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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.

Biography of George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet 1740-1800

Paternal Family Tree: Bowyer

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Ivery

In or before 1736 [his father] William Bowyer 3rd Baronet (age 25) and [his mother] Anne Stonhouse were married.

On 3rd May 1740 George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet was born to William Bowyer 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Anne Stonhouse at Denham, Buckinghamshire.

On 17th May 1750 Jacob Garrard Downing 4th Baronet (age 33) and [his future wife] Margaret Price were married. She by marriage Lady Downing of East Hatley in Cambridgeshire.

On 12th July 1767 [his father] William Bowyer 3rd Baronet (age 57) died. His son [his brother] William (age 31) succeeded 4th Baronet Bowyer of Denham Court.

On 4th June 1768 George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet (age 28) and Henrietta Brett Lady Bowyer (age 15) were married.

On 11th September 1768 George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet (age 28) and Margaret Price were married. No issue.

On 18th September 1778 [his wife] Margaret Price died.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 3rd March 1783 [his son] George Bowyer 6th and 2nd Baronet was born to George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet (age 42) and [his wife] Henrietta Brett Lady Bowyer (age 30).

In 1784 George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet (age 43) was elected MP Queenborough.

On 22nd May 1785 [his mother] Anne Stonhouse died.

In 1794 George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet (age 53) was created 1st Baronet Bowyer of Radley.

In 1799 [his brother] William Bowyer 4th Baronet (age 63) died. His brother George (age 58) succeeded 5th Baronet Bowyer of Denham Court.

On 6th December 1800 George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet (age 60) died at Radley Hall, Oxfordshire. His son [his son] George (age 17) succeeded 6th Baronet Bowyer of Denham Court, 2nd Baronet Bowyer of Radley.

In 1845 [his former wife] Henrietta Brett Lady Bowyer (age 92) died.

Royal Ancestors of George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet 1740-1800

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet 1740-1800

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bowyer

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bowyer 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Salter

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Salter

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bowyer 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Weld

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Weld Lady Bowyer

GrandFather: Cecil Bowyer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Maxwell 1st Earl Dirletoun

Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Maxwell

Father: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

George Bowyer 5th and 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stonhouse 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lovelace 1st Baron Lovelace

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Lovelace

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dodworth of London

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dodworth Baroness Lovelace

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cartwright

GrandFather: John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Briggs Merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard London

Great x 1 Grandmother: Martha Briggs

Mother: Anne Stonhouse

Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Dashwood

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Perry

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Perry

GrandMother: Penelope Dashwood

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chamberlayne 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Chamberlayne 2nd Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Prideaux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Prideaux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Ivery