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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.
On or before 3rd November 1629, the date he was baptised, Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet was born to Nicholas Cole 1st Baronet and Mary Liddell.
In or before 1651 Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet (age 21) and Margaret Windham were married.
In 1657 [his wife] Margaret Windham died.
In 1660 [his father] Nicholas Cole 1st Baronet died. His son Ralph (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cole of Brancepeth.
In or before 1664 Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet (age 34) and Catherine Foulis Lady Cole were married. She by marriage Lady Cole of Brancepeth.
On 29th March 1678 Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP City of Durham.
In March 1679 Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet (age 49) was elected MP City of Durham
In or before 1685 [his son] Nicholas Cole and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Milbanke were married.
In 1704 [his wife] Catherine Foulis Lady Cole died.
On 9th August 1704 Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet (age 74) died. He was buried at St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth. His grandson [his grandson] Nicholas (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baronet Cole of Brancepeth.
[his father] Nicholas Cole 1st Baronet and [his mother] Mary Liddell were married.
[his son] Nicholas Cole was born to Ralph Cole 2nd Baronet and Margaret Windham.
Father: Nicholas Cole 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell of Newcastle upon Tyne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell of Ravensworth Castle
GrandFather: Thomas Liddell 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Watson of Newcastle
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Watson
Mother: Mary Liddell
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Anderson of Haswell
GrandMother: Isabel Anderson