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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: St Leger
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Darcy 1425-1525
John St Leger was born to George St Leger and Anne Knyvet.
Before 4th June 1535 John St Leger and Catherine Neville (age 15) were married. The date confirmed by the mentioned in her father's will that they were married. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny (age 66). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 4th June 1535 [his father-in-law] George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny (age 66) made his will. It was proved on 4th July 1536. In summary:
To be buried at Birling, Kent
Executors to pay his debts and have wardship of Thomas Fenys (Fiennes) Lord Dacre (age 20), John Semptleiger esq (married to his daughter [his wife] Katherine Nevill (age 15)), John Chayny (age 22), son and heir of Thomas Chayny (age 50), kt, and William Broke (age 7), esq, son and heir of George Broke (age 38), kt, Lord Cobham.
1,000 marks towards marriage of youngest daughter [his sister-in-law] Ursula (age 7).
Executors to levy (1) 1,000 marks to indemnify testator's friends and servants standing bound to the king for the wardship and marriage of Thomas [Fiennes] Lord Dacre, (2) £900 to discharge bonds made on marriage between William Broke and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Nevill (age 10).
Executors: Henry Poole (age 43), kt, Lord Montagu, George Neville's brothers Thomas (age 60) and Edward (age 64) Nevill, kts, Thomas Willoughbye (age 49), kt, serjeant-at-law, and John Baker esq, recorder of London; to hold all property in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and London to uses declared in his will.
Annuity of £20 to George Nevill, son of Sir Edward Nevill.
Financial provision for his daughters in case of non-marriage or second marriages.
In default of male issue of testator's brother Sir Thomas Nevill, his daughter, George Neville's niece Margaret Nevill (age 15), to hold for life the manors of Mereworth and West Peckham in Kent and 'the olde hay', with advowsons of Mereworth and Maplecombe, Kent and lands and tenements called Plaine Hamons; if she marries Gregory Cromewell [probably Gregory Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell Oakham (age 15), who she didn't marry], gent, he is to have use of these properties for life, with remainder to George Neville and his heirs
George Neville's debts to Lord Mountague to be paid; £60 to be paid to use of his servant James Barham; grant for lives to his present (and 4th) wife Mary Broke otherwise Mary Cobham and her unborn child by George Neville of the manors of Whalesbeech, Beverington Randeviles [Rodmell Beverington] and Grymers, Sussex.
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In 1536 [his father] George St Leger (age 51) died at Slindon West Sussex.
In 1544 John St Leger was knighted.
Around 1558 [his mother] Anne Knyvet (age 66) died.
In 1560 John St Leger was appointed High Sheriff of Devon.
Around 18th December 1565 [his wife] Catherine Neville (age 45) died.
In 1594 John St Leger died.
[his daughter] Margaret St Leger was born to John St Leger and Catherine Neville.
[his daughter] Eulalia St Leger was born to John St Leger and Catherine Neville.
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.
[his daughter] Frances St Leger was born to John St Leger and Catherine Neville.
[his daughter] Mary St Leger was born to John St Leger and Catherine Neville.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph St Leger
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arnold St Leger 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Charleton 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: James St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Donet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Donet
Father: George St Leger 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde
Great x 2 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Anne Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hankford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristina Unknown
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Francis
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury
John St Leger 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Botetort
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Knyvet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clifton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Knyvet
GrandFather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Grey 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Astley 4th Baron Astley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Willoughby Baroness Astley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Grey 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Anne Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tyrrell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Tyrrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: John or Edmund Flambard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Flambard
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Coggeshall
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Coggeshall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Eleanor Coggeshall
GrandMother: Eleanor Tyrrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Darcy
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tyrrell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tyrrell
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Darcy