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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.

Biography of Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet 1876-1914

Paternal Family Tree: Cholmeley of Easton

On 12th August 1874 [his father] Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet (age 34) and [his mother] Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley (age 25) were married. She by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.

On 12th June 1876 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet was born to Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet (age 36) and Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley (age 27).

From 1899, whilst in the Guards, Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 22) he was Master of the Household Brigade at, Windsor from 1899 until he went to South Africa.

On 18th April 1903 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 26) and Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley (age 25) were married.

On 14th February 1904 [his father] Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet (age 64) died. His son Montagu (age 27) succeeded 4th Baronet Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire. [his wife] Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley (age 26) by marriage Lady Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.

On 7th February 1906 [his son] Hugh John Francis Sibthorp Cholmeley 5th Baronet was born to Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 29) and [his wife] Mabel Janetta Waldo-Sibthorp Lady Cholmeley (age 28).

In 1907 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 30) was appointed Vice-President Of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society.

In 1907 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 30) entered the Kesteven County Council without opposition, and was also a member Of the Grantham Board Of Guardians and Rural District Council, and was a J.P. for the Parts of Kesteven.

On 26th December 1910 [his mother] Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley (age 62) died.

Between 1912 and 1914 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 35) was Master of the Burton Hounds.

In 1913 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 36) won the Burton Hunt Members' Race in 1913 on "Cardinal".

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 24th December 1914 Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet (age 38) was killed in action at La Bassee, Western Front whilst serving with the 3rd Battalion (RESERVE OF OFFICERS), Grenadier Guards. Germans blew up one of the trenches further along the line, so that they could fire down his line of trench. Captain Cholmeley during an attack rushed forward towards the flank of the company which was and was shot through the head and killed instantaneously. His son [his son] Hugh (age 8) succeeded 5th Baronet Cholmeley of Easton in Lincolnshire.

Royal Ancestors of Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet 1876-1914

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet 1876-1914

Great x 2 Grandfather: Montague Cholmeley of Easton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Montague Cholmeley 1st Baronet

GrandFather: Montague Cholmeley 2nd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Harrison

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrison Lady Cholmeley

Father: Hugh Cholmeley 3rd Baronet 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke St Albans Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Vere Beauclerk 1st Baron de Vere Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Diana Vere Duchess St Albans 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Aubrey Beauclerk 5th Duke St Albans Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Chambers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Chambers Baroness Spencer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Berkeley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Beauclerk 8th Duke St Albans 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 2nd Earl Bessborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Margetson 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Ponsonby Duchess St Albans 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Cavendish Countess Bessborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

GrandMother: Georgiana Beauclerk Lady Cholmeley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Nelthorpe of Little Grimsby Hall in Lincolnshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maria Janetta Nelthorpe Duchess St Albans

Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley 4th Baronet 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral William Rowley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Admiral Joshua Rowley 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Rowley 2nd Baronet

GrandFather: Charles Robert Rowley 4th Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Admiral Robert Harland 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susanna Edith Harland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Susanna Reynold

Mother: Edith Sophia Rowley Lady Cholmeley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Joshua Vanneck 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Joshua Vanneck 1st Baron Huntingfield

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Daubuz

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Anne Daubuz Lady Vanneck

Great x 1 Grandfather: Joshua Vanneck 2nd Baron Huntingfield

GrandMother: Maria Louisa Vanneck