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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 Christopher Wray 1601-1646

Paternal Family Tree: Wray

Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

On 6th April 1580 [his father] William Wray 1st Baronet (age 25) and Lucy Montagu were married.

In or before 1595 Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent and [his mother] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth (age 18) were married.

In 1601 Christopher Wray was born to William Wray 1st Baronet (age 46) and Frances Drury Lady Glentworth (age 24).

Before May 1601 [his father] William Wray 1st Baronet (age 46) and [his mother] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

In 1617 [his daughter] Frances Wray was born to Christopher Wray (age 16) and [his future wife] Albinia Cecil.

On 13th August 1617 [his father] William Wray 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His son [his half-brother] John (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Wray of Glentworth in Lincolnshire. Grisilla Bethell Lady Glentworth (age 28) by marriage Lady Wray of Glentworth in Lincolnshire.

In 1621 Christopher Wray (age 20) was elected MP Grimsby.

On 3rd August 1623 Christopher Wray (age 22) and Albinia Cecil were married. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 12th November 1623 Christopher Wray (age 22) was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 57).

In 1624 Christopher Wray (age 23) was elected MP Grimsby.

In 1625 [his son] William Wray 1st Baronet was born to Christopher Wray (age 24) and [his wife] Albinia Cecil.

In 1625 Christopher Wray (age 24) was elected MP Grimsby.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1627 [his son] Edward Wray was born to Christopher Wray (age 26) and [his wife] Albinia Cecil.

In 1628 Christopher Wray (age 27) was elected MP Grimsby.

On 29th July 1633 [his son] Drury Wray 9th Baronet was born to Christopher Wray (age 32) and [his wife] Albinia Cecil.

Around 1637 [his mother] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth (age 60) died.

Short Parliament

In April 1640 Christopher Wray (age 39) was elected MP Grimsby during the Short Parliament.

On 1st July 1640 [his son-in-law] Henry Vane "The Younger" (age 27) and [his daughter] Frances Wray (age 23) were married.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 Christopher Wray (age 39) was elected MP Grimsby during the Long Parliament.

In 1643 [his son] Cecil Wray of Caistor was born to Christopher Wray (age 42) and [his wife] Albinia Cecil.

On 15th April 1645 Christopher Wray (age 44) was appointed Commissioner of the Admiralty.

On 6th February 1646 Christopher Wray (age 45) died.

On 13th February 1646 Christopher Wray (deceased) was buried at St Giles' in the Fields Church [Map].

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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.

John Evelyn's Diary. 23rd March 1646. In company, then, with Mr. Waller (age 40), one [his son] Captain Wray (age 21) (son of Sir Christopher (deceased), whose father had been in arms against his Majesty, and therefore by no means welcome to us), with Mr. Abdy, a modest and learned man, we got that night to Vicenza, passing by the Euganéan hills, celebrated for the prospects and furniture of rare simples, which we found growing about them. The ways were something deep, the whole country flat and even as a bowling-green. The common fields lie square, and are orderly planted with fruit trees, which the vines run and embrace, for many miles, with delicious streams creeping along the ranges.

John Evelyn's Diary. 23rd March 1646. This town is not much celebrated for beautiful women, for, even at this distance from the Alps, the gentlewomen have somewhat full throats; but our [his son] Captain Wray (age 21) (afterward Sir William, eldest son of that Sir Christopher (deceased), who had both been in arms against his Majesty for the Parliament) fell so mightily in love with one of Monsieur Saladine's daughters that, with much persuasion, he could not be prevailed on to think on his journey into France, the season now coming on extremely hot.

In 1660 [his former wife] Albinia Cecil died.

Christopher Wray 1601-1646 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Christopher Wray 1601-1646

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Christopher Wray 1601-1646

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Wray

GrandFather: Christopher Wray

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Jackson

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Jackson

Father: William Wray 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Girlington

GrandMother: Anne Girlington

Christopher Wray 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Drury of Hawstead in Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Drury

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Drury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Calthorpe 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Calthorpe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stapleton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sothill of Stoke Faston

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sothill

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sothill

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Empson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Empson

GrandFather: William Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Rich

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Dinley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Dinley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Audrey Rich

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Jenks

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Jenks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich

Mother: Frances Drury Lady Glentworth 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fray

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Fray

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Stafford 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fogge

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fogge

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Haute

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Haute

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Woodville

GrandMother: Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England