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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: Gore
In 1684 Robert Doyne (age 33) and [his future wife] Jane Saunders were married.
In 1703 Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran was born to Arthur Gore 2nd Baronet (age 18).
In 1731 Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 28) and Jane Saunders were married. They had three sons and two daughters.
On 25th July 1734 [his son] Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 31) and [his wife] Jane Saunders.
On 10th February 1742 [his father] Arthur Gore 2nd Baronet (age 57) died. His son Arthur Gore (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo.
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 15th August 1758 Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 1st Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford.
On 14th July 1760 [his son] Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Annesley were married. He the son of Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 57) and [his wife] Jane Saunders.
On 12th April 1762 Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 59) was created 1st Earl Arran.
On 15th July 1764 [his son-in-law] John Evans (age 21) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Gore were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 61) and [his wife] Jane Saunders.
In 1771 [his son] Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Knight Countess of Arran were married. He the son of Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 68) and [his wife] Jane Saunders.
On 17th April 1773 Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran (age 70) died. His son [his son] Arthur (age 38) succeeded 2nd Earl Arran, 2nd Viscount Sudley of Castle Gore in County Mayo, 2nd Baron Saunders of Deeps in County Wexford, 4th Baronet Gore of Newtown in County Mayo. [his daughter-in-law] Anne Knight Countess of Arran by marriage Countess Arran.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Gore was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran and Jane Saunders.
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gore
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Gore
Great x 2 Grandfather: Paul Gore 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Gore 1st Baronet
GrandFather: Paul Gore
Great x 2 Grandfather: George St George
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor St George
Father: Arthur Gore 2nd Baronet