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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 Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale 1860-1923

Paternal Family Tree: Beaumont of Allendale

Maternal Family Tree: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning 1776-1837

In 1856 [his father] Wentworth Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale (age 26) and [his mother] Margaret Anne Burgh (age 25) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde (age 53) and [his grandmother] Harriet Canning Marchioness Clanricarde (age 51).

On 2nd December 1860 Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale was born to Wentworth Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale (age 31) and Margaret Anne Burgh (age 29).

On 31st March 1888 [his mother] Margaret Anne Burgh (age 57) died.

On 12th November 1889 Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale (age 28) and Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest Viscountess Allendale (age 26) were married. She the daughter of George Henry Vane-Tempest 5th Marquess Londonderry and Mary Cornelia Edwards Marchioness Londonderry (age 60).

On 6th August 1890 [his son] Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale was born to Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale (age 29) and [his wife] Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest Viscountess Allendale (age 26).

On 17th March 1891 [his father] Wentworth Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale (age 61) and [his step-mother] Edith Althea Hamilton Baroness Allendale (age 42) were married at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. No issue.

On 13th November 1892 [his daughter] Margaret Helen Beaumont Countess Fortescue was born to Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale (age 31) and [his wife] Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest Viscountess Allendale (age 29).

The Times. 2nd February 1905. The funeral of [his brother-in-law] Lord Henry Vane-Tempest (deceased) took place yesterday in the family vault in St. Peter's [Map], Montgomeryshire. The Bishop of Bangor (age 59), assisted by the Rev J. Williams, rector of the parish, and the Rev. S. J. Evans, officiated. The principal mourmers were the [his brother-in-law] Marquis (age 52) and Marchioness of Londonderry (age 48) (brother and sister-in-law), [his brother-in-law] Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest (age 42) (brother), and Mr. Beaumont (age 44), M.P., and [his wife] Lady Aline Beaumont (age 41) (brother-in-law and sister). Continues.

On 13th February 1907 [his father] Wentworth Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale (age 77) died. His son Wentworth (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baron Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland.

The London Gazette 28519. Whitehall, August 3, 1911. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 5th July, 1911, to confer the dignity cof a Viscount of the said United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Wentworth Canning Blackett (age 50), Baron Allendale, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Allendale of Allendale and Hexham, in the county of Northumberland. p[[his wife] Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest Viscountess Allendale (age 47) by marriage Viscountess Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland].

On 8th February 1915 [his brother-in-law] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry (age 62) died. His son Charles (age 36) succeeded 7th Marquess Londonderry. Memorial at St Mary's Church, Long Newton [Map].

On 8th February 1917 [his son-in-law] Hugh William Fortescue 5th Earl Fortescue (age 28) and [his daughter] Margaret Helen Beaumont Countess Fortescue (age 24) were married. He the son of Hugh Fortescue 4th Earl Fortescue (age 62) and Emily Ormsby-Gore Countess Fortescue (age 57).

On 20th July 1921 [his son] Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont 2nd Viscount Allendale (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale (age 24) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].

On 12th December 1923 Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale (age 63) died. His son [his son] Wentworth (age 33) succeeded 2nd Viscount Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland, 3rd Baron Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland. [his daughter-in-law] Violet Lucy Emily Seely Viscountess Allendale (age 26) by marriage Viscountess Allendale of Allendale and Hexham in Northumberland.

On 31st July 1945 [his former wife] Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest Viscountess Allendale (age 81) died.

Royal Ancestors of Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale 1860-1923

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale 1860-1923

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colonel Thomas Richard Beaumont

GrandFather: Thomas Wentworth Beaumont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew wentworth 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Wentworth 4th Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Wentworth 5th Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Blackett 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Blackett Lady Wentworth 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Julia Conyers 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Diana Wentworth 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Father: Wentworth Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Atkinson

GrandMother: Henrietta Jane Emma Hawks Atkinson

Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont 1st Viscount Allendale 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burke 9th Earl Clanricard

Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Burke 10th Earl Clanricarde

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Smith Burgh 11th Earl Clanricarde

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Thomas Burgh 13th Earl Clanricarde 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Vincent 5th Baronet 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Vincent 6th Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hester Amelia Vincent Countess Clanricarde 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

GrandFather: Ulick Burgh 1st Marquess Clanricarde 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Mother: Margaret Anne Burgh 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Canning Prime Mininster

GrandMother: Harriet Canning Marchioness Clanricarde

Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Pawky Scott" Scott

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning