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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Philippe Thornbury 1431-1485
In or before 1500 [his father] Thomas Isley (age 13) and [his mother] Elizabeth Guildford (age 11) were married.
Around 1500 Henry Isley was born to Thomas Isley (age 14) and Elizabeth Guildford (age 12).
In 1512 [his mother] Elizabeth Guildford (age 24) died.
In 1520 [his father] Thomas Isley (age 34) died.
Around 1530 Henry Isley (age 30) and Cecily Cromer (age 20) were married.
In 1542 Henry Isley (age 42) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
In 1550 Henry Isley (age 50) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
On 22nd January 1554 the conspirators met at Allington Castle [Map].
Henry Isley (age 54) attended.
On 28th January 1554 the Battle of Hartley was fought at Hartley Sevenoaks, Kent between a rebel force of Wyatt's Rebellion led by Henry Isley (age 54) and a loyal royalist force led by Henry Neville 6th and 4th Baron Abergavenny (age 24) and Robert Southwell (age 48). The rebels were defeated. Rebel Anthony Knyvet (age 37) fought and was captured.
After 22nd February 1554 Henry Isley (deceased) was hanged, drawn and quartered. His head was sent to Maidstone, Kent [Map].
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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.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 26th January 1554. The xxvj day of January began wachyng at evere gatt in arness, for tydyngs cam the sam tym to the quen and her consell that ser Thomas Wyatt (age 33), ser George Harper, ser Hare Ysseley (age 54), master Cobam, and master Rudston (age 39), and master Knevetts (age 37), and dyvers odur gentyllmen and commons, wher up, and tha say because the prynche of Spayne (age 26) commyng in to have owre quen (age 37), for they kepe Rochaster castell [Map] and the bryge and odur plases.
Note. P. 52. Sir Thomas Wyatt. A copious narrative of Wyatt's rebellion, together with the letters written by the duke of Norfolk, lord Cobham, and others, to the Privy Council, on the occasion, (from the originals in the State Paper Office,) will be found in Cruden's History of Gravesend, 1842, 8vo. pp. 172 et seq.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 3rd February 1554. The iij day of Feybruarii was a proclamacyon that who so ever do take ser Thomas Wyatt (age 33), exsept Harper, Ysseley (age 54), and Rudston (age 39), shuld have C. lb. land to ym and ys heirs for ever.
Before 14th May 1561 [his former wife] Cecily Cromer (age 51) died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 14th May 1561. The xiiij day of May, was Assensyon evyn, was bered in sant Pulkers parryche my [his former wife] lade Esley (age 51) the wyfg of ser Henre Hesley knyght, of Kentt, the wyche he cam in with sir Thomas Wyett knyght by quen Mare('s) days, and he was hangyd and drane and quartered, and ys hed sent unto Maydston [Map], and set a-pone (blank) and she had nothyng done for here, butt master Skammeler (age 41) mad a sermon for here - the byshope of Peterborow,
Father: Thomas Isley
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Guildford
GrandFather: Richard Guildford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Waller
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Waller
Mother: Elizabeth Guildford
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Pympe
GrandMother: Ann Pympe
Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippe Thornbury