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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.
Paternal Family Tree: Wriothesley
Before 1489 William Wriothesley was born to John Writhe.
In 1489 [his brother] Thomas Wriothesley (age 1) was appointed Wallingford Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in the service of Prince Arthur Tudor (age 2).
In 1504 [his father] John Writhe died.
Before 1505 William Wriothesley (age 16) and Agnes Drayton of London were married.
Around 1505 William Wriothesley (age 16) was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.
On 26th January 1505 [his brother] Thomas Wriothesley (age 17) was appointed Garter King of Arms. Around this time he changed his surname from Writhe to Wriothesley as did his brother William Wriothesley (age 16).
On 21st December 1505 Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of Southampton was born to William Wriothesley (age 16) and [his wife] Agnes Drayton of London. He married 1533 Jane Cheney Countess Southampton and had issue.
In 1509 William Wriothesley (age 20) was appointed York Herald of Arms in Ordinary.
Before 26th April 1513 William Wriothesley (age 24) died.