton [aged 61] died. His son Charles [aged 36] succeeded 3rd Duke Bolton, 8th Marquess Winchester, 8th Earl Wiltshire, 8th Baron St John. Anne Vaughan Duchess Bolton by marriage Duchess Bolton.
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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On 26th August 1754 Charles Powlett 3rd Duke Bolton [aged 68] died. His brother Harry [aged 63] succeeded 4th Duke Bolton, 9th Marquess Winchester, 9th Earl Wiltshire, 9th Baron St John.
On 9th October 1759 Harry Powlett 4th Duke Bolton [aged 68] died. His son Charles [aged 41] succeeded 5th Duke Bolton, 10th Marquess Winchester, 10th Earl Wiltshire, 10th Baron St John.
On 5th July 1765 Charles Powlett 5th Duke Bolton [aged 47] committed suicide at Grosvenor Square, Belgravia shooting himself in the head with a pistol. His brother Harry [aged 44] succeeded 6th Duke Bolton, 11th Marquess Winchester, 11th Earl Wiltshire, 11th Baron St John. Katherine Lowther Duchess of Bolton [aged 29] by marriage Duchess Bolton.
On 25th December 1794 Harry Powlett 6th Duke Bolton [aged 74] died without male issue. Duke Bolton extinct. His third cousin once removed George [aged 72] succeeded 12th Marquess Winchester, 12th Earl Wiltshire, 12th Baron St John. Martha Ingoldsby Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester. Most of his estates including Bolton Castle [Map] were inherited by his elder brother's illegitimate daughter Jean Mary [aged 43] whose husband Thomas Orde [aged 54] added the surname Powlett to his own.
On 22nd April 1800 George Paulett 12th Marquess Winchester [aged 77] died. His son Charles [aged 36] succeeded 13th Marquess Winchester, 13th Earl Wiltshire, 13th Baron St John.
On 31st July 1800 Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester [aged 36] and Anne Andrews Marchioness of Winchester [aged 27] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. He the son of George Paulett 12th Marquess Winchester and Martha Ingoldsby Marchioness Winchester.
On 29th November 1843 Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester [aged 79] died. His son John [aged 42] succeeded 14th Marquess Winchester, 14th Earl Wiltshire, 14th Baron St John.
On 29th November 1855 John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester [aged 54] and Mary Robinson Montagu Marchioness Winchester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. He the son of Charles Burroughs-Paulet 13th Marquess Winchester and Anne Andrews Marchioness of Winchester.
On 4th July 1887 John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester [aged 86] died. His son Augustus [aged 29] succeeded 15th Marquess Winchester, 15th Earl Wiltshire, 15th Baron St John.
On 11th December 1899 Augustus Paulet 15th Marquess of Winchester [aged 41] was killed in action at Magersfontein, South Africa in a battle where the defending Boer force defeated the advancing British forces. His brother Henry [aged 37] succeeded 16th Marquess Winchester, 16th Earl Wiltshire, 16th Baron St John.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1952 Henry Paulet 16th Marquess of Winchester [aged 89] and Bapsybanoo Pavry Marchioness of Winchester [aged 50] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. The difference in their ages was 39 years. He the son of John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester and Mary Robinson Montagu Marchioness Winchester.
On 28th June 1962 Henry Paulet 16th Marquess of Winchester [aged 99] died. His first cousin twice removed Richard [aged 57] succeeded 17th Marquess Winchester, 17th Earl Wiltshire, 17th Baron St John.
In 1968 Richard Charles Paulet 17th Marquess of Winchester [aged 63] died unmarried. His first cousin once removed Nigel [aged 26] succeeded 18th Marquess Winchester, 18th Earl Wiltshire, 18th Baron St John.