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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 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland 1880-1930

Paternal Family Tree: Smithson

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Maria Mordaunt 1771

On 23rd December 1868 [his father] Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 22) and [his mother] Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll (age 45) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll. He the son of [his grandfather] Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland (age 58) and [his grandmother] Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland. They were fifth cousins.

On 17th April 1880 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland was born to Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 33) and Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 30).

On 18th November 1911 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 31) and Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 65) and Isabel Sophie Craven. He the son of Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 65) and Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland (age 62). They were fifth cousins.

On 15th July 1912 [his son] Henry George Alan Percy 9th Duke Northumberland was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 32) and [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 25).

30th August 1912. The Morpeth Herald 30/08/1912 reports:

Earl Percy's Heir Christened In London.

[his son] Lord Warkworth, the infant son of Earl (age 32) and [his wife] Countess Percy (age 25), was christened at St. Peter's, Eton Square, London, on Saturday morning. At the time of the service there were not a dozen people in the church, which was entirely devoid of special decoration, and the service itself was of the simplest possible description. The King, who had graciously consented to act sponsor, was represented by the [his father] Duke of Northumberland (age 66), the other god father, on whose right hand stood Earl Percy. Others present included Countess Percy and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox (age 67). Prebendary Storrs. vicar the parish, officiated, and Lord Warkworth, who raised no protest when water fell upon his forehead, was given the names of Henry George Alan Percy.

On 6th April 1914 [his son] Hugh Algernon Percy 10th Duke Northumberland was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 33) and [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 27).

On 25th May 1916 [his daughter] Elizabeth Ivy Percy was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 36) and [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 29).

On 23rd November 1917 [his daughter] Diana Evelyn Percy Duchess of Sutherland was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 37) and [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 30).

On 14th May 1918 [his father] Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland (age 71) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Lesbury [Map]. His son Alan (age 38) succeeded 8th Duke Northumberland, 5th Earl Beverley, 11th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire. [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 31) by marriage Duchess Northumberland.

On 11th February 1921 [his son] Richard Charles Percy was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 40) and [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 34).

In 1925 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 44) was appointed 869th Knight of the Garter by King George V of the United Kingdom (age 59).

On 8th July 1925 [his son] Geoffrey William Percy was born to Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 45) and [his wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 38).

On 18th January 1928 [his father-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 82) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles (age 57) succeeded 8th Duke Richmond, 3rd Duke Gordon, 8th Earl March, 8th Baron Settrington. Hilda Madeline Brassey Duchess Richmond (age 55) by marriage Duchess Richmond, Duchess Gordon.

All About History Books

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.

On 23rd August 1930 Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland (age 50) died. His son [his son] Henry (age 18) succeeded 9th Duke Northumberland, 6th Earl Beverley, 12th Baronet Smithson of Stanwick in Yorkshire.

On 13th June 1965 [his former wife] Helen Gordon-Lennox Duchess Northumberland (age 78) died.

Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland 1880-1930 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland 1880-1930

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland 1880-1930

Great x 4 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Percy 5th Duke Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Burrell

Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amy Raymond

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lewis

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis

GrandFather: Algernon George Percy 6th Duke Northumberland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Campbell Countess Bute 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Wortley-Montagu 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louisa Harcourt Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cunynghame 3rd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cunynghame

Father: Henry George Percy 7th Duke Northumberland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Drummond

GrandMother: Louisa Drummond Duchess Northumberland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Henry Hay 8th Earl Kinnoull

Great x 3 Grandfather: Archbishop Robert Hay-Drummond 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Harley Countess Kinnoul 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hay-Drummond 10th Earl Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter d'Auriol

Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta d'Auriol

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Hay-Drummond 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Harley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Harley Countess Kinnoul 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Bangham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bangham

Alan Ian Percy 8th Duke Northumberland 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Elphinstone 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bellenden 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Drummond Bellenden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Moore 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell 7th Duke Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Barnaby Gunning

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Bourke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Bourke

GrandFather: George Douglas Campbell 8th Duke Argyll 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Glassel

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Glassel

Mother: Edith Campbell Duchess Northumberland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sutherland 17th Earl Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wemyss Countess Sutherland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandMother: Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower Duchess Argyll 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England