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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: Leighton
Before 1747 [his father] Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Anna-Maria Mytton were married.
Around 1747 Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet was born to Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet (age 32) and Anna-Maria Mytton.
In August 1750 [his mother] Anna-Maria Mytton died.
Before 1752 [his father] Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet (age 36) and Emma Maude Lady Leighton were married.
On 10th August 1755 [his grandmother] Latitia Owen (age 59) died. Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 8) inherited Condover Hall, Shropshire.
On 17th September 1763 Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 16) was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1780 [his father] Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet (age 65) died. His son Charlton (age 33) succeeded 4th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1780 and 1784 Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Shrewsbury unopposed.
In 1784 Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 37) died unmarried. His half brother [his half-brother] Robert (age 32) succeeded 5th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough. [his sister] Anna-Maria Leighton and her husband Nicholas Smythe (age 54) inherited Condover Hall, Shropshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Leighton of Wattlesborough Castle
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Leighton 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Baldwin of Diddlebury in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Baldwin
GrandFather: Edward Leighton 2nd Baronet
Father: Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Forester of Dothill
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Forester of Dothill
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Forester of Dothill
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Newport 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Lacon 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Newport 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Mildmay 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Rachel Forester Lady Leighton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Maxwell 1st Earl Dirletoun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Maxwell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Cecil 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Mytton
GrandFather: Richard Mytton of Halston
Mother: Anna-Maria Mytton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Owen of Condover
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Owen
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Owen
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Owen of Condover
GrandMother: Latitia Owen
Great x 2 Grandfather: St John Booth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Booth