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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.
Before 1430 [his father] John Hody and [his mother] Elizabeth Jewel were married. They had five sons and several daughters
Before 1441 William Hody was born to John Hody and Elizabeth Jewel.
On or after 17th December 1441 [his father] John Hody died. His will was dated 17th December 1441.
In 1472 William Hody (age 31) was elected MP Totnes.
In 1473 [his mother] Elizabeth Jewel died.
In 1483 William Hody (age 42) was elected MP Bridgwater.
In 1485 William Hody (age 44) was appointed Attorney General.
On 29th October 1486 William Hody (age 45) was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
Hall's Chronicle. 10th February 1522. The tenth day of February, the Lord Hody (age 81) Chief Baron of the King's Exchequer gave over his office, and for him was admitted by the Cardinal, master John Fitzjames (age 57), a right honourable man and well learned.
Before 1524 William Hody (age 83) and Eleanor Malet were married.
On 18th June 1524 William Hody (age 83) died.
GrandFather: Thomas Hody
Father: John Hody
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Cole of Nitheway in Brixham
GrandMother: Margaret Cole
GrandFather: John Jewel of Whitfield, Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Mother: Elizabeth Jewel
Great x 1 Grandfather: John de Pillesden of Pilsdon
GrandMother: Alice de Pillesden