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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Cecily Bulstrode 1515
In 1533 [his father] Alexander Unton (age 39) and [his mother] Cecily Bulstrode (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
In or before 1534 [his father] Alexander Unton (age 39) and Mary Bourchier (age 33) were married.
In 1534 Edward Unton was born to Alexander Unton (age 40) and Cecily Bulstrode (age 19).
On 16th December 1547 [his father] Alexander Unton (age 53) died.
After 16th December 1547 [his step-father] Robert Keilway (age 50) and [his mother] Cecily Bulstrode (age 32) were married.
On 3rd June 1550 John Dudley 2nd Earl Warwick (age 23) and [his future wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 12) were married at Sheen Palace [Map]. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 50) and [his future mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 53). He the son of John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 46) and Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 41). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1554 Edward Unton (age 20) was elected MP Malmesbury.
In 1554 Edward Unton (age 20) was elected MP Oxfordshire.
In or after 1555 [his daughter] Anne Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 21) and [his future wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 17).
On 29th April 1555 Edward Unton (age 21) and Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 17) were married. They had seven children. She the daughter of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 58).
Around 1556 [his son] Edward Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 22) and [his wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 18).
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.
Around 1558 [his son] Henry Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 24) and [his wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 20).
In 1559 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 19) was created 1st Earl Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 13th January 1559. The xiij day of January with-in the Towre the Quen mad Knyghtes of the Baythe x.
Note. P. 186. The Knights of the Bath made at the Coronation of queen Elizabeth were in number eleven, viz.:—
John lord Darcy of the North (age 19),
John lord Sheffield (age 21),
John lord Darcy of Chiche (age 27),
Sir Robert Rich (age 22),
Sir Roger North (age 29),
Sir Nicholas Pointz (age 31),
Sir John Berkeley,
Sir Edward Unton (age 25),
Sir Henry Weston (age 24),
Sir George Speke (age 29),
See Anstis's History of the Order of the Bath, App. lxx.; and Nicolas, Appx. p. xiv.
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Before 25th December 1560 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 21) and Catherine Grey Countess Hertford (age 20) were married in secret by an anonymous clergyman at Hertford House Canon Row. She by marriage Countess Hertford. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 63). They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Around 1561 [his daughter] Cicely Unton was born to Edward Unton (age 27) and [his wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 23).
Henry Machyn's Diary. 19th November 1562. The xix day of November at after-non was [a] fray with-owtt Tempull-bare agaynst master Huntun (age 28) ['s house?] that mared my [his wife] lady of Warwyke (age 24) and ther was sl[ain] master Banaster, servand unto master Huntun, by (blank)
Note. P. 296. Master Hunton that married my lady of Warwick. Sir Edward Unton, K.B. on the 29th April, 1555, married Anne, one of the daughters of the protector Somerset, and widow of John Dudley, earl of Warwick, the eldest son of John duke of Northumberland. See the memoirs prefixed to Unton Inventories, 1841, 4to. p. xxxvii.
In 1567 Edward Unton (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire.
In 1572 Edward Unton (age 38) was elected MP Berkshire.
In or before 1579 [his son] Edward Unton (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothea Knightley (age 18) were married. There were no children from the marriage. He the son of Edward Unton (age 44) and [his wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 40).
In 1579 [his son] Edward Unton (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Katherine Hastings (age 22) were married. There were no children from the marriage. She the daughter of George Hastings 4th Earl Huntingdon (age 39) and Dorothy Port Countess Huntingdon. He the son of Edward Unton (age 45) and [his wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 41). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
In 1580 [his son] Henry Unton (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 10) were married. He the son of Edward Unton (age 46) and [his wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 42).
In 1582 [his brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford (age 42) and Frances Howard Countess Hertford (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and [his mother-in-law] Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset (age 85). They were half sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 16th September 1582 Edward Unton (age 48) died. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Faringdon. The inscription on his monument ... Here lyeth Sir Edward Unton, Knight of the Noble Order of the Bathe, whoe married [his wife] Anne Countess of Warwick (age 44), daughter of Edwarde Seymer Duke of Somersett and Protector of England, by whome he had ffive sonnes, whereof 3 died younge in the life of their father; Two, namelye [his son] Edwarde (age 26) and [his son] Henry (age 24) onely, survyved and succeeded him, the one after the other in their father's inheritance; and two daughters, [his daughter] Anne (age 27) married to Sir [his future son-in-law] Valentine Knightley (age 27), Knight, and [his daughter] Scissil (age 21) married to [his future son-in-law] John Wentworth (age 18), Esquire.
In 1588 [his former wife] Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick (age 50) died.
GrandFather: Thomas Unton
Father: Alexander Unton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Thomas Bulstrode
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Bulstrode
GrandFather: Edward Bulstrode
Mother: Cecily Bulstrode