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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Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 1715-1798

Around 1712 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 28] and [his mother] Mary Trelawny [aged 23] were married. They had four sons and a daughter.

Around 1715 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton was born to Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 31] and Mary Trelawny [aged 26].

Around 1730 [his mother] Mary Trelawny [aged 41] died.

Around 1731 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 47] and Catherine Lloyd were married. There was no issue from the marriage.

On 26th December 1734 Salusbury Lloyd of Leadbrook in Flintshire died. He left his estates, including Shotwick Park, Cheshire, to his daughter Catherine Lloyd and her husband Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 50] since his son had predeceased him.

In September 1742 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton [aged 27] was appointed Recorder of Liverpool which office he held for fifty-six years until he died in 1798.

On 9th March 1756 Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury [aged 72] died. His son Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton [aged 41] inherited Shotwick Park, Cheshire.

In 1775 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton [aged 60] was elected MP Ilchester which seat he held until 1780.

Archaeologia Volume 9 Appendix. 22nd May 1788. Owen Salusbury Brereton [aged 73], Esq. V. P. exhibited a beautiful coloured drawing of a window in the parish-church of Brereton [Map], one of the oldest in the county-palatine of Chester; but the date of it is not exactly known1. In the lower compartments are four figures representing the four persons who slew Thomas Becket at the high altar in Canterbury cathedral, 1170. They are in complete armour, with drawn swords in their hands, and on pendant scrolls are inscribed their names; William Tracy, Richard Britton, Reginald Fitzurse, and Hugh Morrel. A fifth figure, exactly correiponding with these, in the centre compartments, bears, on the like scroll, these words, Martyrum Thomam. In three compartments of the Upper division of the window are two priests [Note. In the original the word priests is crossed out, and the word "saints" written in the margin.], and between them a figure episcopally habited, most probably intended for Becket himself. Under the five lower figures, after their names are these words tended for two hexameter lines:

Martyrum Thomam fieri fecere beatum

Anno milleno centeno septuageno.

[Note. The above two lines in Gothic script]

Under these the following inscription represented in the opposite page:

"Left this monument in Glase being in the upper window of the North syde the chauncell of Brereton churche shoulde be broken, I Sir Will'm Brereton, knight, to the end hyt may remayne in memorie to the posteritie, have caused the same to be heare purtred, the 25th of Marche, 1608. W. Brereton."

Note 1. See Pl. XXIII.

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Archaeologia Volume 10 Section IV. Some Observations on the Paintings in the Window of Brereton Church [Map]. By the Rev. Samuel Pegge [aged 85], in a Letter to Owen Salusbury Brereton [aged 74], Esq. Vice President. Read Nov. 26, 1789.

On 8th September 1798 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton [aged 83] died at his home in Windsor, Berkshire [Map].

On 22nd September 1798 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton [deceased] was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].

In 1802 William Lewis Trelawny aka Salusbury-Trelawny 8th Baronet [aged 20] assumed the additional surname of Salusbury under Royal licence, as required by a provision in the will of his cousin Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton. He, Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton was a son of [his mother] Mary Trelawny who was sister of his grandfather [his uncle] Captain William Trelawny.

Royal Ancestors of Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 1715-1798

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Ancestors of Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 1715-1798

Grandfather: Edward Brereton of Chester

Father: Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fletcher of Chester

Grandmother: Mary Fletcher

Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trelawny

Great x 3 Grandfather: Johnathan Trelawny

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Reskymer

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Trelawny 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Killigrew 11 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jonathan Trelawny 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Grandfather: Brigadier-General Henry Trelawny 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Walshe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Champernowne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Champernowne Baroness Seymour

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Seymour 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Killigrew

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Killigrew Baroness Seymour 11 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Mother: Mary Trelawny 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthew Hals 1676 of Efford in Cornwall

Grandmother: Rebecca Hals