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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 King Eadric of Kent -686

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.

Ancestors of King Eadric of Kent -686

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 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

King Eadric of Kent