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.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Bourchier
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Hussey 1389-1418
On 15th December 1578 [his father] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 21] and [his step-mother] Mary Cornwallis Countess Bath were married. The marriage, apparently, taking place secretly at night. She by marriage Countess Bath.
On 7th August 1583 [his father] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 25] and [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath were married at St Mary Major Church, Exeter. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 56] and [his grandmother] Margaret St John Countess Bedford. They were half sixth cousins.
Before 1st March 1590, the date of his baptism at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map], Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath was born to William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 32] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath at Somerset.
On 24th March 1605 [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath died.
On 12th July 1623 [his father] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 65] died. His son Edward [aged 33] succeeded 4th Earl Bath, 14th Baron Fitzwarin, 5th Baron Daubeney.
On 14th July 1623, two days after the death of his father, and his succeeding as Earl of Bath, Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 33] and Dorothy St John Countess Bath were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [deceased] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath. They were second cousins.
On 28th December 1624 [his brother-in-law] Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.
In 1626 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bourchier Countess Denbigh was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 35] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. She married 8th July 1641 Basil Feilding 2nd Earl Denbigh, son of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh.
In 1627 [his daughter] Dorothy Bourchier was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 36] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. She married 4th June 1646 her half sixth cousin Thomas Grey, son of Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford and Anne Cecil Countess Stamford, and had issue.
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.
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On 21st January 1630 [his son] John Bourchier was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 39] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. He died aged one in 1631.
In 1631 [his daughter] Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 40] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. She married (1) 3rd March 1646 James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex, son of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Anne Brett Countess Middlesex, and had issue (2) after 16th September 1651 her fourth cousin Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet, son of William Wrey 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Chichester Lady Wrey, and had issue.
In October 1631 [his son] John Bourchier [aged 1] died.
On 20th August 1632 Dorothy St John Countess Bath died. She was buried on 21st August 1632 at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. There are letters from her husband Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 42] and from the Earl of Bedford, both dat. 26 May 1633, referring to "the fresh sense he hath of the loss of so noble a wife," and to his unwillingness on that account to marry "Mistress Dorothy Seymour," as suggested by the King.
In 1633 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 42] and Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath.
Around June 1636 Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 25] and [his wife] Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 19] were married.
On 2nd March 1637 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 47] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. His first cousin once removed Henry [aged 50] succeeded 5th Earl Bath. Baron Daubeney and Baron Fitzwarin abeyant between his three daughters Elizabeth Bourchier Countess Denbigh [aged 11], Dorothy Bourchier [aged 10] and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex [aged 6] and their coheirs.
In 1639 [his former wife] Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 22] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Daubeney 
15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Stourton 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 
8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Arundell Baroness Offaly 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: John Bourchier 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Manners 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Manners Countess Bath 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St Leger 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York 
Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York 
Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson 
GrandMother: Frances Kitson
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath
Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Russell 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Russell
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wise
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Wise
GrandFather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sapcote
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Bedfordshire
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Semarc
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne de Semarc
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Laxham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford
Mother: Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 
17 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jenkyn ap Philip
Great x 3 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor
GrandMother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Waldegrave
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waldegrave
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 
4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hussey 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England