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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.
On 29th January 1743 [his father] Charles Egleton and [his mother] Sarah Kent (age 34) were married.
After 29th January 1743 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet was born to Charles Egleton and Sarah Kent (age 34).
On 8th October 1759 [his grandfather] Samuel Kent (age 76) died. His estates, including Fornham Hall, Suffolk, passed to his son [his uncle] Thomas Kent, then, in 1762, to his [his mother] daughter's (age 51) son Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 16) who changed his surname from Egleton to Kent.
In 1769 [his father] Charles Egleton died.
On 20th May 1771 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 28) and Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent (age 20) were married.
Around 1775 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 31) employed the architect James Wyatt to design and build Fornham Hall, Suffolk.
In 1781 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 37) was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk.
On 16th August 1782 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 39) was created 1st Baronet Kent of Fornham. [his wife] Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent (age 31) by marriage Lady Kent of Fornham.
In 1784 [his son] Charles Kent 2nd Baronet was born to Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 40) and [his wife] Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent (age 33).
On 4th December 1790 [his mother] Sarah Kent (age 82) died.
On 14th March 1811 Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet (age 68) died. His son [his son] Charles (age 27) succeeded 2nd Baronet Kent of Fornham.
On 17th September 1817 [his former wife] Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent (age 66) died.
[his daughter] Mary Kent Lady Thorold was born to Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet and Mary Wordsworth Lady Kent.
Father: Charles Egleton
Charles Egleton aka Kent 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Kent of Southwark
GrandFather: Samuel Kent
Mother: Sarah Kent
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Dean of London
GrandMother: Sarah Dean