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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: Beckett
On 3rd March 1774 [his father] John Beckett 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Mary Wilson (age 25) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bishop Christopher Wilson (age 60) and [his grandmother] Anne Gibson (age 47).
In 1785 Anne Smithson died. Her estates and those of her late husband passed to her great-niece Mary Harrison, then to her daughter Mary Midgeley (age 10) and then to her daughter [his future wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett and her husband Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet who adopted the surname Denison.
On 29th January 1787 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet was born to John Beckett 1st Baronet (age 43) and Mary Wilson Lady Beckett (age 38).
On 14th December 1814 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 27) and Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 19) were married.
In 1816 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 28) took the additional surname Denison in 1816 in accordance with the terms of the will of his wife's great-great-aunt, but reverted to Beckett only by royal licence when he succeeded his elder brother as 4th baronet in 1872.
On 12th May 1816 [his son] Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe was born to Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 29) and [his wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 21) at Carlton Hall, Newark on Trent.
In 1823 [his mother] Mary Wilson Lady Beckett (age 74) died.
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 1826 [his father] John Beckett 1st Baronet (age 82) died. His son [his brother] John (age 50) succeeded 2nd Baronet Beckett of Leeds. Anne Lowther Lady Beckett by marriage Lady Beckett of Leeds.
On 10th September 1826 [his son] William Beckett-Denison was born to Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 39) and [his wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 31).
In 1841 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 53) was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1847.
On 7th October 1845 [his son] Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale (age 57) and Sophia Bolland.
In 1848 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 60) was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1859.
In 1855 [his son] William Beckett-Denison (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Helen Duncombe (age 23) were married.
On 17th November 1872 [his brother] Thomas Beckett 3rd Baronet (age 93) died. He was buried at Corringham, Lincolnshire, 22nd November 1872. His brother Edmund (age 85) succeeded 4th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
On 27th March 1874 [his wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 78) died.
On 24th May 1874 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 87) died. His son [his son] Edmund (age 58) succeeded 5th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gervase Beckett of Barnsley
GrandFather: John Beckett
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jonas Clarke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Clarke
Father: John Beckett 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph wilson of Monk Bretton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Wilkson
Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Wilson
GrandFather: Bishop Christopher Wilson
Mother: Mary Wilson Lady Beckett
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bishop Edmund Gibson
GrandMother: Anne Gibson