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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: Astley
On 14th January 1789 [his father] Jacob Astley 5th Baronet (age 32) and [his mother] Hester Browne Lady Astley (age 21) were married.
On 13th November 1797 Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings was born to Jacob Astley 5th Baronet (age 41) and Hester Browne Lady Astley (age 29).
On 28th April 1817 [his father] Jacob Astley 5th Baronet (age 60) died. His son Jacob (age 19) succeeded 6th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton.
In 1819 Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 21) and Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 23) were married. She by marriage Lady Astley of Hill Morton.
On 21st March 1822 [his son] Jacob Henry Delaval Astley 17th Baron Hastings was born to Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 24) and [his wife] Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 26).
On 24th March 1825 [his son] Delaval Loftus Astley 18th Baron Hastings was born to Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 27) and [his wife] Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 29).
In 1826 Henry William Pickersgill (age 43). Portrait of Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 28).
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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 1835 [his wife] Georgiana Carolina Dashwood Lady Astley (age 39) died of scarlet fever at King's Bench Prison [Map].
On 18th May 1841 Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 43) abeyance terminated 16th Baron Hastings after 299 years of the title being in abeyance.
Before 1855 [his son] Delaval Loftus Astley 18th Baron Hastings (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Diana Manners-Sutton Baroness Hastings were married.
On 13th January 1855 [his mother] Hester Browne Lady Astley (age 87) died.
Before 1859. George Hayter (age 66). Portrait of Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 61).
On 27th December 1859 Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings (age 62) died. His son [his son] Jacob (age 37) succeeded 17th Baron Hastings, 7th Baronet Astley of Hill Morton.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Astley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jacob Astley 1st Baronet 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Astley 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Wodehouse 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Wodehouse Lady Astley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Cotton Lady Woodhouse 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jacob Astley 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Edward Astley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas L'Estrange 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas L'Estrange 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Lewknor Lady Strange 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas L'Estrange 4th Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy L'Estrange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Wodehouse 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wodehouse 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Cotton Lady Woodhouse 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Wodehouse Lady Strange 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Armine 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Armine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Crane
Father: Jacob Astley 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Delaval 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Delaval of North Dissington 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Selby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Delaval of South Dissington 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Grey of Bitchfield 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Blake Delaval 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Blake of Cogges
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Blake
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carr
GrandMother: Rhoda Delaval 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Apreece
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rhoda Apreece 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hussey 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hussey 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Rhoda Chapman
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Hussey 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Langham 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Langham Lady Hussey
Jacob Astley 16th Baron Hastings 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Hester Browne Lady Astley