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Around 1565 Francis Smallman was born to William Smallman of Ivington Bury, Herefordshire and Elizabeth Hopton.
In 1609 [his father] William Smallman of Ivington Bury, Herefordshire died.
In 1614 Francis Smallman (age 49) was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire.
Before 1615 Francis Smallman (age 49) and Susan Stockmede (age 49) were married.
Around 1615 [his son] William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle was born to Francis Smallman (age 50) and [his wife] Susan Stockmede (age 50).
In or before 1617 Francis Smallman (age 51) purchased Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map] from the son of Roger Vaughan.
In 1621 Francis Smallman (age 56) was elected MP Leominster.
On 29th September 1631 [his son] William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] Lucy Whitney were married at St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map]. They had two daughters.
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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.
On 11th August 1632 [his wife] Susan Stockmede (age 67) died.
After 1633. Monument at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] to Francis Smallman (age 68) and his wife [his former wife] Susan Stockmede commissioned by their son [his son] William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle (age 18).
Susan Stockmede: Around 1565 she was born. Before 1615 Francis Smallman and she were married. On 11th August 1632 she died.
William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle: Around 1615 he was born to Francis Smallman and Susan Stockmede. On 29th September 1631 he and Lucy Whitney were married at St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map]. They had two daughters. On 7th September 1633 Francis Smallman died. He was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map]. In 1643 he died. Lucy Smallman and her husband James Pytts inherited Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
On 7th September 1633 Francis Smallman (age 68) died. He was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] on 9th September 1633. He had made his will on 20th July 1633 leaving his only daughter a portion of £1,000. His son [his son] William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle (age 18) inherited Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].