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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: Hales
In 1624 [his father] Edward Hales 1st Baronet (age 48) died. His son Edward succeeded 2nd Baronet Hales of Woodchurch and Tunstall.
In 1626 Edward Hales 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Hales 1st Baronet.
Before 1645 Edward Hales 2nd Baronet (age 18) and Anne Wotton (age 15) were married.
In 1645 [his son] Edward Hales 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Hales 2nd Baronet (age 19) and [his wife] Anne Wotton (age 16).
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th July 1655. Came Mr. Pratt (age 35), my old acquaintance at Rome, also Sir Edward Hales (age 29), Sir Joseph Tufton, with Mr. Seymour.
John Evelyn's Diary. 19th September 1655. Came to see me Sir Edward Hales (age 29), Mr. Ashmole (age 38), Mr. Harlakenton, and Mr. Thornhill: and, the next day, I visited Sir Henry Newton at Charlton, where I met the Earl of Winchelsea (age 27) and Baroness Beauchamp (age 25), daughter to the Lord Capel.
On 12th July 1669 [his son] Edward Hales 3rd Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Windebank (age 23) were married at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map].
Around 1684 Edward Hales 2nd Baronet (age 58) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 39) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hales of Woodchurch and Tunstall.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Hales of Hales Place in Tenterden
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hales of Tenterden
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hales of Tenterden
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Capell of Lenden in Tenterden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Capell
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Hales
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Harry
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Harry
GrandFather: William Hales of Tenterden in Kent
Father: Edward Hales 1st Baronet