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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: Shaw aka Shaw-Lefevre
In 1789 [his father] Charles Shaw-Lefevre (age 29) and [his mother] Helena Lefevre were married at which time he changed his surname from Shaw to Shaw-Lefevre.
On 22nd February 1794 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley was born to Charles Shaw-Lefevre (age 34) and Helena Lefevre.
On 24th June 1817 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 23) and Emma Laura Whitbread (age 22) were married.
Around 1823 Helena Shaw Lefevre Lady St John-Mildmay was born to Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 28) and [his wife] Emma Laura Whitbread (age 28). She married 1851 Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet, son of Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet and Charlotte Bouverie.
On 27th April 1823 [his father] Charles Shaw-Lefevre (age 63) died.
In August 1834 [his mother] Helena Lefevre died.
In 1839 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 44) was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons.
Around 1844. George Hayter (age 51). Portrait of Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 49).
In 1851 [his son-in-law] Henry St John-Mildmay 5th Baronet (age 41) and [his daughter] Helena Shaw Lefevre Lady St John-Mildmay (age 28) were married. She by marriage Lady St John-Mildmay of Farley in Southampton.
In 1857 [his wife] Emma Laura Whitbread (age 62) died.
The London Gazette 21981. Whitehall, March 23, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre (age 63), late Speaker of the House of Commons, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title, of Viscount Eversley, of Heckfield, in the county of Southampton.
On 28th December 1888 Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley (age 94) died. Viscount Eversley of Heckfield in Southampton extinct.
GrandFather: Reverend George Shaw
Father: Charles Shaw-Lefevre
Charles Shaw-Lefevre 1st Viscount Eversley
GrandFather: John Lefevre
Mother: Helena Lefevre