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: Henley
In 1753 Mary Henley Countess Ligonier was born to Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington [aged 45] and Jane Huband.
In 1764 [her father] Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington [aged 56] was created 1st Earl Northington.
In 1766 Angelica Kauffmann [aged 24] was persuaded by Baroness Wentworth [aged 13], wife of the Ambassador to Venice to accompany her to England. The identity of Baroness Wentworth is somewhat difficult. Probably Mary Henley Countess Ligonier daughter of [her father] Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington [aged 58] who subsequently married [her future husband] Thomas Noel 2nd Viscount Wentworth [aged 20] in 1788.
On 6th December 1766 [her future husband] Edward Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier [aged 26] and Penelope Pitt Viscountess Ligonier [aged 17] were married at the chapel of the British Embassy, Paris.
On 28th April 1770 Jean Louis Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier [aged 89] died unmarried. Earl Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier of Enniskillen and Baron Ligonier extinct. His nephew His nephew [her future husband] Edward [aged 30] succeeded Viscount Ligonier of Clonmell and was created Earl Ligonier albeit in the Irish peerage six years later. Penelope Pitt Viscountess Ligonier [aged 21] by marriage Countess Ligonier.
On 7th November 1771 [her future husband] Edward Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier [aged 31] and Penelope Pitt Viscountess Ligonier [aged 22] were divorced.
On 14th January 1772 [her father] Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington [aged 64] died. His son [her brother] Robert [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Earl Northington.
On 14th December 1773 Edward Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier [aged 33] and Mary Henley Countess Ligonier [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington and Jane Huband.
On 31st October 1774 Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth [aged 59] died. His son [her future husband] Thomas [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Viscount Wentworth, 10th Baron Wentworth. His son Thomas de jure 14th Baron Despencer, 7th Baronet Noel.
On 19th July 1776 [her husband] Edward Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier [aged 36] was created 1st Earl Ligonier. Mary Henley Countess Ligonier [aged 23] by marriage Countess Ligonier.
On 14th June 1782 [her husband] Edward Ligonier 1st Earl Ligonier [aged 42] died. Earl Ligonier extinct.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 7th August 1783 [her brother-in-law] Morton Eden 1st Baron Henley [aged 31] and [her sister] Elizabeth Henley Baroness Henley were married. She the daughter of [her father] Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington and [her mother] Jane Huband.
On 5th July 1786 [her brother] Robert Henley 2nd Earl Northington [aged 39] died unmarried. He was buried at St John the Evangelist Church, Winchester. Earl Northington extinct.
On 2nd February 1788 Thomas Noel 2nd Viscount Wentworth [aged 42] and Mary Henley Countess Ligonier [aged 35] were married. She the daughter of Robert Henley 1st Earl Northington and Jane Huband.
In 1799 [her brother-in-law] Morton Eden 1st Baron Henley [aged 46] was created 1st Baron Henley. [her sister] Elizabeth Henley Baroness Henley by marriage Baroness Henley.
In 1814 Mary Henley Countess Ligonier [aged 61] died.
On 17th April 1815 Thomas Noel 2nd Viscount Wentworth [aged 69] died without legitmate issue. Viscount Wentworth, Baronet Noel extinct. Baron Wentworth, Baron Despencer abeyant. His sister Judith Noel [aged 64] inherited his estates at which time her husband Ralph Milbanke aka Noel 6th Baronet [aged 67] changed his name from Milbanke to Noel by Royal Licence.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Henley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Henley
GrandFather: Anthony Henley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Every
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Every
GrandFather: John Huband 2nd Baronet
Mother: Jane Huband