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Joan Kirkeby was born to William Kirkeby of London and Alice Whetthill.
In or before 1504 Henry Luddington and Joan Kirkeby were married.
In 1504 [her daughter] Jane Luddington was born to [her husband] Henry Luddington and Joan Kirkeby.
In 1523 [her daughter] Anne Luddington was born to [her husband] Henry Luddington and Joan Kirkeby.
Before 1531 Henry Loddington and Joan Kirkeby were married.
In 1531 [her husband] Henry Loddington died. He had made [her future husband] William Laxton (age 31) overseer of his will. His widow Joan Kirkeby subsequently married William Laxton.
Before 1539 William Laxton (age 38) and Joan Kirkeby were married.
After April 1552 [her son-in-law] Thomas Lodge (age 43) and [her daughter] Anne Luddington (age 29) were married.
On 27th July 1556 [her husband] William Laxton (age 56) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Aldermary. [her son-in-law] Thomas Lodge (age 47) and his brother-in-law [her future son-in-law] John Machel (age 54) were principal mourners at his funeral. Both were overseer's of Laxton's will.
Before 12th August 1558 [her son-in-law] John Machel (age 56) and [her daughter] Jane Luddington (age 54) were married.
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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.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 25th May 1559. The thursday the xxv day of May master John Whyt altherman and grocer ys chyld was cristened in lytyll sant Barthelmuw be-syd sant Antonys; thes wher the god-fathers' names, my lord marques of Wynchester (age 76) now lord tresorer of England, and my lord byshope of Wynchester docthur Whytt (age 49), and the god-moder my lade Laxtun, lat the wyffe of ser [her former husband] Wylliam Laxtun latt mare of London and grocer; and after ther was waferers [wafers] and epocras grett plente; and after they whent home to the plasse, with the chyld nam(ed) John Whytt; the wyche wyff was master Raff Grenway altherman and grocer of London wyff.
On 28th April 1565 [her daughter] Jane Luddington (age 61) died.
Before 10th September 1576 Joan Kirkeby died. She was buried at Church of St Mary Aldermary.