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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.
Maternal Family Tree: Maud Vaux 1569
In 1591 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 21) and [her mother] Katherine Darcy (age 20) were married. They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Around 1592 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 22) and Katherine Darcy (age 21).
In 1609 Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 30) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 17) were married. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
In 1610 [her daughter] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 31) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 18).
On 6th April 1612 [her son] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 33) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 20).
In 1614 [her daughter] Anne Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 35) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 22).
In 1616 [her son] Henry Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 37) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 24).
In 1616 [her son] Francis Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 37) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 24).
In 1617 [her son] Francis Stewart (age 1) died.
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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 1617 [her daughter] Frances Stewart Countess Portland was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 38) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 25).
In 1618 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart died.
In 1618 [her daughter] Margaret Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 39) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26).
On 17th July 1618 [her son] George Stewart 9th Seigneur D'Aubigny was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 39) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26).
On 14th October 1618 [her father] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 48) stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter Katherine (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire. According to a letter from Reverend Thomas Lorkin the date was the 5th of October and the location "at his lodgings in Holborn" - see Letter.
In 1619 [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 40) was created 1st Earl March. Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 27) by marriage Countess March.
On 14th October 1619 [her son] Cardinal Ludovic Stewart 10th Lord Aubigny was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 40) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 27) at March House.
On 16th June 1621 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 46) and Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 42) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 23rd October 1621 [her son] John Stewart was born to [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 42) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 29).
In 1623 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 48) was created 1st Duke Richmond, 1st Earl Newcastle upon Tyne by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 56). Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 44) by marriage Duchess Richmond.
On 16th February 1624 [her brother-in-law] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 49) died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Richmond and Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. His brother [her husband] Esmé (age 45) succeeded 3rd Duke Lennox. Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 32) by marriage Duchess Lennox.
On 30th July 1624 [her husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son [her son] James (age 12) succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.
On 7th March 1626 [her son-in-law] Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk (age 17) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 34). He the son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk (age 40) and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk (age 41). They were half fifth cousins.
In 1627 James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 23) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Strabane. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn and Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn (age 44).
In 1628 [her son-in-law] Archibald Douglas 1st Earl Ormonde 12th Earl Angus (age 19) and [her daughter] Anne Stewart (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 36). He the son of William Douglas 1st Marquess Douglas (age 39) and Margaret Hamilton Countess Angus. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1632 [her son] Henry Stewart (age 16) died.
On 10th June 1632 [her son-in-law] Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland (age 26) and [her daughter] Frances Stewart Countess Portland (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 40). He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland (age 55) and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland (age 55).
Around 1635 [her son] James Hamilton was born to [her husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 31) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 43).
Around 1636 [her son] George Hamilton 3rd Earl Abercorn was born to [her husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 32) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 44).
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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.
In August 1637 [her mother] Katherine Darcy (age 66) died.
On 3rd August 1637 [her son] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 35). He the son of [her former husband] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
Before 17th September 1637 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45) died. She was buried on 17th September 1637. Her son [her son] James (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1670 [her former husband] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 66) died. His son [her son] George (age 34) succeeded 3rd Earl Abercorn. His brother [her former brother-in-law] Claud succeeded 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane.
[her son] William Hamilton was born to James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox.
[her son] Bernard Stewart was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox.
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Great x 2 Grandfather: John Clifton of Walsingham Parva
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Clifton of Barrington
GrandFather: John Clifton
Father: Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Denise or Cecily Vaughan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Darcy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Darcy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Scrope 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Langton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Langton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tempest
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Tempest
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
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Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Henry Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Carew 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Hoo 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Oxenbridge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Katherine Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fermor
GrandMother: Katherine Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Vaux