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.

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Biography of George Bassett of Tehidy 1524-1580

Paternal Family Tree: Basset

In 1515 [his father] John Bassett of Tehidy and Umberleigh (age 53) and [his mother] Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

Around 1524 George Bassett of Tehidy was born to [his father] John Bassett of Tehidy and Umberleigh (age 62) and [his mother] Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle (age 30).

In 1529 [his step-father] Arthur Plantagenet 1st Viscount Lisle (age 64) and [his mother] Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle (age 35) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Lisle. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the illegitmate son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Waite.

On 31st January 1529 [his father] John Bassett of Tehidy and Umberleigh (age 67) died.

In or before 1560 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 35) and Jaquet Coffin Alwington in Devon were married.

In 1560 [his son] James Bassett was born to George Bassett of Tehidy (age 36) and [his wife] Jaquet Coffin Alwington in Devon.

In 1563 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 39) was elected MP Cornwall.

In 1566 [his mother] Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle (age 72) died.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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In 1572 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 48) was elected MP Cornwall.

In 1572 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 48) was elected MP Bossiney.

Around 1580 George Bassett of Tehidy (age 56) died.