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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Phipps aka Waller
On 27th July 1917 John Stanier Waller 7th Baronet was born to [his father] Stanier Edmund William Waller (age 35).
On 1st May 1923 [his father] Stanier Edmund William Waller (age 41) died.
On 7th August 1954 Edmund Waller 6th Baronet (age 82) died. His first cousin once removed John (age 37) succeeded 7th Baronet Waller of Braywick Lodge in Berkshire.
In 1962 John Stanier Waller 7th Baronet (age 44) had inherited a £250,000 trust fund from Lady Viola Waller [probably Viola le Sueur Lady Waller althouigh most sources describe "Lady Viola" as his cousin?]; however, the full sum was under condition that he would produce a male heir who reaches the age oif ten, otherwise he would enjoy only the interest from the capital, and the fortune would subsequently be donated to charity.
On 21st May 1964 the engagement of John Stanier Waller 7th Baronet (age 46) and Brigitte St John aka Brigitte Bond (age 20) was announced. The arrangement was quickly called off when Waller learned that as a trans woman Brigitte could not bear him an heir.
In 1974 John Stanier Waller 7th Baronet (age 56) and Anne Eileen Mileham were married. They had a daughter.
On 22nd January 1995 John Stanier Waller 7th Baronet (age 77) died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Baronet Waller of Braywick Lodge in Berkshire extinct.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Phipps
Great x 3 Grandfather: Joshua Phipps
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Allen
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Allen
Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend Ernest Adolphus Waller
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Slack of Braywick Lodge, Berkshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Slack
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Phipps
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Maria Phipps
GrandFather: Colonel Stanier Waller
Father: Stanier Edmund William Waller