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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: Lascelles
In 1713 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood was born to Henry Lascelles (age 23) at Barbados.
Around 1723 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 10) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1744 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 31) was elected MP Scarborough.
On 5th January 1747 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 34) and Elizabeth Dawes (age 21) were married.
On 16th October 1753 [his father] Henry Lascelles (age 63) died.
After 6th November 1753 John Fleming 1st Baronet (age 23) and [his future wife] Jane Coleman Baroness Harewood (age 22) were married.
In 1761 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 48) was elected MP Yorkshire.
On 31st August 1764 [his wife] Elizabeth Dawes (age 38) died.
Around 1767. Joshua Reynolds (age 43). Portrait of Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 54).
On 31st March 1770 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 57) and Jane Coleman Baroness Harewood (age 39) were married.
Around 1786, following the death of his two brothers Daniel and Henry, Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 73) took control of the family wealth, to which he added 22 slave plantations, more than 27,000 acres and 2,947 slaves in the British West Indies.
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.
The London Gazette 13210. Whitehall, June 19 [1790]. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the several Noblemen and Gentlemen following, and the Heirs Male of their respective Bodies lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles undermentioned, viz.
The Right Honorable Arthur Earl of Donegall (age 51), of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Fisherwick, of Fisherwick in the County of Stafford.
The Right Honorable James Earl of Fife, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron of Fife, of Fife in the County of Fife.
The Right Honorable James Bucknall Grimston (age 43), Viscount Grimston, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Verulam, of Gorhambury in the County of Hertford.
The Right Honorable Constantine John (age 46) Lord Mulgrave, of the Kingdom of Ireland, Baron Mulgrave, of Mulgrave, in the County of York.
Archibald Douglas, Esquire, Baron Douglas, of Douglas in the County of Lanerk; and
Edwin Laascelles (age 77), Esquire, Baron Harewwood, of Harewood in the County of York. [[his wife] Jane Coleman Baroness Harewood (age 59) by marriage Baroness Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire.]
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On 25th January 1795 Edwin Lascelles 1st Baron Harewood (age 82) died. Baron Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire extinct. His vast wealth and estates, including his holdings in Barbados were inherited by his first cousin [his first cousin] Edward Lascelles (age 54), subsequently Earl of Harewood.
In 1813 [his former wife] Jane Coleman Baroness Harewood (age 82) died.
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Lascelles 
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lascelles
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Lascelles
GrandFather: Daniel Lascelles
Great x 3 Grandfather: George St Quintin
Great x 2 Grandfather: William St Quintin
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances St Quintin
Father: Henry Lascelles
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Metcalfe of Northallerton
GrandMother: Margaret Metcalfe