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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: Fitton
Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Anne Grosvenor 1477
On 19th January 1539 [his father] Edward Fitton (age 11) and [his mother] Anne Warburton (age 11) were married. They had nine sons and six daughters during their thrity-four year marriage.
Around 1548 Edward Fitton was born to Edward Fitton (age 20) and Anne Warburton (age 20).
In or before 1572 Edward Fitton (age 23) and Alice Holcroft (age 31) were married.
In 1572 Edward Fitton (age 24) was elected MP Wigan.
On 3rd December 1572 [his son] Edward Fitton 1st Baronet was born to Edward Fitton (age 24) and [his wife] Alice Holcroft (age 32).
On 9th July 1573 [his mother] Anne Warburton (age 46) died at Dublin [Map]. She was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin [Map].
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.
On or before 6th October 1574 [his daughter] Anne Fitton was born to Edward Fitton (age 26) and [his wife] Alice Holcroft (age 34).
On or before 24th June 1578 [his daughter] Mary Fitton was born to Edward Fitton (age 30) and [his wife] Alice Holcroft (age 38). She was baptised on 24th June 1578 at Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map].
In 1579 Edward Fitton (age 31) was appointed Receiver General for Ireland.
On 3rd July 1579 [his father] Edward Fitton (age 52) died at Dublin [Map]. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin [Map] on 21st September 1579.
In 1580 Edward Fitton (age 32) was knighted by William Pelham (age 52).
On 30th April 1587 [his daughter] Anne Fitton (age 12) died at Stepney [Map].
On 30th April 1587 [his son-in-law] John Newdigate (age 17) and [his daughter] Anne Fitton (age 12) were married at Stepney [Map].
On 3rd September 1587 Edward Fitton (age 39) passed his patent for 11,515 acres in the counties of Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford; the speculation proved to be not so profitable as he had anticipated, and on 19th December 1588 he wrote to William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 66) that he was £1,500 out of pocket through it, and begged that his rent might be remitted on account of his father's twenty years' service and his own.
In 1588 Edward Fitton (age 40) was elected MP Boroughbridge.
Before 1594 [his son] Edward Fitton 1st Baronet (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Barratt (age 22) were married.
Around 1595 [his daughter] Mary Fitton (age 16) was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 61). Her father Edward Fitton (age 47) recommended her to the care of the married William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 51) who developed a crush on her to the amusement of the court. In Jan 1599 she left court.
In 4th March 1606 Edward Fitton (age 58) died. On 5th February 1627 [his wife] Alice Holcroft (age 66) died. Monument at Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map]. The monument originally stood against the east wall, away from the north wall, with the kneeling figures of the children at each corner. Sir Edward's effigy is lost and there is no record when it was last in situ at Gawsworth. Note the remodelled head of the second son, Richard.
Alice Holcroft: In 1540 she was born to John Holcroft. In or before 1572 Edward Fitton and she were married.
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Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
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Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
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Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitton
GrandFather: Edward Fitton
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Brereton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ellen Brereton
Father: Edward Fitton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bertram Harbottle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Harbottle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lumley 1st Baron Lumley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Lumley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Harrington Baroness Knightley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Guiscard Harbottle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Percy 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Percy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Acton
GrandMother: Mary Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Freville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Griffith
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Willoughby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Markham
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Markham
Edward Fitton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Warburton
GrandFather: Peter Warburton of Arley
Mother: Anne Warburton 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Winnington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Winnington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Mainwaring 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Winnington 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Winnington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Winnington 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grosvenor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grosvenor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Randall Grosvenor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Anne Grosvenor