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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Earl Huntley is in Earl.
In 1449 Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley was created 1st Earl Huntley. Elizabeth Crichton Countess Huntley [aged 38] by marriage Countess Huntley.
On 15th July 1470 Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley died. His son George [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Earl Huntley. Anabella Stewart [aged 34] by marriage Countess Huntley.
On 18th August 1471 George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley [aged 16] and Elizabeth Hay Countess Huntley [aged 21] were married; she having been his mistress. She by marriage Countess Huntley. She the daughter of William Hay 1st Earl Erroll and Beatrice Douglas Countess Erroll. He the son of Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley and Elizabeth Crichton Countess Huntley [aged 61].
On 8th June 1501 George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley [aged 46] died. His son Alexander succeeded 3rd Earl Huntley. Jean Stewart Countess Huntley [aged 40] by marriage Countess Huntley.
After 27th July 1511 Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley and Elizabeth Gray Countess Huntley and Rothes [aged 46] were married. She by marriage Countess Huntley. He the son of George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley. They were third cousins.
On 21st January 1524 Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley died at Perth [Map]. His grandson George [aged 10] succeeded 4th Earl Huntley.
On 28th October 1562 George Gordon 4th Earl Huntley [aged 48] died. His son George succeeded 5th Earl Huntley. Anne Hamilton Countess Huntley [aged 27] by marriage Countess Huntley.
On 19th October 1576 George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley died. His son George [aged 14] succeeded 6th Earl Huntley.
On 21st July 1581 George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly [aged 19] and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly [aged 8] were married. She by marriage Countess Huntley. She the daughter of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 39] and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. He the son of George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley and Anne Hamilton Countess Huntley. They were third cousin once removed.
On 13th June 1636 George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly [aged 74] died. His son George [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Marquess Huntly, 7th Earl Huntley. Anna Campbell Marchioness Huntly by marriage Marchioness Huntly.
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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In March 1649 George Gordon 2nd Marquess Huntly [aged 57] died. His son Lewis [aged 23] succeeded 3rd Marquess Huntly, 8th Earl Huntley.
In 1653 Lewis Gordon 3rd Marquess Huntly [aged 27] died. His son George [aged 10] succeeded 4th Marquess Huntly, 9th Earl Huntley.
On 7th December 1716 George Gordon 1st Duke Gordon [aged 73] died. His son Alexander [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Duke Gordon, 5th Marquess Huntly, 10th Earl Huntley. Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon by marriage Duchess Gordon.
On 28th November 1728 Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon [aged 50] died. His son Cosmo [aged 8] succeeded 3rd Duke Gordon, 6th Marquess Huntly, 11th Earl Huntley.
On 5th August 1752 Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon [aged 32] died. His son Alexander [aged 9] succeeded 4th Duke Gordon, 7th Marquess Huntly, 12th Earl Huntley.
On 17th June 1827 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 83] died. His son George [aged 57] succeeded 5th Duke Gordon, 8th Marquess Huntly, 13th Earl Huntley, 13th Baron Mordaunt. Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Gordon.
On 28th May 1836 George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon [aged 66] died without legitimate issue at Belgrave Square, Belgravia. Duke Gordon, Baron Mordaunt extinct. His fourth cousin once removed George [aged 74] succeeded 9th Marquess Huntly, 14th Earl Huntley.
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.
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.