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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: Montagu
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Sheppard 1617
In 1712 [her father] Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 33) and [her mother] Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 22) were married after they eloped together to avoid her marriage to Clotworthy Skeffington 4th Viscount Massereene. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull (age 57) and [her grandmother] Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull.
In February 1718 Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute was born to Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 39) and Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 28) at Constantinople aka Istanbul, Turkey where her father was Ambassador.
On 28th January 1723 James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute (age 27) died. His son [her future husband] John (age 9) succeeded 3rd Earl Bute. Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 4) by marriage Countess Bute.
Around 1730 Charles Jervas (age 55). Portrait of Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 11).
Around 20th August 1736 John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 23) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 18) were married. He the son of James Stuart 2nd Earl Bute and Anne Campbell Countess Bute (age 50). They were fifth cousins.
Around 1741 [her daughter] Mary Stuart Countess Lonsdale was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 27) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 22).
On 30th June 1744 [her son] John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 31) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 26) at Mount Stuart House.
In 1745 [her daughter] Anne Stuart was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 31) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 26).
On 19th September 1747 [her son] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 34) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 29).
Around 1748 [her daughter] Jane Stuart was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 34) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 29).
In 1751 [her son] Frederick Stuart was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 37) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 32).
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.
In January 1753 [her son] Charles Stuart was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 39) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 34).
In March 1755 [her son] William Stuart was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 41) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 37).
On 12th August 1757 [her daughter] Louisa Stuart was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 44) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 39).
On 22nd January 1761 [her father] Edward Wortley-Montagu (age 82) died.
On 7th September 1761 [her son-in-law] James Lowther 1st Earl Lonsdale (age 25) and [her daughter] Mary Stuart Countess Lonsdale (age 20) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 48) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 43).
In 21st August 1762 [her mother] Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont (age 73) died.
Before 1763 [her daughter] Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington was born to [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 49) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 44).
On 2nd July 1764 [her son-in-law] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 21) and [her daughter] Anne Stuart (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 51) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 46). He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland (age 48) and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland (age 47). They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 12th November 1766 [her son] John Stuart 1st Marquis of the Isle of Bute (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Charlotte Jane Windsor Marchioness Bute (age 20) were married. He the son of [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 53) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 48). They were half fifth cousin once removed.
On 8th June 1767 [her son] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Margaret Cunynghame (age 21) were married. He the son of [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 54) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 49).
On 19th April 1778 [her son] Charles Stuart (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Louisa Bertie were married. He the son of [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 64) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 60). They were fifth cousins.
Before 23rd May 1779 [her son-in-law] Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland (age 36) and [her daughter] Anne Stuart (age 34) were divorced.
Before 1781 [her son-in-law] John Dawson 1st Earl Portarlington (age 36) and [her daughter] Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 67) and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 62).
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 10th March 1792 [her husband] John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 78) died. His son [her son] John (age 47) succeeded 4th Earl Bute. [her daughter-in-law] Charlotte Jane Windsor Marchioness Bute (age 46) by marriage Countess Bute.
On 6th November 1794 Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (age 76) died.
After 6th November 1794. Church of St Leonard, Wortley [Map]. Memorial to Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute (deceased).
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper
Great x 2 Grandfather: Sidney Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pepys of Cottenham
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pepys of Impington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Paulina Pepys
GrandFather: Sidney Wortley-Montagu 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crew
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Crew
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Crew 1st Baron Crew
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Temperance Bray
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Higham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Higham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Yelverton
Father: Edward Wortley-Montagu 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
GrandFather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe
Mother: Mary Wortley-Montagu née Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Basil Feilding of Newnham Paddock in Monk's Kirby in Warwickshire
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aston
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rawson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Read of Osterley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Read
GrandMother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 1st Baron Hunsdon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Morgan Baroness Hunsdon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cranfield
Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 2 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheppard