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Paternal Family Tree: Bridgeman
On 9th December 1649 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet was born to Bishop John Bridgeman (age 72).
On 11th November 1652 [his father] Bishop John Bridgeman (age 75) died at Moreton, Shropshire. He was buried at Kinnerley, Shropshire.
After 1661 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 11) educated at Westminster School [Map].
After 1663 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 13) educated at Magdalene College aka Buckingham, Cambridge University.
In 1669 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 19) was elected MP Horsham.
In 1669 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 19) educated at Inner Temple.
On 28th September 1670 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 20) and Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman (age 16) were married. He the son of Bishop John Bridgeman.
On 12th November 1673 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Bridgeman of Ridley in Cheshire. [his wife] Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman (age 19) by marriage Lady Bridgeman of Ridley in Cheshire.
On 27th April 1678 Orlando Bridgeman 2nd Baronet was born to Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 28) and Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman (age 24). He married 1685 Susanna Dashwood Lady Bridgeman, daughter of Francis Dashwood 1st Baronet and Mary Jennings.
After 1685 [his son] Orlando Bridgeman 2nd Baronet (age 6) and [his daughter-in-law] Susanna Dashwood Lady Bridgeman were married. She by marriage Lady Bridgeman of Ridley in Cheshire.
In 1696 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
On 22nd July 1700 [his son-in-law] Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 45) and [his daughter] Penelope Bridgeman were married at Chelsea. He the son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (age 80) and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.
On 20th April 1701 Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet (age 51) died. His sonOrlando (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bridgeman of Ridley in Cheshire.
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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.
Around June 1701 [his former wife] Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman (age 47) died.
Penelope Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet and Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman. She married 22nd July 1700 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington, son of Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford and Diana Russell Countess Bradford.
Unknown Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 1st Baronet and Mary Cave Lady Bridgeman.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Bridgeman
GrandFather: Thomas Bridgeman
Father: Bishop John Bridgeman