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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 3rd November 1592 [his father] Gervaise Sleigh of Ash, Derbyshire (age 32) and [his mother] Elizabeth Cholmondeley (age 32) were married at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Around 1605 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall was born to Gervaise Sleigh of Ash, Derbyshire (age 45) and Elizabeth Cholmondeley (age 45).
Around 1626 [his father] Gervaise Sleigh of Ash, Derbyshire (age 66) died.
Around 1631 [his son] Edward Sleigh of Ash was born to Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 26) and [his future wife] Judith Boys.
In 1633 [his mother] Elizabeth Cholmondeley (age 73) died.
Before 16th September 1634 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 29) and Judith Boys were married.
On 16th September 1634 [his wife] Judith Boys died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill [Map].
Judith Boys: Before 16th September 1634 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall and she were married.
On 17th February 1635 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 30) and Margaret Darcy were married.
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 11th July 1639 [his son] Edward Sleigh of Ash (age 8) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill [Map].
Edward Sleigh of Ash: Around 1631 he was born to Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall and Judith Boys.
In 1648 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 43) was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
In 1666 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 61) was appointed High Sheriff of Derbyshire.
Before 20th October 1677 [his wife] Margaret Darcy died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill [Map].
Margaret Darcy: she was born to Robert Darcy. On 17th February 1635 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall and she were married.
On 20th October 1677 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 72) and Elizabeth Harpur (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 51 years.
In 1679 [his daughter] Mary Sleigh was born to Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 74) and [his wife] Elizabeth Harpur (age 23)
On 14th April 1679 Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall (age 74) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill [Map].
In April 1736 [his former wife] Elizabeth Harpur (age 80) 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.
Monument at St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill [Map] to Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall, his first wife Judith Boys and a number of their children. The translations of te inscriptions taken from a sheet in the church.
Bottom left: To the memory of Samuel Sleigh of Ash and Etwall, Knight, whose bones lie unde the altar of this church. He was born from an old family in Hartington, Derbyshire. In troubled times he behaved honourably, kindly and justly, and was twice made sheriff. His first wife was Judith Boys, second Margaret D'Arcy, third Elizabeth Harpur. He died 14th April in the year of our Lord 1679, aged 76.
Top Middle: Traveller, if you ask about this sad monument of death, what it signifies or to whom It Is dedicated, whose bones this soil conceals, then listen to these brief words. Here lies Judith, sprung from the ancient line of Boys: a great ornament of her sex, serious, chaste, a faithful mariage-partner, sweet in character, of a very gentle disposition, lovely in form and most pious in mind. Snatched away by bitter death (alas) in the flower of her youth, she died and left two children [literall: yielded to a double offspring]. Here rests all that part of her which is capable of dying. But her pure soul is rising to the height of heaven, unknowing of death, shining in celestial glory. Rest, O sacred remains! God will reunite you and not allow you to decay for ever. Bottom right: Whilst her body lies in the middle of this sarcophagus, Judith awaits the second coming of Christ the Saviour. She was second-born daughter of Edward Boys Esquire, of Betshanger in Kent, wife of Samuel Sleigh of Ash, Esquire, a very chaste woman. To him she bore her first son, Gervase, and her second, Edward. However, after she had lived piously and happily with him for nearly six years of marriage, she peacefully fell asleep in the Lord, 16th Sept. A.D. 1634.
Right Middle: Here lies Eliza from the family of Boys [en Germen...?] cut off by the cruel hand of death. She was her mother's sixth child but second to none in piety, innocence, faith and a lovely, sweet character. Alas! While in the twenty fifth year of her brief life and in her first childbirth, she died, leaving a grieving husband and a little child, and as for the little one, on solace of the bereft father, he died an untimely death only three months old. Burning with eagerness to enjoy Jesus, she has moved away to heavenly bliss. Alas! Farewell dear pledges! One day Christ the Redeemer will restore me to you. Placed in grief by G.S.
Left Middle: [his father] Gervase, husband of [his mother] Eliza, restored to joy after a very similar life of piety but from a different iliness, was, in case you did not know him, just, merciful, pious and, at the same time, wise, generous and sober-minded, a preserver of the faith and family and all these (marvel, reader!) to a high degree to earn heavenly bliss for his saintly soul. Rest, sacred remains! God will come as Saviour of the entire Gervase.
Middle middle roundel: To the memory of Gervase Sleigh of Radbourne, gentleman, second son of Sleigh of Ash, Esquire, who died July 23 in the year of our Lord 1641, aged 34.
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