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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: Gray
Around 1565 Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray was born to Patrick Gray 5th Lord Gray (age 27).
On 18th May 1575 Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray (age 10) and Elizabeth Lyon (age 13) were married. They were sixth cousins.
On 21st May 1585 Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray (age 20) and Elizabeth Lyon (age 23) were divorced citing his adultery.
After 20th November 1585 [his daughter] Agnes Gray Countess of Menteith and Airth was born to Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray (age 20) and [his future wife] Mary Stewart Lady Gray (age 24). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 25th November 1585 Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray (age 20) and Mary Stewart Lady Gray (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Robert Stewart 1st Earl Orkney (age 52) and Jean Kennedy Countess Orkney. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 29th July 1587 Archibald Douglas 8th Earl Angus 5th Earl Morton and [his former sister-in-law] Jean Lyon Countess Angus and Morton (age 31) were married. She by marriage Countess Angus, Countess Morton. He the son of David Douglas 7th Earl Angus and Margaret Hamilton Countess Angus. They were second cousin once removed.
Around 1590 [his son] Andrew Gray 7th Lord Gray was born to Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray (age 25) and [his wife] Mary Stewart Lady Gray (age 28). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1606 [his former brother-in-law] Patrick Lyon 1st Earl Kinghorne (age 31) was created 1st Earl Kinghorne.
On 31st August 1606 [his father] Patrick Gray 5th Lord Gray (age 68) died. His son Patrick (age 41) succeeded 6th Lord Gray. [his wife] Mary Stewart Lady Gray (age 45) by marriage Lord Gray.
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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.
After 1607 [his former wife] Elizabeth Lyon (deceased) died.
Before September 1610 [his son-in-law] John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss (age 24) and [his daughter] Jane Gray Countess Wemyss were married. They were half fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
[his daughter] Jane Gray Countess Wemyss was born to Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray and Mary Stewart Lady Gray. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 24 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Gray 1st Lord Gray 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Gray 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wemyss Countess Sutherland 1718 1747
Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Gray 2nd Lord Gray 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Gray of Buttergask 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Patrick Gray 4th Lord Gray 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Patrick Gray 5th Lord Gray 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ogilvy 2nd Lord Ogilvy of Airlie
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 3rd Lord Ogilvy of Airlie 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Graham 2nd Lord Graham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jean Graham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen aka Eleanor Douglas 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Ogilvy 4th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Lindsay 7th Earl Crawford 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunbar Countess Crawford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lindsay 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Marion Ogilvy 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sinclair 2nd Lord Sinclair 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 3rd Lord Sinclair 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Leslie 1st Earl Rothes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christian Leslie Lady Sinclair
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Sinclair 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Hepburn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Hepburn 1st Lord Hailes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ellen Wallace
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Hepburn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Home 1st Lord Home
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Home Lady Hailes
Patrick Gray 6th Lord Gray 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England