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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.
Before 1507 [his father] Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable (age 37) and [his mother] Anne Wood aka Wode were married.
Around 1507 John Astley was born to Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable (age 38) and Anne Wood aka Wode. His mother was the sister of Elizabeth Wood aka Wode who was married to James Boleyn (age 14) who was uncle to Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 6).
On or after 18th August 1512 [his mother] Anne Wood aka Wode died in childbirth whilst visiting her sister Elizabeth at Blickling, Norfolk. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial brass to Anne Wood aka Wode depicted holding the two male and female twins that she died giving birth to. The inscription:
Pray for the soul of Anne from Wode, the second wife of [his father] Thomas Astley of Melton Constable (age 43), Esquire, who on the feast day of Saint Agapitus the Martyr gave birth to a male and a female child, and after the peril of childbirth, suddenly departed to the Lord in the year one thousand five hundred and twelve of Christ.
Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a Anne a wode ux[oris] s[e]cu[n]de Tho[m]e Asteley de Melton Constable. Armig[eri], que in die s[an]c[t]i Agapiti Martyris masculu[m] et femella[m] ad partu[m] pep[er]it et post pariendi p[er]iculu[m] subito migravit ad Domi[num] A[nn]o M[illensim]o benignissimi Vo XIIo Xpi.
Anne Wood aka Wode: she was born to John Wood aka Wode. Before 1507 Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable and she were married.
Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable: In 1469 he was born. On 19th October 1543 he died.
On 19th October 1543 [his father] Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable (age 74) died.
In 1545 John Astley (age 38) and Katherine "Kat" Champernowne (age 43) were married.
In 1554 John Astley (age 47) was in Padua.
In December 1558 John Astley (age 51) was appointed Master of the Jewel House. [his wife] Katherine "Kat" Champernowne (age 56) was appointed Chief Lady of the Bedchamber.
In August 1564 Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 30) visited Cambridge University accompanied by William Howard 1st Baron Howard (age 54) and William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley (age 43). William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
John Astley (age 57) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
On 10th August 1564 Edward Manners 3rd Earl of Rutland (age 15) was created Master of Arts: Cambridge University.
All About History Books
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.
After 1565 John Astley (age 58) and Margaret Grey were married.
On 18th July 1565 [his wife] Katherine "Kat" Champernowne (age 63) died. She was buried in All Saints Church, Maidstone.
Around 1568 John Astley (age 61) was granted the castle and manor of Allington, Kent.
In or before 1579 [his son-in-law] Thomas Knatchbull and [his daughter] Eleanor Astley were married.
Around July 1595 John Astley (age 88) died in Maidstone, Kent [Map]. He was buried in All Saints Church, Maidstone.
[his daughter] Eleanor Astley was born to John Astley and Margaret Grey.
[his son] John Astley was born to John Astley and Margaret Grey.
Father: Thomas Astley of Hilmorton and Melton Constable
GrandFather: John Wood aka Wode
Mother: Anne Wood aka Wode