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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: Mosley
On or before 17th October 1569, the date he was baptised, Edward Mosley was born to Nicholas Mosley (age 42).
On 12th December 1612 [his father] Nicholas Mosley (age 85) died. His son Edward Mosley (age 43) inherited parcels of his father's property and £1,450 in cash.
Monument at St James' Church, Didsbury [Map] with Nicholas top centre in the robes of the Lord Mayor of London, [his brother] Rowland Mosley (age 54) bottom left, Nicholas's sons Edward and Edward Mosley, bottom centre, and Nicholas' wife Margery Whitbroke.
Nicholas Mosley: Around 1527 he was born to Edward Mosley. In 1599 he was appointed Lord Mayor of London.
Rowland Mosley: In 1558 he was born to Nicholas Mosley. 24th December 1594. Grant of property in Stockport, Offerton and Bredbury in Cheshire by Alexander Lowe of Stockport, esq to Rowland Mosley and Richard Elcocke of London, clothworkers. In 1616 Rowland Mosley died.
In 1613 Edward Mosley (age 43) was appointed Attorney General to the Duchy of Lancaster. It was as a Duchy officer, rather than through any local connections, that Mosley was elected for Preston three times in succession between 1614 and 1624.
In 1614, 1621 and 1624 Edward Mosley (age 44) was elected MP Preston.
On 31st December 1614 Edward Mosley (age 45) was knighted.
After 1617 Edward Mosley (age 47) lived at Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire which house he bought along with a surrounding estate of over 600 acres.
1620. A memorial stone over the north door of St James' Church, Didsbury [Map] commemorates its benefactors including Edward Mosley (age 50)
On 1st July 1638 Edward Mosley (age 68) died unmarried. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove [Map]. In his will, dated 16 Decermber 1637, he made generous charitable bequests in both Rolleston and London. His entire estate, worth over £3,000 a year, was inherited by his nephew, Edward Mosley (age 22).
Monument to Edward Mosley at St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove [Map]. He dressed in judges robes. Corinthian Columns. Stuart Period.
Edward Mosley 1st Baronet: In 1616 he was born to Rowland Mosley . On 10th July 1640 Edward Mosley 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Mosley of Rolleston in Staffordshire. In 1657 Edward Mosley 1st Baronet died. His son Edward succeeded 2nd Baronet Mosley of Rolleston in Staffordshire.
GrandFather: Edward Mosley
Father: Nicholas Mosley