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.'
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In September 1660 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30] rewarded a further tranche of those who supported his Restoration...
On 4th September 1660 John King 1st Baron Kingston was created 1st Baron Kingston of Kingston in Dublin.
On 5th September 1660 Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery [aged 39] was created 1st Earl Orrery. Margaret Howard Countess Orrery [aged 38] by marriage Countess Orrery.
On 5th September 1660 Oliver St George 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet St George of Carrickdrumrusk in Leitrim in the Peerage of England.
On 6th September 1660 Francis Boyle 1st Viscount Shannon [aged 37] was created 1st Viscount Shannon. Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess Shannon [aged 38] by marriage Viscountess Shannon.
On 6th September 1660 Richard Coote 1st Baron Coote [aged 40] was created 1st Baron Coote.
On 10th September 1660 Charles Gordon 1st Earl Aboyne [aged 22] was created 1st Earl Aboyne.
On 28th August 1665 Charles Gordon 1st Earl Aboyne [aged 27] and Elizabeth Lyon Countess Aboyne [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Aboyne. She the daughter of John Lyon 2nd Earl Kinghorne and Elizabeth Maule Countess Kinghorne and Linlithgow. He the son of George Gordon 2nd Marquess Huntly and Anna Campbell Marchioness Huntly. They were fourth cousins.
In March 1681 Charles Gordon 1st Earl Aboyne [aged 43] died. His son Charles [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Earl Aboyne. Elizabeth Lyon Countess Aboyne [aged 9] by marriage Countess Aboyne.
In April 1702 Charles Gordon 2nd Earl Aboyne [aged 32] died. His son John succeeded 3rd Earl Aboyne.
Before 1726 John Gordon 3rd Earl Aboyne and Grace Lockhart Countess Aboyne [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Countess Aboyne. He the son of Charles Gordon 2nd Earl Aboyne and Elizabeth Lyon Countess Aboyne [aged 53]. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 7th April 1732 John Gordon 3rd Earl Aboyne died. His son Charles [aged 6] succeeded 4th Earl Aboyne.
On 22nd April 1759 Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne [aged 33] and Margaret Stewart Countess Aboyne were married. She by marriage Countess Aboyne. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway [aged 65] and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway [aged 50]. He the son of John Gordon 3rd Earl Aboyne and Grace Lockhart Countess Aboyne. They were second cousins.
On 28th December 1794 Charles Gordon 4th Earl Aboyne [aged 68] died. His son George [aged 33] succeeded 5th Earl Aboyne. Catherine Anne Cope [aged 23] by marriage Countess Aboyne.
On 17th June 1853 George Gordon 9th Marquess Huntly [aged 91] died. His son Charles [aged 61] succeeded 10th Marquess Huntly, 15th Earl Huntley, 6th Earl Aboyne. Maria Antoinetta Pegus Marchioness Huntly [aged 32] by marriage Marchioness Huntly.
On 18th September 1863 Charles Gordon 10th Marquess Huntly [aged 71] died. His son Charles [aged 16] succeeded 11th Marquess Huntly, 16th Earl Huntley, 7th Earl Aboyne.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 20th February 1937 Charles Gordon 11th Marquess Huntly [aged 89] died. His great nephew Douglas [aged 29] succeeded 12th Marquess Huntly, 17th Earl Huntley, 8th Earl Aboyne.
In 1987 Douglas Charles Lindsey Gordon 12th Marquess Huntly [aged 79] died. His son Granville [aged 42] succeeded 13th Marquess Huntly, 18th Earl Huntley, 9th Earl Aboyne.