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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: Russell
On 31st January 1888 [his father] Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 29) and [his mother] Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 22) were married at Barrackpore. He the son of [his grandfather] Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 68) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 69).
On 21st December 1888 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford was born to Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 30) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 23).
Around 1900 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 11) educated at Eton College [Map].
Around 1904 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 15) graduated at Balliol College, Oxford University.
In November 1914 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 25) and Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford were married. He the son of Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 56) and Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 49).
On 24th May 1917 [his son] John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford was born to Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 28) and [his wife] Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.
On 2nd September 1920 [his daughter] Daphne Crommelin Russell was born to Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 31) and [his wife] Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.
In 1923 [his son] Hugh Hastings Russell was born to Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 34) and [his wife] Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.
On 22nd March 1937 [his mother] Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford (age 71) died in a plane crash.
On 6th April 1939 [his son] John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford (age 21) and [his daughter-in-law] Clare Bridgman (age 36) were married. His father Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 50) disinherited him as a consequence. He the son of Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford and [his wife] Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.
On 27th August 1940 [his father] Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford (age 82) died. His son Hastings (age 51) succeeded 12th Duke Bedford, 12th Marquess Tavistock, 16th Earl Bedford, 16th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 14th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 12th Baron Howland of Streatham. [his wife] Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 13th February 1947 [his son] John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford (age 29) were married. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 61). He the son of Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 58) and [his wife] Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.
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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 9th October 1953 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 64) died. His son [his son] John (age 36) succeeded 13th Duke Bedford, 13th Marquess Tavistock, 17th Earl Bedford, 17th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 15th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 13th Baron Howland of Streatham. [his daughter-in-law] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford (age 35) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 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 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Russell 4th Duke Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Russell 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Russell 6th Duke Bedford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keppel Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Russell 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Byng 3rd Viscount Torrington
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Elizabeth Byng 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boyle 5th Earl Cork 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Boyle Viscountess Torrington 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Rawdon 1st Earl Moira
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Theophilus Rawdon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theophilus Hastings 9th Earl Huntingdon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Countess Moira 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Selina Shirley Countess Huntingdon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Anne Rawdon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Father: Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John West 1st Earl De La Warr 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John West 2nd Earl De La Warr 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Maccarthy Baroness De La Warr 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John West 4th Earl De La Warr 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke Dorset 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sackville 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Colyear Duchess Dorset
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Leveson-Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johnathan Cope 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Cope 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Arabella Howard 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bisshopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Bisshopp Countess Liverpool 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
GrandFather: Walter Tribe