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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: Essex
In 709 Saelred King of Essex was born to Unknown Ancestry Essex.
In 709 Offa King of Essex died. His first cousin three times removed Saelred succeeded King Essex.
In 715 Swæfberht King of Essex was appointed provisional King Essex by Saelred King of Essex (age 6). Given Swæfberht had just been born Saelred was, in effect, naming his heir.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 746. This year was King Selred (age 37) slain.
In 746 Saelred King of Essex (age 37) died. His first cousin four times removed Swithred succeeded King Essex.
[his son] Sigeric I King of Essex was born to Saelred King of Essex.
GrandFather: Sledd King of Essex
Father: Unknown Ancestry Essex