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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Oisingas
King Eadric of Kent was born to King Ecgberht I of Kent.
On 4th July 673 [his father] King Ecgberht I of Kent died. His son Eadric succeeded King of Kent.
On 6th February 685 [his uncle] King Hlothhere of Kent died of wounds received in a battle with his nephew, and co-ruler, King Eadric of Kent.
In August 686 King Eadric of Kent died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Octa King of Kent
Great x 3 Grandfather: Eormenric King of Kent
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Æthelberht of Kent
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Eadbald of Kent
Great x 4 Grandfather: Clothar "The Old" I King Paris Merovingian King Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charibert King Paris Merovingian
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertha Merovingian Queen Consort Kent
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ingoberga Unknown Queen Consort Paris
GrandFather: King Eorcenberht of Kent
Great x 2 Grandfather: Theudebert II King Austrasia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emma Austrasia Queen Consort Kent
Father: King Ecgberht I of Kent
Great x 4 Grandfather: Wuffa King East Anglia
Great x 3 Grandfather: Tytila King East Anglia
Great x 2 Grandfather: Eni Wuffingas
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Anna of East Anglia
GrandMother: Seaxburh Wuffingas Queen Consort Kent