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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Paternal Family Tree: Pratt
In 1785 [his father] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 26) and [his mother] Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 29) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden (age 71) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Jeffreys.
On 2nd May 1799 George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden was born to [his father] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 40) and [his mother] Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 43).
In 1812 [his father] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 53) was created 1st Marquess Camden, 1st Earl Brecknock. [his mother] Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 56) by marriage Marchioness Camden.
On 7th July 1829 [his mother] Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden (age 73) died at Bayham Abbey, Tunbridge Wells [Map].
On 27th August 1835 George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden (age 36) and Harriet Murray Marchioness Camden (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Bishop George Murray (age 51) and Sarah Hay-Drummond (age 47). He the son of John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 76) and Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden.
On 30th June 1840 [his son] John Charles Pratt 3rd Marquess Camden was born to George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden (age 41) and [his wife] Harriet Murray Marchioness Camden (age 27) at Belgrave Square, Belgravia. He married after 6th August 1866 Clementina Augusta Spencer-Churchill Countess Camden, daughter of George Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke of Marlborough and Charlotte Augusta Flower Duchess of Marlborough, and had issue.
On 8th October 1840 [his father] John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden (age 81) died in Seale, Surrey. His son George (age 41) succeeded 2nd Marquess Camden, 2nd Earl Brecknock, 3rd Earl Camden, 3rd Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey in Kent, 3rd Baron Camden of Camden Place in Kent. [his wife] Harriet Murray Marchioness Camden (age 27) by marriage Marchioness Camden.
In 1846 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 26) appointed Knights of the Garter:
700th. George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden (age 46).
701st. Richard Seymour-Conway 4th Marquess Hertford (age 45).
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.'
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On 22nd December 1854 [his wife] Harriet Murray Marchioness Camden (age 41) died.
In 1865 George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden (age 65) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.
On 6th August 1866 George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden (age 67) died at his country seat Bayham Abbey, Tunbridge Wells [Map]. His son John (age 26) succeeded 3rd Marquess Camden, 3rd Earl Brecknock, 4th Earl Camden, 4th Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey in Kent, 4th Baron Camden of Camden Place in Kent.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 29 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pratt
GrandFather: Charles Pratt 1st Earl Camden
Father: John Jeffreys Pratt 1st Marquess Camden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Watkin Jeffreys of Baillie Cwmdwr in Breconshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jeffrey Jeffreys
Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Jeffreys of The Priory Breconshire
GrandMother: Elizabeth Jeffreys
George Pratt 2nd Marquess Camden 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hender Molesworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Molesworth 2nd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Molesworth 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Wise
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Molesworth 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arscott of Tetcott in Devon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth
GrandFather: William Molesworth 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Morice
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Morice 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prideaux
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Morice 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Reynell of Ogwell in Devon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Reynell Lady Morice
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bennett
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Morice Lady Molesworth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Herbert 5th Earl Pembroke 2nd Earl Montgomery 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Villiers Countess Pembroke and Montgomery 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Herbert Lady Morice 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sawyer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Sawyer Countess Pembroke and Montgomery
Mother: Frances Molesworth Marchioness Camden 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England