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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.
Before 24th October 1725 [his father] George Jackson of Hill House in Richmond in Yorkshire (age 37) and [his mother] Hannah Ward were married.
On 24th October 1725 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet was born to George Jackson of Hill House in Richmond in Yorkshire (age 37) and Hannah Ward.
In 1745 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 19) and Mary Ward were married.
In 1754 [his wife] Mary Ward died.
In 1758 [his father] George Jackson of Hill House in Richmond in Yorkshire (age 70) died.
In 1766 Thomas Duckett (age 53). His niece [his future wife] Grace Goldstone Lady Duckett (age 16) and her husband George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 40) inherited his estates and changed their name from Jackson to Duckett on 3rd February 1797.
Before 1775 Robert Neale and [his future wife] Grace Goldstone Lady Duckett (age 24) were married.
On 9th September 1775 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 49) and Grace Goldstone Lady Duckett (age 25) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
On 17th July 1777 [his son] George Duckett 2nd Baronet was born to George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 51) and [his wife] Grace Goldstone Lady Duckett (age 27).
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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.
In 1784 [his wife] Grace Goldstone Lady Duckett (age 34) died.
In 1786 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 60) was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis which seat he held until 1788.
In 1790 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 64) was elected MP Colchester which seat he held until 1796.
On 21st June 1791 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 65) was created 1st Baronet Jackson aka Duckett of Hartham House in Wiltshire.
On 22nd December 1822 George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet (age 97) died. His son [his son] George (age 45) succeeded 2nd Baronet Jackson aka Duckett of Hartham House in Wiltshire.
Father: George Jackson of Hill House in Richmond in Yorkshire
George Jackson aka Duckett 1st Baronet
GrandFather: William Ward of Guisborough in Yorkshire
Mother: Hannah Ward