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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 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor 1852-1923

Paternal Family Tree: Hill

On 27th June 1848 [his father] Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor (age 28) and [his mother] Emily Mary Sutton were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire and [his grandmother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire (age 58). They were fourth cousins.

On 19th November 1852 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor was born to Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor (age 33) and Emily Mary Sutton.

On 24th January 1855 [his mother] Emily Mary Sutton died.

On 15th April 1858 [his father] Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor (age 38) and [his step-mother] Mary Catherine Curzon Baroness Trevor (age 20) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire and [his grandmother] Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire.

On 15th July 1875 Robert Curzon 15th Baron Zouche (age 24) and [his future wife] Annie Mary Eleanor Fraser (age 18) were married.

On 8th December 1876 Robert Curzon 15th Baron Zouche (age 25) and [his future wife] Annie Mary Eleanor Fraser (age 19) were divorced.

On 18th February 1886 William Henry Hare Hedges-White 4th Earl Bantry (age 32) and [his future wife] Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Bantry. He the son of William Henry Hare Hedges-White 3rd Earl Bantry.

On 30th August 1893 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 40) and Annie Mary Eleanor Fraser (age 36) were married.

On 25th December 1894 [his father] Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor (age 75) died. His son Arthur (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baron Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire.

On 10th May 1895 [his wife] Annie Mary Eleanor Fraser (age 38) died.

On 7th December 1897 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 45) and Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 40) were married.

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.

In 1899 [his daughter] Mary Rosamund "Moyra" Hill-Trevor was born to Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 46) and [his wife] Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 41).

In 1904 [his daughter] Mary Rosamund "Moyra" Hill-Trevor (age 5) died.

1906. The Trevor Mausloem, St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map] was erected to mark the loss of [his daughter] Mary Rosamund "Moyra" Hill-Trevor daughter of Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 53) and [his wife] Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 48) aged five years.

Monument sculpted by Ernesto Gazzeri (age 40).

Mary Rosamund "Moyra" Hill-Trevor: In 1899 she was born to Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor and Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry. In 1904 Mary Rosamund "Moyra" Hill-Trevor died.

After 1923. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Memorial to Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 70) commissioned by his wife [his wife] Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 65).

On 19th May 1923 Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor (age 70) died. His half brother [his half-brother] Charles (age 59) succeeded 3rd Baron Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire.

On 5th February 1942 [his former wife] Rosamund Catherine Petre Countess Bantry (age 84) died.

Royal Ancestors of Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor 1852-1923

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor 1852-1923

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Hill

Great x 3 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Trevor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill 3rd Marquess Downshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edwin Sandys 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Rushout

Great x 2 Grandfather: Martin Sandys 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Letitia Tipping

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trumbull

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Trumbull

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Trumbull

Father: Arthur Edwin Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Baron Trevor 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Other Windsor 2nd Earl Plymouth 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Other Windsor 3rd Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Whitley 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Other Lewis Windsor 4th Earl Plymouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Other Windsor 5th Earl Plymouth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Archer Countess Plymouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Maria Windsor Marchioness Downshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James West

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer

Arthur William Hill-Trevor 2nd Baron Trevor 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton of Averham

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Sutton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Sutton 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Benjamin Tichborne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Tichborne Countess Sunderland

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Sutton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Williams Baroness Sutton

GrandFather: Richard Sutton 2nd Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaplin

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chaplin of Blankney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Chaplin 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Archer 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Frances Chaplin 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Mother: Emily Mary Sutton 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England