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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.
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Before 1615 [his father] Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 27) and [his mother] Frances Leveson Baroness Gower were married.
On 23rd February 1620 Andrew Newport was born to [his father] Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 32) and [his mother] Frances Leveson Baroness Gower at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map].
Around 1635 Andrew Newport (age 14) educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
On 28th April 1642 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 22) and [his sister-in-law] Diana Russell Countess Bradford were married at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map]. She the daughter of Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford and Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford (age 62).
On 14th October 1642 [his father] Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 55) was created 1st Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire; by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 41) in return for having provided £6000 for the purchase of artillery before the Battle of Edge Hill.
In 1651 Thomas Gower 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His son Thomas (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his mother] Frances Leveson Baroness Gower by marriage Lady Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire.
On 8th February 1651 [his father] Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 63) died. His son [his brother] Francis (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire. [his sister-in-law] Diana Russell Countess Bradford by marriage Baroness Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire.
In March 1655 Andrew Newport (age 35) was imprisoned for supporting the King. during the Penruddock Uprising.
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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1659 Andrew Newport (age 38) was imprisoned for supporting the King.
In 1660 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 39) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Shropshire.
In 1660 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 39) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
In 1661 [his mother] Frances Leveson Baroness Gower died.
In 1661 Andrew Newport (age 40) was elected MP Montgomeryshire.
In 1668 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 47) was appointed Privy Council.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 11th March 1668. Thence walked down to the Three Cranes and there took boat to White Hall, where by direction I waited on the Duke of York (age 34) about office business, and so by water to Westminster, where walking in the Hall most of the morning, and up to my Lady Jem. in Lincoln's Inn Fields to get her to appoint the day certain when she will come and dine with me, and she hath appointed Saturday next. So back to Westminster; and there still walked, till by and by comes Sir W. Coventry (age 40), and with him Mr. Chichly (age 53) and Mr. Andrew Newport (age 48), I to dinner with them to Mr. Chichly's, in Queene (age 58) Street, in Covent Garden [Map]. A very fine house, and a man that lives in mighty great fashion, with all things in a most extraordinary manner noble and rich about him, and eats in the French fashion all; and mighty nobly served with his servants, and very civilly; that I was mighty pleased with it: and good discourse. He is a great defender of the Church of England, and against the Act for Comprehension, which is the work of this day, about which the House is like to sit till night.
In 1672 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 51) was appointed Treasurer of the Household.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 11th March 1675 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire. [his sister-in-law] Diana Russell Countess Bradford by marriage Viscountess Newport of Bradford in Shropshire.
In January 1679 Andrew Newport (age 58) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
John Evelyn's Diary. 26th November 1679. I met the Earl of Clarendon with the rest of my fellow executors of the Will of my late Lady Viscountess Mordaunt, namely, Mr. Laurence Hyde (age 37), one of the Commissioners of the Treasury, and lately Plenipotentiary-Ambassador at Nimeguen; Andrew Newport (age 59); and Sir Charles Wheeler (age 59); to examine and audit and dispose of this year's account of the estate of this excellent Lady, according to the direction of her Will.
In 1685 Andrew Newport (age 64) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
In 1685 Andrew Newport (age 64) was elected MP Preston.
In 1688 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 67) was appointed Comptroller of the Household.
In 1689 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 68) was appointed Privy Council.
In 1689 Andrew Newport (age 68) was elected MP Shrewsbury.
In 1689 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 68) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
In 1691 Andrew Newport (age 70) was appointed Custos Rotulorum Montgomeryshire.
On 11th May 1694 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 74) was created 1st Earl Bradford. [his sister-in-law] Diana Russell Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 11th September 1699 Andrew Newport (age 79) died.
On 19th September 1708 [his brother] Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 88) died at Twickenham, Richmond. His son [his nephew] Richard (age 64) succeeded 2nd Earl Bradford, 2nd Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, 3rd Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire. Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford (age 47) by marriage Countess Bradford.
Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet and [his mother] Frances Leveson Baroness Gower were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Newport
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Newport 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Corbet 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Corbet 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Devereux 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Corbet 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Vernon 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Francis Newport 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Bromley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bromley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bromley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lyster
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Lyster
Father: Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Lacon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roland Lacon 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Blount 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Blount 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Croft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Blount 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Peshall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Peshall
GrandMother: Beatrice Lacon 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Andrew Newport 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Leveson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Leveson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bradbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Denise or Dionyse Bodley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Leche
GrandFather: John Leveson
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Gresham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gresham
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Gresham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ursula Gresham
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ipswell
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Ipswell
Mother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Mildmay
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Mildmay
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Read
GrandMother: Christian Mildmay 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Walsingham
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Walsingham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Writtle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Writtle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Denny
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Denny
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Troutbeck 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England