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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: Loftus
Around 1666 Peter Lely (age 47). Portrait of Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton.
In 1670 Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton was born to Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Lisburne (age 23).
On 16th September 1673 [her future husband] Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 25) and Anne or Nan Lee (age 14) were married.
On 15th September 1691 [her father] Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Lisburne (age 44) died. Viscount Lisburne and Baron Rathfarnham extinct.
In July 1692 Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 43) and Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 22) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
On 4th February 1696 [her father-in-law] Philip Wharton 4th Baron Wharton (age 82) died. His son [her husband] Thomas (age 47) succeeded 5th Baron Wharton. Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 26) by marriage Baroness Wharton.
In 1706 [her husband] Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 57) was created 1st Earl Wharton. Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 36) by marriage Countess Wharton.
In 1715 [her husband] Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 66) was created 1st Marquess Wharton. Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 45) by marriage Marchioness Wharton.
Around 1715 Godfrey Kneller (age 68). Portrait of Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 45).
On 12th April 1715 [her husband] Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess Wharton (age 66) died. He was buried at Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire. His son Philip succeeded 2nd Marquess Wharton, 2nd Earl Wharton, 6th Baron Wharton.
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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 5th February 1717 Lucy Loftus Marchioness Wharton (age 47) died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Loftus of Swineside
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archbishop Adam Loftus
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dudley Loftus
Great x 1 Grandfather: Adam Loftus
GrandFather: Arthur Loftus
Father: Adam Loftus 1st Viscount Lisburne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork
GrandMother: Dorothy Boyle
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fenton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fenton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Fenton Countess Cork