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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.
Marriage Age Gap Greater Than Fifty Years is in Marriages with Large Age Gaps.
After 14th October 1257 Richard Percy 5th Baron Percy Topcliffe and Agnes Neville (age 36) were married. The difference in their ages was 51 years.
In 1284 Reginald Cobham (age 47) and Joan Devereux were married. There is some confusion here as to which Joan Devereux he married since she was born six years after the supposed marriage?. The difference in their ages was 53 years.
In 1422 Władysław II Jagiełło (age 70) and Sophia of Halshany (age 17) were married. The difference in their ages was 53 years.
After 12th November 1529 Robert Drury (age 75) and Anne Jerningham (age 25) were married. The difference in their ages was 50 years.
In September 1603 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 67) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. The difference in their ages was 55 years. She the daughter of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 20th October 1677 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 72) and Elizabeth Harpur (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 51 years.
On 19th January 1818 Count Alessandro Guiccioli (age 68) and Teresa Countess Guiccioli (age 18) were married. His third wife. The difference in their ages was 50 years.
On 7th September 1854 Francis L'Esrange Astley (age 44) and Florence Conyngham were married. The difference in their ages was 56 years. She the daughter of George Henry Conyngham 3rd Marquess Conyngham (age 29) and Jane St Maur Blanche Stanhope Marchioness Conyngham (age 21).
On 28th April 1898 Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (age 37) and Augusta Boyle were married. The difference in their ages was 59 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
Bishop John Hinchliffe and Elizabeth Crew Countess Arran were married. The difference in their ages was 52 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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In or before Thomas Tempest of Bracewell and Elizabeth Bosvile were married. The difference in their ages was 52 years.
William de Valoignes and Loretta Quincy were married. The difference in their ages was 51 years. She the daughter of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester.