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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.'
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Before 1448 William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness (age 37) and Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness were married. She by marriage Countess Orkney, Countess Caithness. He the son of Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney.
In 1455 William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness (age 45) was created 1st Earl Caithness.
In 1484 William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness (age 74) died. His son William (age 25) succeeded 2nd Earl Caithness. William Sinclair 2nd Lord Sinclair (age 48) was appointed 2nd Lord Sinclair.
In 1529 John Sinclair 3rd Earl Caithness died. His son George succeeded 4th Earl Caithness.
In 1543 George Sinclair 4th Earl Caithness and Elizabeth Graham Countess Caithness (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Caithness. She the daughter of William Graham 2nd Earl Montrose (age 51) and Janet Keith Countess Montrose. He the son of John Sinclair 3rd Earl Caithness. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1582 George Sinclair 4th Earl Caithness died. His grandson George (age 11) succeeded 5th Earl Caithness.
In 1643 George Sinclair 5th Earl Caithness (age 72) died. His great grandson George (age 7) succeeded 6th Earl Caithness.
On 22nd May 1657 George Sinclair 6th Earl Caithness (age 21) and Mary Campbell Countess Caithness, Breadalbaine and Holland (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Caithness. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll (age 50) and Margaret Douglas Marchioness Argyll (age 47). They were fifth cousin once removed.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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William Sinclair 2nd Earl Caithness and Margaret Keith Countess Caithness were married. She by marriage Countess Caithness. He the son of William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness and Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness.
William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness and Janet Yeman Countess Orkney and Caithness were married. She by marriage Countess Orkney, Countess Caithness. He the son of Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney.