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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In or before 1667 [her father] Richard Mason (age 33) and [her mother] Anna Margaret Long (age 25) were married.
Around 1667 Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow was born to [her father] Richard Mason (age 34) and [her mother] Anna Margaret Long (age 26).
On 18th June 1683 [her brother-in-law] Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 24) and [her sister] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield (age 15) were married. He the son of Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 65) and Jeanne de Civelle Countess Macclesfield.
Around 1685 John Closterman (age 25) and John Riley (age 39). Portrait of Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 18).
On 6th February 1685 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 54) died at 1145 in the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh (age 69). His brother James (age 51) succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch (age 83), [her father] Richard Mason (age 52) and Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68) were present.
On 8th March 1685 [her father] Richard Mason (age 52) died.
Before 1690 William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 24) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 22) were married.
On 16th November 1690 [her son] John Brownlow 1st Viscount Tyconnel was born to [her husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 25) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 23). He married (1) 1712 his first cousin Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel, daughter of John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow (2) 1732 Elizabeth Cartwright Viscountess Tyconnel.
In 1694 [her daughter] Anne Brownlow Lady Cust was born to [her husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 28) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 27). She married before 1717 Richard Cust 2nd Baronet and had issue.
On 7th January 1694 Charles Gerard 1st Earl Macclesfield (age 76) died. His son [her brother-in-law] Charles (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Macclesfield, 2nd Viscount Brandon of Brandon in Suffolk, 2nd Baron Gerard of Brandon in Suffolk. [her sister] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield (age 26) by marriage Countess Macclesfield.
On 16th July 1697 [her brother-in-law] John Brownlow 3rd Baronet (age 38) committed suicide after suffering from severe gout. His brother [her husband] William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map]. Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 30) by marriage Lady Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire.
Monument in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by William Stanton (age 58).
In March 1698 [her brother-in-law] Charles Gerard 2nd Earl Macclesfield (age 39) and [her sister] Anna Mason Countess Macclesfield (age 30) were divorced by Act of Parliament; the first occasion on which a divorce was so granted without a previous decree of an ecclesiastical court.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 25th April 1699 [her son] William Brownlow was born to [her husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 33) and Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 32).
Before 1700. Michael Dahl (age 40). Portrait of Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 32).
In 1700 Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow (age 33) died.
On 6th March 1701 [her former husband] William Brownlow 4th Baronet (age 35) died. His son [her son] John (age 10) succeeded 5th Baronet Brownlow of Humby in Lincolnshire and inherited Belton House [Map].
Father: Richard Mason
Dorothy Mason Baroness Brownlow
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Long
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Long
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Long
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Long
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Thynne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Eynns
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Thynne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Gresham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christian Gresham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Lynne
GrandFather: James Long 2nd Baronet
Mother: Anna Margaret Long