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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.

Biography of Ealmund King of Kent

Paternal Family Tree: Wessex

Ealmund King of Kent was born to Eafa Wessex.

Around 773 [his son] King Egbert of Wessex was born to Ealmund King of Kent.

Before 784 Ealmund King of Kent was appointed King of Kent. The only contemporary evidence of him is an abstract of a charter dated 784 in which Ealmund granted land to the Abbot of Reculver.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 786. This year Cyneard slew King Cynewulf, and was slain himself, and eighty-four men with him. Then Bertric undertook the government of the West-Saxons, and reigned sixteen years. His body is deposited at Wareham [Map]; and his pedigree goeth in a direct line to Cerdic. At this time reigned Elmund king in Kent, the father of [his son] Egbert (age 13); and Egbert was the father of [his grandson] Athulf.

Royal Ancestors of Ealmund King of Kent

Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Son of Ceawlin King Wessex

Royal Descendants of Ealmund King of Kent

King Egbert of Wessex

Ancestors of Ealmund King of Kent

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cuthwulf Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ceolwald Wessex

Great x 2 Grandfather: Cenred Wessex

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ingild Wessex

GrandFather: Eoppa Wessex

Father: Eafa Wessex

Ealmund King of Kent