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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Alington
In June 1499 Giles Alington was born to Giles Alington (age 16).
On 23rd June 1509 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 17) created Knights of the Bath ...
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 26)
Henry Scrope 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 27)
George Fitzhugh 7th Baron Fitzhugh (age 23)
William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy (age 31)
Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 15)
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham (age 39)
Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 16)
Maurice Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley (age 42)
Thomas Knyvet (age 24)
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 42)
Thomas Parr (age 26)
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde (age 32)
Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer (age 29)
Henry Ughtred 6th Baron Ughtred
Francis Cheney (age 28)
Henry Wyatt (age 49)
George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 22)
Sir Thomas Metham of Metham, Yorkshire
Sir Thomas Bedingfield
John Shelton (age 32)
Either [his father] Giles Alington (age 26) or his son Giles Alington (age 10).
Sir John Trevanion
Sir William Crowmer
Sir John Heydon of Baconsthorpe in Norfolk
Henry Sacheverell (age 34).
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In 1515 Giles Alington (age 15) and Ursula Drury were married.
In 1520 [his son] Robert Alington was born to Giles Alington (age 20) and [his wife] Ursula Drury.
On 25th April 1522 [his father] Giles Alington (age 39) died.
In 1523 [his wife] Ursula Drury died.
Around 1524 Giles Alington (age 24) and Alice Middleton (age 23) were married.
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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 11th November 1530 Giles Alington (age 31) was knighted by Henry VIII (age 39) at Whitehall Palace [Map].
Around 1535 [his son] Richard Alington was born to Giles Alington (age 35) and [his wife] Alice Middleton (age 34).
Before 22nd May 1552 [his son] Robert Alington (age 32) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Coningsby (age 29) were married.
On 22nd May 1552 [his son] Robert Alington (age 32) died.
A Chronicle of the Coronations of the Queens Regnand of England. [1st October 1553] First, there came riding in on two goodly coursers, the Earl of Derby (age 44), High Steward of Englandb, and with him the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England, with his rod, who were both richly apparelled, and their horses trapped according to their estate.
Then the Earl of Sussex (age 46), sewarc.
Then the Earl of Worcester (age 27), carver, received the said service, and gave the saie (assay).
Then after, the Queen's Majesty's service was brought unto her Highness's board, only the water brought for her Grace in this manner.
There went before the said basons of water divers Sergeants of Anns with their maces.
The Queen's Majesty washed, and after her Highness went unto her seat royal under the cloth of state to dinner.
The Earl of Shrewsbury (age 53) standing by her Grace as assistant on the right hand, and the Bishop of Durham on the left hand.
Then sat on the right hand of the Queen's table the Bishop of Winchester, at her Highness's warde [command], and the Lady Elizabeth (age 20), her Grace, and the Lady Anne of Cleves (age 38), on the left handd, and had their service.
Then four swords, being holden before her Majesty all the dinner-time.
Then the first cup that the Queen's Majesty drunk was brought to her by Sir Giles Alington (age 54), which he had for his fee, and thereby he held the lands of Argentine.
The table in the Hall furnished.
Imprimis, then was placed at the table in the middest the Hall, Ambassadors, Bishops, Justices, Knights, and Squires.
Item, there was placed at the table on the right hand of the same hall. Barons of the Cinq Ports, Councillors and Clerks of the Chancery.
Theen there was placed at the left hand of the said hall, the Mayor of London with his brethren the Aldermen, and other notable persons, and commoners, and others.
Note b. Noailles calls him High Constable, by mistake — Edward, third Earl of Derby, was one of the most magnificent noblemen of his day. He came to this coronation as High Steward of England, attended by a train of fourscore in velvet and upwards of two hundred in livery.
Note c. Strype says the young Earl of Surrey (age 17) was doer (?) under the Duke of Norfolk his grandsire; the Lord Bergaveny chief lardiner; and the Lord Windsor served "in another great office."
Note d. Noailles says "assez loingtaines." i.e. "quite far off."
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Around 11th January 1554 [his son-in-law] Thomas Browne of Flamberds in Essex and [his daughter] Joan Alington were married.
In January 1562 [his son] Richard Alington (age 27) died of smallpox in Long Melford, Suffolk [Map].
In 1563 [his wife] Alice Middleton (age 62) died.
On 22nd August 1586 Giles Alington (age 87) died.
[his daughter] Joan Alington was born to Giles Alington and Ursula Drury.
GrandFather: William Alington
Father: Giles Alington