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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: Thynne
On 29th April 1695 [her father] Henry Thynne (age 20) and [her mother] Grace Strode were married. She being the heiress of her father brought £20,000 to the marriage. They were fourth cousin twice removed.
On 10th May 1699 Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset was born to Henry Thynne (age 24) and Grace Strode.
On 20th December 1708 [her father] Henry Thynne (age 33) died. On 3rd January 1709 Henry Thynne was buried at Saints Peter and Paul Church, Longbridge Deverill [Map].
On 5th July 1715 Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 30) and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 16) were married. He the son of Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (age 52) and Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset (age 48). They were third cousin once removed.
On 26th November 1716 [her daughter] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland was born to [her husband] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 32) and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 17).
In 1722 [her husband] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 37) was created 1st Baron Percy. Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 22) by marriage Baroness Percy.
Avebury by William Stukeley. THERE is still another of these long archdruids' tumuli at Abury, which leads me to describe a kind of ancient monuments which I meet with here, and near Stonehenge and elsewhere; which I take to be houses of the Druids, or their courts of judicature, or both. The principal of them here, is a remarkable thing, upon the Hakpen-hill east of Abury, near a mile, between it and Rockley. That part of the downs thereabouts is called Temple-downs, and the thing is called old Chapel [Map]. Lord Winchelsea (age 76), [her husband] Lord (age 39) and Lady Hertford (age 24) and myself were curious in observing it, July 6, 1723. 'Tis a large square, intrenched, 110 druid cubits by 130, like a little Roman camp, with one entrance on the south-west side, towards Abury: for it is posited with accuracy, (as all these works are) from north-east to south-west. The situation of the place is high, and has a descent, quite round three of its sides; the verge of the descent inclosing it like a horseshoe. The entrance is on the side next Abury, on the isthmus of the peninsula (as it were,) on the shortest side of the square, the south-west. It is made of a vallum and ditch; beyond that, a row of flat stones set quite round and pretty close to one another, like a wall. Beyond that, another lesser ditch. There are stones too set on each side the entrance. On the north-west side is a large long barrow 50 cubits in length, with two great stone works upon it. One on the end next the great inclosed place, we have been describing: another stonework towards the other end; which seems to have been a semicircular cove, or demi-ellipsis consisting of five great stones; a Stonehenge cell in miniature, but now in ruins. This probably gave the name of old Chapel [Map] to the place; the barrow likewise has been set quite round with great stones.
In the second stone-work, one stone lies flat on the ground, along the middle line of the barrow. On each side a flat stone stands upright, and two flat stones stand upright at right angles, as wings to 'em. Upon them I suppose other stones were piled as a kist-vaen. Here probably lies the body of the interred. The stones are generally very large, about ten feet long.
The whole I take to have been the palace and interment of an arch-druid, and his tribunal or seat of justice. 'Tis posited exactly enough south-east and north-west. The learned Mr. Rowland, who wrote the history of the Isle of Mona, describes just such works as this in that place, and calls them houses of the Druids.
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On 3rd April 1725 [her mother] Grace Strode died.
On 11th September 1725 [her son] George Seymour was born to [her husband] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 40) and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 26).
On 2nd April 1734 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Seymour Countess Thomond (age 49) died.
On 6th July 1740 [her son-in-law] Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 24) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 23) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 55) and Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 41).
On 11th September 1744 [her son] George Seymour (age 19) died.
On 2nd December 1748 [her father-in-law] Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (age 86) died at Petworth. His son [her husband] Algernon (age 64) succeeded 7th Duke Somerset, 7th Earl Hertford, 7th Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, 5th Baron Seymour of Trowbridge. Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 49) by marriage Duchess Somerset.
In 1749 [her husband] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 64) was created 1st Earl Egremont. Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 49) by marriage Countess Egremont.
In 1750 Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford (age 34) and [her sister-in-law] Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford (age 19) were married. She was reputed to be worth £50,000. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset and Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset (age 57). He the son of Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford (age 67) and Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford. They were second cousins.
On 7th February 1750 [her husband] Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset (age 65) died. He was buried at Northumberland Vault, Crypt, Westminster Abbey. Earl Hertford, Baron Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset and Baron Seymour of Trowbridge extinct. His half fifth cousin once removed Edward (age 55) succeeded 8th Duke Somerset. Mary Webb Duchess Somerset (age 53) by marriage Duchess Somerset. His daughter [her daughter] Elizabeth (age 33) succeeded 2nd Baroness Percy. His nephew Charles (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Egremont.
On 7th July 1754 Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset (age 55) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Thynne
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Thynne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Gresham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Hayward
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Hayward
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Thynne 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Lyte aka Howard 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Lyte Viscountess Howard Bindon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Howard 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Coventry
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Coventry 1st Baron Coventry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Coventry Lady Thynne Kempsford
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Aldersley of Spurstow in Cheshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aldersley Baroness Coventry
Father: Henry Thynne 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Finch
Great x 3 Grandfather: Moyle Finch 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Moyle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Finch 2nd Earl Winchilsea 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Heneage
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Winchilsea 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wentworth 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Southwell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Wentworth Countess Winchelsea 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Unton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cicely Unton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Seymour Countess of Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Frances Finch Viscountess Weymouth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grey Countess Hertford Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Seymour 2nd Duke of Somerset 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Honora Rogers
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Seymour Countess Winchelsea 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Devereux Duchess of Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe
Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strode 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Strode 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Strode of Parnham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Hody
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hody
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Strode of Parnham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cromwell 1st Earl Essex 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wyckes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seymour 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Baroness Cromwell Oakham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: George Strode 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wyndham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wyndham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Wyndham of Orchard 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wadham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Florence Wadham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Wyndham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Portman
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Portman
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Portman
Mother: Grace Strode 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England