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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 Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle 1909-1991

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On 23rd May 1909 William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle was born to William Sidney 5th Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 49). He a great x 2 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 8th June 1940 William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle (age 31) and Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle (age 25) were married.

On 21st April 1945 [his son] Philip Sidney 2nd Viscount de L'Isle was born to William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle (age 35) and [his wife] Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle (age 30). He a great x 3 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

On 18th June 1945 [his father] William Sidney 5th Baron De Lisle and Dudley (age 85) died. His son William (age 36) succeeded 6th Baron De Lisle and Dudley, 7th Baronet Shelley-Sidney of Penshurst Place in Kent.

On 21st February 1953 [his daughter] Lucy Corinna Agneta Sidney Baroness Middleton was born to William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle (age 43) and [his wife] Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle (age 38). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

The London Gazette 40684. Whitehall, January 13, 1956. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 12th instant, to confer the dignity of a Viscounty of the United Kingdom upon Colonel the Right Honourable William Philip (age 46), Baron De L'Isle and Dudley VC, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount De L'isle Of Penshurst In The County Of Kent. [[his wife] Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle (age 41) by marriage Viscountess de Lisle of Penshurst in Kent.]

On 15th November 1962 [his wife] Jacqueline Vereker Countess de l'Isle (age 48) died.

On 25th July 1965 Sidney Patrick Shelley 8th Baronet (age 85) died. His third cousin once removed William (age 56) succeeded 9th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring in Sussex.

On 26th January 1974 [his son-in-law] Michael Charles James Willoughby 13th Baron Middleton (age 25) and [his daughter] Lucy Corinna Agneta Sidney Baroness Middleton (age 20) were married.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 5th April 1991 William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle (age 81) died. His son [his son] Philip (age 45) succeeded 2nd Viscount de Lisle of Penshurst in Kent, 7th Baron De Lisle and Dudley, 10th Baronet Shelley of Castle Goring in Sussex, 8th Baronet Shelley-Sidney of Penshurst Place in Kent.

Royal Ancestors of William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle 1909-1991

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 25 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 2 Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom

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

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

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

Ancestors of William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle 1909-1991

Great x 4 Grandfather: Timothy Shelley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bysshe Shelley 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Johanna Plume

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Shelley-Sidney 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jane Perry

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Sidney 1st Baron De Lisle and Dudley 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Windsor Hunloke 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hunloke 4th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Throckmorton Lady Hunloke 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Hunloke 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wenman Roberts aka Coke 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Coke Lady Hunloke 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chamberlayne

GrandFather: Philip Sidney 2nd Baron De Lisle and Dudley Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King William IV of the United Kingdom Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Fitzclarence Baroness De Lisle and Dudley Daughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea Bland aka "Mrs Jordan"

Father: William Sidney 5th Baron De Lisle and Dudley Great Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Foulis 7th Baronet

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Foulis 8th Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Turnor of Stoke Rochford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Turnor 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Anne Turnor 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Mary Foulis 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Lockhart 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Admiral John Lockhart-Ross 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Lockhart-Ross 7th Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Jane Ross 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Robert Fitzgerald 2nd Duke Leinster 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Rebecca Fitzgerald 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: St George Ussher aka St George 1st Baron Saint George

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emilia St George Duchess Leinster

William Philip Sidney 1st Viscount de l'Isle 2 x Great Grand Son of King William IV of the United Kingdom