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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: Fitzmaldred aka Neville
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux 1120-1169
Before 1283 [his father] Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 20) and [his mother] Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby (age 15) were married. They were sixth cousins.
Around 1291 Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby was born to Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 28) and Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby (age 24).
In 1316 [his son] Euphemia Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 25) and [his future wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 12).
In June 1319 Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 28) was captured at Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [Map].
Before 14th July 1323 Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 23) and [his future wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
After 14th July 1323 [his future step-son] William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 2) became a ward of Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 32).
On 14th January 1326 Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 35) and Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Neville Raby. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In 1329 [his mother] Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby (age 62) died at Warkworth, Northumberland [Map]. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby: Around 1267 she was born to Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth and Margaret Zouche Baroness Warkworth. Before 1283 Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby and she were married. They were sixth cousins.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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After 1329 [his father] Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 66) and [his step-mother] Margery Thweng were married.
On 12th February 1329 [his daughter] Margaret Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 38) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 25).
Around 1330 [his daughter] Catherine Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 39) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 26).
On 18th April 1331 [his father] Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 68) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Ralph (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Neville Raby.
Around 1332 [his son] Ralph Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 41) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 28).
Around 1337 [his son] John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 46) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 33) at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map].
Around 1337 [his son] Robert Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 46) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 33).
Around 1338 [his son] William Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 47) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 34).
Around 1340 [his daughter] Eleanor Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 49) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 36).
Around 1341 [his son] Archbishop Alexander Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 50) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 37).
Around 1343 [his daughter] Elizabeth Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 52) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 39).
Around 1344 [his daughter] Isabel Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 53) and [his wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 40).
On 17th October 1346 at the Battle of Neville's Cross at Neville's Cross, Durham [Map] the English inflicted a heavy defeat on the Scottish army that had invaded England in compliance with their treaty with the French for mutual support against England.
The English army included: William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 45), Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 34), Ralph Hastings (age 55), Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 55), Archbishop William Zouche, Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy (age 45) and John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray (age 35).
Of the Scottish army King David II of Scotland (age 22), John Graham Earl Menteith (age 56) and William "Flower of Chivalry and Knight Liddesdale" Douglas 1st Earl Atholl (age 46) were captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map].
Neil Bruce, John Randolph 3rd Earl of Moray (age 40), David Hay 6th Baron Erroll (age 28) and Edward Keith of Sinton (age 66) were killed.
On 10th November 1347 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 56) died at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. He was buried at Tonbridge Priory, Kent [Map]. Earl Gloucester extinct. Baron Audley of Stratton Audley in Oxfordshire 1317dormant.
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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.
Before 18th October 1353 [his step-son] William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 32) and Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
In 1358 [his son-in-law] Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 16) and [his daughter] Margaret Neville (age 28) were married. They were third cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
On 10th July 1359 [his step-son] William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 38) died at Brancepeth Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son Ralph (age 5) succeeded 3rd Baron Greystoke.
Before 1361 [his son-in-law] William Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 41) and [his daughter] Catherine Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 30) were married. She by marriage Baroness Dacre Gilsland.
On 1st September 1361 [his daughter] Catherine Neville Baroness Dacre of Gilsland (age 31) died.
Before 1362 [his son] John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
In October 1363 [his son] Euphemia Neville (age 47) died.
On 5th August 1367 Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 76) died. His son [his son] John (age 30) succeeded 3rd Baron Neville Raby. [his daughter-in-law] Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby by marriage Baroness Neville Raby.
On 11th January 1374 [his former wife] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 70) died at Greystoke, Cumberland. She was buried at Durham Cathedral [Map].
[his daughter] Alice Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby and Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville.
[his son] Thomas Neville was born to Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby and Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzmaldred
Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzrobert aka Neville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Neville of Raby
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Neville
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Monmouth Lord Monmouth
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Monmouth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Monmouth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecilia Waleran
GrandFather: Robert Neville
Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Fitzrichard 1st Baron Warkworth
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzroger 2nd Baron Warkworth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Vere Baroness Warkworth
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzrobert 3rd Baron Warkworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Chesney Baroness Warkworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Fitzjohn 4th Baron Warkworth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Balliol Baroness Warkworth
GrandFather: Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth
Mother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alain Zouche
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Zouche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelicia Belmeis
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alan Zouche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset
GrandMother: Margaret Zouche Baroness Warkworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Quincy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen or Ela Quincy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Lord of Galloway
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England