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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: Annesly
Before 2nd January 1586 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia was born to Robert Annesley. On 2nd January 1586 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia was baptised.
Before 1613 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 26) and Dorothy Philipps (age 24) were married. They had eleven children of whom three sons and several daughters reached adulthood.
On 3rd April 1613 [his daughter] Hester Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 27) and [his wife] Dorothy Philipps (age 25).
On 10th July 1614 [his son] Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 28) and [his wife] Dorothy Philipps (age 26) at Dublin [Map].
In 1622 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 35) was created 1st Viscount Valentia with a reversionary grant that it wouldn't become effective until the death of Henry Power 1st Viscount Valentia.
After 1624 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 37) and Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia (age 18) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Valentia.
On 3rd May 1624 [his wife] Dorothy Philipps (age 36) died.
In 1628 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 44) was created 1st Earl Chesterfield. Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
On 23rd January 1628 [his son] Francis Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 42) and [his wife] Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia (age 22).
On or after 3rd May 1632 [his son-in-law] Roger Lort 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his daughter] Hester Annesley (age 19) were married by a license dated 3rd May 1632.
In 1634 [his daughter] Catherine Annesley Lady Beresford was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 47) and [his wife] Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia (age 28).
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.
After 1636 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 52) and Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield (age 37) were married. She by marriage Countess Chesterfield.
On 24th April 1638 [his son] Arthur Annesley 1st Earl Annesley (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey (age 18) were married.
In 1642 Henry Power 1st Viscount Valentia died. Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 55) was created 1st Viscount Valentia with a creation date of 1622.
Before 1643 [his son-in-law] James Zouche (age 27) and [his daughter] Beatrice Annesley were married. They were sixth cousins.
On 12th September 1656 [his brother-in-law] Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield (age 72) died. His grandson Philip (age 22) succeeded 2nd Earl Chesterfield, 2nd Baron Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire.
On 22nd November 1660 Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia (age 74) died. He was buried at Thorganby, North Yorkshire. His son [his son] Arthur (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Valentia. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Altham Countess Anglesey (age 40) by marriage Viscountess Valentia.
In 1683 [his former wife] Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia (age 77) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
Peter Courten 1st Baronet and Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia were married.
[his daughter] Beatrice Annesley was born to Francis Annesley 1st Viscount Valentia and Jane Stanhope Viscountess Valentia.