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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Paternal Family Tree: Fitton
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Markham
Before 31st March 1527 [his uncle] Edward Fitton (age 27) and [his mother] Mary Harbottle (age 20) were married.
On 31st March 1527 Edward Fitton was born to [his uncle] Edward Fitton (age 27) and [his mother] Mary Harbottle (age 20) at Gawsworth, Cheshire [Map].
On 19th January 1539 Edward Fitton (age 11) and Anne Warburton (age 11) were married. They had nine sons and six daughters during their thrity-four year marriage.
Around 1548 [his son] Edward Fitton was born to Edward Fitton (age 20) and [his wife] Anne Warburton (age 20). He married in or before 1572 Alice Holcroft and had issue.
Around 1548 [his daughter] Mary Fitton was born to Edward Fitton (age 20) and [his wife] Anne Warburton (age 20).
On 17th February 1548 [his uncle] Edward Fitton (age 48) died at Gawsworth, Cheshire [Map].
In 1553 Edward Fitton (age 25) was appointed Knight of the Shire Cheshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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Around 1555 [his daughter] Margaret Fitton was born to Edward Fitton (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Warburton (age 27). She married before 1572 her half fourth cousin twice removed Randle Mainwaring and had issue.
In 1556 Edward Fitton (age 28) was knighted by Henry Sidney (age 27).
On 12th December 1556 [his mother] Mary Harbottle (age 49) died at Gawsworth, Cheshire [Map].
In 1st June 1569 Edward Fitton (age 42) was appointed the first Lord President of Connaught and Thomond arriving in Ireland in Jul 1569.
After July 1569 Edward Fitton (age 42) was beseiged in County Galway by Connor O'Brien 3rd Earl of Thomond (age 35) and the sons of Richard Burke 2nd Earl Clanricarde.
Before 1572 [his son-in-law] Randle Mainwaring (age 18) and [his daughter] Margaret Fitton (age 16) were married. They were half fourth cousin twice removed.
In or before 1572 [his son] Edward Fitton (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Alice Holcroft (age 31) were married.
On 9th July 1573 [his wife] Anne Warburton (age 46) died at Dublin [Map]. She was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin [Map].
On 3rd July 1579 Edward Fitton (age 52) died at Dublin [Map]. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin [Map] on 21st September 1579.
[his son] Alexander Fitton was born to Edward Fitton and Anne Warburton.
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 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King of the Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: John Fitton
Father: Edward Fitton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Brereton
GrandMother: Ellen Brereton
Edward Fitton 6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bertram Harbottle
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Harbottle 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lumley 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lumley 1st Baron Lumley 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Felicia Wodecok
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Lumley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Harrington Baroness Knightley
GrandFather: Guiscard Harbottle 4 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Hotspur" Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys 
Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Percy 2 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 
5 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Grand Daughter of
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Acton
Mother: Mary Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Willoughby 
6 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Annesley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baldwin Freville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Freville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Griffith
GrandMother: Jane Willoughby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Markham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Markham