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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Rawdon
Maternal Family Tree: Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings 1810-1858
On 1st August 1831 [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings (age 23) and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 21) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings and [her grandmother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings (age 51).
On 10th December 1833 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon was born to [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings (age 25) and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 23).
On 8th January 1840 [her grandmother] Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings (age 60) died. Her son [her father] George (age 31) succeeded 7th Earl Loudon.
On 13th January 1844 [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings (age 35) died. His son [her brother] Paulyn (age 11) succeeded 3rd Marquess Hastings, 8th Earl Loudon, 4th Earl Moira, 19th Baron Botreaux, 18th Baron Hungerford, 16th Baron Moleyns and 16th Baron Hastings.
On 17th January 1851 [her brother] Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings 3rd Marquess Hastings (age 18) died. His brother [her brother] Henry (age 8) succeeded 4th Marquess Hastings, 9th Earl Loudon, 5th Earl Moira, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn, 20th Baron Botreaux, 19th Baron Hungerford, 17th Baron Moleyns and 17th Baron Hastings. [her future sister-in-law] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 8) by marriage Marchioness Hastings.
On 30th April 1853 Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 30) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 42).
On 13th February 1854 [her daughter] Flora Paulyna Hetty Barbara Clifton Duchess Norfolk was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 31) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 20). She married 1877 Henry Fitzalan Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk, son of Henry Granville Fitzalan 14th Duke of Norfolk and Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons Duchess Norfolk, and had issue.
On 5th January 1855 [her son] Charles Rawdon-Hastings 11th Earl Loudon was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 32) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 21). He married 4th February 1880 Alice Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard Countess Loudon, daughter of Edward George Fitzalan Howard 1st Baron Howard and Augusta Talbot.
On 21st October 1856 [her son] Major Paulyn Abney-Hastings was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 34) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 22). He married 4th February 1880 Maud Grimston, daughter of James Walter Grimston 2nd Earl Verulam and Elizabeth Joanna Weyland Countess Verulam, and had issue.
Before 22nd November 1856 [her brother-in-law] Augustus Wykeham Clifton (age 27) and [her sister] Bertha Lelgarde Rawdon-Hastings 22nd Baroness Grey Ruthyn (age 21) were married. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 46).
On 30th July 1858 Charles Abney-Hastings 2nd Baronet (age 65) died. Baronet Hastings of Willesley Hall in Derbyshire extinct. His estates of Blackfordby and Packington were inherited by [her brother] Henry 4th Marquess Hastings (age 16). Willesley Hall and its estate were left to Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 24) and her husband [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 36) who changed his surname to Abney-Hastings.
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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 18th November 1858 [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings (age 48) died.
On 29th May 1859 [her son] Gilbert Clifton-Hasting-Campbell 3rd Baron Donington was born to [her husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 36) and Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 25).
On 30th July 1863 [her brother-in-law] Charles Marsham 4th Earl Romney (age 22) and [her sister] Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings. He the son of Charles Marsham 3rd Earl Romney (age 55) and Margaret Harriet Montagu Scott Countess Romney. They were sixth cousins.
On 16th July 1864 [her brother] Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings (age 21) and [her sister-in-law] Florence Cecilia Paget Marchioness Hastings (age 21) were married. The marriage created a scandal as the bride had been engaged to Henry Chaplin (age 23) and had eloped with her husband the day before her planned wedding to Chaplin. Chaplin later got his revenge by outbidding Hastings for the horse Hermit which went on to win the 1867 Derby and against which Hastings had bet heavily. The loss led Hastings into heavy debt and drinking. He died some four years later in poverty. She the daughter of Henry Paget 2nd Marquess Anglesey (age 67) and Henrietta Bagot Marchioness Anglesey. He the son of [her father] George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings and [her mother] Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings.
On 10th November 1868 [her brother] Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 4th Marquess Hastings (age 26) died. Marquess Hastings and Earl Moira extinct. Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron Hastings, Baron Moleyns and Baron Grey of Ruthyn abeyant. His sister Edith (age 34) succeeded 10th Countess Loudon.
On 6th November 1871 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 37) abeyance terminated 21st Baroness Botreaux, 20th Baroness Hungerford, 18th Baroness Hastings, 18th Baroness Moleyns.
On 23rd January 1874 Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon (age 40) died. Her son [her son] Charles (age 19) succeeded 11th Earl Loudon, 22nd Baron Botreaux, 21st Baron Hungerford, 19th Baron Moleyns and 19th Baron Hastings. [her future daughter-in-law] Alice Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard Countess Loudon by marriage Countess Loudon.
On 24th July 1895 [her former husband] Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings 1st Baron Donington (age 73) died. His son [her son] Charles (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Donington of Dongington Park in Leicestershire.
On 25th October 1963 John Lancelot Butler-Bowdon 25th Baron Grey of Ruthin (age 80) died. Baron Grey of Ruthyn abeyant between the issue of his three great aunts: Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon, [her sister] Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings and [her sister] Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings Countess Romney.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira
GrandFather: Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess Hastings 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leveson Fowler
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Frances Fowler Countess Huntingdon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Levinge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers
Father: George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Campbell 1st Earl Loudon
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Campbell 2nd Earl Loudon
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Campbell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Montgomerie 7th Earl Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Leslie Countess of Eglinton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Mure-Campbell 5th Earl Loudon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Flora Mure-Campbell Marchioness of Hastings 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings 10th Countess Loudon 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Edward Thoroton Gould
GrandFather: Henry Gould Yelverton 19th Baron Grey Ruthyn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Yelverton 1st Viscount Longueville 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Talbot Yelverton 1st Earl of Sussex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Talbot Viscountess Longueville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Yelverton 3rd Earl of Sussex 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pelham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Pelham Countess Sussex 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Yelverton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Barbara Yelverton Marchioness Hastings 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England