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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: Harris
In 1777 [his father] James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury (age 30) and [his mother] Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury (age 16) were married.
On 19th August 1778 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury was born to James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury (age 32) and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury (age 17).
In 1802 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 23) was elected MP Helston.
In 1804 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 25) was elected MP Horsham.
On 17th June 1806 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 27) and Harriet Susan Dashwood (age 23) were married. He the son of James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury (age 60) and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury (age 45).
In 1807 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 28) was elected MP Heytesbury.
On 25th March 1807 [his son] James Harris 3rd Earl Malmesbury was born to James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 28) and [his wife] Harriet Susan Dashwood (age 24).
On 20th May 1808 [his son] Admiral Edward Harris was born to James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 29) and [his wife] Harriet Susan Dashwood (age 25).
On 4th September 1815 [his wife] Harriet Susan Dashwood (age 32) died. Memorial in Christchurch Priory [Map] sculpted by John Flaxman (age 60).
Harriet Susan Dashwood: In 1783 she was born to Francis Bateman Dashwood. On 17th June 1806 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury and she were married. He the son of James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury and Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury.
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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 1816 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 37) was elected MP Wilton.
On 21st November 1820 [his father] James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury (age 74) died. His son James (age 42) succeeded 2nd Earl Malmesbury, 2nd Viscount Fitz-Harris of Hurn Court in Hampshire, 2nd Baron Malmesbury.
On 13th May 1830 [his son] James Harris 3rd Earl Malmesbury (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Corisande Emma Bennet Countess Malmesbury (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Malmesbury. She the daughter of Charles Augustus Bennet 5th Earl Tankerville (age 54) and Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène Gramont Countess Tankerville (age 47). He the son of James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 51) and [his former wife] Harriet Susan Dashwood.
On 20th August 1830 [his mother] Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury (age 69) died.
On 10th September 1841 James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury (age 63) died. His son [his son] James (age 34) succeeded 3rd Earl Malmesbury, 3rd Viscount Fitz-Harris of Hurn Court in Hampshire, 3rd Baron Malmesbury.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 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 10 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Harris
GrandFather: James Harris 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooper 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1st Earl Shaftesbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Ashley Lady Cooper
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 2nd Earl Shaftesbury 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cecil 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Manners Countess Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: James Harris 1st Earl Malmesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Clarke of Sanford in Somerset
GrandMother: Elizabeth Clarke
James Edward Harris 2nd Earl Malmesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: George Amyand 1st Baronet
Mother: Harriet Maria Amyand Countess Malmesbury
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Abraham Korteen
GrandMother: Anna Maria Korteen Lady Amyand