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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.
Australia is in Australisia.
On 16th April 1857 George Edward Thicknesse-Touchet 21st Baron Audley 18th Baron Tuchet (age 40) and Emily Mitchell Baroness Audley were married at Sydney. She by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
On 6th April 1913 Eva Ensley Mary Scutts was born at Sydney.
On 30th September 1862 Millicent Cox Countess Lindsey was born at Philip Street Sydney.
On 7th December 1847 Mary Lennox (age 57) died in a carriage accident in Parramata, Western Sydney.
Around 1860 Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley was born to John Stephen Morphy at Victoria Australia.
In 1868 Maud Margaret Wilson Countess Huntingdon was born to Samuel Wilson (age 35) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
On 23rd February 1913 Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton 18th Earl of Lincoln was born to Edward Henry Fiennes-Clinton (age 26) and Edith Annie Guest at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
On 18th November 2015 John Henry Kilian Brunner 4th Baronet (age 88) died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His son Nicholas (age 55) succeeded 5th Baronet Brunner of Druids Cross in Lancashire.
On 18th June 1860 George Frampton was born to James Frampton in Fitzroy Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
On 9th February 1884 Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley (age 25) and Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 24) were married at St. Mary's Church Sunbury. The reception was held at Rupertswood Melbourne. He the son of John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 56) and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley (age 55).
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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 8th March 1895 Captain Willoughby Thornton Wrigley was born to Reverend Daniel Wrigley at Nhill. He was educated at St John's School Leatherhead.
On 9th February 1884 Ivo Bligh 8th Earl Darnley (age 25) and Florence Bligh Countess of Darnley (age 24) were married at St. Mary's Church Sunbury. The reception was held at Rupertswood Melbourne. He the son of John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley (age 56) and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley (age 55).