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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 1485 Lettice Peniston was born.
In 1505 [her daughter] Mary Knollys was born to [her future husband] Robert Knollys (age 24) and Lettice Peniston (age 20).
Around 1510 Robert Knollys (age 29) and Lettice Peniston (age 25) were married.
Around 1512 [her son] Francis Knollys was born to [her husband] Robert Knollys (age 31) and Lettice Peniston (age 27) at Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire.
Around 1516 [her daughter] Joan Knollys was born to [her husband] Robert Knollys (age 35) and Lettice Peniston (age 31).
In or before 1520 [her future husband] Thomas Tresham (age 20) and Mary Parr (age 19) were married. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1521 [her husband] Robert Knollys (age 40) died. He was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.
After 1521 Robert Lee (age 38) and Lettice Peniston (age 36) were married.
Around 1536 [her son-in-law] Charles Wingfield (age 23) and [her daughter] Joan Knollys (age 20) were married.
In 1539 [her husband] Robert Lee (age 56) died.
On 26th April 1540 [her son] Francis Knollys (age 28) and [her daughter-in-law] Catherine Carey (age 16) were married.
In or before 1551 [her son] Benedict Lee and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Pakington were married.
Before 10th July 1557 Lettice Peniston (age 72) died.
Before 10th July 1557 Thomas Tresham (age 57) and Lettice Peniston (age 72) were married.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 10th July 1557. The x day of July was bered at Peterborow [Map] my lade Tressam (age 72), with iiij baners, and a herse of wax, (blank) torchys, and a iiij dossen of skochyons.
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.
On 8th March 1559 [her former husband] Thomas Tresham (age 59) died. His grandson Thomas Tresham (age 16) inherited Rushton Hall who enclosed the park, and constructed the surviving Triangular Lodge (1594-7) and the Hawkfield Tower (1593-8) which does not survive. He also made alterations to the house, and began the construction of Lyvedon New Bield with its extensive formal gardens, around 15km east-north-east of Rushton.
[her son] Benedict Lee was born to Robert Lee and Lettice Peniston.
[her son] Henry Knollys was born to Robert Knollys and Lettice Peniston.