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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Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire 1897-1966

On 21st December 1897 Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire was born to Alfred George Forde-Pigott [aged 37].

In 1909 Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire [aged 11] made her stage debut as a child in Pinkie and the Fairies.

Battle of Istabulat

On 21st April 1917 Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire [aged 39] was killed in action when a piece of shrapnel entered his heart. His son Charles [aged 11] succeeded 20th Earl Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire.

Around 1925. Rita Martin. Photograph of Mimi Crawford [aged 27].

Around 1925. Lenare. Photograph of Mimi Crawford [aged 27].

1927. Sasha aka Alexander Stewart. Photograph of Mimi Crawford [aged 29].

24th June 1927. Sasha aka Alexander Stewart. Photograph of Mimi Crawford [aged 29].

On 27th February 1929 [her father] Alfred George Forde-Pigott [aged 68] died.

In March 1934 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire [aged 27] and Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire [aged 36] were married. She by marriage Countess Suffolk, Countess Berkshire. He the son of Henry Molyneux Paget Howard 19th Earl Suffolk 12th Earl Berkshire and Margaret Hyde "Daisy" Leiter [aged 55].

On 27th March 1935 [her son] Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire was born to Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire [aged 29] and Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire [aged 37].

On 12th May 1941 Charles Howard 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl Berkshire [aged 35] was killed. He had successfully defused thirty-four bombs. The thirty-fifth exploded at Erith Marshes, Kent bomb cemetery. The 250kg bomb, dropped six months earlier, contained a Zus 40 booby trap that detonated when the Type 17 fuse was withdrawn. The explosion killed fourteen people: the Earl, his chauffeur Fred Hards, his secretary Eileen Beryl Morden (who died in the ambulance), and eleven other people who were nearby.

[her son] Michael Howard 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire [aged 6] succeeded 21st Earl Suffolk, 14th Earl Berkshire, 13th Viscount Andover in Hampshire, 13th Baron Howard of Charlton in Wiltshire.

On 22nd February 1966 Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire [aged 68] died. She was buried at Charlton, Wiltshire.

Minnie "Mimi" Forde-Pigott Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire 1897-1966

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