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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.
Viscount St John is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically, Viscountcies of England Chronologically, Extant Viscountcies of England.
Summary
1716. Henry St John 1st Viscount St John created.
8th April 1742. Son John St John 2nd Viscount St John succeeded.
November 1748. Son Frederick St John 3rd Viscount St John 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke succeeded.
5th May 1787. Son George Richard St John 4th Viscount St John 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke succeeded.
11th December 1824. Son Henry St John 4th Viscount Bolingbroke 5th Viscount St John succeeded.
1st October 1851. Son Henry St John 5th Viscount Bolingbroke 6th Viscount St John succeeded.
November 1899. Son Vernon Henry St John 6th Viscount Bolingbroke 7th Viscount St John succeeded.
1st May 1974. Second Cousin Twice Removed Kenneth Oliver Musgrave St John 7th Viscount Bolingbroke 8th Viscount St John succeeded.
5th July 2010. Son Henry FitzRoy St John 9th Viscount St John 8th Viscount Bolingbroke succeeded.
21st May 2011. Brother Nicholas St John 10th Viscount St John 9th Viscount Bolingbroke succeeded.
In 1716 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 63) was created 1st Viscount St John. Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 50) by marriage Viscountess St John.
On 8th April 1742 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 89) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Battersea, Surrey. His son John (age 39) succeeded 2nd Viscount St John, 5th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
In November 1748 John St John 2nd Viscount St John (age 46) died. His son Frederick (age 15) succeeded 3rd Viscount St John, 6th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 8th September 1757 Frederick St John 3rd Viscount St John 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (age 24) and Diana Spencer Viscountess St John and Bolingbroke (age 23) were married. She by marriage Viscountess St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke. She the daughter of Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough (age 50) and Elizabeth Trevor Duchess of Marlborough (age 44).
On 5th May 1787 Frederick St John 3rd Viscount St John 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (age 54) died. His son George (age 26) succeeded 4th Viscount St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke, 7th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 11th December 1824 George Richard St John 4th Viscount St John 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke (age 63) died at Pisa. His son Henry (age 38) succeeded 5th Viscount St John, 4th Viscount Bolingbroke, 8th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. Maria St John-Mildmay Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John (age 34) by marriage Viscountess St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke.
On 1st October 1851 Henry St John 4th Viscount Bolingbroke 5th Viscount St John (age 65) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded 6th Viscount St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, 9th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 5th January 1893 Henry St John 5th Viscount Bolingbroke 6th Viscount St John (age 72) and Mary Emily Elizabeth Howard Viscountess Bolingbroke and St John were married at the Registry Office in Bath, Somerset [Map]. She by marriage Viscountess St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke. She had been his servant, subsequently housekeeper. The marriage was not revealed until after his death becoming something of a national scandal.
In November 1899 Henry St John 5th Viscount Bolingbroke 6th Viscount St John (age 79) died. His son Vernon (age 3) succeeded 7th Viscount St John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, 10th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire although he was only recognised as such in 1926.
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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.
On 1st May 1974 Vernon Henry St John 6th Viscount Bolingbroke 7th Viscount St John (age 78) died. His second cousin twice removed Kenneth (age 47) succeeded 8th Viscount St John, 7th Viscount Bolingbroke, 11th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 5th July 2010 Kenneth Oliver Musgrave St John 7th Viscount Bolingbroke 8th Viscount St John (age 83) died. His son Henry (age 53) succeeded 9th Viscount St John, 8th Viscount Bolingbroke, 12th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
On 21st May 2011 Henry FitzRoy St John 9th Viscount St John 8th Viscount Bolingbroke (age 54) died. His brother Nicholas (age 36) succeeded 10th Viscount St John, 9th Viscount Bolingbroke, 13th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.