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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 William Bromley 1699-1737

In or before 1685 [his father] William Bromley (age 21) and Catherine Cloberry were married.

On 21st November 1689 [his father] William Bromley (age 26) and Trever Fortrey were married. There was no issue from the marriage.

Before 1692 [his father] William Bromley (age 28) and Cecilia Swan were married.

On or after 12th January 1698, the date of the licence, [his father] William Bromley (age 34) and [his mother] Elizabeth Stawell were married.

Around 1699 William Bromley was born to William Bromley (age 35) and Elizabeth Stawell.

On 7th July 1724 William Bromley (age 25) and Lucy Throckmorton were married.

On 15th March 1725 William Bromley (age 26) was elected MP Fowey at a by-election.

Around 1726 [his son] William Throckmorton Bromley was born to William Bromley (age 27) and [his wife] Lucy Throckmorton.

In 1727 William Bromley (age 28) was elected MP Warwick unopposed. He was re-elected in 1734, but was unseated on petition

On 13th February 1732 [his father] William Bromley (age 68) died.

On 2nd February 1737 William Bromley (age 38) was elected MP Oxford University, a seat his father had represented for thirty years. He died suddenly five weeks later.

On 12th March 1737 William Bromley (age 38) died.

William Bromley and [his mother] Elizabeth Stawell were married.

Royal Ancestors of William Bromley 1699-1737

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Bromley 1699-1737

GrandFather: William Bromley

Father: William Bromley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leigh

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Leigh 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Leigh

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katharine Spencer

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Leigh 1st Baron Leigh

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Hoddeston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ursula Hoddeston

GrandMother: Ursula Leigh

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Egerton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sparkes of Bickerton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Grosvenor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Egerton Baroness Leigh

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Venables

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Venables

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Venables

William Bromley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stawell of Cothelstone Manor

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stawell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tuchet 10th Baron Audley, 7th Baron Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Mervyn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet

GrandFather: Ralph Stawell 1st Baron Stawell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hext

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hext

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parker

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Parker

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hext

Mother: Elizabeth Stawell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pitt

GrandMother: Abigail Pitt Baroness Stawell