Paternal Family Tree: Lamb
In 1705 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet was born to Matthew Lamb of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
In or before 1743 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet [aged 37] and Charlotte Coke [aged 23] were married. She brought Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] to the Lamb family.
In 1743 [his daughter] Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg was born to Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet [aged 38] and [his wife] Charlotte Coke [aged 23]. She married 29th May 1766 Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg, son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg, and had issue.
In 1744 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb [aged 41] was appointed Dean of Peterborough which position he held until 1764.
On 29th January 1745 [his son] Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne was born to Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his wife] Charlotte Coke [aged 26]. He married 13th April 1769 Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne, daughter of Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet, and had issue.
In 1746 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet [aged 41] purchased Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire [Map] commissioned a new hall to the designs of the architect Sir James Paine in around 1760.
In 1755 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet [aged 50] was created 1st Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
In 1764 [his brother] Bishop Robert Lamb [aged 61] was elected Bishop of Peterborough.
On 29th May 1766 [his son-in-law] Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg [aged 24] and [his daughter] Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Countess Fauconberg. He the son of Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg [aged 67].
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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On 6th November 1768 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet [aged 63] died. His son Penistone [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 3rd November 1769 Bishop Robert Lamb [aged 66] died unmarried. His younger brother Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet inherited his estate.
Around 1770 [his former wife] Charlotte Coke [aged 50] died.