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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: Bridgeman
On 5th March 1818 [his father] George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 28) and [his mother] Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford (age 27) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford (age 55) and [his grandmother] Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford (age 51).
On 24th April 1819 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford was born to George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 29) and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford (age 28).
On 12th October 1842 [his mother] Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford (age 52) died.
On 20th April 1844 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 24) and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford were married. He the son of George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 54) and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1845 [his son] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 25) and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
In 1846 [his son] Francis Charles Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 26) and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
The London Gazette 21397. St, James's-Palace, December 30, 1852. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (age 41), to be Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable Orlando-George-Charles-Bridgeman (age 33), Viscount Newport, resigned.
In 1859 [his daughter] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 39) and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
On 22nd March 1865 [his father] George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford (age 75) died. His son Orlando (age 45) succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 4th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 8th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 7th September 1869 [his son] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough (age 56) and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. He the son of Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 50) and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. They were second cousin once removed.
On 5th November 1881 [his son-in-law] Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 35) and [his daughter] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 62) and [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. He the son of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood (age 57) and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh. They were third cousins.
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.
The London Gazette 25486. Whitehall, July 1, 1885. The Queen (age 66) has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing the Right Honourable Orlando George Charles (age 66), Earl of Bradford, to be Master of the Horse to Her Majesty.
On 27th July 1885 [his sister-in-law] Anne Weld-Forester Countess Chesterfield (age 82) died.
In November 1894 [his wife] Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford died.
On 12th March 1898 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford (age 78) died at Weston Park, Staffordshire. His son [his son] George (age 53) succeeded 4th Earl Bradford, 4th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 5th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 9th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [his daughter-in-law] Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 49) by marriage Countess Bradford.
[his daughter] Mabel Selina Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. My girlhood's friend, the Marquis of Granby, was very much in love with his cousin, Miss Forester, but as his father did not approve of cousins marrying, Lord Granby promised the Duke not to think of her as a wife. Miss Forester married the Earl of Bradford, but she and Granby indulged in a very romantic flirtation after her marriage, both posing as the unfortunate victims of a stern father's caprice. Lady Bradford did not like me and always snubbed me as much as she dared. One day at Melton I met her at Egerton Lodge when she was uncommonly disagreeable. Lady Wilton asked me to play and of course I willing complied. Lady Bradford and Jim Macdonald were sitting near the pianoforte, and under cover of the music I heard the heroine of Granby's blighted love affair say in languishing tones, "Oh, Jim, whenever I meet you I always take off my wedding ring and forget I'm married". Of course I was highly amused, and the next time I met Lady Bradford with Granby in attendance I could not resist saying quite innocently, "Oh, Lady Bradford, what did you mean the other day when you told Jim Macdonald that you always took off your wedding ring and forgot you were married when you saw him?".
It was rather mean of me, but I had not forgotten my undeserved snubbings from her Ladyship.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bridgeman 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bridgeman 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Orlando Bridgeman 4th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bridgeman 1st Baron Bradford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Diana Russell Countess Bradford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Newport Lady Bridgeman 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wilbraham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Wilbraham Countess Bradford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mytton Lady Wilbrahim
GrandFather: Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend John Simpson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Simpson Baroness Bradford
Father: George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Byng 1st Viscount Torrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Byng 3rd Viscount Torrington
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington
GrandMother: Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Boyle 2nd Earl Orrery 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 4th Earl Cork 4th Earl Orrery 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Sackville Countess Orrery 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Boyle 5th Earl Cork 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucy Boyle Viscountess Torrington 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 4th Baronet
GrandFather: Thomas Moncrieffe 5th Baronet
Mother: Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford