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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: Shirley
Before 23rd January 1647 [his father] Robert Shirley 4th Baronet (age 18) and [his mother] Catherine Okeover were married.
On 20th October 1650 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers was born to Robert Shirley 4th Baronet (age 21) and Catherine Okeover.
On 6th November 1656 [his father] Robert Shirley 4th Baronet (age 27) died from poisoning, probably, in the Tower of London [Map]. His son [his brother] Seymour (age 9) succeeded 5th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
Around 1662 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 11) educated Christ Church College.
Around 1671 John Michael Wright (age 53). Portrait of Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 20).
On 28th December 1671 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 21) and Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley were married.
On 18th October 1672 [his mother] Catherine Okeover died.
On 4th September 1673 [his son] Robert Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley at Staunton Harold Hall Staunton Harold, Leicestershire.
On 25th November 1674 [his son] Elizabeth Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 31st May 1676 [his son] Katherine Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 25) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
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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.
In 1677 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 26) abeyance terminated 14th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
On 22nd June 1677 [his son] Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 26) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 10th October 1677 [his son] Elizabeth Shirley (age 2) died.
On 20th June 1678 [his daughter] Elizabeth Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 27) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 18th August 1679 [his son] Katherine Shirley (age 3) died.
On 12th November 1679 [his daughter] Anne Eleanora Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 29) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 17th February 1680 [his daughter] Katherine Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 29) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 9th April 1682 [his daughter] Charles Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 31) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 28th May 1682 [his daughter] Charles Shirley died.
On 25th May 1683 [his daughter] Dorothy Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 21st June 1684 [his son] Charles Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 33) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 13th July 1685 [his son] Lewis Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 12th September 1685 [his son] Charles Shirley (age 1) died.
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.
On 21st October 1686 [his son] George Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 36) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 5th February 1687 [his daughter] Barbara Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 36) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 27th September 1688 [his son] Robert Shirley (age 15) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Ferrers (age 10) were married. He the son of Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 37) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 23rd April 1689 [his son] Ferrers Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 27th May 1690 [his son] Walter Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 39) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 14th November 1691 [his son] Henry Shirley 3rd Earl Ferrers was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 41) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 26th September 1693 [his son] Laurence Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 42) and [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 2nd October 1693 [his wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley died.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1694 [his son] George Shirley (age 7) died.
After 1694 [his son] Walter Shirley (deceased) died.
On 25th February 1699 [his son] Robert Shirley (age 25) died of smallpox.
In August 1699 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 48) and Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. The difference in their ages was 30 years.
In 1700 [his son] Robert Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 49) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 18).
In 1700 [his son-in-law] John Cotes (age 19) and [his daughter] Dorothy Shirley (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 49) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
On 2nd July 1701 [his daughter] Selina Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 50) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 20).
On 20th November 1702 [his daughter] Mary Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 52) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 21).
Around 1704 [his son] Washington Shirley 2nd Earl Ferrers (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers were married. He the son of Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 53) and [his former wife] Elizabeth Washington Baroness Ferrers Chartley.
In 1704 [his son] George Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 53) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 22).
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.
On 23rd October 1705 [his son] George Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 55) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 24).
On 5th May 1707 [his daughter] Frances Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 56) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 26).
On 25th June 1707 [his son] Ferrers Shirley (age 18) died.
On 24th May 1708 [his daughter] Anne Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 57) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 27).
In 1709 [his son] Sewallis Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 58) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 27).
Around 8th March 1709 Robert Shirley 6th Baronet (age 41) died. His uncle Robert (age 58) succeeded 7th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
In 1710 [his son] Lewis Shirley (age 24) died.
In 1711 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 60) was created 1st Earl Ferrers. [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 29) by marriage Countess Ferrers.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 19th August 1711 [his daughter] Stuarta Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 60) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 30).
On 12th March 1712 [his son] John Shirley was born to Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 61) and [his wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 30).
On 25th December 1717 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers (age 67) died. His son [his son] Washington (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Ferrers, 8th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Levinge Countess Ferrers by marriage Countess Ferrers. His granddaughter [his granddaughter] Elizabeth (age 23) succeeded 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley.
On 20th March 1762 [his former wife] Selina Finch Countess Ferrers (age 80) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Shirley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Shirley 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Giffard
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Shirley 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Henry Shirley 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th Baron Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Constable Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Savage of Frodsham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Savage Baroness Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bostock
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Howard Baroness Berkeley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Robert Shirley 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Grey Baroness Ferrers Chartley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Devereux 2nd Earl Essex 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Knollys
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Knollys
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lettice Peniston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Boleyn 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Dorothy Devereux Lady Shirley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Walsingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Walsingham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Writtle
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Walsingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Denny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Walsingham Countess Essex 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard St Barbe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry St Barbe of Ashington Somerset
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula St Barbe
Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Humphrey Okeover
Mother: Catherine Okeover