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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: Stafford
Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera 1356
In 1534 [her father] William Stafford (age 26) and Mary Boleyn (age 35) were married in secret. The marriage was discovered when she, Mary, attended Court, when pregnant, angering both the King (age 42) and her sister the Queen (age 33). They was banished from Court. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 57) and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 54).
In March 1544 [her father] William Stafford (age 36) with his [her mother] wife (age 17), children (Elizabeth Stafford, [her brother] Edward Stafford, [her sister] Ursula Stafford, [her brother] William Stafford, [her brother] John Stafford and [her sister] Dorothy Stafford ), sister, cousin and servants settled in Geneva to avoid religious persecution.
In 1545 [her father] William Stafford (age 37) and [her mother] Dorothy Stafford (age 18) were married. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1546 Elizabeth Stafford was born to William Stafford (age 38) and Dorothy Stafford (age 19).
On 5th May 1556 [her father] William Stafford (age 48) died at Geneva. Calvin claimed the custody of his son [her brother] John and forbade his [her mother] widow (age 29) to leave with him. She appealed to Stafford's younger brother and the threat to invoke French aid persuaded Calvin to yield. She then moved to Basle, remaining there until January 1559.
On 19th August 1565 Thomas Keyes (age 41) and Mary Grey (age 20) were married. Elizabeth Stafford (age 19) and [her sister] Ursula Stafford (age 12) were witnesses. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk.
Before 1575 William Drury (age 24) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 28) were married.
In 1575 [her son] Robert Drury was born to [her husband] William Drury (age 24) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 29).
On 8th June 1576 [her daughter] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth was born to [her husband] William Drury (age 26) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 30).
On 4th January 1578 [her daughter] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter was born to [her husband] William Drury (age 27) and Elizabeth Stafford (age 32).
In 1590 [her husband] William Drury (age 39) died.
After 1591 [her son-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter (age 25) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter (age 12) were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter (age 48) and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter (age 43). They were third cousin once removed.
On 30th January 1592 [her son] Robert Drury (age 17) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Bacon (age 20) were married. They were third cousin once removed.
In or before 1595 [her son-in-law] Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent and [her daughter] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth (age 18) were married.
Before 1599. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Elizabeth Stafford (age 52).
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.
On 6th February 1599 Elizabeth Stafford (age 53) died.
[her son] Charles Drury was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.
[her daughter] Susanna Drury was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.
[her daughter] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Hastings
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burdett
Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Aylesbury
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury
GrandFather: Humphrey Stafford 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fray
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Fray
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Danvers
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Danvers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock
Father: William Stafford 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fogge
GrandMother: Margaret Fogge
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Haute
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Haute
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Haute
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Woodville
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp
Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandFather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury
Mother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John
Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England