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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 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 1715-1798

Around 1712 [his father] Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 28) and [his mother] Mary Trelawny (age 23) were married. They had four sons and a daughter.

Around 1715 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton was born to Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 31) and Mary Trelawny (age 26).

Around 1730 [his mother] Mary Trelawny (age 41) died.

Around 1731 [his father] Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 47) and Catherine Lloyd were married. There was no issue from the marriage.

In September 1742 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 27) was appointed Recorder of Liverpool which office he held for fifty-six years until he died in 1798.

On 9th March 1756 [his father] Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury (age 72) died. His son Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 41) inherited Shotwick Park, Cheshire.

In 1762 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 47) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1763 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 48) was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

In 1775 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 60) was appointed Constable of Flint Castle.

In 1775 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 60) was elected MP Ilchester which seat he held until 1780.

Archaeologia Volume 9 Appendix. 22nd May 1788. Owen Salusbury Brereton (age 73), Esq. V. P. exhibited a beautiful coloured drawing of a window in the parish-church of Brereton [Map], one of the oldest in the county-palatine of Chester; but the date of it is not exactly known1. In the lower compartments are four figures representing the four persons who slew Thomas Becket at the high altar in Canterbury cathedral, 1170. They are in complete armour, with drawn swords in their hands, and on pendant scrolls are inscribed their names; William Tracy, Richard Britton, Reginald Fitzurse, and Hugh Morrel. A fifth figure, exactly correiponding with these, in the centre compartments, bears, on the like scroll, these words, Martyrum Thomam. In three compartments of the Upper division of the window are two priests [Note. In the original the word priests is crossed out, and the word "saints" written in the margin.], and between them a figure episcopally habited, most probably intended for Becket himself. Under the five lower figures, after their names are these words tended for two hexameter lines:

Martyrum Thomam fieri fecere beatum

Anno milleno centeno septuageno.

[Note. The above two lines in Gothic script]

Under these the following inscription represented in the opposite page:

"Left this monument in Glase being in the upper window of the North syde the chauncell of Brereton churche shoulde be broken, I Sir Will'm Brereton, knight, to the end hyt may remayne in memorie to the posteritie, have caused the same to be heare purtred, the 25th of Marche, 1608. W. Brereton."

Note 1. See Pl. XXIII.

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Archaeologia Volume 10 Section IV. Some Observations on the Paintings in the Window of Brereton Church [Map]. By the Rev. Samuel Pegge (age 85), in a Letter to Owen Salusbury Brereton (age 74), Esq. Vice President. Read Nov. 26, 1789.

On 8th September 1798 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (age 83) died at his home in Windsor, Berkshire [Map].

On 22nd September 1798 Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton (deceased) was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].

In 1802 William Lewis Trelawny aka Salusbury-Trelawny 8th Baronet (age 20) assumed the additional surname of Salusbury under Royal licence, as required by a provision in the will of his cousin Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton. He, Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton was a son of [his mother] Mary Trelawny who was sister of his grandfather [his uncle] Captain William Trelawny.

Royal Ancestors of Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 1715-1798

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 1715-1798

GrandFather: Edward Brereton of Chester

Father: Thomas Brereton aka Salusbury

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fletcher of Chester

GrandMother: Mary Fletcher

Owen Brereton aka Salusbury-Brereton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trelawny

Great x 3 Grandfather: Johnathan Trelawny

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Reskymer

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Trelawny 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Killigrew 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Jonathan Trelawny 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

GrandFather: Brigadier-General Henry Trelawny 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 1st Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Walshe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Seymour 2nd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Champernowne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Champernowne Baroness Seymour

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Seymour 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Killigrew

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Killigrew

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Killigrew Baroness Seymour 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Cooke 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Mother: Mary Trelawny 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthew Hals 1676 of Efford in Cornwall

GrandMother: Rebecca Hals