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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.

Biography of Thomas Thynne 1610-1669

Paternal Family Tree: Thynne

In May 1594 [his father] Thomas Thynne (age 16) and [his mother] Mary Tuchet were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven (age 43) and [his grandmother] Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet.

Around 1610 Thomas Thynne was born to Thomas Thynne (age 32) and Mary Tuchet.

After 1611 [his father] Thomas Thynne (age 33) and [his step-mother] Catherine Howard (age 13) were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

On 28th June 1620 Thomas Thynne (age 10) was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford University.

In 1629 Thomas Thynne (age 19) entered at Middle Temple.

On 1st August 1639 [his father] Thomas Thynne (age 61) died.

On 19th August 1642 Thomas Thynne (age 32) was knighted.

On 6th September 1642 Thomas Thynne (age 32) and Stuarta Balcanquhall were married.

In 1648 [his son] Thomas "Tom of Ten Thousand" Thynne was born to Thomas Thynne (age 38) and [his wife] Stuarta Balcanquhall.

Convention Parliament

On 25th April 1660 ...

Thomas Thynne (age 50) was elected MP Hindon.

Henry Carey 4th Viscount Falkland (age 26) was elected MP Oxfordshire.

Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 29) was elected MP Derbyshire.

John Glynne (age 58) was elected MP Caernarfonshire.

William Glynne 1st Baronet (age 22) was elected MP Caernarfon.

Francis Godolphin (age 54) was elected MP Heytesbury.

Richard Jennings (age 41) was elected MP St Albans.

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After 29th May 1661 [his son-in-law] Edward Bayntun (age 43) and [his daughter] Stuarta Thynne were married.

On 14th October 1669 Thomas Thynne (age 59) 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.

[his daughter] Stuarta Thynne was born to Thomas Thynne and Stuarta Balcanquhall.

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Thynne 1610-1669

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 9 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 11 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Thomas Thynne 1610-1669

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Boteville

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Thynne

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Thynne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Eynns

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Eynns

GrandFather: John Thynne

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Gresham

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gresham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Gresham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Christian Gresham

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Lynne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Audrey Lynne

Father: Thomas Thynne

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Hayward

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rowland Hayward

GrandMother: Joan Hayward

Thomas Thynne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Tuchet 7th Baron Audley, 4th Baron Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tuchet 8th Baron Audley, 5th Baron Tuchet 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Darell 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Tuchet 9th Baron Audley, 6th Baron Tuchet 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Griffin 9th Baron Latimer Braybrooke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Griffin Baroness Audley Heighley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Tuchet 10th Baron Audley, 7th Baron Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Brian Tuke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuke Baroness Audley Heighley

GrandFather: George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Mary Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Mervyn

GrandMother: Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet