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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: Mitford
In February 1904 [her father] David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 25) and [her mother] Sydney Bowles (age 24) were married.
On 8th August 1914 Unity Valkyrie Mitford was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale (age 36) and Sydney Bowles (age 34).
6th February 1929. The Sketch. The marriage of Mr. Bryan Guinness (age 23), son of the Hon. Walter Guinness, to the Hon. [her sister] Diana Mitford (age 18), third daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale, was solemnised at St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map]. The lovely nineteen-year-old bride was attended by eleven bridesmaids.
Note. Her sisters [her sister] Nancy (age 24) and Unity (age 14) were two of the eleven bridesmaid. Her younger sisters [her sister] Jessica Lucy Mitford (age 11) and [her sister] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 8) were unwell but threw rice as her car passed.
6th January 1932. The Sketch. Photograph of sisters [her sister] Nancy Mitford (age 27), Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 17), [her sister] Jessica Lucy Mitford (age 14) and [her sister] Diana Mitford (age 21).
5th April 1939. Tatler. Unity Mitford (age 24) (centre), pictured 15 months after returning to England.
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.
2nd January 1940. Daily Mirror. the ‘Hitler-admiring daughter (age 25) of Lord Redesdale, is expected back in England today.'
Before 31st August 1945. William Acton (age 39). Portrait of Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 31).
On 28th May 1948 Unity Valkyrie Mitford (age 33) died of meningitis caused by the cerebral swelling around the bullet that had lodged in her brain after she had shot herself in December 1939.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mitford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Colonel William Mitford
Great x 2 Grandfather: Captain Henry Reveley Mitford
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Molloy of Dublin
Great x 3 Grandmother: Fanny Molloy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pye
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Reveley Mitford
GrandFather: Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crowley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham
Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis
Father: David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale 7 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Ogilvy 10th Earl of Airlie
GrandMother: Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Thomas Stanley 6th Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Baker Holroyd 1st Earl Sheffield
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Way Countess Sheffield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Blanche Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Dillon Lee 12th Viscount Dillon 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Phipps 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Unity Valkyrie Mitford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Milner Gibson
GrandFather: Thomas Bowles
Great x 1 Grandmother: Susannah Bowles
Mother: Sydney Bowles