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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: Forester
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Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford was born to Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester and Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester.
On 23rd May 1828 [her father] Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester died of gout at Belgrave Square, Belgravia. [her brother] John Weld-Forester 2nd Baron Forester succeeded 2nd Baron Forester of Willey Park in Shropshire.
On 1st May 1829 [her mother] Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester died.
On 20th April 1844 Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford were married. He the son of George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford and Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford.
In 1845 [her son] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford was born to [her husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
In 1846 [her son] Francis Charles Bridgeman was born to [her husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
In 1859 [her daughter] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood was born to [her husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
On 22nd March 1865 [her father-in-law] George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford died. [her husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 4th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 8th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 7th September 1869 [her son] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford and [her daughter-in-law] Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford were married. She the daughter of Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough and Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough. He the son of [her husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
1876. Edward Clifford. Portrait of Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.
On 5th November 1881 [her son-in-law] Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood and [her daughter] Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford. He the son of Henry Thynne Lascelles 4th Earl Harewood and Elizabeth Joanna Burgh.
In November 1894 Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford died.
On 12th March 1898 [her former husband] Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford died at Weston Park, Staffordshire. [her son] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford succeeded 4th Earl Bradford, 4th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 5th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 9th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. [her daughter-in-law] Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
Adeline Horsey Recollections. My girlhood's friend, the Marquis of Granby, was very much in love with his cousin, Miss Forester, but as his father did not approve of cousins marrying, Lord Granby promised the Duke not to think of her as a wife. Miss Forester married the Earl of Bradford, but she and Granby indulged in a very romantic flirtation after her marriage, both posing as the unfortunate victims of a stern father's caprice. Lady Bradford did not like me and always snubbed me as much as she dared. One day at Melton I met her at Egerton Lodge when she was uncommonly disagreeable. Lady Wilton asked me to play and of course I willing complied. Lady Bradford and Jim Macdonald were sitting near the pianoforte, and under cover of the music I heard the heroine of Granby's blighted love affair say in languishing tones, "Oh, Jim, whenever I meet you I always take off my wedding ring and forget I'm married". Of course I was highly amused, and the next time I met Lady Bradford with Granby in attendance I could not resist saying quite innocently, "Oh, Lady Bradford, what did you mean the other day when you told Jim Macdonald that you always took off your wedding ring and forgot you were married when you saw him?".
It was rather mean of me, but I had not forgotten my undeserved snubbings from her Ladyship.
[her daughter] Mabel Selina Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford and Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford.