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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Agnes Hussey 1522-1588
Around 1522 Agnes Hussey was born to John Hussey of Shipwick, Dorset (age 13).
In 1540 [her daughter] Mary Moore was born to [her future husband] Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey (age 18).
In 1544 [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore was born to [her future husband] Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey (age 22).
Before September 1551 Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey (age 29) were married.
In September 1551 [her husband] Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire died.
On 3rd March 1552 Thomas Curzon and Agnes Hussey (age 30) were married.
Around 1553 [her daughter] Mary Curzon was born to [her husband] Thomas Curzon and Agnes Hussey (age 31).
In or before 1555 [her son-in-law] Michael Blount (age 25) and [her daughter] Mary Moore (age 14) were married..
In 1555 [her husband] Thomas Curzon died.
In May 1555 Michael Wentworth (age 43) and Agnes Hussey (age 33) were married. This marriage is not mentioned on her monument so is, therefore, questionable. As is the date so soon after the death of her husband Thomas Curzon.
On 13th October 1558 [her husband] Michael Wentworth (age 46) died. He was buried at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].
On 3rd May 1562 [her son-in-law] Gabriel Fowler and [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore (age 18) were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.
In 1572 [her son-in-law] George Fermor of Easton Neston (age 21) and [her daughter] Mary Curzon (age 19) were married.
In or before 1583 [her son-in-law] John Brocket (age 42) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore (age 38) were married.
On 20th October 1588 Agnes Hussey (age 66) died.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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. St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Monument to Agnes Hussey and her daughter [her daughter] Elizabeth Moore.
Elizabeth Moore: In 1544 she was born to Roger Moore of Burcester, Oxfordshire and Agnes Hussey. On 3rd May 1562 Gabriel Fowler and she were married at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street. In or before 1583 John Brocket and she were married. On 24th June 1612 she died.