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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.
In April 1661 Anne Kingsmill Countess Winchelsea was born to William Kingsmill at Sydmontham, Hampshire.
In September 1661 [her father] William Kingsmill died.
On 15th May 1684 Heneage Finch 5th Earl Winchilsea (age 27) and Anne Kingsmill Countess Winchelsea (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Winchilsea. He the son of Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea (age 56) and Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea.
1690 to 1700. Miniature portrait of Anne Kingsmill Countess Winchelsea (age 28).
On 5th August 1720 Anne Kingsmill Countess Winchelsea (age 59) died.
On 30th September 1726 [her former husband] Heneage Finch 5th Earl Winchilsea (age 69) died. His half brother [her former brother-in-law] John (age 43) succeeded 6th Earl Winchilsea, 6th Viscount Maidstone, 7th Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
[her father] William Kingsmill and Anne Haslewood were married.