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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.
In or before 1630 [his father] Edward Smith of Cressy Hall, Lincolnshire (age 29) and [his mother] Elizabeth Heron (age 31) were married.
Around 1630 Edward Smith 1st Baronet was born to Edward Smith of Cressy Hall, Lincolnshire (age 30) and Elizabeth Heron (age 32).
In 1632 [his father] Edward Smith of Cressy Hall, Lincolnshire (age 32) died.
In 1653 Edward Smith 1st Baronet (age 23) was elected MP Leicestershire.
In or before 1655 Edward Smith 1st Baronet (age 24) and Constance Spencer were married.
Around 1655 [his son] Edward Smith 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Smith 1st Baronet (age 25) and [his wife] Constance Spencer.
On 20th March 1661 Edward Smith 1st Baronet (age 31) was created 1st Baronet Smith of Edmundthorpe in Leicestershire.
On or after 4th May 1682 Edward Smith 1st Baronet (age 52) and Frances Marwood (age 40) were married by a licence dated 4th May 1682.
On 20th June 1683 [his son] Edward Smith 2nd Baronet (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Olivia Pepys Lady Smith (age 18) were married at St James' Church, Paddington.
On 6th September 1707 Edward Smith 1st Baronet (age 77) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 52) succeeded 2nd Baronet Smith of Edmundthorpe in Leicestershire. [his daughter-in-law] Olivia Pepys Lady Smith (age 42) by marriage Lady Smith of Edmundthorpe in Leicestershire.
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Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
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GrandFather: Roger Smith
Father: Edward Smith of Cressy Hall, Lincolnshire
Edward Smith 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Edward Heron
Mother: Elizabeth Heron 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Brooke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Ann Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Sutton