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.
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Paternal Family Tree: Flower
Maternal Family Tree: Jane Yarner 1708
On 11th March 1685 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow was born to [his father] Thomas Flower and [his mother] Mary Temple.
Around 1687 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 1) educated at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
In 1715 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 29) was elected MP Kilkenny.
In 1717 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 31) and Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow (age 23) were married.
In 1720 [his son] Henry Flower 1st Viscount Ashbrook was born to William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 34) and [his wife] Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow (age 26).
Around 1722 [his daughter] Rebecca Flower was born to William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 36) and [his wife] Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow (age 28). She married 6th July 1740 James Agar.
After 1727 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 41) was elected MP Portarlington.
In 1733 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 47) was created 1st Baron Castle Durrow of Castle Durrow in County Kilkenny. [his wife] Edith Caulfeild Baroness Castle Durrow (age 39) by marriage Baroness Castle Durrow of Castle Durrow in County Kilkenny.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1735 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 49) was appointed Privy Council.
On 6th July 1740 [his son-in-law] James Agar (age 26) and [his daughter] Rebecca Flower (age 18) were married.
On 29th April 1746 William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow (age 61) died. He was buried at Finglas, County Dublin.
[his father] Thomas Flower and [his mother] Mary Temple were married.
Father: Thomas Flower
William Flower 1st Baron Castle Durrow
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Temple of Stowe 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Temple
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Temple
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Temple of Dublin
GrandFather: John Temple
Mother: Mary Temple
Great x 1 Grandfather: Abraham Yarner
GrandMother: Jane Yarner